Document Outline

• 1.0 Introduction 1
  • 1.1 About the Serial ATA interface 2
• 2.0 Drive specifications 3
  • 2.1 Specification summary tables 3
  • 2.2 Formatted capacity 14
    • 2.2.1 LBA mode 14
  • 2.3 Default logical geometry 14
  • 2.4 Recording and interface technology 15
  • 2.5 Physical characteristics 15
  • 2.6 Seek time 16
  • 2.7 Start/stop times 16
  • 2.8 Power specifications 16
    • 2.8.1 Power consumption 16
    • 2.8.2 Conducted noise 18
    • 2.8.3 Voltage tolerance 18
    • 2.8.4 Power-management modes 18
  • 2.9 Environmental specifications 20
    • 2.9.1 Ambient temperature 20
    • 2.9.2 Temperature gradient 20
    • 2.9.3 Humidity 20
    • 2.9.4 Altitude 20
    • 2.9.5 Shock 20
    • 2.9.6 Vibration 21
  • 2.10 Acoustics 21
  • 2.11 Electromagnetic immunity 22
  • 2.12 Reliability 23
    • 2.12.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) and Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) 23
  • 2.13 Agency certification 23
    • 2.13.1 Safety certification 23
    • 2.13.2 Electromagnetic compatibility 23
    • 2.13.3 FCC verification 24
  • 2.14 Environmental protection 25
    • 2.14.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) 25
  • 2.15 Corrosive environment 25
• 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive 27
  • 3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions 27
  • 3.2 Configuring the drive 28
  • 3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors 28
  • 3.4 Drive mounting 29
• 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 31
  • 4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility 31
  • 4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions 32
  • 4.3 Supported ATA commands 33
    • 4.3.1 Identify Device command 35
    • 4.3.2 Set Features command 39
    • 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands 40
• 5.0 Maxtor support services 41
• Figure 1. Typical 5V startup and operation current profile 17
• Figure 2. Typical 12V startup and operation current profile 18
• Figure 3. Serial ATA connectors 28
• Figure 4. Attaching SATA cabling 28
• Figure 5. Drive dimensions for 200 -320 GB models 29
• Figure 6. Drive dimensions for 40-160 GB models 30
• 1.0 Introduction
  • 1.1 About the Serial ATA interface
• 2.0 Drive specifications
  • 2.1 Specification summary tables
  • 2.2 Formatted capacity
    • 2.2.1 LBA mode
  • 2.3 Default logical geometry
  • 2.4 Recording and interface technology
  • 2.5 Physical characteristics
  • 2.6 Seek time
  • 2.7 Start/stop times
  • 2.8 Power specifications
    • 2.8.1 Power consumption
      • 2.8.1.1 Typical current profiles
    • 2.8.2 Conducted noise
    • 2.8.3 Voltage tolerance
    • 2.8.4 Power-management modes
  • 2.9 Environmental specifications
    • 2.9.1 Ambient temperature
    • 2.9.2 Temperature gradient
    • 2.9.3 Humidity
      • 2.9.3.1 Relative humidity
      • 2.9.3.2 Wet bulb temperature
    • 2.9.4 Altitude
    • 2.9.5 Shock
      • 2.9.5.1 Operating shock
      • 2.9.5.2 Nonoperating shock
    • 2.9.6 Vibration
      • 2.9.6.1 Operating vibration
      • 2.9.6.2 Nonoperating vibration
  • 2.10 Acoustics
  • 2.11 Electromagnetic immunity
  • 2.12 Reliability
    • 2.12.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) and Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
  • 2.13 Agency certification
    • 2.13.1 Safety certification
    • 2.13.2 Electromagnetic compatibility
    • 2.13.3 FCC verification
  • 2.14 Environmental protection
    • 2.14.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)
  • 2.15 Corrosive environment
• 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive
  • 3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions
  • 3.2 Configuring the drive
  • 3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors
  • 3.4 Drive mounting
• 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface
  • 4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility
  • 4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions
  • 4.3 Supported ATA commands
    • 4.3.1 Identify Device command
    • 4.3.2 Set Features command
    • 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands
• 5.0 Maxtor support services
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