Seagate St500lt032 Laptop Ultrathin Hdd Sata User Manual

Seagate ST500LT032 Laptop Ultrathin HDD SATA

Product Information

This user manual is for Seagate Laptop Ultrathin HDD models ST500LT032, ST320LT030, ST500LT033, and ST320LT031. These models are available as standard or self-encrypting drives.

The drive specifications include:

• Formatted capacity up to 500GB
• Serial ATA interface
• 5400 RPM spindle speed
• 128MB cache

The drive also meets environmental and acoustic specifications, including shock and vibration resistance.

Product Usage Instructions

1. Connect the drive to your computer’s Serial ATA interface.
2. Power on your computer and allow it to recognize the drive.
3. You may need to partition and format the drive before use. Refer to your computer’s operating system documentation for instructions on how to do this.
4. Once the drive is properly formatted, you can use it to store and retrieve data just like any other hard drive.
5. To ensure optimal performance and longevity, avoid exposing the drive to extreme temperatures, shock, or vibration.
6. If you have any technical difficulties or issues, please contact Seagate Technology Support Services for assistance.

Serial ATA Interface

The drive uses a Serial ATA interface, which provides fast data transfer rates between the drive and your computer. Make sure that your computer’s motherboard supports this interface before attempting to install the driver.

Formatted Capacity

The drive’s formatted capacity can be up to 500GB. This is determined by the operating system and partitioning scheme used on your computer.

Environmental Specifications

The drive is designed to operate within a certain temperature range and is resistant to shock and vibration. Make sure that the drive is not exposed to extreme temperatures or physical stress, as this can damage the drive and cause data loss.

Acoustics

The drive has been tested for prominent discrete tones (PDTs), which can cause audible noise. If you experience any unusual noises from the drive during operation, please contact Seagate Technology Support Services for assistance.

Document Revision History

• © 2014 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved.
• Publication number: 100715053, Rev. F November 2014
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• HDD and SeaTools are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
• No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without written permission of Seagate Technology LLC.
• Call 877-PUB-TEK1(877-782-8351) to request permission.
• When referring to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes. Your computer’s operating system may use a different standard of measurement and report a lower capacity. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions, and thus will not be available for data storage. Actual quantities will vary based on various factors, including file size, file format, features and application software. Actual data rates may vary depending on operating environment and other factors. The export or re-export of hardware or software containing encryption may be regulated by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (for more information, visit www.bis.doc.gov), and controlled for import and use outside of the U.S. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications.
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Introduction

• This manual describes the functional, mechanical, and interface specifications for the following Seagate® Laptop Ultrathin HDD SATA model drives:

Note

Previous generations of Seagate Self-Encrypting Drive models were called Full Disk Encryption (FDE) models before a differentiation between drive-based encryption and other forms of encryption was necessary.

Note

The Self-Encrypting Drive models indicated on the cover of this product manual have provisions for “Security of Data at Rest” based on the standards defined by the Trusted Computing Group (see www.trustedcomputinggroup.org).

These drives provide the following key features:

• 5400-RPM spindle speed.
• 16MB buffer.
• Quiet operation. Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motor.
• High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 6Gb/s).
• 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.
• 1000 Gs nonoperating shock and 400 Gs of operating shock.
• SeaToolsTM 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 disk drives.
• Support for S.M.A.R.T. drive monitoring and reporting.
• Support for Read Multiple and Write Multiple commands.
• Worldwide Name (WWN) capability uniquely identifies the drive.
• Seagate Laptop Ultrathin HDD Self-Encrypting Drive models have the following additional features
• Automatic data encryption/decryption
• Controlled access
• Random number generator
• Drive locking
• 16 independent data bands
• Cryptographic erase of user data for a drive that will be repurposed or scrapped
• Authenticated firmware download.
• There is no significant performance difference between Self-Encrypting Drive and standard (non-Self-Encrypting Drive) models.

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 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 the integrator to install a Serial
• ATA host adapter and Serial ATA disk drive in the current system and expect all existing applications to work as normal.
• The Serial ATA interface connects each disk 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 registers, referred to as the Shadow Register Block. All Serial ATA devices behave like Device 0 devices. For additional information about how Serial ATA emulates parallel ATA, refer to the Serial ATA International Organization: Serial
• ATA (Revision 3.0). The specification can be downloaded from www.serialata.org.

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 following drive models:
• The specification summaries listed in the following tables are for quick reference. For details on specification measurement or definition, refer to the appropriate section of this manual.

1. One GB equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting.

Formatted Capacity

1. One GB equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting.

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.
Refer to Configuring and Mounting the Drive on page 15 (words 60-61 and 100-103) for additional information about 48-bit addressing support of drives with capacities over 137 GB.

Physical organization

Recording and Interface Technology

Physical Characteristics

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 5000 measurements of seeks between random tracks, less overhead.

Table 1 Typical seek times

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.

Start/stop times

Table 2 Start/stop times

Power Specifications

The drive receives DC power (+5V) through a native SATA power connector (refer to Figure 2).

Power consumption

Power requirements for the drives are listed in the table below. Typical power measurements are based on an average of drives tested, under nominal conditions, at 25°C ambient temperature. These power measurements are done with Interface Power Management modes like HIPM and DIPM enabled.

Spinup power

• Spinup power is measured from the time of power-on to the time that the drive spindle reaches operating speed.

Seek mode

• During seek mode, the read/write actuator arm moves toward a specific position on the disk 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 ms. 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 ms.

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 mode.

Table 3 Power Dissipation

1. 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.
2. Standby power is measured at steady state (after 200ms from transition)

Typical current profiles
The typical 5V startup and operation current profile is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 Typical 5V Startup and Operation Current Profile

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

• The equivalent resistance is calculated by dividing the nominal voltage by the typical RMS read/write current.

Voltage tolerance (including noise):

• +5V ± 5%

Power management modes

• The drive provides programmable power management to provide greater energy efficiency. In most systems, power management is controlled through the system setup program. The drive features the following power-management modes:

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 disk 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 enabled, the heads are parked and the spindle is at rest. The drive accepts all commands and returns to active mode any time disk 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 disabled, 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 disk access is necessary.

Environmental Specifications

• This section provides the temperature, humidity, shock, and vibration specifications for Seagate Laptop Ultrathin HDD drives. Ambient temperature is defined as the temperature of the environment immediately surrounding the drive.
• Above 1000 feet (305 meters), the maximum temperature is derated linearly by 1°C every 1000 feet.

Note

• The recommended storage period:
• 1 year under controlled conditions of 34°C 90%RH or less
• 90 days in uncontrolled storage conditions

Shock

Operating shock

• These drives comply with the performance levels specified in this document when subjected to a maximum operating shock of 400 Gs based on half-sine shock pulses of 2ms. Shocks should not be repeated more than one time per axis

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 ms duration.
• The nonoperating shock level that the drive can experience without incurring physical damage or degradation in performance when subsequently put into operation is 1000 Gs based on a nonrepetitive half-sine shock pulse of 1 ms duration.

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.

Operating vibration

• The maximum vibration levels that the drive may experience while meeting the performance standards specified in this document are specified below.

Nonoperating vibration

The maximum non-operating vibration levels that the drive may experience without incurring physical damage or degradation 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.

Acoustics

• Drive emission of sound is measured consistently 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 levers for steady state, idle, and active seeks modes of operation.

1. 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 process 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.

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) environment as defined in Table 4.

Table 4 Radio Frequency Environments

Reliability

Agency Certification

Safety certification

• These products are certified to meet the requirements of UL60950-1, CSA60950-1 and EN60950 and so marked as to the certify agency.

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)

• Hard drives that display the CE mark comply with the European Union (EU) requirements specified in the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (2004/108/EC) as put into place 20 July 2007. Testing is performed to the levels specified by the product standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE). Emission levels are defined by
• EN 55022, Class B and the immunity levels are defined by EN 55024.
• Drives are tested in representative end-user systems. Although CE-marked Seagate drives comply with the directives when used in the test systems, we cannot guarantee that all systems will comply with the directives. The drive is designed for operation inside a properly designed enclosure, with properly shielded I/O cable (if necessary) and terminators on all unused I/O ports. Computer manufacturers and system integrators should confirm EMC compliance and provide CE marking for their products.

Korean RRL

• If these drives have the Korean Communications Commission (KCC) logo, they comply with paragraph 1 of Article 11 of the Electromagnetic Compatibility control Regulation and meet the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework requirements of the Radio Research Laboratory (RRL) Communications Commission, Republic of Korea.
• These drives have been tested and comply with the Electromagnetic Interference/Electromagnetic Susceptibility (EMI/EMS) for Class B products. Drives are tested in a representative, end-user system by a Korean-recognized lab.
• Certificate number: KCC-REM-STX-Ultrathin
• Trade name or applicant: Seagate Technology LLC
• Certificate date: 2013-04-19
• Manufacturer/nationality: USA, Singapore and China

Australian C-Tick (N176)

• If these models have the C-Tick marking, they comply with the Australia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS3548 1995 and meet the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework requirements of the Australian Communication Authority (ACA).

FCC

verification

These drives are intended to be contained solely within a personal computer or similar enclosure (not attached as an external device). As such, each drive is considered to be a subassembly even when it is individually marketed to the customer. As a subassembly, no Federal Communications Commission verification or certification of the device is required.
Seagate has tested this device in enclosures as described above to ensure that the total assembly (enclosure, disk drive, motherboard, power supply, etc.) does comply with the limits for a Class B computing device, pursuant to Subpart J, Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation with noncertified assemblies is likely to result in interference to radio and television reception.
Radio and television interference This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in strict accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, may cause interference to radio and television reception.

This equipment is designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference in a residential installation. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television, which can be determined by turning the equipment on and off, it is recommended to try one or more of the following corrective measures:

• Reorient the receiving antenna.
• Move the device to one side or the other of the radio or TV.
• Move the device farther away from the radio or TV.
• Plug the computer into a different outlet so that the receiver and computer are on different branch outlets.

If necessary, consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for additional suggestions. The following booklet prepared by the Federal Communications
Commission may be helpful: How to Identify and Resolve Radio-Television Interference Problems. This booklet is available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. Refer to publication number 004-000-00345-4.

Environmental Protection

• Seagate designs its products to meet environmental protection requirements worldwide, including regulations restricting certain chemical substances.

European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive

• The European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive, restricts the presence of chemical substances, including Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Hexavalent Chromium, PBB and PBDE, in electronic products, effective July 2006. This drive is manufactured with components and materials that comply with the RoHS Directive.

China Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive

• This product has an Environmental Protection Use Period (EPUP) of 20 years. The following table contains information mandated by China’s “Marking Requirements for Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products” Standard.
• O indicates the hazardous and toxic substance content of the part (at the homogeneous material level) is lower than the threshold defined by the China RoHS MCV Standard.

Corrosive Environment

• Seagate electronic drive components pass accelerated corrosion testing equivalent to 10 years exposure to light industrial environments containing sulfurous gases, chlorine and nitric oxide, classes G and H per ASTM B845. However, this accelerated testing cannot duplicate every potential application environment.
• Users should use caution exposing any electronic components to uncontrolled chemical pollutants and corrosive chemicals as electronic drive component reliability can be affected by the installation environment. The silver, copper, nickel and gold films used in Seagate products are especially sensitive to the presence of sulfide, chloride, and nitrate contaminants. Sulfur is found to be the most damaging. In addition, electronic components should never be exposed to condensing water on the surface of the printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) or exposed to an ambient relative humidity greater than 95%. Materials used in cabinet fabrication, such as vulcanized rubber, that can outgas corrosive compounds should be minimized or eliminated. The useful life of any electronic equipment may be extended by replacing materials near circuitry with sulfide-free alternatives.

Configuring and Mounting the Drive

• This section contains the specifications and instructions for configuring and mounting the drive.

Handling and Static-Discharge Precautions

• After unpacking, and before installation, the drive may be exposed to potential handling and electrostatic discharge (ESD) hazards. Observe the following standard handling and static-discharge precautions.

CAUTION

• Keep the drive in the electrostatic discharge (ESD) bag until ready for installation to limit the drive’s exposure to ESD.
• Before handling the drive, put on a grounded wrist strap, or ground frequently by touching the metal chassis of a computer that is plugged into a grounded outlet. Wear a grounded wrist strap throughout the entire installation procedure.
• Handle the drive by its edges or frame only.
• The drive is extremely fragile—handle it with care. Do not press down on the drive top cover.
• Always rest the drive on a padded, antistatic surface until mounted in the computer.
• Do not touch the connector pins or the printed circuit board.
• Do not remove the factory-installed labels from the drive or cover them with additional labels. Removal voids the warranty. Some factory-installed labels contain information needed to service the drive. Other labels are used to seal out dirt and contamination.

Configuring the Drive

• Each drive on the Serial ATA interface connects in a point-to-point configuration with the Serial ATA host adapter. There is no master/slave relationship because each drive is considered a master in a point-to-point relationship. 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. Both drives behave as if they are Device 0 (master) devices.

Serial ATA Cables and Connectors

• The Serial ATA interface cable consists of four conductors in two differential pairs, plus three ground connections. The cable size may be 30 to 26 AWG with a maximum length of one meter (39.37 in). Refer to Section 4.2, Serial ATA Device Plug Connector Pin Definitions for connector pin definitions. Either end of the SATA signal cable can be attached to the drive or host.
• For direct backplane connection, the drive connectors are inserted directly into the host receptacle. The drive and the host receptacle incorporate features that enable the direct connection to be hot-pluggable and blind-mateable. For installations that require cables, connect the drive as shown in Figure 2.
• Each cable is keyed to ensure correct orientation. Seagate Laptop Ultrathin HDD SATA drives support latching SATA connectors.

Drive Mounting

• Mount the drive in any orientation using four screws in the side-mounting holes. Refer to Figure 3 for drive mounting dimensions. Follow these important mounting precautions when mounting the drive:
• Allow a minimum clearance of 0.030 in (0.76 mm) around the entire perimeter of the drive for cooling.
• Use only M3 x 0.5 mounting screws. Screw length 4mm max.
• Do not overtighten the mounting screws. Maximum torque: 4.0 in-lb (0.4519 N-m).
• Three (3) threads (0.059 in, 1.5 mm) minimum screw engagement recommended.
• Avoid excessive drive distortion when mounting. Refer to the following specifications for stiffness/deflection information:

Note For reference only. May not represent actual drive.

Serial ATA (SATA) Interface

• These drives use the industry-standard Serial ATA interface that supports FIS data transfers. It supports ATA programmed input/output (PIO) modes 0–4; multiword DMA modes 0–2, and Ultra DMA modes 0–6. The drive also supports the use of the IORDY signal to provide reliable high-speed data transfers.
• For detailed information about the Serial ATA interface, refer to the Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment specification.

Hot-Plug Compatibility

• Seagate Laptop Ultrathin HDD SATA drives incorporate connectors which enable hot plugging of these drives in accordance with the Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment specification revision 2.0. This specification can be downloaded from www.serialata.org. This device requires a COMRESET from the host after a hotplug event.

Serial ATA Device Plug Connector Pin Definitions

• The table below summarizes the signals on the Serial ATA interface and power connectors. Refer to the Notes below.

Table 5 Serial AT A Connector Pin Definitions

Notes

1. All pins are in a single row, with a 1.27 mm (0.050 in) pitch.
2. The comments on the mating sequence apply to the case of backplane blindmate connector only. In this case, the mating sequences are:

• the ground pins P4 and P12.
• the pre-charge power pins and the other ground pins.
• the signal pins and the rest of the power pins.
• There are three power pins for each voltage. One pin from each voltage is used for pre-charge when installed in a blind-mate backplane configuration.
• All used voltage pins (Vx) must be terminated.

Supported ATA Commands

• The table below lists Serial ATA standard commands that the drive supports. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Serial ATA International
• Organization: Serial ATA (Revision 2.6). Refer to www.sata-io.org.
• Refer to S.M.A.R.T. commands on page 25 for details and subcommands used in the S.M.A.R.T. implementation.

Table 6 Supported ATA commands

ATA-standard power-management commands

ATA-standard security commands

Identify Device command

• The Identify Device command (command code ECH) transfers information about the drive to the host following power up. The data is organized as a single 512-byte block of data, whose contents are shown in the table below. All reserved bits or words should be set to zero. Parameters listed with an “x” are drive-specific or vary with the state of the drive. Refer to Drive Specifications on page 4 for default parameter settings.
• The following commands contain drive-specific features that may not be included in the Serial ATA specification.

Table 7 Identify Device command

Note: See the bit descriptions below for words 63, 88, and 93 of the Identify Drive data.

Set Features command

• This command controls the implementation of various features that the drive supports. When the drive receives this command, it sets BSY, checks the contents of the
• Features register, clears BSY and generates an interrupt. If the value in the register does not represent a feature that the drive supports, the command is aborted. Power-on default has the read look-ahead and write caching features enabled.
• The acceptable values for the Features register are defined as follows:

Table 8 Set Features command values

Note: At power-on, or after a hardware or software reset, the default values of the features are as indicated above

S.M.A.R.T. commands

• S.M.A.R.T. provides near-term failure prediction for disk drives. When S.M.A.R.T. is enabled, the drive monitors predetermined drive attributes that are susceptible to degradation over time. If self-monitoring determines that a failure is likely, S.M.A.R.T. makes a status report available to the host. Not all failures are predictable. S.M.A.R.T. predictability is limited to the attributes the drive can monitor. For more information on S.M.A.R.T. commands and implementation, see the Draft ATA-5 Standard.
  SeaTools diagnostic software activates a built-in drive self-test (DST S.M.A.R.T. command for D4H) that eliminates unnecessary drive returns. The diagnostic software ships with all new drives and is also available at: http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/.
• This drive is shipped with S.M.A.R.T. features disabled. A recent BIOS or software package that supports S.M.A.R.T. is needed to enable this feature. The table below shows the S.M.A.R.T. command codes that the drive uses.

Table 9 S.M.A.R.T . Commands

Note If an appropriate code is not written to the Features Register, the command is aborted and 0 x04 (abort) is written to the Error register.

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