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... precautions 23 3.2 Configuring the drive 24 3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors 24 3.4 Drive mounting 25 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 27 4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility 27 4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions 28 4.3 Supported ATA commands 29 4.3.1 Identify Device command 31 4.3.2 Set Features command 34 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands 35 5.0 Seagate Technology support services 37 Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. D iii...
... precautions 23 3.2 Configuring the drive 24 3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors 24 3.4 Drive mounting 25 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 27 4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility 27 4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions 28 4.3 Supported ATA commands 29 4.3.1 Identify Device command 31 4.3.2 Set Features command 34 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands 35 5.0 Seagate Technology support services 37 Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. D iii...
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Typical 5V startup and operation current profile 14 Typical 12V startup and operation current profile 14 Serial ATA connectors 24 Attaching SATA cabling 24 Mounting dimensions-top, side and end view 25 Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Figure 4. List of Figures Figure 1. Figure 5. D v Figure 3. Figure 2.
Typical 5V startup and operation current profile 14 Typical 12V startup and operation current profile 14 Serial ATA connectors 24 Attaching SATA cabling 24 Mounting dimensions-top, side and end view 25 Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Figure 4. List of Figures Figure 1. Figure 5. D v Figure 3. Figure 2.
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... and connectors. D 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate Barracuda® 7200.8 Serial ATA model drives: Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA • ST3400832AS • ST3400632AS • ST3300831AS • ST3300631AS • ST3250823AS • ST3250623AS • ST3200826AS These drives provide the following key features: • 7,200 RPM spindle speed. • 8 Mbyte buffer (ST3400832AS, ST3300831AS...
... and connectors. D 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate Barracuda® 7200.8 Serial ATA model drives: Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA • ST3400832AS • ST3400632AS • ST3300831AS • ST3300631AS • ST3250823AS • ST3250623AS • ST3200826AS These drives provide the following key features: • 7,200 RPM spindle speed. • 8 Mbyte buffer (ST3400832AS, ST3300831AS...
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... to -point configuration with parallel ATA. This essentially means both "masters" on separate Serial ATA ports are Device 0 (master) devices. In addition, Serial ATA makes the transition from www.serialata.org. 2 Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. There is not a typical Serial ATA environment. The Serial ATA host adapter and drive share the function of host bus...
... to -point configuration with parallel ATA. This essentially means both "masters" on separate Serial ATA ports are Device 0 (master) devices. In addition, Serial ATA makes the transition from www.serialata.org. 2 Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. There is not a typical Serial ATA environment. The Serial ATA host adapter and drive share the function of host bus...
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... ST3400832AS, ST3400632AS, ST3300831AS, ST3300631AS, ST3250823AS, ST3250623AS and ST3200826AS models. 2.1 Specification summary tables The specifications listed in tables 1, 2, and 3 are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual. 2.0 Drive specifications Unless otherwise noted, all...
... ST3400832AS, ST3400632AS, ST3300831AS, ST3300631AS, ST3250823AS, ST3250623AS and ST3200826AS models. 2.1 Specification summary tables The specifications listed in tables 1, 2, and 3 are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual. 2.0 Drive specifications Unless otherwise noted, all...
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... transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) Sustained transfer rate OD (Mbytes/sec) I/O data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) ATA data-transfer modes supported SATA data-transfer modes supported Cache buffer Height (max) Width (max) Length (max) Weight (max) grams .../ lb. Table 1: Drive specifications for 400 Gbyte models Drive specification Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read ), 1.0 (write) 8.0 9.0 2.8 amps 9.9...
... transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) Sustained transfer rate OD (Mbytes/sec) I/O data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) ATA data-transfer modes supported SATA data-transfer modes supported Cache buffer Height (max) Width (max) Length (max) Weight (max) grams .../ lb. Table 1: Drive specifications for 400 Gbyte models Drive specification Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read ), 1.0 (write) 8.0 9.0 2.8 amps 9.9...
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...34% 5 Years 5 years on distribution units. To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to hard drive capacity. specification, which may occur according to operational levels. Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. D 5 Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting...of drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to the S.M.A.R.T. You will display the warranty information for your drive. 50,000 Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to access the following web page: www.seagate....
...34% 5 Years 5 years on distribution units. To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to hard drive capacity. specification, which may occur according to operational levels. Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. D 5 Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting...of drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to the S.M.A.R.T. You will display the warranty information for your drive. 50,000 Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to access the following web page: www.seagate....
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...) Power-on to ready (typical) Standby to ready (typical) Track-to 70°C (nonop.) ST3300631AS 16 Mbytes 6 Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Table 2: Drive specifications for 300 Gbyte models Drive specification Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read ), 1.0 (write) ...rate (Mbytes/sec max) Sustained transfer rate OD (Mbytes/sec) I/O data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) ATA data-transfer modes supported SATA data-transfer modes supported Cache buffer Height (max) Width (max) Length (max) Weight (max) grams ...
...) Power-on to ready (typical) Standby to ready (typical) Track-to 70°C (nonop.) ST3300631AS 16 Mbytes 6 Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Table 2: Drive specifications for 300 Gbyte models Drive specification Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read ), 1.0 (write) ...rate (Mbytes/sec max) Sustained transfer rate OD (Mbytes/sec) I/O data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) ATA data-transfer modes supported SATA data-transfer modes supported Cache buffer Height (max) Width (max) Length (max) Weight (max) grams ...
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...) Shock, operating (max at 2 msec) Shock, nonoperating (max at 2 msec) Vibration, operating Vibration, nonoperating Drive acoustics, sound power (bels) Idle** Performance seek Nonrecoverable read 0.34% 5 Years 5 years on the "Verify ...seagate.com/support/service/ From this page, click on distribution units. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. **During periods of purchase. specification, which may occur according to hard drive capacity. Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Table 2: Drive specifications for 300 Gbyte models Drive...
...) Shock, operating (max at 2 msec) Shock, nonoperating (max at 2 msec) Vibration, operating Vibration, nonoperating Drive acoustics, sound power (bels) Idle** Performance seek Nonrecoverable read 0.34% 5 Years 5 years on the "Verify ...seagate.com/support/service/ From this page, click on distribution units. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. **During periods of purchase. specification, which may occur according to hard drive capacity. Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Table 2: Drive specifications for 300 Gbyte models Drive...
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... to ready (typical) Track-to 70°C (nonop.) ST3200826AS 200 390,721,968 8 Mbytes 8 Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Table 3: Drive specifications for 250 and 200 Gbyte models Drive specification Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read ),...(typical) watts Idle mode (typical) watts Standby mode (typical) watts Sleep mode Voltage tolerance (including noise) Ambient temperature ST3250823AS ST3250623AS 250 488,397,168 512 63 16 16,383 763,000 120,000 91,560 7,200 95 65 150 PIO modes 0-4 ...
... to ready (typical) Track-to 70°C (nonop.) ST3200826AS 200 390,721,968 8 Mbytes 8 Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Table 3: Drive specifications for 250 and 200 Gbyte models Drive specification Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read ),...(typical) watts Idle mode (typical) watts Standby mode (typical) watts Sleep mode Voltage tolerance (including noise) Ambient temperature ST3250823AS ST3250623AS 250 488,397,168 512 63 16 16,383 763,000 120,000 91,560 7,200 95 65 150 PIO modes 0-4 ...
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... SATA II specification Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. specification, which may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. D 9 Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment...drive. You will display the warranty information for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web page: www.seagate.com/support/service/ From this page, click on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. Table 3: Drive specifications for 250 and 200 Gbyte models Drive specification ST3250823AS...
... SATA II specification Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. specification, which may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. D 9 Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment...drive. You will display the warranty information for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web page: www.seagate.com/support/service/ From this page, click on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. Table 3: Drive specifications for 250 and 200 Gbyte models Drive specification ST3250823AS...
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...defined above . D 2.2 Formatted capacity Model ST3400832AS and ST3400632AS ST3300831AS and ST3300631AS ST3250823AS and ST3250623AS ST3200826AS Formatted capacity 400 Gbytes 300 Gbytes 250 Gbytes 200 Gbytes Guaranteed sectors 781,422,768 586,072,368 488,397,168... 390,721,968 Bytes per track 63 LBA mode When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n-1, where n is the number of guaranteed sectors as defined above . 10 Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA...
...defined above . D 2.2 Formatted capacity Model ST3400832AS and ST3400632AS ST3300831AS and ST3300631AS ST3250823AS and ST3250623AS ST3200826AS Formatted capacity 400 Gbytes 300 Gbytes 250 Gbytes 200 Gbytes Guaranteed sectors 781,422,768 586,072,368 488,397,168... 390,721,968 Bytes per track 63 LBA mode When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n-1, where n is the number of guaranteed sectors as defined above . 10 Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA...
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...data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) Sustained transfer rate OD (Mbytes/sec max) I/O data-transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) Interleave Cache buffer ST3400832AS ST3300831AS ST3250823AS ST3200826AS ST3400632AS ST3300631AS ST3250623AS 2.5 Physical characteristics Maximum height (mm) (inches) Maximum width (mm) (inches) Maximum length (mm) (inches) Maximum weight ...(grams) (pounds) 26.11 1.028 101.85 4.010 146.99 5.787 635 1.39 Serial ATA (SATA) 16/17 EPRML 763,000 120,000 91,560 7,200 95 65 150 (SATA 1.0) 1:1 8 Mbytes (8,192 kbytes) 16 Mbytes (16,384...
...data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) Sustained transfer rate OD (Mbytes/sec max) I/O data-transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) Interleave Cache buffer ST3400832AS ST3300831AS ST3250823AS ST3200826AS ST3400632AS ST3300631AS ST3250623AS 2.5 Physical characteristics Maximum height (mm) (inches) Maximum width (mm) (inches) Maximum length (mm) (inches) Maximum weight ...(grams) (pounds) 26.11 1.028 101.85 4.010 146.99 5.787 635 1.39 Serial ATA (SATA) 16/17 EPRML 763,000 120,000 91,560 7,200 95 65 150 (SATA 1.0) 1:1 8 Mbytes (8,192 kbytes) 16 Mbytes (16,384...
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The specifications in both directions. • Average seek time is a true statistical random average of at 25°C ambient temperature. 2.6 Seek time Seek measurements are defined as follows: • Track-to-track seek time is an average of all possible single-track seeks in the table below are taken with nominal power at least 5,000 measurements of seeks between random tracks, less overhead. *Typical seek times (msec) Track-to-track Average Average latency: Read 0.8 All times are measured using drive diagnostics.
The specifications in both directions. • Average seek time is a true statistical random average of at 25°C ambient temperature. 2.6 Seek time Seek measurements are defined as follows: • Track-to-track seek time is an average of all possible single-track seeks in the table below are taken with nominal power at least 5,000 measurements of seeks between random tracks, less overhead. *Typical seek times (msec) Track-to-track Average Average latency: Read 0.8 All times are measured using drive diagnostics.
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... spinning, and the servo and read/ write electronics are in the table on page 9. D 13 2.8 Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) through a native SATA power connector. Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Servo electronics are listed in power-down mode. Seek mode power represents the worst-case power...
... spinning, and the servo and read/ write electronics are in the table on page 9. D 13 2.8 Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) through a native SATA power connector. Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Servo electronics are listed in power-down mode. Seek mode power represents the worst-case power...
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..., which may occur according to operational levels. 2.8.1.1 Typical current profiles Figure 1. Typical 12V startup and operation current profile 14 Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Table 4: DC power requirements Power dissipation (typical) Spinup Idle Idle* (with offline activity) Operating (40... - 0.401 0.78 0.841 0.602 0.265 0.265 12V typ amps 2.8 (peak) 0.433 0.433 0.715 0.782 0.006 0.006 *During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to the S.M.A.R.T. D Typical 5V startup and operation current profile Figure 2.
..., which may occur according to operational levels. 2.8.1.1 Typical current profiles Figure 1. Typical 12V startup and operation current profile 14 Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Table 4: DC power requirements Power dissipation (typical) Spinup Idle Idle* (with offline activity) Operating (40... - 0.401 0.78 0.841 0.602 0.265 0.265 12V typ amps 2.8 (peak) 0.433 0.433 0.715 0.782 0.006 0.006 *During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to the S.M.A.R.T. D Typical 5V startup and operation current profile Figure 2.
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... load on the +12 volt line or an equivalent 15-ohm resistive load on the +5 volt line. • Using 12-volt power, the drive is expected to operate with a maximum of 120 mV peak-to-peak square-wave injected noise at up to 10 MHz. • Using 5-volt...Enabled Disabled • Active mode The drive is necessary. • Sleep mode The drive enters Sleep mode after it receives a Hard Reset or Soft Reset from its specified delay times to Active mode any Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Note. After receiving a reset, the drive exits Sleep mode and enters Standby mode...
... load on the +12 volt line or an equivalent 15-ohm resistive load on the +5 volt line. • Using 12-volt power, the drive is expected to operate with a maximum of 120 mV peak-to-peak square-wave injected noise at up to 10 MHz. • Using 5-volt...Enabled Disabled • Active mode The drive is necessary. • Sleep mode The drive enters Sleep mode after it receives a Hard Reset or Soft Reset from its specified delay times to Active mode any Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Note. After receiving a reset, the drive exits Sleep mode and enters Standby mode...
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...(30% per hour max) 5% to 95% noncondensing (30% per second. 16 Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. to 10,000+ ft.) -60.96 m to 3,048 m (-200 ft. In both Idle and Standby mode, the drive accepts all models. D Above 1,000 feet (305 meters), the maximum temperature is mounted...in this document when subjected to a maximum operating shock of 63 Gs based on half-sine shock pulses of the environment immediately surrounding the drive. Shock may be repeated more than two times per hour max) 2.9.3.2 Wet bulb temperature Operating: Nonoperating: 37.7°C (99.9°F max...
...(30% per hour max) 5% to 95% noncondensing (30% per second. 16 Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. to 10,000+ ft.) -60.96 m to 3,048 m (-200 ft. In both Idle and Standby mode, the drive accepts all models. D Above 1,000 feet (305 meters), the maximum temperature is mounted...in this document when subjected to a maximum operating shock of 63 Gs based on half-sine shock pulses of the environment immediately surrounding the drive. Shock may be repeated more than two times per hour max) 2.9.3.2 Wet bulb temperature Operating: Nonoperating: 37.7°C (99.9°F max...
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...All measurements are taken under essentially free-field conditions over a reflecting plane. Note. For all tests, the drive is placed in seek mode only. Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. The number of seeks per second is defined by the following equation: (Number of... seek 3.7 bels (typ) 3.9 bels (max) *During periods of 2 msec duration. 2.9.6 Vibration All vibration specifications assume that the drive can experience without incurring physical damage or degradation in performance when subsequently put into operation are specified below. 5-22 Hz 23-350 Hz ...
...All measurements are taken under essentially free-field conditions over a reflecting plane. Note. For all tests, the drive is placed in seek mode only. Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. The number of seeks per second is defined by the following equation: (Number of... seek 3.7 bels (typ) 3.9 bels (max) *During periods of 2 msec duration. 2.9.6 Vibration All vibration specifications assume that the drive can experience without incurring physical damage or degradation in performance when subsequently put into operation are specified below. 5-22 Hz 23-350 Hz ...
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... level Reference standard Contact, HCP, VCP: ± 4 kV; None required. 18 Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. The system will be asked to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of purchase. 2.11 Electromagnetic immunity... When properly installed in a representative host system, the drive operates without errors or degradation in performance when subjected to the radio frequency (RF) environments defined in the following web page: www.seagate.com/support/service/ From this page, click on distribution units...
... level Reference standard Contact, HCP, VCP: ± 4 kV; None required. 18 Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. The system will be asked to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of purchase. 2.11 Electromagnetic immunity... When properly installed in a representative host system, the drive operates without errors or degradation in performance when subjected to the radio frequency (RF) environments defined in the following web page: www.seagate.com/support/service/ From this page, click on distribution units...