Maxtor D540X-4K Product Manual

34, Installation 3-16 Maxtor D540X-4K 20.4/40.0/60.0/80.0 GB AT Older BIOS that only support Int 13 commands for accessing ATA drives through DOS based operating systems will be limited to use only 1024 cylinders. This will reduce the effective capacity of the drive to 528 Mbytes. Whenever poss…

53, Basic Principles of Operation Maxtor D540X-4K 20.4/40.0/60.0/80.0 GB AT 5-5 The Maxtor D540X-4K AT hard disk drives are Winchester-type drives. The heads fly very close to the media surface. Therefore, it is essential that the air circulating within the drive be kept free of particles. Maxt…

25, Installation Maxtor D540X-4K 20.4/40.0/60.0/80.0 GB AT 3-7 For user capacities below 66,055,248 sectors (32 GB), inserting the AC jumper limits the Number of Cylinders field to a value of 4,092, as reported in IDENTIFY DEVICE data word 1. This allows software drivers to determi…

35, Installation Maxtor D540X-4K 20.4/40.0/60.0/80.0 GB AT 3-17 Most popular operating systems available today have additional limitations which affect the use of large capacity drives. However, these limitations can not be corrected on the BIOS and it is up to the operating system manufacturers to r…

76, ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands 6-14 Maxtor D540X-4K 20.4/40.0/60.0/80.0 GB AT In Table 6-9: Registers 1F2h through 1F5h must contain the exact values shown above. These values function as a key. The drive responds by setting the ABRT bit in the Error register if the key is no…

51, Maxtor D540X-4K Basic Principles of Operation Maxtor D540X-4K 20.4/40.0/60.0/80.0 GB AT 5-3 A single-piece, e-coated, aluminum-alloy base casting provides a mounting surface for the drive mechanism and PCB. The base casting also acts as the flange for the DC motor assembly. To provide a contamination-free env…