Seagate MOMENTUS 54006 SATA ST9120315AS User Manual

Product Manual  
Momentus 5400.6 SATA  
ST9500325AS  
ST9320325AS  
ST9250315AS  
ST9160314AS  
ST9120315AS  
ST9500325ASG  
ST9320325ASG  
ST9250315ASG  
ST9160314ASG  
100528359  
Rev. A  
September 2008  
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1.0  
Introduction  
This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate  
Momentus® 5400.6 SATA model drives:  
• ST9500325AS  
• ST9500325ASG  
• ST9320325AS  
• ST9320325ASG  
• ST9250315AS  
• ST9250315ASG  
• ST9160314AS  
• ST9160314ASG  
• ST9120315AS  
These drives provide the following key features:  
• 5,400-RPM spindle speed.  
• 8-Mbyte buffer.  
• Free Fall Protection (ST9500325ASG, ST9320325ASG, ST9250315ASG and ST9160314ASG models only)  
• Quiet operation. Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motor.  
• High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 3.0 Gbits/sec).  
• Perpendicular recording technology.  
• State-of-the-art cache and on-the-fly error-correction algorithms.  
• Native Command Queuing (NCQ) with command ordering.  
• Full-track multiple-sector transfer capability without local processor intervention.  
• 1,000 Gs nonoperating shock and 350 Gs of operating shock.  
• SeaTools diagnostic software performs a drive self-test that eliminates unnecessary drive returns.  
• The 3D Defense System™, which includes Drive Defense, Data Defense and Diagnostic Defense, offers the  
industry’s most comprehensive protection for disc drives.  
• Support for S.M.A.R.T. drive monitoring and reporting.  
• Support for Read Multiple and Write Multiple commands.  
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1.1  
About the Serial ATA interface  
The Serial ATA interface provides several advantages over the traditional (parallel) ATA interface. The primary  
advantages include:  
• Easy installation and configuration with true plug-and-play connectivity. It is not normally necessary to set  
any jumpers or other configuration options.  
• Thinner and more flexible cabling for improved enclosure airflow and ease of installation.  
• Scalability to higher performance levels.  
In addition, Serial ATA makes the transition from parallel ATA easy by providing legacy software support. Serial  
ATA was designed to allow you to install a Serial ATA host adapter and Serial ATA disc drive in your current  
system and expect all of your existing applications to work as normal.  
The Serial ATA interface connects each disc drive in a point-to-point configuration with the Serial ATA host  
adapter. There is no master/slave relationship with Serial ATA devices like there is with parallel ATA. If two  
drives are attached on one Serial ATA host adapter, the host operating system views the two devices as if they  
were both “masters” on two separate ports. This essentially means both drives behave as if they are Device 0  
(master) devices.  
Note. The host adapter may, optionally, emulate a master/slave environment to host software where two  
devices on separate Serial ATA ports are represented to host software as a Device 0 (master) and  
Device 1 (slave) accessed at the same set of host bus addresses. A host adapter that emulates a  
master/slave environment manages two sets of shadow registers. This is not a typical Serial ATA  
environment.  
The Serial ATA host adapter and drive share the function of emulating parallel ATA device behavior to provide  
backward compatibility with existing host systems and software. The Command and Control Block registers,  
PIO and DMA data transfers, resets, and interrupts are all emulated.  
The Serial ATA host adapter contains a set of registers that shadow the contents of the traditional device regis-  
ters, referred to as the Shadow Register Block. All Serial ATA devices behave like Device 0 devices. For addi-  
tional information about how Serial ATA emulates parallel ATA, refer to the “Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized  
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2.0  
Drive specifications  
Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal  
power. For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to indicate the  
Momentus 5400.6 SATA models.  
2.1  
Specification summary table  
The specifications listed in this table are for quick reference. For details on specification measurement or defi-  
nition, see the appropriate section of this manual.  
Table 1:  
Drive specifications  
ST9500325AS  
ST9320325AS  
ST9250315AS  
ST9160314AS  
Drive specification  
ST9500325ASG  
ST9320325ASG  
ST9250315ASG  
ST9160314ASG  
ST9120315AS  
Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)*  
Guaranteed sectors  
500  
320  
250  
160  
120  
976,773,168  
512  
625,142,448  
488,397,168  
312,581,808  
234,441,648  
Bytes per sector  
Physical read/write heads  
Discs  
4
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
Cache (Mbytes)  
8
Recording density in BPI (bits/inch avg)  
Track density TPI (tracks/inch avg)  
1,490k  
265k  
394  
2
Areal density (Gbits/inch avg)  
Spindle speed (RPM)  
5,400  
5.6  
Average latency (msec)  
Internal transfer rate (Mbits/sec max)  
I/O data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max)  
ATA data-transfer modes supported  
1,175  
300  
SATA 1.0, Serial ATA Revision 2.6  
PIO modes 0–4  
Multiword DMA modes 0–2  
Ultra DMA modes 0–6  
Height (max)  
9.5 +/- 0.2 mm (0.374 +/- .0078 inches)  
Width (max)  
69.85 mm +/- 0.25 mm (2.75 +/- 0.0098 inches)  
Length (max)  
100.35 + 0.35 / - 0.25 mm (3.957 + 0.079 / - 0.0098 inches)  
Weight (max)  
98.8 grams (0.218 lb)  
93.5 grams (0.206 lb)  
Power-on to ready (sec typical)  
Power-on to ready (sec max)  
Standby to ready (sec typical)  
Standby to ready (sec max)  
Track-to-track seek time, read (msec typical)  
Average seek, read (msec typical)  
3.6  
3.8  
1.8  
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Table 1:  
Drive specifications  
ST9500325AS  
ST9320325AS  
ST9250315AS  
ST9160314AS  
Drive specification  
ST9500325ASG  
ST9320325ASG  
ST9250315ASG  
ST9160314ASG  
ST9120315AS  
Full-stroke seek, read (msec max)  
Startup current, +5V (max)  
Seek power (typical)  
30  
1.0 amp  
1.54 watts  
Read/write power (typical)  
Idle mode, low power (typical)  
Standby mode  
Read: 2.6 watts; Write: 2.85 watts  
0.67 watts  
0.22 watts (typical)***  
0.22 watts (typical)***  
+5V ± 5%  
Sleep mode  
Voltage tolerance (including noise)  
Ambient temperature  
0° to 60°C (operating), –40° to 70°C (nonoperating)  
Temperature gradient  
(°C per hour max)  
20°C (operating)  
35°C (nonoperating)  
Relative humidity  
5% to 95% (operating)  
5% to 95% (nonoperating)  
Relative humidity gradient  
30% per hour max  
Wet bulb temperature  
(°C max)  
37.7 (operating)  
40 (nonoperating)  
Altitude, operating  
–304.8 m to 3,048 m (–1,000 ft to 10,000+ ft)  
–304.8 m to 12,192 m (–1000 ft to 40,000+ ft)  
Altitude, nonoperating  
(meters below mean sea level, max)  
Shock, operating (Gs max at 2 msec)  
Shock, nonoperating (Gs max at 2 msec)  
Shock, nonoperating (Gs max at 1 msec)  
Shock, nonoperating (Gs max at 0.5 msec)  
Vibration, operating  
350  
800  
1,000  
600  
1.0 G (0 to peak, 5–500 Hz)  
5.0 Gs (0 to peak, 10–500 Hz)  
Vibration, nonoperating  
Drive acoustics, sound power (bels)  
Idle**  
2.4 (typical)  
2.6 (max)  
Performance seek  
2.6 (typical)  
2.7 (max)  
14  
Nonrecoverable read errors  
Annualized Failure Rate (AFR)  
Load/Unload (U/UL) cycles  
1 per 10 bits read  
0.48%  
25°C, 50% relative humidity  
600,000 software-controlled power on/off cycles  
20,000 hard power on/off cycles  
32°C, 80% relative humidity  
5°C, 80% relative humidity  
5°C, 10% relative humidity  
55°C, 16% relative humidity  
600,000 software-controlled power on/off cycles  
20,000 hard power on/off cycles  
Warranty  
To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the follow-  
ing web page:  
support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp  
You will be asked to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number)  
and country of purchase. After submitting this information, the system will display the  
warranty information for your drive.  
Supports Hotplug operation per Serial ATA  
Revision 2.6 specification  
Yes (requires COMRESET from host after a hotplug event)  
*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment  
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and formatting.  
**During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and  
power to operational levels.  
***Typical notebooks will pull power to the drive when entering S3 and S4; while in the S3 and S4 states, drive sleep and drive standby  
modes will not contribute to battery power consumption.  
2.2  
Formatted capacity  
Model  
Formatted capacity*  
500 Gbytes  
Guaranteed sectors  
976,773,168  
Bytes per sector  
ST9500325AS and ST9500325ASG  
ST9320325AS and ST9320325ASG  
ST9250315AS and ST9250315ASG  
ST9160314AS and ST9160314ASG  
ST9120315AS  
512  
512  
512  
512  
512  
320 Gbytes  
625,142,448  
250 Gbytes  
488,397,168  
160 Gbytes  
312,581,808  
120 Gbytes  
234,441,648  
*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment  
and formatting.  
2.2.1  
LBA mode  
When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n–1,  
where n is the number of guaranteed sectors as defined above.  
See Section 4.3.1, "Identify Device command" (words 60-61 and 100-103) for additional information about 48-  
bit addressing support of drives with capacities over 137 Gbytes.  
2.3  
Default logical geometry  
Cylinders  
Read/write heads  
Sectors per track  
63  
16,383  
16  
LBA mode  
When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n–1,  
where n is the number of guaranteed sectors as defined above.  
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2.4  
Physical organization  
Drive model  
Read/write heads  
Number of discs  
ST9500325AS and ST9500325ASG  
ST9320325AS and ST9320325ASG  
ST9250315AS and ST9250315ASG  
ST9160314AS and ST9160314ASG  
ST9120315AS  
4
3
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
2.5  
Recording and interface technology  
Interface  
Serial ATA (SATA)  
Recording method  
Perpendicular  
Recording density BPI (bits/inch avg)  
Track density TPI (tracks/inch avg)  
1,490k  
265k  
2
Areal density (Gbits/inch avg)  
394  
Spindle speed (RPM) ( 0.2%)  
Maximum Internal transfer rate (Mbits/sec)  
I/O data-transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max)  
Interleave  
5,400  
1,175  
300  
1:1  
Cache buffer  
8 Mbytes (8,192 kbytes)  
2.6  
Physical characteristics  
Drive specification  
Height  
(mm)  
(inches)  
9.5 +/-0.2  
0.374 +/-0.0078  
Width  
(mm)  
(inches)  
69.85 +/-0.25  
2.75 +/-0.0098  
Length  
(mm)  
(inches)  
100.35 +0.55 / -0.25  
3.957 +0.079 / -0.0098  
Weight (max)  
ST9500325AS  
98.8 grams  
0.218 pounds  
ST9500325ASG  
ST9320325AS  
ST9320325ASG  
ST9250315AS  
ST9250315ASG  
ST9160314AS  
ST9160314ASG  
ST9120315AS  
93.5 grams  
0.206 pounds  
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2.7  
Seek time  
Seek measurements are taken with nominal power at 25°C ambient temperature. All times are measured using  
drive diagnostics. The specifications in the table below are defined as follows:  
• Track-to-track seek time is an average of all possible single-track seeks in both directions.  
• Average seek time is a true statistical random average of at least 5,000 measurements of seeks between  
random tracks, less overhead.  
Table 2:  
Typical seek times  
Seek times (msec)  
Track-to-track (typical)  
Average (typical)  
Full-stroke (max)  
Average latency  
Read  
1
14  
30  
5.56  
Note. These drives are designed to consistently meet the seek times represented in this manual. Physical  
seeks, regardless of mode (such as track-to-track and average), are expected to meet the noted  
values. However, due to the manner in which these drives are formatted, benchmark tests that  
include command overhead or measure logical seeks may produce results that vary from these  
specifications.  
2.8  
Start/stop times  
Max @ 25°C  
Time to ready  
Typical  
3.6  
Power-on to Ready (sec)  
Standby to Ready (sec)  
3.8  
2
1.8  
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2.9  
Power specifications  
The drive receives DC power (+5V) through a native SATA power connector.  
2.9.1 Power consumption  
Power requirements for the drives are listed in the table on page 8. Typical power measurements are based on  
an average of drives tested, under nominal conditions, at 25°C ambient temperature.  
• Spinup power  
Spinup power is measured fromthe time ofpower-onto thetimethat the drive spindle reaches operating speed.  
• Seek mode  
During seek mode, the read/write actuator arm moves toward a specific position on the disc surface and does  
not execute a read or write operation. Servo electronics are active. Seek mode power is measured based on  
three random seek operations every 100 msecs. This mode is not typical.  
Read/write power and current  
Read/write power is measured with the heads on track, based on three 63 sector read or write operations  
every 100 msecs.  
• Idle mode power  
Idle mode power is measured with the drive up to speed, with servo electronics active and with the heads in  
a random track location.  
• Standby mode  
During Standby mode, the drive accepts commands, but the drive is not spinning, and the servo and read/  
write electronics are in power-down model  
Table 3:  
DC power  
Power dissipation  
Spinup (max)  
Seek  
+5V input average (25° C)  
1 amp  
1.54 watts  
Read  
2.6 watts  
Write  
2.85 watts  
Idle, performance*  
Idle, active*  
Idle, low power mode*  
Standby**  
1.5 watts  
0.81 watts  
0.67 watts  
0.22 watts  
Sleep  
0.22 watts  
*During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and  
power to operational levels.  
**Standby power is measured at steady state (after 200ms from transition)  
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2.9.1.1  
Typical current profile  
Figure 1. Typical +5V only startup and operation current profile  
2.9.2  
Deferred spinup  
Momentus 5400.6 SATA drives do not support the deferred spinup option. If you require this option, refer to the  
Momentus 5400.3 SATA Blade Server family of drives.  
2.9.3  
Conducted noise  
Input noise ripple is measured at the host system power supply across an equivalent 15-ohm resistive load on  
the +5 volt line.  
Using 5-volt power, the drive is expected to operate with a maximum of 100 mV peak-to-peak square-wave  
injected noise at up to 10 MHz.  
Note. Equivalent resistance is calculated by dividing the nominal voltage by the typical RMS read/write  
current.  
2.9.4  
Voltage tolerance  
Voltage tolerance (including noise):  
5V 5%  
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2.9.5  
Power-management modes  
The drive provides programmable power management to provide greater energy efficiency. In most systems,  
you can control power management through the system setup program. The drive features the following  
power-management modes:  
Table 4:  
Power management modes  
Power modes  
Active (operating)  
Idle, performance  
Idle, active  
Heads  
Spindle  
Rotating  
Rotating  
Rotating  
Rotating  
Stopped  
Stopped  
Buffer  
Tracking  
Tracking  
Floating  
Parked  
Parked  
Parked  
Full power  
Self refresh—low power  
Self refresh—low power  
Self refresh—low power  
Self refresh—low power  
Self refresh—low power  
Idle, low power  
Standby  
Sleep  
• Active mode  
The drive is in Active mode during the read/write and seek operations.  
• Idle mode  
The buffer remains enabled, and the drive accepts all commands and returns to Active mode any time disc  
access is necessary.  
• Standby mode  
The drive enters Standby mode when the host sends a Standby Immediate command. If the host has set the  
standby timer, the drive can also enter Standby mode automatically after the drive has been inactive for a  
specifiable length of time. The standby timer delay is established using a Standby or Idle command. In Standby  
mode, the drive buffer is in Self Refresh Low Power mode, the heads are parked and the spindle is at rest.  
The drive accepts all commands and returns to Active mode any time disc access is necessary.  
• Sleep mode  
The drive enters Sleep mode after receiving a Sleep command from the host. In Sleep mode, the drive buffer  
is in Self Refresh Low Power mode, the heads are parked and the spindle is at rest. The drive leaves Sleep  
mode after it receives a Hard Reset or Soft Reset from the host. After receiving a reset, the drive exits Sleep  
mode and enters Standby mode with all current translation parameters intact.  
• Idle and Standby timers  
Each time the drive performs an Active function (read, write or seek), the standby timer is reinitialized and  
begins counting down from its specified delay times to zero. If the standby timer reaches zero before any  
drive activity is required, the drive makes a transition to Standby mode. In both Idle and Standby mode, the  
drive accepts all commands and returns to Active mode when disc access is necessary.  
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2.10  
Environmental specifications  
Ambient temperature  
2.10.1  
Ambient temperature is defined as the temperature of the environment immediately surrounding the drive.  
Actual drive case temperature should not exceed 70°C (158°F) within the operating ambient conditions.  
Above 1,000 feet (305 meters), the maximum temperature is derated linearly by 1°C every 1000 feet.  
Operating:  
0° to 60°C (32° to 140°F)  
Nonoperating:  
–40° to 70°C (–40° to 158°F)  
2.10.2  
Temperature gradient  
Operating  
20°C per hour (68°F per hour max), without condensation  
35°C per hour (95°F per hour max), without condensation  
Nonoperating  
2.10.3  
Humidity  
Relative humidity  
2.10.3.1  
Operating  
5% to 95% noncondensing (30% per hour max)  
5% to 95% noncondensing (30% per hour max)  
Nonoperating  
2.10.3.2  
Wet bulb temperature  
Operating  
37.7°C (99.86°F max)  
40°C (104°F max)  
Nonoperating  
2.10.4  
Altitude  
Operating  
Nonoperating  
–304.8 m to 3,048 m (–1,000 ft to 10,000+ ft)  
–304.8 m to 12,192 m (–1,000 ft to 40,000+ ft)  
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2.10.5  
Shock  
All shock specifications assume that the drive is mounted securely with the input shock applied at the drive  
mounting screws. Shock may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis.  
Note. Additional shock protection is provided by the Free Fall Protection feature on ST9500325ASG,  
ST9320325ASG, ST9250315ASG and ST9160314ASG models. See Section 2.13.1 for additional  
information about this feature.  
2.10.5.1  
Operating shock  
These drives comply with the performance levels specified in this document when subjected to a maximum  
operating shock of 350 Gs based on half-sine shock pulses of 2 msec. Shocks should not be repeated more  
than two times per second.  
2.10.5.2  
Nonoperating shock  
The nonoperating shock level that the drive can experience without incurring physical damage or degradation  
in performance when subsequently put into operation is 800 Gs based on a nonrepetitive half-sine shock pulse  
of 2 msec duration.  
The nonoperating shock level that the drive can experience without incurring physical damage or degradation  
in performance when subsequently put into operation is 1,000 Gs based on a nonrepetitive half-sine shock  
pulse of 1 msec duration.  
The nonoperating shock level that the drive can experience without incurring physical damage or degradation  
in performance when subsequently put into operation is 600 Gs based on a nonrepetitive half-sine shock pulse  
of 0.5 msec duration.  
2.10.6  
Vibration  
All vibration specifications assume that the drive is mounted securely with the input vibration applied at the  
drive mounting screws. Vibration may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis.  
2.10.6.1  
Operating vibration  
The maximum vibration levels that the drive may experience while meeting the performance standards speci-  
fied in this document are specified below.  
5–500 Hz  
1.0 Gs (0 to peak). Max displacement may apply below 10 Hz.  
2.10.6.2  
Nonoperating vibration  
The maximum nonoperating vibration levels that the drive may experience without incurring physical damage or degrada-  
tion in performance when subsequently put into operation are specified below.  
5–500 Hz:  
5.0 Gs (0 to peak). Max displacement may apply below 22 Hz.  
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2.11  
Acoustics  
Drive emission of sound is measured consistent with the ECMA-74 and its’ referenced standards. Testing is  
conducted at room temperature (approximately 25°C). Emission levels are reported as the total A-weighted  
sound power levels for steady state, idle, and active seek modes of operation.  
Table 5:  
Drive A-weighted Sound Power Levels (SWL, BA)  
Idle*  
Performance seek  
2.4 bels (typ)  
2.6 bels (max)  
2.6 bels (typ)  
2.7 bels (max)  
*During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and  
power to operational levels.  
Test for Prominent Discrete Tones (PDTs)  
Seagate follows the ECMA-74 standards for measurement and identification of PDTs. An exception to this pro-  
cess is the use of the absolute threshold of hearing. Seagate uses the lower limit for the threshold curve* to  
discern tone audibility and to compensate for the inaudible components of sound prior to computation of tone  
ratios according to Annex D of the ECMA-74 standards.  
*Defined as the median curve given by ISO 389-7 (Tf curve) minus 10dB at all frequencies.  
2.12  
Electromagnetic immunity  
When properly installed in a representative host system, the drive operates without errors or degradation in  
performance when subjected to the radio frequency (RF) environments defined in the following table:  
Table 6:  
Radio frequency environments  
Performance  
level  
Reference  
standard  
Test  
Description  
Electrostatic discharge  
Radiated RF immunity  
Contact, HCP, VCP: 4 kV; Air: 8 kV  
B
A
EN 61000-4-2: 95  
80 to 2,000 MHz, 10 V/m,  
80% AM with 1 kHz sine  
900 MHz, 3 V/m, 50% pulse modulation @ 200 Hz  
EN 61000-4-3: 96  
ENV 50204: 95  
Electrical fast transient  
Surge immunity  
1 kV on AC mains, 0.5 kV on external I/O  
1 kV differential, 2 kV common, AC mains  
B
B
A
EN 61000-4-4: 95  
EN 61000-4-5: 95  
EN 61000-4-6: 97  
Conducted RF immunity  
150 kHz to 80 MHz, 3 Vrms, 80% AM with 1 kHz  
sine  
Power Frequency H-field  
immunity  
1 A/m, 50Hz/60Hz, 3 axes  
A
EN 61000-4-8: 97  
EN 61000-4-11: 94  
Voltage dips, interrupts  
30% Reduction for 25 cycles  
>95% Reduction for 250 cycles  
>95%, 0.5 cycles  
C
C
B
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2.13  
Reliability  
Measurement type  
Specification  
14  
Nonrecoverable read errors  
Annualized Failure Rate (AFR)  
Load/Unload (U/UL)  
1 per 10 bits read, max.  
<0.48%  
25°C, 50% relative humidity  
600,000 software-controlled power on/off cycles  
20,000 hard power on/off cycles  
32°C, 80% relative humidity  
5°C, 80% relative humidity  
5°C, 10% relative humidity  
55°C, 16% relative humidity  
600,000 software-controlled power on/off cycles  
20,000 hard power on/off cycles  
Warranty  
To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the  
following web page:  
support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp  
You will be asked to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part num-  
ber) and country of purchase. After submitting this information, the system will dis-  
play the warranty information for your drive.  
2.13.1  
Free Fall Protection feature  
The Free Fall Protection feature provides enhanced data protection against shock events that may occur while  
the drive is operating. This feature is designed to decrease the likelihood of data loss by detecting a free fall  
event and unloading the actuator before a shock takes place in falls of >8 inches (nominal). The drive uses a 0  
G sensor mounted on the printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) to sense this event.  
To enable the Free Fall Protection feature on ST9500325ASG, ST9320325ASG, ST9250315ASG and  
ST9160314ASG models, use Set Features command 41h. To disable this feature, use Set Features command