Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto ST9655AG del fabbricante Seagate
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© 1994 Sea gat e Techno lo gy, Inc. All rig hts reser ved Publicat ion Num ber : 3628 6-001, Rev . A Octo ber 19 94 Seag ate , Se agate T ec hnolog y an d the Seagate logo are regis- tered trade marks of Seag ate T echn ology , Inc. Sea F AX, Sea- FONE, Sea BOARD a nd Sea TDD are trad emark s of Sea gate T echn ology , Inc.
Read before you b egin ... Applicati on. Y our drive is designed for IBM A T an d compatible person al comp uters, p articular l y lapt op and no teb ook m odels. Warning. Turn off th e com puter (a nd, if you ha ve a n ote book or lapt op com pu ter, re move the ba ttery) bef ore you ope n the cas e or tou ch any interna l com ponent s.
you void the warran ty . Seagat e custom er service cent ers are the only facilities aut horized to repair Se agat e d rives . Seaga te doe s not s anction any third- party re pair facilit ies. Co nfigu ring the drive 1. Put on a grounded wrist str ap.
Master/slave configuration jumpers Circuit board Pin 1 Pin 20 removed for keying Note. Drive is shown with circuit board up. B D A C Drive is master; slave may be detected using DASP– signa.
1. Turn off the com puter and r emove the battery. 2. Put on a grounded w rist strap. 3. Open your comput er case. See your system man ual for inst ructions . Caution. Ope ning the case may v oid your com pu ter’s war ranty. 4. Connect the 44-pin interface/pow er cable.
0.747 ± 0.007 (18.97 ± 0.18) 4X 3 mm × 0.5 mm × 0.15 in. (3.81 mm) deep min. full thread (2 each side) 1.375 ± 0.015 (34.93 ± 0.38) 0.118 ± 0.010 (3.00 ± 0.25) 4.020 (102.11) max (head/disc assembly to tip of pins) 1.500 ± 0.
app lication, y ou must use MCC-com pa tible connect ors and moun ting hardwar e. If the mou nting h oles in your compu ter do not li n e up wit h the mounting holes on the driv e, you r comput er m ay not be MCC- compatible.
T o enter thes e driv e spe cificat ions int o yo ur syst em BIOS, follow these steps: 1. Turn on your computer. 2. Run the system setup program. This program config ures the syst em BIOS to r ecog nize your drive . In s ome comput ers you run the system setup program by pressing special keys while the com pu ter is bo oting u p.
progr am does n ot allow you to s pecify a custo m drive type, yo ur drive may be able to emula te any of the predefin ed drive types. Se lect a prede fined d rive type that has a BIOS ca lculate d capa city less than or equ al to th at of you r drive (as shown in the table on page 6).
Formatt ing and part itionin g the d rive Caution. Fo rmatting or pa rtitioning a dr ive that co ntain s dat a des troys that data. Make su re all data has been safely bac ked up b efore repart itioning or ref ormat ting a drive that contains dat a. Seagate Technology assu mes no liabilit y for lost d ata.
High-level formatting High- level for mattin g verif ies the informat ion writt en by the low- level format a nd creat es file allocat ion tables used to catalog an d acc ess files. 1. Run the FO RMAT program. In sert a DO S prog ram diske tte con taining the FORM AT progra m into your disket te drive.
• Verify hardwar e compati bility. Che ck the do cument atio n for your drive , ho st adap ter an d comp uter to confirm that these co mponen ts are com patib le. • Verify your hardware configurat ion. Check the docum en- tation for your drive, host ad apter and co mpute r to con firm that all jum pers are s et app ropriat ely.
a time, until the conflict reapp ears. Afte r you have isolated the so urce of the address conflic ts, you can resolve the conflict by cha nging the I/ O ad dress of the periph eral that appear s to ca use th e conf lict.
• Power do wn the com puter and remov e the drive host adapt er. If the scre en comes o n after you reboot, the host adapte r may be incomp atible or de fective. If so, see your dealer . At startup, the computer does not recognize the presence of the dri ve.
The dealer partitioned and high-level formatted the drive for you in the store. Later , you installed the drive and it does not wor k. • Rebo ot the com puter and m ake su re th e drive spins up. • Chec k all cables . • Chec k the powe r supp ly.
• The FDISK program on your DOS utilit ies diske tte m ay b e co rrupted. Try runn i ng t he pr ogram from a diffe rent disket te. • If you are using a vers ion of DOS prior to Version 4.0, mak e the drive partitions smaller than 32 Mb ytes. • T ry an oth er dr ive ty p e or tra ns la tio n ge o m et ry .
the full c apac ity of the drive, a nd a use r-def ined d rive typ e is no t available, use a t hird-pa rty partitioning utility. • Run FDISK a gain a nd mak e the partitio ns sm alle r. If you ar e us ing a ve rsion of DOS prior to Version 4.0, mak e the drive pa rtitions smaller than 32 Mbyte s.
Compatib ility not es • The ST9655 fam ily drives confor m to the ATA interf ace speci- fication s. The hos t syst em BIO S m ust provide suppor t for the ATA int erfac e co mman d se t.
Techn ical suppo rt services Always co nsult your disc drive or compu ter dealer firs t for tech- nical s uppo rt. Y o ur dealer has fir st-ha nd exper ience with a wid e variety of system configu rations.
SeaBOARD Using a mo dem , you ca n: • Acce ss docu menta tion, drive specif i cation s and jumper se ttings for Seagat e’s entire pro duct line. • Downloa d softwa re f or in stalling and a nalyzing you r drive. • Requ est a return pho ne call from the technical supp ort staf f.
Storin g and sh ipping your dr ive Keep your original box and p acking mate rials for storing or shipp i ng you r drive. The box ha s a Seaga te Appro ved Pa ckage label. Shipping a drive i n an unappr ove d containe r vo ids the war ranty . Call your authorize d Seaga te distribu tor to purchas e add itional bo xes.
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Seagate Technology, Inc. 920 Disc Dri ve, Scotts Valley, CA 95066, USA Publicati on Numb er: 3628 6-001, Re v. A, Prin ted in USA.
Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il Seagate ST9655AG è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del Seagate ST9655AG - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso Seagate ST9655AG imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul Seagate ST9655AG ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il Seagate ST9655AG, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del Seagate ST9655AG.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il Seagate ST9655AG. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo Seagate ST9655AG insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
