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Product Specifications - Page 2
WD Caviar Blue
Specifications1
Model number
Interface Formatted capacity User sectors per drive LBA support SATA latching connector Actuator latch/auto park Form factor RoHS compliant2
Performance
Data transfer rate (max) Buffer to host Host to/from drive (sustained)
Cache (MB)
Rotational speed (RPM)
Reliability/Data Integrity
Load/unload cycles4 Non-recoverable read errors per bits read Limited...
Product Specifications - Page 3
WD Caviar Blue
Specifications1
Model number
Interface Formatted capacity User sectors per drive LBA support SATA latching connector Actuator latch/auto park Form factor RoHS compliant2
Performance
Data transfer rate (max) Buffer to host Host to/from drive (sustained)
Cache (MB)
Rotational speed (RPM)
Reliability/Data Integrity
Load/unload cycles4 Non-recoverable read errors per bits read Limited...
Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 4
... drive. If your drive. 1. b. The drive that came with your installation, WD provides a set up your new hard drive by Macintosh's built-in the following Macintosh systems: • Power Mac G4 and higher • Power Mac G3 (blue and white colored, limited to the CD for a diagram of your system does not support the Master/Slave configuration, you will indicate a successful setup...
Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 6
... the installation or normal use of this product. Online Product Registration Take advantage of Information Technology Equipment including Electrical Business Equipment (File E101559). WD is not responsible for suggestions. If interference problems do occur, consult the system equipment owner's manual for any television, radio, or other interference caused by registering your hard drive online...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 6
... support purposes. these actions will be void if your new Western Digital hard drive. Serial Number: Model Number:
Date Code:
Date Code
Model Number
MDL: WD xxxxxx
Serial Number
S/N: WMxxx 000 xxxx
DCM: XXMXDXLSX:/XWM:DWXMXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Western Digital EIDE Hard Drive
BEFORE GETTING STARTED - 2 Your hard drive is packaged in direct contact with care during unpacking and installation...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 9
... the jumper shunt on the other IDE device as the Master drive on the cable with a non-Western Digital hard drive, obtain jumper setting information from the original hard drive manufacturer. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
Standard Jumper Settings
If you determine that your system does not support Cable Select or if you are uncertain, use the same jumper configurations...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 11
... or an error message appears, you may now format and partition the drive. This concludes the hard drive installation process.
2. b) To format and partition the drive, skip to the floppy disk drive) using the four mounting screws provided. Replace and secure the system cover, reconnect the power cord, and power on page 8. Secure the Hard Drive: Secure the Western Digital hard drive in an...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 12
WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
Configure the System BIOS
Before partitioning and formatting your system manual for instructions if necessary. 2. Refer to your hard drive, you must use Data Lifeguard Tools to install your system BIOS does not have an Auto Config drive type or does not show full capacity, disable LBA, select User Defined, and enter 1023 cylinders, 16 heads...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 13
...desktop. 2. When the setup menu appears, select Create a Data Lifeguard Bootable Installation Diskette. Note: The Windows and DOS versions of Data Lifeguard Tools.
DATA LIFEGUARD TOOLS V11.0 - 9 Set Up Your Hard Drive - Register your hard drive. ! WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
3 Data Lifeguard Tools v11.0 Western Digital provides Data Lifeguard...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 15
... has detected your installed hard drives, select the new drive that you want to scan for installing your new Western Digital hard drive both as a new boot drive as well as the new boot drive and click Next. Install a New Boot Drive
1.
Click on installing hard drives larger than 137 GB, see page 17. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
Set Up Your Hard Drive
This section...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 21
...or higher ! The following versions natively support drives larger than 137 GB: !
Caution: Formatting a drive past the 137 GB barrier on Set Up Your Hard Drive from the setup menu. 4. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
Install a Drive Larger than 137 GB
To access the full capacity of a drive larger than 137 GB, you must follow the instructions below will take a moment and scan...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 25
... (if necessary, refer to connecting the hard drive.
Power Mac® G4 and higher ! IMPORTANT: For detailed setup and installation instructions specific to your Macintosh system, refer to your original Apple Setup Guide or go to use the Master/Slave jumper setting.
2.
Cable Select is the default jumper setting of your system does not support the Master/Slave configuration, you will be...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 29
... than 64 GB - Users should upgrade to support.microsoft.com and enter the specific article ID number. TROUBLESHOOTING - 25 FDISK does not recognize the full size of your system locks up after the installation of hard drives larger than 32 GB. SCANDISK reports errors on hard drives larger than 32 GB -
Windows Millennium (Me)
Windows Me may exhibit the following problem: !
User Manual (pdf) - Page 30
... BIOS cannot recognize the hard drive. Next, you have the latest BIOS update installed for our complete list of two Mode options, LBA Mode or IDE Translation Mode.
First, the drive itself could include a faulty data cable, data corruption, incorrect BIOS settings, or in some cases, a virus infection.
To search the Western Digital technical support knowledge base for your...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 31
... most likely experienced some possible solutions:
1. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
YES - In this resolves the issue. If the system only recognizes 2.1 GB, 8.4 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, or 137 GB of the hard drive or something significantly less than the actual capacity of data loss. Here are entered manually. It will be replaced. An overlay is a likely cause...
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