IDE Hard Disk Drive Parameters

The following chart contains the parameters for the IDE hard drives that Gateway 2000 has sold and is currently selling. If you are unsure which drive you have, you can determine the type by refering to your invoice and comparing it with the PART NUMBER column.

MODEL NUMBER PART NUMBER CYLINDERS HEADSSECTORS
CAVIAR 140 40IDE 980 5 17
CAVIAR 280 80IDE 980 10 17
CAVIAR 2120 WD120IDE 872 8 35
SEAGATE 1144A 120IDE 1001 15 17
CAVIAR WD2170 WD170IDE 1010 6 55
CAVIAR WD2200 WD200IDE 989 12 35
PIRAHNA AP4200 200IDE 987 12 35
MAXTOR 200A 200IDE 816 15 32
CAVIAR WDAC2250 WD255IDE 1010 9 55
CAVIAR WDAC2340 WD340IDE 1010 12 55
CAVIAR WD2420 WD424IDER 989 15 56
CAVIAR WD2540* WD540IDE, HDDIDE009AAWW,
HDDIDE009ABWW,
HDDIDE009ACWW,		 1048 16 63
CFA540A * CNR540IDE 1048 16 63
CAVIAR 2700 ** WD730IDE, HDDIDE002AAWW,
HDDIDE002ABWW,
HDDIDE002ACWW		 1416 16 63
CAVIAR 2850 ** HDDIDE014AAWW 1654 16 63
CAVIAR 31000 ** WD1GIDE, HDDIDE001AAWW,
HDDIDE012AAWW,
HDDIDE012ABWW		 2100 16 63
CAVIAR 21200 ** HDDIDE017AAWW 2484 16 63
CAVIAR 31600 ** WD1.6GIDE, HDDIDE010AAWW,
HDDIDE010ABWW		 3148 16 63
SEAGATE ST32140A ** HDDIDE015AAWW 4095 16 63

* These drives must have cylinders set to 1023 if the computer doesn't have LBA Translation.
If this 540MB hard drive is in anything but a Pentium or PCI local bus that has the capability to do Logical Block Addressing, make sure that you use the user defined setting in CMOS and set the cylinder to 1023 instead of 1048.

** These drives can only be used in computers with LBA Translation.
All hard drives larger than 540 MB require an option in CMOS for LBA (Logical Block Addressing) to operate correctly. If you don't have this option in CMOS, the drive will not work in this machine.

If you have any questions about discrepancies in the formatted size and the CMOS size of the hard drive, please contact the manufacturer.

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