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ATA Hard Drive Installation Guide Copyright © 2002 Maxtor Corporation. All rights reserved. Changes are periodically made to the information herein which will be incorporated in revised editions of this publication. Maxtor may make changes or improvements to the product(s) described in this publication at any time and without notice. MaxBlast is a trademark and Maxtor is a registered trademark of Maxtor Corporation. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. FCC Declaration of Conformance This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation. Maxtor Corporation Part Number 500 McCarthy Blvd., Milpitas, California 95035 USA 20186800/A P/N: 20186800/A Contents 1 Getting Started . 1 Handling the Hard Drive. 1 Operating System Requirements . 1 Back Up Your Data . 2 Important Capacity Notice . 2 2 Installing the Hard Drive. 3 Removing the System Cover. 3 Setting the Jumpers . 4 Mounting the Hard Drive . 7 Attaching the Cables . 9 Configuring the System BIOS . 12 3 Formatting the Hard Drive . 15 Installing Hard Drive as a Boot Drive. 16 Installing Hard Drive to Replace Existing Hard Drive. 20 Installing Hard Drive as an Additional Hard Drive . 21 4 Getting Help . 23 Installation Troubleshooting . 23 Frequently Asked Questions . 25 5 Glossary . 27 Maxtor Product Warranty. 30 Getting Started 1 Thank you for selecting a Maxtor hard drive storage product. This installation guide will lead you through the installation of your hard drive. The Maxtor Hard Drive Retail Kit includes the components shown in Figure 1. Your computer may need some or all of these parts to complete the installation. You will also need ATA Interface Cable Maxtor ATA Hard Drive the tools shown in Figure 2 on page 2 to install the hard drive in your computer. Max•BlastTM Plus II Handling the Hard Drive Hard Drive Installation Software MaxBlast Plus II Your hard drive should be handled with care during unpacking and installation. Damage to Installation Disk hard drives is typically caused by rough handling, shock, vibration, or electrostatic discharge (ESD). Be aware of the following precautions when unpacking and handling your hard drive: MaxBlast Plus II Installation CD • Save the packing materials in case you need to return your hard drive. • Allow the hard drive to reach room temperature before opening the anti-static bag. Installation Guide • Handle the hard drive by its sides. Do not touch the circuit board electronics on the bottom (not included with all kits) of the hard drive. Mounting Screws • Do not connect or disconnect any hard drive cables when the system is powered on. • Do not drop, jar, or bump the hard drive. Operating System Requirements 5.25-inch Mounting Brackets (not included with all kits) Quick Start Poster A full version of your operating system is required to install a new hard drive. Figure 1. Included in this Kit Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP (before SP1), and Mac OS operating systems do not properly support the full capacity of an internal hard drive larger than 137 GB. See “Formatting the Hard Drive” on page 15 for more information. Getting Started 1 Back Up Your Data 1 Protect your data by backing up existing hard drives before installing your new Maxtor System Manual hard drive. Important Capacity Notice System User Manual If you are installing this hard drive without an Ultra/ATA PCI adapter card, be sure that your computer meets the system requirements printed on the Maxtor box. Some older systems require the use of an ATA card to fully recognize higher capacity hard drives. If you are installing this hard drive with an Ultra/ATA PCI adapter card, use the ATA card documentation to install the card before installing the hard drive. Operating System Maxtor recommends that all customers use the MaxBlast™ Plus II installation software, rather CD and/or Boot Disk than FDISK, to partition and format the hard drive. See “Frequently Asked Questions” on page 25 for more information on the MaxBlast Plus II formatting utility. Phillips Screwdriver Small Needle-Nose Pliers Figure 2. Required Tools 2 Getting Started Installing the Hard Drive This chapter describes how to physically install the hard drive in your computer. The installation steps are as follows: • Remove the system cover. 2 • Set the jumpers. • Mount the hard drive in your computer. • Attach the cables. • Configure the BIOS (Windows-based systems only). Removing the System Cover For Macintosh systems, refer to the documentation that came with your system or go to www.apple.com/support for information about opening your system case. 1. Turn your computer off. Leave the computer powered off and plugged into an electrical outlet to keep the system grounded. 2. Remove the cover from your system case. Refer to your computer system user manual for instructions on removing the cover, or obtain the services of a qualified installation technician. 3. Attach a grounding strap or touch a metal portion of your computer case. This will ground you to minimize the risk of exposing the hard drive to electrostatic discharge. Figure 3. Removing the System Cover Installing the Hard Drive 3 Setting the Jumpers A jumper is a small plastic piece that slides over a pair of configuration pins. (See Figure 4.) The next step in the installation process is to set the jumpers on the back of your hard drive so your system can identify the hard drive. 2 The following definitions describe the jumper settings: Figure 4. A Jumper Master. This setting can be used if you will be using the new hard drive as a primary master boot drive or a secondary master additional storage drive. The hard drive should be connected to the black (master) connector at the end of the ATA cable. Slave. This setting can be used if you will be using the new hard drive for additional storage only and is not typically used for boot devices on Windows-based systems. The hard drive should be connected to the gray (middle) connector on the ATA cable. Cable Select. This setting is an alternate method of hard drive identification that can be used instead of the master and slave settings. With cable select enabled, all hard drives positioned on the black (master) connector of the ATA cable will identify as master, and all hard drives positioned on the gray (middle) connector will identify as slave. To properly configure cable select, all devices on the same ATA cable must use the cable select jumper setting and be connected with an 40-pin Ultra ATA cable like the one included. Before installing a new hard drive, Maxtor recommends that you check to see if any device currently attached to the ATA cable you wish to use is configured as cable select. You may need to consult the documentation for this device or its manufacturer for jumper configuration information. Older systems that do not support Ultra ATA/66 speeds or are dated prior to November " 1998 may not be able to use the cable select jumper option. If you are uncertain whether your system can use the cable select option, use the master/slave settings instead. 4 Installing the Hard Drive Determining the Correct Jumper Setting The correct jumper setting for your hard drive depends on your current system configuration and how you want to use the new hard drive. The recommended jumper settings below will work on many, but not all, systems. • If you are building a new system, use the cable select setting on all ATA devices to make it easier to configure your system. • If you have an existing system, check the jumper settings on your current boot drive and C O R P O R O R A T T X I O A N M • • H Y A T R I D L A D U I S Q K • D R E I V Capacity 80GB Firmware: M206B Level MP your CD-ROM drive. If these drives are using master/slave jumper settings, use the master/ P/N: 127351 slave jumper settings on your new hard drive. If your current boot drive and CD-ROM drive are using the cable select setting, use cable select on the new hard drive. " Internal CD-ROM, DVD, Zip, and Jaz drives with an ATA interface are known as ATAPI- Jumper Style A compliant devices. If the new hard drive is being attached to a cable to which an ATAPI drive is already attached, you should configure the hard drive as master and the ATAPI device as slave OR both devices as cable select, with the ATAPI device attached to the Jumper Stylesor B & C gray connector on the ATA cable. To avoid potential issues with hard drive detection and performance, Maxtor does not recommend attaching a hard drive as a slave on the same To determinecable as anyour ATAPI hard device. drive (For cable configuration, see “Existing System 3” on page 11.) Figure 5. Determine Jumper Style 1. 2 Remove the hard drive from its anti-static bag. 2. Locate the jumper block on the back of hard drive. the right of the ATA connector on the hard drive. See Figure 5. 3. Match the jumper block to jumper’s stylejumper A, B,style or C shown in Figure 5. determine if you have jumper style C, look for model number D740X or D540X-4K on the label located on the top of the hard drive.