Samsung M8 manual

M8 Pr oduct Ma nual 2.5” H ar d D is k D rive June 05 , 201 2 . Re v 2. 3[...]

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Spinpoint M8 P ro d uct Ma nu al REV 2.3 TABLE OF CON TENTS CHAP TE R 1 SC OP E ....... . ....... . ....... . ...... . ..... . ........... . ....... . .......... . ...... . ....... . ... . ........... . ....... . ....... . ......... . 1 1. 1 U SER D EFINIT ION ................... . ........... . .......... . ....... . ...... . .......... .. .......[...]

Spinpoint M8 P ro d uct Ma nu al REV 2.3 5. 2. 3. 5 An alo g to Dig ita l Co n ve rter ( AD C) and FIR .. .. . .. . ... . ... . ... . .. . ... . .. . .. . ... .. . .... . .. . .. . ... . .. . .... . .. . .. . ... . .. . .. . .. 31 5. 3 S E RV O S Y STEM ................ . ...... . ........... . .......... . ....... . ...... . .......... .. ........[...]

Spinpoint M8 P ro d uct Ma nu al REV 2.3 8.2 .14 Read FP DMA Queu ed ( 60 h) ... . ........... . ... .. ....... . ....... . ......... . ...... . ......... . ......... . ....... . ........ . 58 8.2 .15 Read Log E xt e nd ed (2Fh) ................... . ....... . .......... . ...... . ....... . ... . ......... . ...... ... . ....... . ........ . 59 8.[...]

Spinpoint M8 P ro d uct Ma nu al REV 2.3 TABLE OF T AB LES Tab le 3-1 : Sp ec if icati on s ........ ........... . ....... . .. ........ . ...... . ..... .. . ... . ....... .... . ....... . ....... . ..... .... . ..... . ..... . ......... . .. . . 6 Tab le 3-2 : Ph y s ical Sp eci f icat ions ...................... . . ....... . ...... . . ... . ..[...]

SC OPE Spinpoint M8 Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.3 1 CHAPTER 1 SCO PE W elc ome to the Spinpoint TM M8 ser ies of Samsung TM hard disk driv e. Th is ser ies of driv es c ons is ts of t he followi ng m od el s: ST2 50 LM 004 , ST 320 LM 001 , ST 500 L M 012 , ST 640 LM 001 , ST 750 LM 022 , a nd ST 1000LM 024. This chap ter p rovid es an ove rv iew o f t[...]

SC OPE Spinpoint M8 Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.3 2 1.3 SA TA T h e A T A ( Advan ced T ec hno l og y Attac h men t) in te rf ace wh ich was d ev el op ed bas ed o n th e ID E (Inte gr ated Drive E lect ro n ic s) h as been ar ou nd fr om 198 0’s. As the PC pro ce sso r sp eed h as imp ro ve d, so have th e d ata r ates o f t he H DD. The par al l el[...]

Spinpoint M8 Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.3 3 DE SCR IP TIO N CHAPTER 2 DES CRIP TION T h is chap ter s u mm ar izes gener al f un cti ons and ke y f eat ur es of the Spinpoi nt M8 hard dis k dr iv e, as w ell as th e s ta nd ards and regu lati ons they m ee t. 2.1 Intro du c t i on T he Sam sung S pin poi nt M 8 2. 5 inc h har d di sk driv e is high c [...]

Spinpoint M8 Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.3 4 DE SCR IP TIO N 2.2 Key F ea tures Key f eat ur es of the Spinpoi nt M8 SA T A hard disk drive in cl ud es :  Form atted ca p acities are 25 0, 3 20 , 5 00 , 6 40 , 750 GB, 1 TB  9. 5 ± 0. 2 mm h ei ght f or m f acto r  5400 R PM C la ss  12 m s average s eek ti me  High acc ur ac y ro ta ry [...]

Spinpoint M8 Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.3 5 DE SCR IP TIO N 2.3 Standar ds a nd Regu la t io ns T he Spi npoi nt M 8 / Mom en tus ® ser ies hard dis k dri ve de pen ds upo n its h ost e qui pment to pr ovi de pow er and appr opr iate env iro nme ntal con di tio ns t o ac hiev e opt im um pe rf or manc e an d complianc e with applicable in dustry and [...]

SP EC IFI CA TI ONS Spinpoint M8 Pro duct M anu al RE V 2.3 6 CHAPTER 3 S PE C IFICATIO NS T h is ch ap ter g iv es a d etail descrip ti on of the p h y s ical, elect ric al and environ m en tal char acte ris tics of the Spinpoi nt M8 hard disk driv e. 3.1 Sp eci f i ca t io n Su mm ary Ta ble 3-1 : Spe ci fi cat io ns DE S CR I PT ION ST25 0L M 00[...]

SP EC IFI CA TI ONS Spinpoint M8 Pro duct M anu al RE V 2.3 7 3.2 Physic al Sp eci f ica t io ns Ta ble 3-2: Ph ys ic al Sp ec i fi ca tio ns D ES CRIP TI ON ST 25 0 LM 004 ST32 0 LM 001 ST50 0L M 012 ST64 0L M 001 ST75 0L M 022 ST1 00 0 LM 024 Ph ys ic al dime ns io ns Leng th (mm ) Wid th ( mm ) Hei ght (mm) W ei ght (g, ma x) 10 0. 3 ± 0.4 69. [...]

SP EC IFI CA TI ONS Spinpoint M8 Pro duct M anu al RE V 2.3 8 3.4 Perfor mance Sp e ci f ic at i ons Ta ble 3-4 : P er forma nce Sp ec i fi catio n s DE S CR I PT ION ST 250 LM 00 4 ST 320 LM 00 1 ST 500 LM 01 2 ST 640 LM 00 1 ST 75 0 LM 02 2 ST 10 00L M0 24 Seek Time (R D/ WRT, Ty p) Average seek ti me Tr ac k to tr ack seek ti me F u ll s troke s[...]

Spinpoint M8 Pro duct M anu al RE V 2.3 9 SP EC IFI CA TI ONS 3.5 Power con su mp ti on Ta ble 3-5 : Po w er consu mp ti on D ES CRIP TI ON ST 250 LM 004 ST 32 0LM0 01 ST500 L M01 2 ST 64 0L M 001 ST 75 0L M 022 ST 100 0 L M024 Ra t ed Vo lta ge V +5 Cu rre nt A 0. 85 Po w er Con su mpt i on Sta rt Up (25 C) mA 1000 Lo w Po wer I d le (2 5 C) W at [...]

Spinpoint M8 Pro duct M anu al RE V 2.3 10 SP EC IFI CA TI ONS 3.6 E nv ir onme nt al Sp ec i f ica t io ns Ta ble 3-6: E nv ir onm en tal Sp e ci fi catio ns D ES CR IP TI O N ST 250 LM 004 ST 32 0LM0 01 ST500 L M01 2 ST 64 0L M 001 ST 75 0L M 022 ST1 00 0L M0 24 Ambient Te mp er ature Op erati ng No n- op e ra ti n g M ax . gradient (Temp eratu r[...]

Spinpoint M8 Pro duct M anu al RE V 2.3 11 SP EC IFI CA TI ONS o 08 .0 Re c ommended case temperature measurement position 1 5 .0 N N 08 . 0 Recommended case temperature measurement position o Fig ure 3-1 : Me as ure m ent Posi tion.[...]

Spinpoint M8 Pro duct M anu al RE V 2.3 12 SP EC IFI CA TI ONS Ta ble 3-6: Env ir onm en tal Speci f ic atio ns (con ti nu e d) D ES CR IP TI O N ST250 L M00 4 ST 32 0LM0 01 ST 50 0L M 012 ST640 L M00 1 ST 75 0L M0 22 ST 100 0 L M0 24 L ine ar Sh o ck (1 /2 s ine p ul se ) Oper ati n g 2.0 m s N on - op er ati n g 2. 0 ms Rotational Sho ck Oper ati[...]

INS TALLATION Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 13 CHAPTER 4 IN S TALL ATIO N T h is chap te r describ es how to unp ac k, m oun t, configure and conn ect a Spi npoi nt M8 hard disk d ri ve . I t al so describ es how to i ns tall the drive in s y s te m s. 4.1 Spac e Re qu ir e men ts Figure 4 -1 sho ws the ex te rn al dime ns ions o f the dr [...]

INS TALLATION Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 14 4.2 Un pa cki n g I nstr ucti o ns (1 ) Op en the shi pp ing c on tai n er of the S pinpoint M8 hard disk dr ive. (2 ) Lift the p ac king asse m bl y th at co n tai ns the drive ou t of the sh i pp ing c on ta in e r. (3 ) Remove the dr iv e fro m t he p ac king a ss e m bl y . Wh en y ou are [...]

INS TALLATION Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 15 4.3.1 Orie ntatio n Figure 4 - 2 shows the ph y s ic a l dime nsions and m oun ting ho l es lo cated on each s id e of th e drive . The m oun ti ng ho les on Spinpoin t M8 hard d isk drive all ow the drive to b e mo un ted in an y dir ec ti on . 1 00 . 4 M AX E X C E P T CO NN E C T OR 1 - ---[...]

INS TALLATION Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 16 4.3.2 C le ara nc e T he prin ted ci r cu it bo ard (P CB ) is desi gn ed to be ver y cl os e to the moun ti n g holes . Do not ex ceed th e sp eci f ied le ng th f or the mo un ting scr ew de scrib ed in Figure 4 -3. The sp eci f ied scr ew le ng th all o ws f u ll us e o f the mo un ti ng- h[...]

INS TALLATION Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 17 4.3.3 Ve nt il ation T he Spinpoint M8 hard disk drive is design ed to o per ate wit hou t the n eed of a coo li ng f an pr ov id ed th e amb ie n t air te m per at ure d o es no t exce ed 5 5º C. Any us er-des i gn ed ca bin et m us t pr ovide adequ ate air ci rcu lati on to prevent ex cee d[...]

INS TALLATION Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 18 v Comput e r mainboard o r ... Serial AT A host adapter Fig ure 4 - 5 Conn ectivity to Drives[...]

INS TALLATION Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 19 Figure 4 -5 ill us tr ates C onn ecti v ity of SA TA to drives. I t can be us ed with a SA T A hos t bus adap ter (lo wer p ict ur e) or d ir ect ly in to mother bo ard th at h as the SA T A bu ilt - in h os t bu s adap ter ( upp er p ict u re ). SATA De v ice C o nn ect or De fin it i on Plea[...]

INS TALLATION Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 20 SATA-Bus I nte rf ace Co nn e ct or T he SA T A- Bu s in te rf ace c onn ect or on the drive co nn ects the drive to an SA T A hos t bu s adap ter or an on - bo ard SA TA adap ter in the com pu te r. Figur es 4. 6 ill u str ates the po we r, SA T A, and f act or y us e o nl y ju mpe r . F igur[...]

INS TALLATION Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 21 Fig ure 4- 7 P in Lo catio ns on t he D ri ve P CBA[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 22 INS TALLATION 4.5 D ri v e I ns ta lla t io n T he Spinpoint M8 hard disk drive can be i ns talled in a SA T A co m p ati b le syste m Figure 4 -8 i nd icates the in te rf a ce and po wer ca b le co nn ecti ons requir ed f or p ro p er drive i ns ta l latio n. Fig ure 4-8 DC Po w er Co nne ctor a nd SA TA-B[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 23 CHAPTER 5 DI SK D RIVE O P E R ATI ON T h is chap ter describ es the op er ati on of the Spinpoi nt M8 h ard d isk drive f un cti on al s ub s y s tems. I t is int end e d as a guid e to the oper ati on of the d riv e, r at h er th an a d etailed theor y of op er at i on . 5. 1 H ea d / Dis k Asse m bl y (H[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 24 -- C ove r A ss em bly Fi gu r e 5-1 : Expl o d e d M e c h a ni c a l Vi e w[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 25 5.1.3 Disk Stac k As sembly T he dis k s tac k a ss e m b l y in th e Spinpoint M8 hard disk drive c ons is ts of 1 or 2 disks and disk sp ace rs s ec u r ed on the hub of the sp ind le m otor assem bl y b y a disk cl a mp. T he g la ss disks have a sp u tte r ed thin-f ilm magn et ic co at in g. 5.1.4 Head[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 26 5. 2 Drive Elec tron ic s T he Spinpoint M8 h ard disk d rive attai ns its in telli gen ce and perfo rm an ce th rough th e sp ecialized electronic co m po nen ts m ou n ted on the PCB A. The co m pon en ts are mou n ted on one side o f t he PC BA. T he P reamp li f ier IC is the on ly el ec tr ical com pon[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 27 Disk Pr ea mp Mo tor Cont r ol Fo rm at Se q uencer & Re ad Cha nn el H os t Int er fa ce Blo ck SA TA H os t B us ( 3 G bps) 32- bit ARM Di sk Co nt rol le r Bu ff er Control Block D DR Fig ure 5-2: Spinpoin t M8 F unc t ional Blo ck Di agra m[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 28 5.2 . 2. 1 T he H os t Interfa ce Control Blo ck T he SA TA Di s k Con t ro ller p r ovid es d ir ect in te rf ace to an SATA b us . It is co m p ati b le wi t h ATA 7 Sp ec s. I t provid es a m ea ns for the h os t to acce ss th e T ask F ile regist ers u s ed to control th e transfe r of d ata be twe e n [...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 29 Add iti on al f un cti on ali ty is p rov id ed in the Buff er C on trol bloc k t hrou gh the follo wi ng featu re s:  I ncreas ed au tom ati on to s uppo rt m inim al l ate nc y r ead oper ati on s with mini mal lat en c y .  Capab ili t y to s up po rt the ex ec u ti on of m u lti p le consecu ti ve[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 30 5.2 . 2. 6 Pow er Manag em ent Po wer ma nagement f eat u r es are incor po r ated in to each blo ck o f the Spinpo in t M8 . T h is all ows th e d esig n er to tail or the am oun t o f po wer m anage m ent to the sp eci f ied desi gn . Ot h er po wer m anagement f ea tur es in clud e:  I nd epe nd ent p[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 31 5.2 . 3. 4 An alog An ti- Ali as ing Low P as s Fi lte r T he 7 t h ord er e qu al -ri pp le analo g f ilter provid es f ilte ring o f t he an al o g sign al fr om AGC b efore it ’s b ei n g c on ver ted to dig ital sign al with the AD C. I ts m ain f un ct ion is to avo id alia sing for the ADC ci rcuit.[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 32 5.3 Ser v o S yst em T he Servo Sy stem contr ols the p osit ion of t he r ea d/wr ite hea ds a nd hol ds t hem on t rac k duri ng r ea d/wr ite operations. The Serv o System also compensates for MR write/read offsets a nd thermal o ffsets between heads on dif fer e nt su r faces and for vibra tion and shoc[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 33 T h e Seque ncer m o dule id en ti fies the data as be lo nging to t he tar ge t sec tor . A fter a full s e ctor is r ead, the 88i9 322 ( Rev 2.0) c heck s t o se e i f the fi rm ware nee ds t o a pply a n EC C alg ori thm to t he data . T he Bu ffer Contr ol secti on of t he 8 8i 932 2 (Re v2. 0) st ores [...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 34 T here is a hig h pr obab ilit y tha t sub se quent da ta r eque st e d wi ll be in the cache, bec ause more t han 50 percent of all disk reques ts are sequentia l. I t take s microseconds r at her t han m illisecon ds to retriev e t his cache d data. T hus Re ad Cach ing c an prov ide su bst anti al tim e [...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 35 If the sec tor is not aut omatic al ly r elocate d , t h e d riv e d ro ps ou t of w r it e c achi n g a n d r epo r ts t h e e rr or as an ID N o t F ound. If th e w r ite c omma nd is still activ e o n the AT inte r face, the er ro r is r epo r ted during that co mmand. Othe r wis e, it is r epo r ted on [...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 36 CHAPTER 6 SA TA I I INTERFA CE 6. 1 Introd uct io n The Spin poi nt M8 di sk d riv e is equi p pe d wit h a n i n d ustry stan dar d S ATA In te rf ace f ully su pp or ts and enhan ces PC mas s sto rag e r equi r em ents. The SA T A i nter f ace co nforms t o t h e Se r ial A T A stan d ar d s in Cabli ng ,[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 37 CONTRO L VARIA BLE - Th e contro l var ia b le, Z , is a fla g th at d ete rmin es th e cod e s et t o b e us ed to in te rpr et a d ata b y te. T he contro l var ia b le h as the v al ue D (for d ata ch ar acte rs) or K (f o r control ch ara c ter s ). CR C- In S er ial AT A a 32 -b it CR C is calc u lated[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 38 PR IMITI VE- A primit iv e is a si ng le Dword of infor m ati o n that c ons is ts o f a control char acter in b y te 0 fo ll o wed b y t hr ee a dd iti on al d a ta char acte rs in b y tes 1- 3. SHADOW REGISTER BLOCK REGISTERS - Sha do w Register Block regist ers are int erface regis ters us ed for d eli v[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 39 I n LBA m ode the s ect ors o n the dev ice are a ss u m ed to be li nearly mapp ed with an in itial defin iti on of : L BA 0 = (Cy li nd er 0, h ead 0, and s ect or 1). I rre sp ecti ve of trans late m od e geo m et r y s et b y th e hos t, the LBA a dd ress o f a giv en s ect or do es no t chan g e: 6.3.2[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 40 6.3 . 3. 2 De v ice Co ntrol Re g ist er (ex. 3F6 h) T he b its in th is regis ter are as f o ll o w s: 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 H OB R R R R SRS T n IEN 0  HO B is the Hi gh Ord er By te us ed f or hos t to acce ss the Ex te nd ed Regis te rs in the 48 -b it LBA m ode  SRST is the hos t sof twa re res et bit.[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 41  ABRT (Abort ed Co mm a nd) i nd icates the reques ted co mm and h as b een abor ted due to a d riv e st at u s e rr or (Not R ea d y, Wr ite Fau lt, etc .) o r b eca use the co mm an d c od e is in v al i d.  # I nd icates the con te nt o f t h is b it is co mm and d ep ende n t. NOTE: U nu s ed b it[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 42  DEV is res er ve d.  B it 0-b it3 is d efin ed for th e binary cod ed ad dr e ss o f t he h ead to be s elect ed in CHS m od e (e.g. if H3 t hr o ug h H S0 are 001 1b , re sp ec tiv ely, th en h ead 3 will be s electe d). H S3 is the m os t signif ica nt b i t. I n 28 b it LB A m od e b it 0-3 HS3 c [...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 43 CHAPTER 7 SA TA I I FE ATURE SET T h is s ecti on describ es the SA T A II f eat u re s et su ppor ted in the Samsung Spinp oint M8 drive . 7.1 D ev ic e Activit y Sign al Spinpoi nt M8 implem en ted th e De v ice Acti vity Si gn al on the SATA po we r conn ect or pin- 11 . Th e im ple m en tati on is bas e[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 44 I f the NC Q co mm and is ex ec ut ed with e rr or, the drive will rep ort the e rr or i nf orm ati on fro m the R ead Lo g Ex te nd ed log page 10h. Th is is sp ecial log pa ge fo r the NCQ co mm and e rr or re po r ti ng. The d etails of th e e rr or infor m ati on are def in ed in the SAT A II sp e ci fi[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 45 7.6 Softw ar e Set ting s P r es erv at ion Spinpoi nt M8 sup por ts SA T A II Sof twa re Setti n gs Preserv ati on re qu irem ents. The s etti ngs o f t he f o ll ow in g it em s will be p reserv ed ac r os s dev ice r ecei vin g of COMRES ET . T h is will e nsu re the d ev ice op er ates on th e in te nd [...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 46 CHAPTER 8 ATA CO M M A ND DE S CRIPT I O NS 8.1 C o mm an d Tab le Co mm ands are i ssu ed to the dr ive thr ou gh SA T A in te rf ace, b y wa y of a Co mm and Pac k et. Th is ta b le li s t co mm ands sup por ted by the Spinpoint M8 HD D. Ex te nd ed co m mands are u ni qu e to the 48-b it Address feature [...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 47 1 Re ad V er ify *3 40 h y y y y y 1 Re ad V er ify E x tend ed * 3 41 h y y y y y y y y y 1 Rec a li b rate *3 10h 1 Sec u ri ty Disable Passwo rd F 6h 1 Sec urit y Erase Pr ep are F 3h 1 Sec urit y Er ase Unit F 4h 1 Sec urit y F r eeze Lock F 5h 1 Sec urit y Set P ass wo rd F1h 1 Sec urit y Unlo c k F 2h[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 48 I f the drive is in, goin g to, or r ec overing f rom the Sta nd b y M od e, the drive s ets B SY, sets the Sect or Count regis ter to 00h, clea rs B SY, and gener ates an int er rup t. I f th e drive is in the Id le M od e, the drive s ets B SY, s ets the Sect or Coun t regis ter to FF h, clea rs BS Y, an [...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 49 Ta ble 8-3 De v ice Conf ig ur ation I den tif y data stru ct u re Wo rd Co n te nt 0 Data stru ct ure re vision 1 Mu lti word DMA m od es sup po r ted 15 -3 R es er v ed 2 1 = Re po r ti ng support for Mu lt iword DMA m od e 2 and b el ow is all o w ed 1 1 = Re po r ti ng supp ort f or Mu lt iword DMA m od[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 50 8.2.4 Ex ec u te De v ic e Dia gnost ic s (90h) T h is co mm and pe rf orms the in te rn al d ia gn os tic te s ts im p le men ted b y the dri v e. The D ia gn os tic Cod e writte n to th e Err or register is a unique 8 -b it co d e. Ta ble 8-4 Di agnost ic Cod es Co de Des cr iptio n 01h 0 2h 0 3h 0 4h 05h[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 51 Some param et ers are defin ed as a string of ASCII chara cte rs. For the string “ Co p yrig ht,” the char acter ‘ C’ is the f irst b y te, ‘ o’ is the 2nd b y t e, etc. Wh en su ch f iel ds are tra ns fe rr ed , th e ord er o f t ra ns m i ss ion is:  1st ch ar acter (‘C’ ) is on b i ts [...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 52 Wor d Co n te nt Des cri ptio n 2 1=the f iel ds re po r ted in w or d 88 are val id 1 1=the f iel ds re po r ted in w or ds 64 -70 are v alid 0 1= th e f iel ds re po r ted in w or ds 54-58 are v alid (Obsole te ) 54 XX X Xh Nu m b er o f cu rr en t log ical c y li nd ers (Ob so le te) 55 XX X Xh Nu m b er[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 53 Wor d Co n te nt Des cri ptio n 3 De v ice in itiati ng in te rf ace po w er m anagement enab l ed 2 DMA Set up Auto- Acti v ate op ti m izati on enabl ed 1 N on - ze ro b uf f er of f s ets in DMA Set up FI S en ab led 0 Rese rv ed (s et to 0) 80 01 FFh Majo r version nu mb er 15-0 ATA-1, A T A-2, ATA-3 an[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 54 Wor d Co n te nt Des cri ptio n 3 1=Media Card Pa ss Thr ou gh co mm and f eat ure s et sup p o rt ed 2 1=Media ser ial nu mb er su pp o rt ed 1 1=SMAR T s el f- te st supp ort ed 0 1=SMAR T e rr o r lo gg ing s up po rt ed 85 746 9 h Co mm an d s et/ f eat ure enab le d . (The d efau lt manuf act uring s e[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 55 Wor d Co n te nt Des cri ptio n 88 00 7 F h Ult ra DMA tra ns f er mod es 15-8 Cu rr ent acti ve U lt ra D MA tra ns f er mode 15 Ult ra DMA m od e 7 14 Ult ra DMA m od e 6 13 Ult ra DMA m od e 5 12 Ult ra DMA m od e 4 11 Ult ra DMA m od e 3 10 Ult ra DMA m od e 2 9 Ult ra DM A m od e 1 8 Ult ra DMA m od e [...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 56 Wor d Co n te nt Des cri ptio n 2 1= Sec ur ity lo ck ed 1 1= Sec ur ity enab l ed 0 1= Sec ur ity su p po rt ed 129 -1 59 0000 h Ve nd or sp eci fi c 160 000 0h C F A po wer m od e 1 161 -1 75 0000 h Rese rv ed for C FA 176 -2 05 0000 h Cu rr ent med ia s er ial nu mb er 20 6 -254 000 0 h Re s er v ed 2 55[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 57 8.2.10 Initia liz e Devic e Param et er s (91 h) T h is co mmand is obso lete in the AT A7 sp eci f icati o n. The su ppo r ti ng of th is co mm and is f o r backw ar d co m p ati b ili ty pu r pos e. The use of th is co mm and is be y ond the A T A sta nd ard and not recomme nd ed by th e man u fa ctu r e.[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 58 I f the drive en ters NCQ m od e and a non -queue co mm and is r ecei ved, th e dr ive will re spo nd w ith e rro r t o infor m hos t a qu eue co mm and b een ov er la pp ed with n on - qu eu e. If a qu eue tag is no t finish ed and a no th e r sam e tag command is r ecei ved, the d rive will resp ons e wit[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 59 T he con te n ts of the Co mm and Blo ck registers, fo ll owing the tra ns f er of a d ata block, wh ich h ad a s ec tor in e rr or, are un d efined. The hos t sho u ld r et r y t he tra ns f er as indivi du al requ es ts to ob tain v alid e rr or inf o rm ati on. Su bs equent blocks are transferr ed onl y [...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 60 8.2.21 R ec alibrat e (10 h) T h is co mmand is ob so lete in the AT A7 sp eci f icati on. T he sup por ti ng of th is co m m a nd is f o r backwa r d co m p ati b ili ty pu r pos e. The us e of th is co mm and is be y ond the ATA s ta nd ard and no t r ec om me nd ed b y t he ma nu f a ct u rer . T h is co[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 61 Ta ble 8-8 S ecuri ty Er as e Unit Pas swo rd Wo rd Co n te nt 0 Con trol wo rd. B it 0 I den ti f ier 0= co m pare Us er pa ss wo rd 1= co m pare M as te r pass wo rd B it 1 Er ase m ode 0= Norm al er ase 1= E nh an ced e ra se B it ( 15 :2) R es er v ed 1- 16 Pa ss word (32 b y te s) 17 - 255 Res er ved 8[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 62 Ta ble 8-10 I den tif ier a nd sec uri ty le v el bit in t er actio n Ide nt ifier Le v el Comma nd re sult Us er Hi gh T he pa ss word su pp lied with the co mm and sh all be sav ed as th e n ew Us er passw or d . Th e Lo ck m od e sh all b e enab le d fro m th e n ex t po we r-o n or hard wa r e res et. T[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 63 Ta ble 8-11 Set Feat ures Re g ist er D efi nitio ns Code Des cr iption 02 h Enab le Wr ite C ach e 03h Set tra ns f er m od e bas ed on v al ue in Sect or Co un t registe r 06 h Enab le Po we r-Up in Sta ndb y M od e 07h Po we r- Up in Sta ndb y f eat ure s et dev ice sp in up 10h Enab le us e of SA TA f e[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 64 Setti ng of the UD MA m od e will no t alter the sp eed of the SA TA in te rf ace tra ns fer. SA T A tra ns f er sp eed is depe nd ing up on the negot iated in te rf ace sp eed of eith er Gen II 3. 0 G bp s or Gen I 1. 5 Gb ps . The m ode s et t in g in th e Set F eat ure c om mand is fo r b ac k wa rd co m[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 65 period pro gr amm ed in to the Standb y Tim er. 8.2.34 SMART (B0 h) In d ivi du al SMAR T c om ma nd s are iden tified b y the v al u e p laced in the F eat ure resis te r. B el o w dep icts thes e F eat ure register v al ue s. Ta ble 8-14 SMART Feat ure Re gist ers Val u es F ea t ure Val ue Comm a nd D 0h[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 66 A v al ue of F1h wr itten b y t h e hos t in to the dev ice ’s Sect or C oun t Regis ter b ef or e i ss uing th is command sh al l ca us e th is f eat u re to be enabled. An y oth er m ea nin g of th is v al ue or an y oth er non - ze ro v al ue wr itten b y th e hos t in to th is reg is ter bef or e i ss[...]

Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 67 8.2 . 34 .5 Sma rt re ad data (D0 h) T h is c om m and r et urns the De v ice SMAR T d ata st ru ct u re to th e ho s t. Ta ble 8-15 De v ice SM ART Data S tr u ct ure Byte F /V De scr iptio ns 0 V Data St ru ct ure R evision Nu mb er 2 V 1 st De v ice A ttrib u te 14 V 2 nd De v ice At tr ibu te 26 V 3 rd [...]

68 Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 Data Struct ure Rev i si on Num ber T he D ata St ru ct ure Revision Nu m b er iden ti f ies wh ich version o f t h is d ata structure is impleme n ted b y t h e dev ice. T h is revision nu mb er iden ti f ies bo th the Att ri bu te Val ue and At t ri bu te Thre sho ld Da ta str u ct u re s. S MA RT A t tri[...]

69 Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 T he SMA RT attribute Statu s F lag s are : Ta ble 8-16 SMART A tt rib u te Status Fla gs B it Na me Descripti on 0 Pre fa il ur e /a dvi s or y 0= an att ribu te v al ue le ss than or e qu al to its co rr e spo ndin g att ribu te thresho ld ind icates an ad vis or y c ond it ion where the us ag e or age of[...]

70 Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 E ach att ri bu te d ata s tructure is a ss ign ed an att ribu te I D. An y no n- ze ro v al ue in the att ribu te I D nu mb e r i nd icates an acti ve att ribu te. Valid v al u es f or th is b y te ar e fo un d f rom 0 x01 th ro ugh 0xff . The at trib ut e defin ed for Spinpoin t M8 are as f o ll ows : Ta [...]

71 Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 dev ice re qu ir es to co m p lete its se qu en ce o f of f- li ne d ata co llecti on acti vit y . Valid v al u es for th is word ar e fro m 0 00 1h to FF FFh. Self - test e xec uti on stat us by te T he s el f- te st ex ec u ti on s tat us byte re po r ts the ex ec u ti on s ta tus o f the s el f- te s t r[...]

72 Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 d ata co llecti on ac tivity af ter some ve ndo r- sp eci f ied eve n t.  B it 3 (of f - li ne r ead s ca nn ing imple m en ted b it) - I f th is b it is cl ear ed to ze ro , the d ev ice do es no t supp o rt off- li ne r ead s ca n ning. If th is bit is s et to on e, the dev ice sup por ts off - li ne r[...]

73 Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 8.2.35 Standby ( E2 h) T h is c om m and ca us es the drive to en t er Sta ndby M od e. See 6. 6.3 for the protoco l. The dr iv e m ay r et ur n th e in te rr up t bef ore the tra ns it ion to Sta n db y M od e is co m p le te d. I f the drive is al r ea dy spu n d own, the spin do w n sequen ce is not exec[...]

74 Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 8.2.40 Writ e Long (3 2h) T h is com m and is ob so lete in th e AT A7 sp eci f icati on . The sup por ti ng of th is co m m and is f o r bac kwar d co m p ati b ili ty pu r pos e. T he use of th is co mm and is bey ond the A T A sta nd ard and not recom me nd ed b y th e ma nu f a ct u rer . T h is co mm a[...]

75 Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 I f r et r ies are enab le d, up to a pr edefin ed nu m b er o f atte m p ts may be made to r ead the re qu es ted ID b efo r e pos ti ng an er ro r. I f the ID is r ead cor r ect l y , the d ata load ed in the b uf f er is wr itten to the d ata f ield of the se ct or, f o ll o wed b y the ECC b y te s. U p[...]

76 Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 CHAPTER 9 M AINTEN AN CE 9.1 Ge n era l Inform ati on Sams ung Spi npoint M8 hard disk drive ac h ie v es high r elia b ili ty thro ug h th eir m ec han ical d esign and ex te ns i ve us e of microelectronics . Th eir d es ign allows fas t , easy sub -a ss em bl y replacement without adjustme nts , gr eat l[...]

77 Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 Fig. 9-1: H H D D D D h h a a n n d d l l i i n n g g g g u u i i d d e e - - P le as e ha ndle H DD by si de surf a ces! Fig. 9-2: H H D D D D h h a a n n d d l l i i n n g g g g u u i i d d e e - - Do not To uch Cov er a nd PC B! Fig. 9-3: H H D D D D h h a a n n d d l l i i n n g g g g u u i i d d e e - [...]

78 Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 Fig. 9-4: H H D D D D h h a a n n d d l l i i n n g g g g u u i i d d e e - - P re v ent Sh oc ks! 9.3 S erv ic e an d Repair T o d ete r m ine the warrant y f or a sp eci f ic driv e, us e a w eb b ro ws er to acce ss the f o ll o wi ng w eb pa g e http:/ /w ww.s ea g at e.co m /w w w/ en -u s/su p po r t/[...]