Hard Drive: SEAGATE: ST238R 33MB 5.25"/HH RLL ST412
S T 2 3 8 R SEAGATE
NO MORE PRODUCED Native| Translation
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Form 5.25"/HH Cylinders 615| | |
Capacity form/unform 33/ 38 MB Heads 4| | |
Seek time / track 65.0/20.0 ms Sector/track 26| | |
Controller RLL / ST412 Precompensation 65535
Cache/Buffer KB Landing Zone 670
Data transfer rate 0.938 MB/S int Bytes/Sector 512
0.938 MB/S ext
Recording method RLL 2/7 operating | non-operating
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Supply voltage 5/12 V Temperature *C 15 45 | -40 60
Power: sleep W Humidity % 8 80 | 5 90
standby 14.8 W Altitude km -0.305 3.048| -0.305 9.140
idle W Shock g 10 | 40
seek W Rotation RPM 3600
read/write 33.0 W Acoustic dBA
spin-up W ECC Bit
MTBF h 100000
Warranty Month
Lift/Lock/Park NO Certificates CSA,TUV,UL478,VDE
Layout
SEAGATE ST213/ST225/ST225R/ST238R/ST250R PRODUCT MANUAL 36025-003
+---------------------------------------------------------+ | |XX | |XX J2 | |XX | |XX | |+-16 | || |J7 | || | | |+-2 | Resistor +-+ |XX | Termination | | |XX | Pack | | |XX | +-+ |XX | |XX J1 | |XX | | | |XX Power | |XX J3 +---------------------------------------------------------+
Jumpers
SEAGATE ST213/ST225/ST225R/ST238R/ST250R PRODUCT MANUAL 36025-003
Jumper setting
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x = Factory setting
JP7 Drive select Configuration Jumper block
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+-------------+------+------+------+------+
|Drive Select | 9-10 |11-12 |13-14 |15-16 |
+-------------+------+------+------+------+
|Drive 4 |CLOSED|OPEN |OPEN |OPEN |
|Drive 3 |OPEN |CLOSED|OPEN |OPEN |
|Drive 2 |OPEN |OPEN |CLOSED|OPEN |
|Drive 1 |OPEN |OPEN |OPEN |CLOSED|
+-------------+------+------+------+------+
The Drive Select line enables the controller to select and adress
the drive. Control cable interface options may use either a daisy-
chain or radial configuration.
JP7 Manufacturing test
-----------------------
x 7- 8 OPEN Do not install a jumper on the Manufacturing Test
jumper on the user configuration jumper block.
This is a test function and used during the manu-
facturing process ans is not recommended for field
use. When the pins are shorted, the stepper motor
will continuously seek between Track 0 and the
maximum cylinder and will ignore control signals
via the interface.
JP7 Write Fault
----------------
x 5- 6 OPEN The Write Fault signal may be internally latched.
It may be enabled by shorting pins 5-6 at J7. This
latch may be cleared when Drive Select goes false
(if selected). The standard configuration, with
the shorting block removed, causes Write Fault to
go false when Write Gate goes false.
Not required for standard operation.
JP7 Recovery Mode
-----------------
x 3- 4 CLOSE Recovery Mode is a read/write head microstepping
option on the ST225R and ST250R. It is enabled by
shorting pins 3-4 at J7. THE ST225R AND ST250R ARE
SHIPPED WITH THIS OPTION ENABLED.
Recovery Mode is initiated when the controller asserts the Recovery
Mode line true at the interface. This changes the step line to a
microstep function after 100 nsec. A step pulse will now cause Seek
Complete to go false 100 nsec. after the drive receives the pulse.
The drive then microsteps off-track using the optimum algorithm,
allowing time for the read/write heads to settle and then takes the
Seek Complete line true.
The controller may then read data. If data is not read correctly, the
controller may issue an additional step pulse. Up to 2 microstep
algorithms may be accessed before the sequence is repeated.
When data is read correctly, the controller exits Recovery Mode by
taking the Recovery Mode line false at the interface. The drive will
then return the heads to the nominal position by taking Seek Complete
false, allowing time for the heads to settle, and resasserting Seek
Complete.
JP7 Radial/Daisy-Chain Mode
----------------------------
x 1- 2 OPEN Daisy-Chain-Configuration
A Daisy-Chain configuration allows connection of
a maximum of two drives on a common control cable.
A separate data cable is required for each drive.
The last drive in the chain (physically farthest
from the controller) requires termination. All
other drives should not be terminated. The maxi-
mum permitted cable length from the controller to
the last drive is 10ft (0.31m).
1- 2 CLOSE Radial Configuration
To configure the drive radially, install a jumper
on pins 1 and 2 of the user configuration jumper
block. If you configure the drive radially, leave
the resistor terminator packs installed on all
drives. Each radially connected drive has its own
control and data cable. Drives in this configu-
ration always remain selected.
J3 DC Power and pin connector assignments
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+------------+ pin 1 +12 VDC
| 1 2 3 4 | pin 2 +12 VDC Gnd
+------------+ pin 3 + 5 VDC Gnd
pin 4 + 5 VDC
Install
SEAGATE ST213/ST225/ST225R/ST238R/ST250R PRODUCT MANUAL 36025-003
Notes on installation
=====================
Drive mounting
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horizontally vertically
+-----------------+ +--+ +--+ +------------------+
| | | +-----+ +-----+ | | | x
| | | | | | | | x+----------------+x
+-+-----------------+-+ | | | | | | ||x x||
+---------------------+ | | | | | | || x x ||
| | | | | | || x x ||
x x | | | | | | || x x ||
+------x------x-------+ | +-----+ +-----+ | || xx ||
+-+------x--x-------+-+ +--+ +--+ || x x ||
| xx | || x x ||
| x x | || x x ||
+---x--------x----+ |x x|
x x x++----------------++x
UNACCEPTABLE! UNACCEPTABLE!
Never install PC board on the Top!
The drive may be mounted horizontally with the PC board down or on
either side. Mounting vertically on either end is a prohibited orien-
tation.
The drive should not be tilted front or back, in any position, by
more than 5*. For optimum performance, the drive should be formatted
in the same position as it will be mounted in the host system.
The mounting screws must not exceed inside the mounting feet more
than 3.2 mm, measured from the outside surface of the foot.
Interface and Recording Method
------------------------------
The ST213 and ST225 are designed for operation with the ST412 inter-
face with MFM encoding at 5.0 MBits/sec. data transfer rate. Opera-
tion of a MFM drive with a RLL controller is not approved by SEAGATE
and will void the drive warranty.
The ST225R, ST238R and ST250R are designed for operation with the
ST412 interface with Run Length Limited (2,7) encoding at 7.5 Mbits/
sec. data transfer rate.
Radial/Daisy-Chain Mode
------------------------
The Drive Select line enables the controller to select and address
the drive. Control cable interface options may use either a Daisy-
Chain or Radial configuration.
Drives can be configured in either a daisy-chain or radial mode.
The resistor pack must remain installed on the last drive in a chain.
The resistor pack must remain installed on all radially-selected
drives.
Shock and vibrations
--------------------
All shock and vibration specifications assume that the drive is moun-
ted in an approved orientation with the input levels at the drive
mounting screws.
Read/Write Head Park Zone
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ST213/ST225/ST238R
The read/write heads may be parked by issuing a seek to any cylinder
between 615-670
ST225R/ST250R
The read/write heads may be parked by issuing a seek to any cylinder
between 667-670
At power-on the drive will recalibrate to Track 0. If the heads are
parked while power is still applied, any step pulse will cause the
unit to recalibrate to Track 0.
FCC Verification
----------------
These drives are devices which are intended to be contained solely
within a personal computer or similar enclosure and not attached to
an external device. As such, they are considered to be subassemblies
even when individually marketed to the customer. As a subassembly, no
Federal Communications Commission certification of the device is re-
quired.
DC Power Requirements
---------------------
Power may be applied or removed in any sequence without loss of data
or damage the drive.
Input Noise ----------- Maximum permitted input noise ripple: 100 mV (peak-to-peak) Maximum permitted input noise: 20 MHz. Ripple measured at the host system power supply across an equivalent 8 resistive load on the +12 V line and an equivalent 3 load on the +5 V line.
DC-Unsafe
---------
A DC-unsafe condition is defined as DC voltage input to the drive
outside the specified tolerances. This condition will cause a micro-
processor reset.
This will prohibit writing, but will not directly cause a Write Fault
Handling and Static-Discharge Precautions
-----------------------------------------
After unpacking, and prior to system integration, the drive may be
exposed to potential handling and ESD hazard. Do not touch the drive
connectors or board components or without observing static-discharge
preferred. Handle the drive by the frame only. Always rest the drive
on a padded surface until it is mounted in the host system.
Auto-Truncation
---------------
The drive will enter the auto-truncation mode if the controller
issues an excessive number of step pulses, which would place the
read/write heads outward beyond Track 0 or inward beyond the
maximum data cylinder.
With auto-truncation active, the drive will ignore additional pulses,
take control of the actuator, and recalibrate the heads to Track 0.
Caution: If the controller is still issuing slow-step pulses after
the drive issues Seek Complete from auto-truncation mode,
the drive will either reenter auto-truncation mode with
Direction In true.
Precompensation
---------------
For optimum performance, precompensation is recommended for the ST213
and ST225 on tracks 300 through 614. Twelve nsec. is recommended for
both early and late bits.
Some controllers provide a default precompensation setting from cyl-
inder 128 to 256. The ST213 and ST225 will perform satisfactorily at
these settings.
Features
SEAGATE ST213/ST225/ST225R/ST238R/ST250R PRODUCT MANUAL 36025-003
Media Defects
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A media defect is a read error when the data, which has been
correctly written, cannot be recovered within 16 retries.
A printout will be provided with each drive shipped listing the
location of any defect by head, cylinder, sector and byte. The defect
map will specify the number of bytes from index. For MFM this will be
based on 1.6 sec./byte. RLL encoding is based on 1.056 sec./byte.
Some drives will have the defect map fixed to the drive top cover.
ST213 There will be no more than 11 defects total per drive.
Cylinders 0, 1, 2 and 3 will be free of defects.
ST225 There will be no more than 21 defects total per drive.
ST225R Cylinders 0, 1, 2 and 3 will be free of defects.
ST238R There will be no more than 33 defects total per drive.
Cylinders 0, 1, and 2 will be free of defects.
ST250R There will be no more than 42 defects total per drive.
Cylinders 0, 1, and 2 will be free of defects.
Access Time Definition and Timing
---------------------------------
Access time is defined as the time from leading edge of the last
step pulse received to Seek Complete (including setting). The step
pulse period must be 5-200 sec.
| ST213 | |
| ST225 | ST225R |
| ST238R | ST250R |
----------------------------------+--------+--------+
Track-to-Track msec. | 20 | 20 |
Average msec. typ. | 65 | 70 |
Average msec. max. | 150 | 165 |
Latency msec. avg. | 8.33 | 10 |
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Bit Jitter
----------
Bit jitter reduction determines the relationship between the leading
edge of read data and the center of the data window.
The data separator must provide at least -40dB of bit jitter
reduction at 2F with an offset of less than 1.5 nsec. shift from the
center of the data window.
UL/CSA Listing
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The drive family is listed in accordance with UL 478 and CSA
C22.2 (0-M1982), and meets all applicable sections if IEC 380 and
VDE 0806/08.81, as tested by TUV-Rheinland, North America.
Reliability
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MTBF 100,000 Power-on hours
PM: Not required
MTTR: 30 Minutes
Service life: 5 Years
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