User manual HITACHI DESKSTAR 7K4000 INSTALLATION GUIDE

[. . . ] Quick Installation Guide Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000 & Deskstar 5K4000 Models: HDS7K4040ALE640 HDS5C4040ALE630 NOTE: The Deskstar 7K4000 & 5K4000 hard drives feature Advanced Format technology. [. . . ] Many factors must be considered in order to take advantage of the full capacity of drives >2. 2TB. Please refer to our High Capacity Technology Brief and visit our Above 2TB web page at http://www. hitachigst. com/internaldrives/above-2tb. Your operating system setup utility will provide instructions on how to partition and format your drive before it installs the operating system. For additional information see: www. hitachigst. com/support Note: The hard drive supports 6Gbps, 3Gbps and 1. 5Gbps interface speeds. Higher interface speeds are gated by Host Bus Adapter (HBA) or SATA chipset of the system. Mounting Recommendations The drive will operate in all axes (6 directions). Performance and error rate will stay within specification limits if the drive is operated in the other orientations from which it was formatted. For reliable operation, the drive must be mounted in the system securely enough to prevent excessive motion or vibration of the drive during seek operation or spindle rotation, using appropriate screws or equivalent mounting hardware. The recommended mounting screw depth is 4 mm maximum for bottom and 6. 1 mm maximum for horizontal mounting. [. . . ] Please visit the Support section of our website, www. hitachigst. com/support, for additional information on product specifications. [. . . ]