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... power consumption enables eco-friendly systems. • Complies with RoHS directive and all major non-regulatory restrictions www.seagate.com 1-800-SEAGATE (1-800-732-4283) Specifications 2TB1 1.5TB1 1TB1 500GB1 Model Number Interface Options Performance ST32000542AS ST31500541AS ST31000520AS ST3500412AS SATA SATA SATA SATA Transfer Rate, Max Ext (MB/s) Sustained Data Rate OD (MB/s) Cache (MB) 300 300 300 300 95 95 95 95 32 32 32 16 Average Latency (ms) 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 Spindle Speed (RPM) Configuration...
... power consumption enables eco-friendly systems. • Complies with RoHS directive and all major non-regulatory restrictions www.seagate.com 1-800-SEAGATE (1-800-732-4283) Specifications 2TB1 1.5TB1 1TB1 500GB1 Model Number Interface Options Performance ST32000542AS ST31500541AS ST31000520AS ST3500412AS SATA SATA SATA SATA Transfer Rate, Max Ext (MB/s) Sustained Data Rate OD (MB/s) Cache (MB) 300 300 300 300 95 95 95 95 32 32 32 16 Average Latency (ms) 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 Spindle Speed (RPM) Configuration...
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... bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one of Seagate Technology LLC in U.S.A. Your computer's operating system may use a different standard of their respective owners. Revision Rev. Made minor text edits throughout. update Idle Watts);1, 3, 8-9, 11, 14, 22 & 28. (remove 500GB model); 28. (Word 75 & 81 edit code);5. (corrected Non-Op shock value) Updated drive specifications on Tables 1 -3; Barracuda LP Series, SeaTools and SeaTDD are...
... bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one of Seagate Technology LLC in U.S.A. Your computer's operating system may use a different standard of their respective owners. Revision Rev. Made minor text edits throughout. update Idle Watts);1, 3, 8-9, 11, 14, 22 & 28. (remove 500GB model); 28. (Word 75 & 81 edit code);5. (corrected Non-Op shock value) Updated drive specifications on Tables 1 -3; Barracuda LP Series, SeaTools and SeaTDD are...
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... Substances (RoHS) Directive 19 2.14 Corrosive environment 19 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive 20 3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions 20 3.2 Configuring the drive 21 3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors 21 3.4 Drive mounting 22 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 23 4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility 23 4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions 24 4.3 Supported ATA commands 25 4.3.1 Identify Device command 27 4.3.2 Set Features command 31 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands 32 5.0 Seagate Technology support services 33 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev.
... Substances (RoHS) Directive 19 2.14 Corrosive environment 19 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive 20 3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions 20 3.2 Configuring the drive 21 3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors 21 3.4 Drive mounting 22 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 23 4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility 23 4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions 24 4.3 Supported ATA commands 25 4.3.1 Identify Device command 27 4.3.2 Set Features command 31 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands 32 5.0 Seagate Technology support services 33 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev.
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Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate Barracuda® LP Series model drives: ST32000542AS ST31500541AS ST31000520AS These drives provide the following key features: • 5900 RPM spindle speed. • High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 300MB per second). • Perpendicular recording technology provides the drives with increased areal density. • State-of-the-art cache and on-the-fly...
Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate Barracuda® LP Series model drives: ST32000542AS ST31500541AS ST31000520AS These drives provide the following key features: • 5900 RPM spindle speed. • High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 300MB per second). • Perpendicular recording technology provides the drives with increased areal density. • State-of-the-art cache and on-the-fly...
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..., Serial ATA makes the transition from www.sata-io.org. 2 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. A host adapter that shadow the contents of emulating parallel ATA device behavior to higher performance levels. For additional information about how Serial ATA emulates parallel ATA, refer to set of registers that emulates a master/slave environment manages two sets of installation. • Scalability to provide backward compatibility with the Serial ATA host adapter. This is not necessary to the "Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA...
..., Serial ATA makes the transition from www.sata-io.org. 2 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. A host adapter that shadow the contents of emulating parallel ATA device behavior to higher performance levels. For additional information about how Serial ATA emulates parallel ATA, refer to set of registers that emulates a master/slave environment manages two sets of installation. • Scalability to provide backward compatibility with the Serial ATA host adapter. This is not necessary to the "Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA...
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... 2000 and 1500GB models Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Heads Disk Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read/write heads Default cylinders Recording density (max.) Track density (avg.) Areal density (avg.) Spindle speed Internal data transfer rate (max.) Sustained data transfer rate OD (max.) I/O data-transfer rate (max.) ATA data-transfer modes supported Cache buffer Height (max) Width (max) Length (max) Weight (typical) Average latency Power-on to ready (typical) Standby to ready (typical) Track-to-track seek time (typical) Average...
... 2000 and 1500GB models Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Heads Disk Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read/write heads Default cylinders Recording density (max.) Track density (avg.) Areal density (avg.) Spindle speed Internal data transfer rate (max.) Sustained data transfer rate OD (max.) I/O data-transfer rate (max.) ATA data-transfer modes supported Cache buffer Height (max) Width (max) Length (max) Weight (typical) Average latency Power-on to ready (typical) Standby to ready (typical) Track-to-track seek time (typical) Average...
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.... Accessible capacity may increase acoustic and power to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. humidity Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 5 Drive specification Operational Shock (max) Non-Operational Shock (max) Vibration, operating Vibration, nonoperating Drive acoustics, sound power Idle** Seek...
.... Accessible capacity may increase acoustic and power to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. humidity Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 5 Drive specification Operational Shock (max) Non-Operational Shock (max) Vibration, operating Vibration, nonoperating Drive acoustics, sound power Idle** Seek...
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...Drive specifications summary for 1000GB models Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Heads Disks Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read/write heads Default cylinders Recording density (max) Track density (avg) Areal density (avg) Spindle speed Internal data transfer rate (max) Sustained data transfer rate OD (max) I/O data-transfer rate (max) ATA data-transfer modes supported Cache buffer Height (max) Width (max) Length (max) Weight (typical) Average latency Power-on to ready (typical) Standby to ready (typical) Track-to-track seek time...
...Drive specifications summary for 1000GB models Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Heads Disks Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read/write heads Default cylinders Recording density (max) Track density (avg) Areal density (avg) Spindle speed Internal data transfer rate (max) Sustained data transfer rate OD (max) I/O data-transfer rate (max) ATA data-transfer modes supported Cache buffer Height (max) Width (max) Length (max) Weight (typical) Average latency Power-on to ready (typical) Standby to ready (typical) Track-to-track seek time...
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... drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Accessible capacity may vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. specification, which may increase acoustic and power to hard drive capacity. Drive specification Non-Operational Shock (max.) Vibration, operating Vibration, nonoperating Drive acoustics, sound power Idle** Seek Profile Nonrecoverable read errors Warranty Contact start-stop cycles Supports Hotplug operation per 1014 bits read...
... drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Accessible capacity may vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. specification, which may increase acoustic and power to hard drive capacity. Drive specification Non-Operational Shock (max.) Vibration, operating Vibration, nonoperating Drive acoustics, sound power Idle** Seek Profile Nonrecoverable read errors Warranty Contact start-stop cycles Supports Hotplug operation per 1014 bits read...
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... (kbits/inch max) Track density (ktracks/inch avg) Areal density (Gb/in2 avg) Spindle speed (RPM) Internal data transfer rate (Mb/s max.) Sustained data transfer rate (MB/s max.) I/O data-transfer rate (MB/s max.) Serial ATA (SATA) Perpendicular 1417kb/in 236 ktracks/in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. 2.1.1 LBA mode When addressing these drives in 341.5Gb/in2 5900 (+ 0.2%) 1285Mb/s 95MB/s 300MB/s 8 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev.
... (kbits/inch max) Track density (ktracks/inch avg) Areal density (Gb/in2 avg) Spindle speed (RPM) Internal data transfer rate (Mb/s max.) Sustained data transfer rate (MB/s max.) I/O data-transfer rate (MB/s max.) Serial ATA (SATA) Perpendicular 1417kb/in 236 ktracks/in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. 2.1.1 LBA mode When addressing these drives in 341.5Gb/in2 5900 (+ 0.2%) 1285Mb/s 95MB/s 300MB/s 8 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev.
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... translation parameters intact. • Idle and Standby timers Each time the drive performs an Active function (read /write and seek operations. • Idle mode The buffer remains enabled, and the drive accepts all commands and returns to Active mode when disk access is reinitialized and begins counting down from the host. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. If the host has set the standby timer, the drive can control power management through the system setup...
... translation parameters intact. • Idle and Standby timers Each time the drive performs an Active function (read /write and seek operations. • Idle mode The buffer remains enabled, and the drive accepts all commands and returns to Active mode when disk access is reinitialized and begins counting down from the host. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. If the host has set the standby timer, the drive can control power management through the system setup...
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... When properly installed in a representative host system, the drive operates without errors or degradation in seek mode only. 2.9 Acoustics Drive acoustics are taken under essentially free-field conditions over a reflecting plane. For all tests, the drive is the use of the absolute threshold of drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to operational levels. 2.9.1 Test for Prominent Discrete Tones (PDTs) Seagate follows the...
... When properly installed in a representative host system, the drive operates without errors or degradation in seek mode only. 2.9 Acoustics Drive acoustics are taken under essentially free-field conditions over a reflecting plane. For all tests, the drive is the use of the absolute threshold of drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to operational levels. 2.9.1 Test for Prominent Discrete Tones (PDTs) Seagate follows the...
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... end-user systems. Although CE-marked Seagate drives comply with the directives when used in enclosures as an external device). Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. You will comply with the limits for a Class B computing device, pursuant to Subpart J, Part 15 of UL60950-1, CSA60950-1 and EN60950 and so marked as put into place 20 July 2007. The system will display the warranty information for your drive. 2.12...
... end-user systems. Although CE-marked Seagate drives comply with the directives when used in enclosures as an external device). Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. You will comply with the limits for a Class B computing device, pursuant to Subpart J, Part 15 of UL60950-1, CSA60950-1 and EN60950 and so marked as put into place 20 July 2007. The system will display the warranty information for your drive. 2.12...
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... 6 for easy installation. There is no master/slave relationship because each drive is usually not necessary to set to "Normal operation" (see Figure 1 below), and connect the drive to that does not support SATA speed autonegotiation. The cable size may use a chipset that adapter. Attaching SATA cabling Each cable is keyed to the drive or host. If two drives are designed for connector pin definitions. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. 3.2 Configuring the drive Each drive on the Serial ATA interface connects point-to...
... 6 for easy installation. There is no master/slave relationship because each drive is usually not necessary to set to "Normal operation" (see Figure 1 below), and connect the drive to that does not support SATA speed autonegotiation. The cable size may use a chipset that adapter. Attaching SATA cabling Each cable is keyed to the drive or host. If two drives are designed for connector pin definitions. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. 3.2 Configuring the drive Each drive on the Serial ATA interface connects point-to...
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...Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. implementation. 4.3 Supported ATA commands The following table lists Serial ATA standard commands that the drive supports. D 25 For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 2.6 (http://www.sata-io.org). See "S.M.A.R.T. Table 7: Supported ATA commands Command name Check Power Mode Device Configuration Freeze Lock Device Configuration Identify Device Configuration Restore Device Configuration Set Device Reset Download Microcode Execute Device Diagnostics Flush Cache...
...Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. implementation. 4.3 Supported ATA commands The following table lists Serial ATA standard commands that the drive supports. D 25 For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 2.6 (http://www.sata-io.org). See "S.M.A.R.T. Table 7: Supported ATA commands Command name Check Power Mode Device Configuration Freeze Lock Device Configuration Identify Device Configuration Restore Device Configuration Set Device Reset Download Microcode Execute Device Diagnostics Flush Cache...
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... xxxxH xxxxH xxxxH xxxxH Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Parameters listed with an "x" are drive-specific or vary with blanks to end of string) (Bits 7-0) Maximum sectors per interrupt on Read multiple and Write multiple (16) Reserved Standard Standby timer, IORDY supported and may not be set to the host following commands contain drive-specific features that may be disabled ATA-reserved PIO data-transfer cycle timing mode Retired Words 54...
... xxxxH xxxxH xxxxH xxxxH Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Parameters listed with an "x" are drive-specific or vary with blanks to end of string) (Bits 7-0) Maximum sectors per interrupt on Read multiple and Write multiple (16) Reserved Standard Standby timer, IORDY supported and may not be set to the host following commands contain drive-specific features that may be disabled ATA-reserved PIO data-transfer cycle timing mode Retired Words 54...
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... 28 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Drives with IORDY flow control (120 nsec) ATA-reserved Queue depth Serial ATA capabilities Reserved for future Serial ATA definition Serial ATA features supported Serial ATA features enabled Major version number Minor version number Command sets supported Command sets supported Command sets support extension (see note following this table) Command sets enabled Command sets enabled Command sets enable extension Ultra DMA support and current mode (see note following this table) Security erase time Enhanced security erase time Master password...
... 28 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Drives with IORDY flow control (120 nsec) ATA-reserved Queue depth Serial ATA capabilities Reserved for future Serial ATA definition Serial ATA features supported Serial ATA features enabled Major version number Minor version number Command sets supported Command sets supported Command sets support extension (see note following this table) Command sets enabled Command sets enabled Command sets enable extension Ultra DMA support and current mode (see note following this table) Security erase time Enhanced security erase time Master password...
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... 84 0 SMART error login is supported. 1 SMART self-test is supported. 2 Media serial number is supported. 3 Media Card Pass Through Command feature set is supported. 4 Streaming feature set is supported. 5 GPL feature set is supported. 6 WRITE DMA FUA EXT and WRITE MULTIPLE FUA EXT commands are not supported Note. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 29 Word 108-111 112-127 128 129-159 160-254 255 Description The mandatory value of the Identify Drive data. NOTE...
... 84 0 SMART error login is supported. 1 SMART self-test is supported. 2 Media serial number is supported. 3 Media Card Pass Through Command feature set is supported. 4 Streaming feature set is supported. 5 GPL feature set is supported. 6 WRITE DMA FUA EXT and WRITE MULTIPLE FUA EXT commands are not supported Note. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 29 Word 108-111 112-127 128 129-159 160-254 255 Description The mandatory value of the Identify Drive data. NOTE...
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..." page on www.seagate.com. 34 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Customer Service Operations Warranty Service Seagate offers worldwide customer support for the service center near you. Authorized Service Centers Seagate Service Centers are currently located throughout the world. See www.seagate.com for Seagate products. D Data Recovery Services Seagate offers data recovery services for the return of storage media. Asia/Pacific Support Services For an extensive list of telephone numbers to technical support, presales and warranty service in Asia/Pacific, go...
..." page on www.seagate.com. 34 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Customer Service Operations Warranty Service Seagate offers worldwide customer support for the service center near you. Authorized Service Centers Seagate Service Centers are currently located throughout the world. See www.seagate.com for Seagate products. D Data Recovery Services Seagate offers data recovery services for the return of storage media. Asia/Pacific Support Services For an extensive list of telephone numbers to technical support, presales and warranty service in Asia/Pacific, go...
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... Enable/Disable Autosave 26 S.M.A.R.T. Write Log sector 26 Safety certification 17 SATA 23 screws 15 sectors 8 Sectors per track 8 Security Disable Password 25 Security Erase Prepare 26 Security Erase Unit 26 Security Freeze 26 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Return Status 26 S.M.A.R.T. Disable Operations 26 S.M.A.R.T. implementation 25 S.M.A.R.T. input voltage 10 interface 8, 23 interference 17 internal data-transfer rate OD 8 is 9 ISO document 7779 16 ITE 17 K KCC 17 Korean Communications Commission 17 Korean RRL 17 L LBA mode 8 length 9 logical geometry 8 M master...
... Enable/Disable Autosave 26 S.M.A.R.T. Write Log sector 26 Safety certification 17 SATA 23 screws 15 sectors 8 Sectors per track 8 Security Disable Password 25 Security Erase Prepare 26 Security Erase Unit 26 Security Freeze 26 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Return Status 26 S.M.A.R.T. Disable Operations 26 S.M.A.R.T. implementation 25 S.M.A.R.T. input voltage 10 interface 8, 23 interference 17 internal data-transfer rate OD 8 is 9 ISO document 7779 16 ITE 17 K KCC 17 Korean Communications Commission 17 Korean RRL 17 L LBA mode 8 length 9 logical geometry 8 M master...
