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- Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 1
Medalist 8641 (ST38641A Medalist 6531 (ST36531A Medalist 4321 (ST34321A Medalist 3221 (ST33221A Installation Guide - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 2
8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B © 1998 Seagate Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Publication Number: 21200099-001, Rev. B, November 1998 Seagate, Seagate Technology, the Seagate logo, Medalist and the Medalist logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc. DiscWizard, SeaFAX - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 3
17 Windows 95 or Windows 98 installation 16 Additional installation options 19 Non-ATA compatible slave jumper 19 Cable select jumper 20 Advanced Disk Manager options 21 Troubleshooting 24 Alternate capacity jumper 26 Seagate Technology support services 32 Storing and shipping your drive 38 - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 4
0iv Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 5
install your Medalist® drive. DiscWizard helps you configure your new drive and your computer. It analyzes your system, lets you select various installation options and creates customized step-by-step instructions. It also allows older computers to access the full capacity of large hard drives. You - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 6
2 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B What you need • Straight-edge and Phillips screwdrivers • Four 6-32 UNC drive mounting screws • An ATA interface cable (max length: 18 inches) with available 40-pin connector • An unused drive power cable for your new drive Before you begin • Make sure - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 7
Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B 3 Handling precautions Disc drives are extremely fragile. Do not drop or jar your drive. Keep the drive in its antistatic bag until you are ready to install it. Protect your drive from static discharge by making sure you are well grounded before - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 8
4 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B Master/slave jumpers If your new Seagate drive will be the only drive in your computer, you do not have to change any jumper settings. In this case, skip ahead to "Attaching Cables and Mounting the Drive," on page 6. If you already have one hard drive - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 9
Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B 5 ATA interface pin 1 connector 4-pin power connector 2 46 8 1357 Slave Master or single drive Figure 1. Master and slave jumper settings - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 10
6 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B Attaching cables and mounting the drive 1. If you are attaching a new ATA interface cable to a single drive, IDE or HDD 40-pin connector. The ATA cable must be no more than 18 inches (457 mm) long. 2. Thread the interface cable through the drive bay and - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 11
Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B 7 Figure 3. Mounting screws 3. You can mount the drive in any orientation. Usually it is mounted with the circuit board down. 4. Slide the drive carefully into the drive bay. Secure the drive with four 6-32 UNC mounting screws in either the sidemounting - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 12
Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B Interface connector Power connector Pin 1 Figure 4. Cable connectors Note. If you are mounting the drive in a 5.25-inch drive bay, you need a mounting adapter or frame kit. Contact your computer dealer. Some computers also require drive to each drive. If - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 13
option. This allows your computer to configure itself automatically for your new drive. If your BIOS does not provide automatic drive detection, select "User-defined" drive settings and enter the CHS values from the table on page 10. These CHS values support capacities up to 8.4 Gbytes. 4. Save the - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 14
sectors 8,404,830 - - ST33221A CHS addressing 6,253 16 63 Addressable sectors 6,303,024 - - Note. Set the write precomp or landing zone parameters to zero. * The CHS addressing supports capacities up to 8.4 Gbytes. To see the full capacity of these drives, use the LBA addressing mode - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 15
older computers cannot accommodate drives with capacities greater than 528 Mbytes. Seagate provides free Disk Manager software with your drive to overcome this limitation. Alternatively, you can purchase a hard drive controller or a BIOS upgrade that supports drives with capacities greater than 528 - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 16
in some computers cannot support drives that have more than 4,092 cylinders (approximately 2.1 Gbytes). If you install a drive with more than 4,092 cylinders in one of these computers, the computer may "freeze" or fail to boot. If you have this problem, see "Alternate capacity jumper" on page 26 for - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 17
Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B 13 BIOS upgrades If you need to upgrade your BIOS, contact the appropriate BIOS manufacturer listed below: American Megatrends (AMI): http://www.megatrends.com 1- - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 18
14 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B Partitioning and formatting your drive One drive: For a quick installation, use the Disk Manager software to partition and format your Seagate drive. Disk Manager also ensures that your computer can access the full capacity of your hard drive. See " - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 19
Installation. Disk Manager lists all the hard drives that it detects. You should see your new Seagate drive and your existing hard drive, if any. If any hard drive is not recognized, exit Disk Manager and turn off your computer. Check all cables, jumpers and BIOS settings. Then start at step 1 to - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 20
16 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B Note. If your computer cannot accommodate hard drives with capacities greater than 528 Mbytes or 8.4 Gbytes, Disk Manager installs a Dynamic Drive Overlay (DDO) on your hard drive. If this driver has been installed, you should see a blue Disk Manager - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 21
Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B 17 Standard DOS installation ! Caution. Partitioning or formatting a drive erases all data on it. Seagate assumes no liability if you erase your data. Drive partitioning Partitioning a hard drive divides it into sections (partitions) that function as - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 22
18 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B Drive formatting ! Caution. Make sure to use the correct drive letters so that you do not format a drive that already contains data. At the A: prompt, type format x: /s, where x is the letter of your first new partition. Repeat the format process - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 23
Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B 19 Additional installation options 2 46 8 1357 Master with non-ATA compatible slave Enable cable select Figure 5. Non-ATA compatible and cable select jumpers Non-ATA compatible slave jumper If your computer does not recognize your new drive as a master - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 24
Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B Cable select jumper Some computers differentiate between master and slave drives the slave drive. See your computer manual to determine whether your computer supports this feature. To configure your Seagate drive for cable select, place a jumper as shown - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 25
Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B 21 Advanced Disk Manager options The Disk Manger online manual Disk Manager contains an extensive online manual. This manual includes detailed installation instructions, troubleshooting and a list of master/slave jumper settings for many popular hard - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 26
22 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B Supported operating systems The Disk Manager dynamic drive overlay provides support for drives with capacities greater than 528 Mbytes under MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 3.50 (requires DM upgrade drivers), OS/2 V3.0 ( - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 27
Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B 23 Follow these instructions to remove a DDO from a drive. 1. Boot the computer to drive C. 2. Insert your DiscWizard diskette into drive setup program (see your system manual for details). 9. Configure the hard drive with the Cylinder/Head/Sector - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 28
pin 1 on the drive and host adapter (see Figure 2 on page 6). • Verify jumper settings. Review the instructions in this guide and in your host adapter installation guide. Make sure all appropriate jumpers are installed or removed as necessary. • Check your power-supply specifications. Each time you - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 29
but the problem persists, follow these guidelines for troubleshooting specific cases: After you install your new drive, your computer will not boot, and no error message appears on the screen. Check your computer manual or BIOS manufacturer to determine whether your BIOS supports drives that have - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 30
26 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B 2 46 8 1357 Full capacity Limit capacity to 2.1 Gbytes (4,092 cylinders) Figure 6. Alternate capacity jumper 2. Move the jumper on the alternate-capacity jumper, as shown in Figure 6. This causes the drive to appear to your BIOS as having a 2.1-Gbyte - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 31
type A:\DM. Then press ENTER. This runs the Disk Manager program. 6. Follow the Disk Manager instructions to install the dynamic drive overlay and to partition and format your new drive to its full capacity. 7. After Disk Manager is done, reboot your system. You should see the Disk Manager banner - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 32
Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B • Reboot the computer and listen to make sure the drive motor starts up. If the drive is very quiet, it may be difficult to hear its discs reach operating speed. If the drive motor does not start up, recheck all drive cables. • Verify that for each drive - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 33
Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B 29 • If Disk Manager has installed the DDO on your hard drive and you have booted directly from a diskette, the information in the boot record for the drive may not have been loaded. Make sure there is no diskette in drive A and reboot. If you want to - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 34
system setup program. • Check for I/O address conflicts. The drive does not format to full capacity. • Verify the drive-type values in the system setup program. One of the following problems may have occurred: • The values may be set with an incorrect translation character- istic. • You may have - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 35
LBA mode in the system setup program to access the full capacity of the drive. Refer to your computer's reference guide to find out how to enable LBA. • Your computer may not support drives that have more than 4,092 cylinders. Follow the instructions on page 25 for After you install your new - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 36
Seagate disc and tape drive products and is available 24 hours daily. Set your communications software to eight data bits, no parity and one stop bit (8-N-1). Presales support Presales support Our Presales support staff can help you determine which Seagate products are best suited for your specific - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 37
Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B 33 Automated services SeaFONE® 1-800-SEAGATE Seagate's 800 number (1-800-732-4283) provides toll-free access to our automated self-help services. Here you'll find answers to commonly asked questions, troubleshooting tips and specifications for disc - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 38
34 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B place of purchase. Seagate offers comprehensive customer support for Seagate drives. These services are available worldwide. Authorized service centers If your drive is out of warranty, you can contact an authorized service center for service or repair - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 39
Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B 35 European support services For European customer support, dial the toll-free number for your specific country for presales support, technical support, SeaFAX and warranty repair. If your country is not listed here, dial our European call center at 3120- - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 40
France Germany United Kingdom Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B 33 1-48 25 35 95 49-89-1409331 44-1628-478011 FAX Services-All European Countries Presales/Technical Support 31-20-653-3513 Warranty Repair 31-20-653-4320 Africa/Middle East support services For presales, technical - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 41
Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B 37 Asia/Pacific support services If the customer service number for your country is not listed here, dial our Asia/Pacific headquarters located in Singapore during business hours from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Singapore time. Technical support Australia - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 42
38 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B Storing and shipping your drive Keep your original box and packing materials for storing or shipping your drive. The box has a Seagate Approved Package label. Shipping a drive in an unapproved container voids the warranty. Call your authorized Seagate - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 43
for a particular purpose. All such warranties are expressly and specifically disclaimed. Maintenance and repair Seagate drives do not require maintenance. The head/disc assembly is sealed; a broken seal voids the warranty. Seagate customer-service centers are the only facilities authorized to repair - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 44
40 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B nung muss SELV entsprechen. 5. Alle Arbeiten auf dem Festplatte dürfen nur von Ausgebildetem Servicepersonal durchgeführt werden. Bitte entfernen Sie nicht die Aufschriftenschilder des - Seagate ST33221A | Product Manual - Page 45
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44 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B Seagate Technology, Inc. 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066-4544, USA Publication Number: 21200099-001, Rev. B, Printed in USA
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