SC SI H ard Drive Installation G uide

Handling Precautions System/OS Requirements Backup Your Data Pre ¥ A full version of your operating M axtor highly recommends that you Allow the drive to reach system (OS) is required for a make a backup copy of your files before 1 In stallatio n room temperature before new hard drive installation installing the new M axtor hard drive. installing it in the . (see kit package for details) Please refer to your computer user Do not open the ESD bag until manual for more information. T hank you for selecting a Maxtor youÕre ready to install the Tools for Installation hard drive storage product. drive. Handle the drive by its The following tools are needed to sides. Do not touch the circuit install your new M axtor hard drive: Maxtor's goal is to provide you with board (electronics). the most up-to-date product possible, ¥ Small Phillips head screw driver and we are constantly enhancing our Do not connect/disconnect ¥ Small pair of pliers or tweezers software and documentation to better any drive cables while your meet your needs. Please visit our web- computer is turned on. ¥ Your computer user manual site at www.maxtor.com to view the ¥ software latest that Maxtor has to offer! Do not drop, jar, or bump the drive.

Other Jumper Settings

D r ive Jum p e r TP - Termination Pow er (12 Pin Option Connector) Pins 11-12 T ermination power ensures that there is a sufficient power level along the entire SCSI bus. It is recommended S e t u p Pin 1 Pin 2 that the final device on the SCSI bus have the Termination 2 Power jumper installed. All devices in between the host and final device typically have no jumper on Termination Power. Pin 1 Pin 2 Note that Termination Power is not the same as on-board Configure the Drive Jumpers termination, which this drive does not support.

If specific jumper options are needed SCSI ID 0 FAULT LED S S - S tagger S pin for your system configuration, refer to SCSI ID 1 GROUND SCSI ID 3 Pins 13-14 For most configurations this option is not utilized. the illustrations and definitions provided SCSI ID 2 M ost current SCSI host adapters offer a Start Unit command SCSI ID 2 GROUND enable or disable, which supersedes the functionality of the in this section. SCSI ID 1 SCSI ID 3 BUSY LED SS jumper setting. W hen the Delay Spin (DS) jumper is SCSI ID 0 enabled on the drive, the Start Unit command from the SCSI NOT USED GROUND host will send Start Unit commands to all devices on SCSI ID Jumper Settings BUSY LED -/+ the bus at pre-determined intervals. This can help prevent +5 V TERM POWER power supply overload when running several devices on the Drive ID ID Bit OID Bit 1D Bit 2ID Bit WRT PROTECT SCSI bus. ID 0 OFFOFFFFOF STAGGER SPIN ID 1 ONOFFFFOF DELAY SPIN W P - W rite Protection Pin 12 Pins 11-12 By factory default, the drive is shipped with no ID 2 OFFONFFOF Pin 11 SINGLE ENDED jumper on these pins, and the drive can be written to unless ID 3 ONONFFOF protected by application software. W ith the pins jumped, the drive can be used as a read-only device. This feature prevents ID 4 OFFOFFNOF accidental overwrites and is useful for frequently accessed Pin 18 ID 5 ONOFFNOF Pin 17 archives and reference files. ID 6 OFFONNOF ID 7 RESERVTED FOR SCSI HOS Force S E Ð Force S ingle Ended Operation Pins 17-18 By factory default, the drive is shipped with no ID 8 OFFOFFOFFON 4 Pin Power jumper on these pins. W ith most system configurations, it is ID 9 ONOFFOFFON Connector not necessary to use this jumper. LVD drives are multi-mode capable. They will automatically detect the presence of a sin- ID 10 OFFONOFFON gle-ended bus and revert to single-ended mode. ID 11 ONONOFFON ID 12 OFFOFFONON DS - Delay S pin ID 13 ONOFFONON Disable Delay S pin : No jumper across pins 15-16 (factory 12 Pin Option default). Disabling Delay Spin allows the drive to spin up ID 14 OFFONONON Connector when the system is powered up. ID 15 ONONONON Enable Delay S pin : J umper across pins 15-16 This setting will prevent the drive from spinning up until it receives a Start 68 Pin SCSI Unit command from a SCSI host adapter. M ost SCSI host M axtor SCSI drives typically ship from Connector adapters have the Start Unit command enabled by default in the host adapter BIOS. Enabling Delay Spin is only necessary the factory with jumpers set to SCSI when you are starting multiple devices at power on. ID 6, and termination power jumped. S CS I ID Pin numbers 1-8 are typically referred to in pairs as A0 (pins 1 SCSI ID 7 is usually reserved for the and 2), A1 (3,4), A2 (5,6), A3 (7,8). The jumper pairs will allow SCSI host adapter. Note: M axtor LVD SCSI drives do not configuration of SCSI ID's 0 to 15. All SCSI devices must have an individual ID on the SCSI bus (there is no M aster/Slave set- support on-board termination. M axtor ting). SCSI ID 7 is usually reserved for the SCSI host adapter. Attention: The Rear J umper Option recommends the use of Active LVD Connector is an OEM specific con- terminators and 68-pin twisted pair Fault LED and Busy Out J umpers nector. M ost installations will never Typical installations do not require the use of the Fault LED cabling. and Busy Out jumpers. The Busy Out signal is usually supplied use the jumper options on this through the PCI bus to the PC 's Busy indicator connector. Always configure the SCSI host adapter manufacturers LED. If connecting the Busy Out jumper for a drive installed in usually supply proper cabling and an external case, please refer to the wiring documentation sup- drive using the jumpers at the Front plied by the manufacturer of the case. Connection of the Fault J umper Option Connecto. r termination with the purchase of an LED is not recommended in internal or external installations. LVD SCSI host adapter.

D rive 3 Install Installing Drive Inside of Y our Computer System M ake sure your computer Installing 5.25-inch Mounting Brackets is pow ered dow n before installing the drive. If the hard drive will be installed in a 5.25- inch device bay, attach mounting brackets The following illustrations are (available separately) to the hard drive as of typical computer systems and shown in the figure below. hard drive mounting styles. Your computer may have a different mounting style. Please refer to your computer user manual for more information. Mounting Screws Be sure to secure the drive to the Mounting Screws device bay with all four screws. The drive should be oriented Mounting Bracket with its printed circuit board facing down. Computer with available Computer with available 3.5-inch device bay 5.25-inch device bay Cable Cable Connections for SCSI Drive Hook-up 4 Pin 1 Attach the SCSI and Power Cables If the M axtor SCSI drive is the only device attached to 68-pin Connector the SCSI adapter card, attach the drive at the end of the Ultra LV D /SE cable, farthest from the SCSI adapter card. This connector has a beveled edge and will only fit one way. Then attach an external active LVD/SE SCSI terminator. 68-pin Drive Please refer to the SCSI adapter card user guide Connector for additional recommendations on data cable place- ment and SCSI termination requirements.

Attach a power cable to the power connector on the hard drive. This connector is keyed and will only fit one way. Check all other cable connections before you turn on the computer. Ultra LVD/SE Cable

Caution: Do not force or rock the connectors into their sockets on the hard drive. Push them in straight until Power Supply Cable DC Power they are seated firmly. (3-Pin or 4-Pin) Connector

Bevel

Connect to Ultra SCSI Host LVD/SE Adapter Cable Card Active LVD Terminator Standard Cabling for Single SCSI Drive in System (Ultra LVD / SE cable connections)

P a r t it io n in g P r o d u c t 5 F o r m a t t i n g 6 R e g ist r a t io n M axtor hard drives can accept nearly all Take Advantage of the Benefits! operating systems. Some operating sys- tems have volume size limitations that By registering your new M axtor prod- may require you to partition your drive uct, youll have the option to receive into multiple volumes. Please refer to product updates, special offers, and your system or SCSI adapter card user other valuable information about other guide for information about formatting data storage solutions from M axtor. and partitioning the drive. Simply point your web browser to: w w w.maxtor.com go to the General Guidelines product registration page, and com- ¥ DOS /W indow s 9X /M E: plete the short questionnaire. Use FDISK.EXE to partition and FORM AT.COM to format the drive.

¥ W indow s NT/2000: Boot your system from the installa- tion floppy disks provided with the OS to partition and format the drive. If you do not have the original installa- tion floppies, you can create them using your W indows installation CD.

¥ W indow s X P: Boot your system from the W indows XP installation CD to partition and for- mat the drive. If your system is not capable of booting from a CD, you can download bootable W indows XP installation floppies from M icrosoft's website at www.microsoft.com

¥ M acintosh: M ost non-Apple branded hard drives can be formatted using the Drive Setup utility included in M ac OS 8.6 and above. M ac OS versions before 8.6 will require a third-party hard drive utility such as FW B Hard Disk Toolkit (www.fwb.com) or Intech Hard Disk SpeedTools (www.intechusa.com) to partition and initialize the drive. Please visit the FW B or Intech website for details on these non-M axtor software products.

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