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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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.... When referring to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications. Your computer's operating system may use a different standard of the listed capacity is used for data storage. added "Warranty" specific section. All other countries. B Rev. C Rev. A Rev. Seagate reserves the right to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one of their respective owners. Printed in...
.... When referring to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications. Your computer's operating system may use a different standard of the listed capacity is used for data storage. added "Warranty" specific section. All other countries. B Rev. C Rev. A Rev. Seagate reserves the right to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one of their respective owners. Printed in...
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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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... 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 error-correction algorithms. • Native Command Queueing with command...
... 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 error-correction algorithms. • Native Command Queueing with command...
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... to host software as a Device 0 (master) and Device 1 (slave) accessed at the same set of the traditional device registers, referred to provide backward compatibility with parallel ATA. A host adapter that shadow the contents of host bus addresses. The Command and Control Block registers, PIO and DMA data transfers, resets, and interrupts are attached on separate Serial ATA ports are Device 0 (master) devices. Serial ATA was designed to allow you to install a Serial ATA host adapter and Serial ATA disk drive in...
... to host software as a Device 0 (master) and Device 1 (slave) accessed at the same set of the traditional device registers, referred to provide backward compatibility with parallel ATA. A host adapter that shadow the contents of host bus addresses. The Command and Control Block registers, PIO and DMA data transfers, resets, and interrupts are attached on separate Serial ATA ports are Device 0 (master) devices. Serial ATA was designed to allow you to install a Serial ATA host adapter and Serial ATA disk drive in...
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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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... operational levels. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 5 You will display the warranty information for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web page: support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp From this page, click on operating environment and formatting. **During periods of purchase. The system will be asked to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to hard drive capacity...
... operational levels. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 5 You will display the warranty information for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web page: support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp From this page, click on operating environment and formatting. **During periods of purchase. The system will be asked to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to hard drive capacity...
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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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... *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to operational levels. specification, which may vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. You will display the warranty information for your drive. 50,000 at 2ms 5 to 350 Hz: 0.50 Gs 350...
... *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to operational levels. specification, which may vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. You will display the warranty information for your drive. 50,000 at 2ms 5 to 350 Hz: 0.50 Gs 350...
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... 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. See Section 4.3.1, "Identify Device command" (words 60-61 and 100-103) for additional information about 48bit addressing support of drives with capacities over 137GB. 2.2 Default logical geometry Cylinders 16,383 Read/write heads 16 Sectors per sector 512 *One Gbyte equals one...
... 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. See Section 4.3.1, "Identify Device command" (words 60-61 and 100-103) for additional information about 48bit addressing support of drives with capacities over 137GB. 2.2 Default logical geometry Cylinders 16,383 Read/write heads 16 Sectors per sector 512 *One Gbyte equals one...
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.... Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. The drive accepts all commands and returns to Standby mode. 2.7.4 Power-management modes The drive provides programmable power management to Active mode when disk access is established using a Standby or Idle command. The drive leaves Sleep mode after receiving a Sleep command from the host. In both Idle and Standby mode, the drive accepts all current translation parameters intact. • Idle and Standby timers Each time the drive performs an Active function (read /write and seek operations...
.... Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. The drive accepts all commands and returns to Standby mode. 2.7.4 Power-management modes The drive provides programmable power management to Active mode when disk access is established using a Standby or Idle command. The drive leaves Sleep mode after receiving a Sleep command from the host. In both Idle and Standby mode, the drive accepts all current translation parameters intact. • Idle and Standby timers Each time the drive performs an Active function (read /write and seek operations...
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...: 94 16 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. The number of seeks per second 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 ECMA-74 standards for the inaudible components of sound prior to computation of tone ratios according to the S.M.A.R.T. D specification, which...
...: 94 16 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. The number of seeks per second 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 ECMA-74 standards for the inaudible components of sound prior to computation of tone ratios according to the S.M.A.R.T. D specification, which...
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... Article 11 of the Electromagnetic Compatibility control Regulation and meet the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework requirements of purchase. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. 2.11 Warranty To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to be contained solely within a personal computer or similar enclosure (not attached as an external device). Drives are defined by the product standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE). Operation with the directives. D 17 As...
... Article 11 of the Electromagnetic Compatibility control Regulation and meet the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework requirements of purchase. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. 2.11 Warranty To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to be contained solely within a personal computer or similar enclosure (not attached as an external device). Drives are defined by the product standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE). Operation with the directives. D 17 As...
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...per second operation Limit data transfer rate to 1.5 Gbits per second (and leave the drive connected to be attached to 1.5 Gbits per second Jumper block SATA power connector SATA interface connector Figure 1. The drive and the host receptacle incorporate features that does not support SATA speed autonegotiation. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Both drives behave as shown in a point-to 26 AWG with the Serial ATA host adapter. See Table 6 for easy installation. Barracuda LP Series SATA drives support latching SATA connectors. D 21 Serial ATA drives are...
...per second operation Limit data transfer rate to 1.5 Gbits per second (and leave the drive connected to be attached to 1.5 Gbits per second Jumper block SATA power connector SATA interface connector Figure 1. The drive and the host receptacle incorporate features that does not support SATA speed autonegotiation. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Both drives behave as shown in a point-to 26 AWG with the Serial ATA host adapter. See Table 6 for easy installation. Barracuda LP Series SATA drives support latching SATA connectors. D 21 Serial ATA drives are...
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...Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. 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 Flush Cache Extended Format Track Identify Device Idle Idle Immediate Initialize Device Parameters Read Buffer Read DMA Read DMA Extended Read DMA Without Retries Read Log Ext Read Multiple Read Multiple Extended Read Native Max Address Read Native Max Address Extended Read Sectors Read Sectors...
...Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. 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 Flush Cache Extended Format Track Identify Device Idle Idle Immediate Initialize Device Parameters Read Buffer Read DMA Read DMA Extended Read DMA Without Retries Read Log Ext Read Multiple Read Multiple Extended Read Native Max Address Read Native Max Address Extended Read Sectors Read Sectors...
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... zero. 4.3.1 Identify Device command The Identify Device command (command code ECH) transfers information about the drive to the host following commands contain drive-specific features that may be disabled ATA-reserved PIO data-transfer cycle timing mode Retired Words 54-58, 64-70 and 88 are valid Number of current logical cylinders Number of current logical heads Number of current logical sectors per logical track Current capacity in sectors Number of sectors transferred during a Read Multiple or Write Multiple command Value 0C5AH...
... zero. 4.3.1 Identify Device command The Identify Device command (command code ECH) transfers information about the drive to the host following commands contain drive-specific features that may be disabled ATA-reserved PIO data-transfer cycle timing mode Retired Words 54-58, 64-70 and 88 are valid Number of current logical cylinders Number of current logical heads Number of current logical sectors per logical track Current capacity in sectors Number of sectors transferred during a Read Multiple or Write Multiple command Value 0C5AH...
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... 0000H 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 field and the actual number of user-addressable LBAs specified in...
... 0000H 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 field and the actual number of user-addressable LBAs specified in...
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... DMA mode 0 is supported. 1 Multiword DMA mode 1 is supported. 2 Multiword DMA mode 2 is supported. 8 Multiword DMA mode 0 is currently active. 9 Multiword DMA mode 1 is currently active. 10 Multiword DMA mode 2 is supported. 6 WRITE DMA FUA EXT and WRITE MULTIPLE FUA EXT commands are not supported Note. Description (if bit is set is currently active. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 29 ATA-reserved Security status Seagate-reserved ATA-reserved Integrity word Value Each drive will...
... DMA mode 0 is supported. 1 Multiword DMA mode 1 is supported. 2 Multiword DMA mode 2 is supported. 8 Multiword DMA mode 0 is currently active. 9 Multiword DMA mode 1 is currently active. 10 Multiword DMA mode 2 is supported. 6 WRITE DMA FUA EXT and WRITE MULTIPLE FUA EXT commands are not supported Note. Description (if bit is set is currently active. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 29 ATA-reserved Security status Seagate-reserved ATA-reserved Integrity word Value Each drive will...
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... defective products. Have your serial number and model or part number available. Data Recovery Services Seagate offers data recovery services for the return of telephone numbers to technical support, presales and warranty service in USA/ Canada/Latin America, including business hours, go to the "Contact Us" page on www.seagate.com. 34 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. See www.seagate.com for Seagate products. D Asia/Pacific Support Services For an extensive list of telephone numbers to technical support, presales and warranty service in...
... defective products. Have your serial number and model or part number available. Data Recovery Services Seagate offers data recovery services for the return of telephone numbers to technical support, presales and warranty service in USA/ Canada/Latin America, including business hours, go to the "Contact Us" page on www.seagate.com. 34 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. See www.seagate.com for Seagate products. D Asia/Pacific Support Services For an extensive list of telephone numbers to technical support, presales and warranty service in...
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... track 8 Security Disable Password 25 Security Erase Prepare 26 Security Erase Unit 26 Security Freeze 26 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Enable Operations 26 S.M.A.R.T. implementation 25 S.M.A.R.T. Return Status 26 S.M.A.R.T. D Disable Operations 26 S.M.A.R.T. Read Log Sector 26 S.M.A.R.T. Save Attribute Values 26 S.M.A.R.T. Enable/Disable Autosave 26 S.M.A.R.T. Read Data 26 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...
... track 8 Security Disable Password 25 Security Erase Prepare 26 Security Erase Unit 26 Security Freeze 26 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Enable Operations 26 S.M.A.R.T. implementation 25 S.M.A.R.T. Return Status 26 S.M.A.R.T. D Disable Operations 26 S.M.A.R.T. Read Log Sector 26 S.M.A.R.T. Save Attribute Values 26 S.M.A.R.T. Enable/Disable Autosave 26 S.M.A.R.T. Read Data 26 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...
