S T 3 4 2 5 0 A M E D A L I . 4 2 5 0 SEAGATE Native| Translation ------+-----+-----+----- Form 3.5"/SLIMLINE Cylinders | 8264| 516| 1024 Capacity form/unform 4265/ MB Heads 10| 16| | 16 Seek time / track 10.5/ 2.0 ms Sector/track | 63| 63| 63 Controller IDE / ATA2 FAST/ENHA Precompensation Cache/Buffer 128 KB SEACACHE Landing Zone Data transfer rate 5.500 MB/S int Bytes/Sector 512 16.600 MB/S ext PIO4 Recording method ZBR PRML89 operating | non-operating -------------+-------------- Supply voltage 5/12 V Temperature *C | Power: sleep W Humidity % | standby W Altitude km | idle W Shock g 5 | 75 seek W Rotation RPM 5376 read/write W Acoustic dBA spin-up W ECC Bit MTBF h 500000 Warranty Month Lift/Lock/Park YES Certificates ********************************************************************** J U M P E R S ********************************************************************** SEAGATE ST33440A/34250A MEDALIST 3440/4250AT QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE Jumper Setting ============== Front View Slave drive ON (OFF for Master) ------+ Slave Present (used on Master) ----+ | Master/Slave timing protocol causes Master --+-+ | drive to wait up to 31 seconds for slave | | | (TOP) to respond. Must be used with pins 3-4 | | | +--+-+-++ |o o o o1 Option Block -----PWA------------------------------------+o o o o2-- ++----+-+ (BOTTOM) Cable Select -----+ | Spare jumper stored on pins 2-4 ----------+ ********************************************************************** G E N E R A L ********************************************************************** SEAGATE ATA-INTERFACE ATA Interface Reference Manual 36111-001, Rev. C 21 May 1993 1993 Seagate Technology, Inc. All rights reserved Publication Number: 36111-001, Rev. C Introduction ------------ This manual describes Seagate Technology s implementation of the AT Attachment (ATA) interface, an intelligent hard disc drive interface for use in personal computer systems. This manual includes supported ATA interface commands, command execution, translation methodology, caching, power management, signal conventions, line specifications, and interpretations of error conditions. These interface descriptions are based on the draft proposed American National Standard (dpANS) ATA Interface Revision 4.0. For information on a particular Seagate ATA interface drive (including any drive-unique features not listed in this document), refer to the product manual for the specific drive. Advantages of the ATA interface ------------------------------- The ATA interface is a natural extension of the ISA system bus. Most of the signals and circuitry necessary for the interface are already present in the host system. The interface is easily implemented into the design of an ISA or EISA system with little or no extension required in the system software. It is for this reason that the ATA interface standard has gained such wide acceptance in the personal computer industry. The ATA interface is designated as a logic-level interface, and responds to high-level commands from the host. The drive itself is an intelligent device with an embedded controller that interprets and executes the commands sent from the host. After command execution, the drive reports information on successful command completion, any error conditions and all parameters appropriate to drive status queries. Origins and implementation history ---------------------------------- The ATA interface has evolved rapidly since its initial design by Compaq Corporation. After refining the basic ATA interface concepts and circuitry, Compaq Corporation worked with Imprimis (now a part of Seagate) to build the first ATA interface drive. At this stage, the interface was far from being an accepted standard. However, it was a natural extension of the ATA I/O bus, and gained industry-wide acceptance because most of the necessary framework needed for the implementation was already present in the host machine. Initially, there were no industry-wide standards for implementing the ATA interface, leaving manufacturers free to extend and improve upon it. In the latter part of 1988, a Common Access Method (CAM) committee was established to develop such standards. Their results were adopted by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) with the intent of creating a common ATA command specification. The ANSI standard for the ATA interface now provides specifications for mandatory commands, signal conventions, register descriptions and other information necessary for basic compatibility across manufacturers and platforms. The current ANSI specification includes provisions for extended features such as caching and power management, while also providing options for vendor-specific enhancements. Nomenclature and conventions ---------------------------- Throughout this manual, the term master refers to Drive 0 in a two-drive system; the term slave refers to Drive 1, if present. Signals may be asserted or negated. A signal that is asserted as a higher positive voltage is referred to as active high. A signal that is asserted as a lower (positive) voltage is referred to as active low, and is indicated by a minus sign (-) following the signal name. ATA cables and connectors ------------------------- The standard ATA interface cable is a 40-conductor nonshielded cable. The cable should be no more than 18 inches (457 mm) long, with connectors that provide strain relief and are keyed at pin 20. Two types of connectors are used on Seagate s ATA-capable drives: a 40-pin connector for 5.25-and 3.5-inch drives, and a 50-pin connector for 2.5- and 1.8-inch drives. Connector used on 5.25- and 3.5-inch drives ------------------------------------------- The standard connector used on 5.25- and 3.5-inch drives has 40 pin positions in 2 rows of 20 pins each, on 100 mil (0.1 inch) centers. Pin 20 is removed for keying. The mating cable connector is a keyed, 40-pin-position nonshielded female connector with 2 rows of 20 contacts on 100 mil centers. For 5.25- and 3.5-inch drives, power is supplied to the drive through a separate 4-conductor cable. Seagate recommends using 40-pin connectors such as AMP part number 1-499496-0, Du Pont part number 66900-040, or equivalent. Connector used on 2.5-inch drives --------------------------------- The ATA connector on 2.5-inch drives has 50 pin positions. In addition to the key pin, one pair of pins is removed, and the four end pins are used as jumpers for master/slave configurations. This leaves 44 pins to supply power and conduct signals to and from the drive. The signal pins (1 through 40) are assigned the same signals as in the 40-pin connector used for 5.25- and 3.5-inch drives. Power is supplied through pins 41, 42 and 43. The mating cable connector is a 44-conductor nonshielded connector with 2 rows of 22 female contacts on 0.079-inch (2 mm) centers. We recommend using a connector such as Molex part number 87259- 4413 or equivalent for 2.5-inch drives attached to flexible cables or printed circuit cables. Some Seagate 2.5-inch drives are designed to support the industry-standard MCC direct-mounting specifications (see drive product manual for details). MCC-compatible connectors (such as Molex part number 87368-442 x or equivalent) and mounting hardware must be used with these drives in fixed-mounting applications. System configurations --------------------- Seagate recommends using the ATA interface in one of the following configurations: - If the system motherboard has its own ATA connector, then you can connect the drive interface cable directly to the system motherboard. - If the system does not have a built-in ATA connector, then attach the interface cable to a Seagate ST07A or ST08A host adapter installed in a system expansion slot. Signal / Pin descriptions ------------------------- Note. Not all Seagate drives support the full complement of ATA signals listed below. To determine the complete set of signals that are supported by a particular Seagate drive, see the product manual for that drive. Data lines to and from host. These comprise the 16-bit tristate, bidirectional data bus between host and drive. The lower 8-bits of host data (0 7) are used for register and ECC access. All 16 bits are used for data transfers. 19 Ground Grounding pin 20 Key An unused pin, which is clipped off at the drive to allow keyed cable attachment. 21 DMARQ DMA Request (optional) 22 Ground Grounding pin 23 DIOW Drive I/O write strobe. Rising edge clocks data from the host data bus to a drive register or data port. 24 Ground Grounding pin 25 DIOR Drive I/O read strobe. Falling edge enables data from a drive register or data port to host data bus. 26 Ground Grounding pin 27 IORDY I/O Channel Ready (optional) - a tristate signal. 28 SPSYNC or CSEL (optional) SPSYNC is an interdrive clock signal sent from the master drive to the slave drive to allow the slave to synchronize its spindle motor to the master drive's spindle motor. CSEL is used to differentiate master from slave in a two-drive system. 29 DMACK DMA Acknowledge (optional) 30 Ground Grounding pin 31 INTRQ A tristate signal used to interrupt the host system. Asserted only when the drive has a pending interrupt, the drive is selected, and the host has cleared nIEN in the Device Control register. 32 IOCS16 A tristate signal that, when active, indicates to the host system that the 16-bit data port has been addressed and that the drive is prepared to send or receive a 16-bit data word. 33 DA1 Drive I/O address line 1: a 3-bit binary coded address asserted by the host to access a register or data port in the drive. 34 PDIAG Passed diagnostics. Used by slave to signal to master drive that slave has passed its internal diagnostics. 35 DA0 Drive I/O address line 0 (see DA1 above). 36 DA2 Drive I/O address line 2 (see DA1 above). 37 CS1FX Drive I/O chip select decoded from host address lines. When active, one of the registers in the Command Block is selected. 38 CS3FX Drive I/O chip select decoded from host address lines. When active, one of the registers in the Control Block is selected. 39 DASP Dual purpose pin: 1) When drive is slave (SLV), this pin is used during power up to signal to the master that a slave is present. 2) At all other times, the signal is active when the drive is executing a command, and can be used by the host I/O adapter to send an activity signal to an LED. 40 Ground Grounding pin Interface handshaking --------------------- The main handshaking signals between the drive and the host are the busy bit (BSY) and the data request bit (DRQ) (in the status register) and the interrupt (INTRQ) signal. They can be set in one of the following ways: - Any reset will cause BSY to be set. - Writing a command to the command register will also set BSY. The BSY bit is used to indicate that the controller is busy and should not be accessed. The DRQ bit is used to control the data transfer to and from the controller. The host can read/write the data register only when the DRQ bit is set to 1. The INTRQ signal is generated by the drive to interrupt the host. For example, during a Read Sector command, the drive generates an INTRQ to the host whenever a sector is ready for the host to read. No INTRQ is generated immediately after completion of a Read command. The number of interrupts equals the number of sectors read. During a Write Sector command, the drive generates an INTRQ whenever the drive requests data from the host (except for the first sector). The drive also generates an interrupt immediately after completion of a Write command. The number of interrupts equals the number of sectors written. ATA interface I/O registers --------------------------- The drive communicates with the host system through an I/O register that routes the input and output data between registers. These registers are selected by codes on the CS1FX, CS3FX, DA2, DA1, DA0, DIOR (read) and DIOW (write) lines from the host. The I/O register routes data between 14 registers. Ten registers are used for commands to the drive or status reports from the drive, one register is used for data, and three registers are used for control and alternate status. These registers can be divided into two groups: Command Block registers and Control Block registers. PC-AT I/O port address: 3F6H This register contains the same information as the Status register in the command block. The only difference is that reading this register does not imply interrupt acknowledge or reset a pending interrupt. This register can be read at any time. PC-AT I/O port address: 1F7H This eight-bit register contains the host command. When this register is written, the drive immediately begins executing the command. The host must ensure that the BSY bit in the Status register is set to 0. All other setup registers must be written to (with appropriate values) before the command register can be written. PC-AT I/O port address: 1F5H This register contains the most significant bits of the starting cylinder address for any disc access. At the completion of a command, this register is updated to reflect the current cylinder address. With logical block addressing, this register contains bits 23 through 16 of the LBA. Cylinder Low register PC-AT I/O port address: 1F4H This register contains the eight least significant bits of the starting cylinder address for any disc access. At the completion of a command, this register is updated to reflect the current cylinder address. With logical block addressing, this register contains bits 15 through 8 of the LBA. Data register PC-AT I/O port address: 1F0H This is the register through which: - All data is passed during Read and Write commands. - The sector table is transferred during format commands. The host can only access this register when the DRQ bit in the status register is set to 1. All transfers use 16-bit words, except the ECC bytes transferred during Read Long and Write Long commands, which use 8 bit bytes. Drive/Head register The host selects between the master and slave drives based on the DRV bit in the drive/head register. When the DRV bit is not set, the master drive is selected, and when the DRV bit is set to 1, the slave drive is selected. Seagate drives are designated as master and slave by setting the appropriate jumpers. Error register PC-AT I/O port address: 1F1H This register contains the status from the last command executed by the drive, or it may contain a diagnostic code. At the completion of any command except Execute Drive Diagnostic, the contents of this register are valid when ERR=1 in the Status register. Following a power on, reset, or completion of an Execute Drive Diagnostic command, this register contains a diagnostic code. PC-AT I/O port address: 1F2H This register specifies the number of sectors of data to be transferred during read/write sector commands. The value contained in the register is decremented every time a sector is transferred. A value of zero specifies 256 sectors. When executing the Initialize Drive Parameters or Format commands, this register defines the number of sectors per track. This register is used by the power mode commands to set timers. Sector Number register PC-AT I/O port address: 1F3H This register contains the starting sector number for any disc access. At the completion of a command, this register is updated to reflect the last sector transferred correctly, or the sector on which an error occurred. The sectors are numbered sequentially, starting with 1. With logical block addressing, this register contains bits 7 through 0 of the logical block address (LBA).