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    M8 - DVR Product Ma nual 2.5” Har d D is k D ri ve Sept ember 04, 201 3 . Re v 1.0 PMM8 - DV R (OEM) 1007371 08 -A[...]

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    © 201 3 Seagate Te chnology LLC. All rights reserved. Seagate and Seagate Techn ology are regist ered trademarks of S eagate T echnology LLC in the Uni ted States and/or other coun tries. M omen tus is eit her a trademark or registered trademark of Seagate Te chnology LLC or one of its affiliated compan ies i n th e Unite d States and/or oth er co[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OE M P ro d uct Ma nu al REV 1.0 TABLE OF CON TENTS CHAP TE R 1 SC OP E ....... . ....... . ....... . ...... . ..... . ........... . ....... . .......... . ...... . ....... . ... . ........... . ....... . ....... . ......... . 1 1. 1 U SER D EFINIT ION ................... . ........... . .......... . ....... . ...... . ..........[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OE M P ro d uct Ma nu al REV 1.0 5. 3 S E RV O S Y STEM ................ . ...... . ........... . .......... . ....... . ...... . .......... .. ........... . ....... . .......... . ...... . ....... . ... . ... .31 5. 4 R EAD AN D W RI TE O PE RA T IONS ............. . ....... . .......... . ...... . ....... . ........... . ......[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OE M P ro d uct Ma nu al REV 1.0 8.2 .14 Read FP DMA Queu ed ( 60 h) ... . ........... . ... .. ....... . ....... . ......... . ...... . ......... . ......... . ....... . ........ .5 6 8.2 .15 Read Log E xt e nd ed (2Fh) ................... . ....... . .......... . ...... . ....... . ... . ......... . ......... . ....... . ......[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OE M P ro d uct Ma nu al REV 1.0 TABLE OF T AB LES Tab le 3-1 Sp ec if icati ons .................. . . ....... . . ......... . ...... . ... .... . ... . .. ......... . ... .... . ..... .. . ........ . . .. ..... . ..... . . ........ . ... . 6 Tab le 3-2 Ph y s ical Sp eci f icat ions ............. .......... . ....... . .. .....[...]

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    SC OPE Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 1 CHAPTER 1 SCO PE W elc ome to the Spinpoint TM M8 ser ies of Samsung TM hard d isk d riv e. Th is ser ies of driv es c ons is ts of the followi ng m od el s: S T 320 LM 001 , ST 500 L M 012 , ST 750 L M 022 , a nd ST 1000LM024. This chap ter provid es an ove rv iew of the c on te nts of thi[...]

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    SC OPE Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 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 e d o n th e ID E (Inte gr ated D rive E lect ro n ic s) h as b een ar ou n d fr om 198 0’s. As the PC pro ce sso r sp eed h as imp rove d, so have th e d ata r ates o f t he H DD. T [...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 3 DE SCR IP TIO N CHAPTER 2 DES CRIP T ION T h is chap ter su mm ar izes gener al fun cti ons and key f eat ur es of the Spinpoint M8 hard disk dr iv e, as w ell as th e s ta nd ards an d regu lati ons they m ee t. 2.1 Intro du c tion T he Sams ung Spinp oint M8 2.5 i nch har d disk dri ve i s hig h[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 4 DE SCR IP TIO N 2.2 Key F ea tures Key f eat ur es of the Spin point M8 SA TA hard dis k drive in cl ud es :  Formatted capacities are 320, 500, 750 GB, 1TB  9.5 ± 0.2 mm height form factor  5400 RPM Class  12 ms average seek time  High accuracy rotary voice coil actuator with embe[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 5 DE SCR IP TIO N 2.3 Standar ds a nd Regu la t io ns T he Samsun g Spin point M8 ha rd disk dri ve de pends upon i ts ho st e quipme nt to prov ide p ower and ap propr iate envir onmental condition s to achieve opt imum per forma nce a nd com plia nce with a pplica ble i ndust ry a nd gove rnme nta[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 6 SP EC IFI CA TI ONS CHAPTER 3 S PE C IFICATIO NS T h is ch ap ter g iv es a d etail descrip ti on of the ph y s i cal, elect ric al and environ me n tal char acte ris tics of the Spinpoint M8 hard dis k dri v e. 3.1 Sp e ci f ica t io n Su mm ary Ta ble 3-1 : Spe ci fi cat io ns DE S CR I PT ION S[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 7 SP EC IFI CA TI ONS 3.2 Physical 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 ST32 0 LM 001 ST50 0 LM 012 ST75 0 LM 022 ST1 00 0 LM 024 Ph ys ic al dime ns io ns Leng th Wid th Hei ght W ei ght (ma x) 10 0. 3 ± 0.4 mm [3.949 ± 0 .0157 inch] 69. 85 ± 0.2 5 mm[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 8 SP EC IFI CA TI ONS 3.4 Pe rf ormance Sp e ci f ic at i o ns Ta ble 3-4 : P er fo rma nce Sp ec i fi catio n s NO TE S:  Seek time is defi ned as the tim e from the receip t of a read, writ e or seek co mmand u ntil the ac tuat or h as reposi tioned and se ttled on the desi red tr ack with the [...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 9 SP EC IFI CA TI ONS 3.5 Pow er c onsu mp ti on Ta ble 3-5 : Po w er cons ump ti on D ES CRIP TI ON ST 32 0LM0 01 ST 5 00L M012 ST 75 0L M 022 ST 100 0 L M02 4 Ra t ed Vo lta ge V +5 Cu rre nt A 0. 85 Po w er Con su mp ti on Sta rt Up mA 1000 Lo w Po wer Id le W at t 0.7 R ea d/ Wr ite W at t 2.3 S[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 10 SP EC IFI CA TI ONS 3.6 E nv iron me 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 S T 32 0LM0 01 ST500L M01 2 ST 75 0L M 022 ST1 00 0L M0 2 4 Ambient Te mp er at ure Op erat in g No n- op era ti ng M ax . gradi ent (Temp eratu r e/Hu midity) (Dr[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 11 SP EC IFI CA TI ONS Fig ure 3-1 : Me as ure m ent Posi tion.[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 12 SP EC IFI CA TI ONS 3.7 R eli abi li ty Sp eci f ic atio ns Ta ble 3-7: Reli a bili ty Sp eci fi cati o ns D ES CRIP TI ON ST 32 0L M 001 ST 50 0 LM 01 2 ST 75 0LM0 22 ST 100 0 LM0 24 Rec ov er a ble Re ad E rr or <10 in 1 0 11 b its Non-R ec ov er a ble Re ad Erro r <1 s ect or in 10 14 b [...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 13 INS TALLATION CHAPTER 4 IN S TALL A TION T h is chap te r describ es how to unp ac k, m oun t, con figure and conn ect a Spinpoint M8 h ard disk d ri ve . I t al so describ es ho w to i ns tall th e drive in s y st em s. 4.1 Spac e Re qu ir emen ts Figure 4 -1 sho ws the ex te rn al dime ns ions [...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 14 INS TALLATION 4.2 Un pa cki n g I nstruc tio ns (1 ) Op en the shi pp ing c on tai n er of the Spin point M8 hard disk dr ive. (2 ) Lift the p ac king ass e m b l y th at con t ai ns the d rive ou t of the sh i pp ing c on ta in er. (3 ) Rem ove the dr ive f ro m t he p ac king a ss embl y . Wh e[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 15 INS TALLATION 4.3.1 Orie ntati on Figure 4 - 2 sho ws the ph y s ic a l dimensi ons and m oun ting ho les lo cated on each sid e of th e dri ve . Th e m oun ti ng ho les on Spinpoin t M8 hard d isk drive all ow th e drive to be mo un t ed in any d ir ec ti on . Fig ure 4-2: M ounting Di mensio ns[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 16 INS TALLATION 4.3.2 Vent il ation T he Spinpoint M8 h ard disk drive is design ed to oper ate wit hou t the n eed of a coo li ng f an pr ov id ed the amb ie n t air te m per at ure do es n ot exce ed 60 ºC. An y us er-desi gn ed ca bin et m us t pr ovide adequ ate air ci rcu lati on to prevent e[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 17 INS TALLATION Comput e r mainboard o r ... Serial AT A host adapter Fig ure 4 - 5 Connectivity to Drives Fig u re 4 - 5 illustrates Connectivit y of SATA to drives. It can be used with a SATA host adapter (lower p ict ur e) or dir ect l y in to m other bo ard th at h as the SA TA bu ilt - in h os[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 18 INS TALLATION SATA De v ice Co nn ect or De f in it i on Plea se no te th at all pins ar e in a si ng l e row, w ith a 1.27 mm (50 mil) p itch d iam ete r. There are thr ee p o wer pins for each vo lta ge sour ce. One pin fr om each vo lta ge is u tilized f or pre-charge wh en ins talled in a b l[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 19 INS TALLATION SATA-Bus Inte rf a ce Co nn e ct or T he SA TA- Bu s in te rf ace c onn ect or on the drive co nn ects the drive to an SA TA hos t bu s adap ter or an on - bo ard SA TA ad ap ter in the com pu te r. F i gure 4. 6 ill ustr ates the po we r, SA T A, and f act or y us e onl y ju mp er [...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 20 INS TALLATION Fig ure 4- 7 P in Lo catio ns on t he D ri ve PCB A[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 21 INS TALLATION 4.5 D ri v e I ns ta lla t io n T he Spinpoint M8 h ard disk drive can b e i ns talled in a SA T A co mp ati b le s y s te m Figure 4 -8 i nd icates the in te rfa ce and po wer ca b le co nn ecti ons requir ed f or p ro p er d rive i ns ta llati o n. Fig ure 4-8 DC Pow er Co nne cto[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 22 CHAPTER 5 DI SK DR I V E O PE R ATI O N T h is chap ter describ es the op er ati on o f the Spinpoi nt M8 har d disk drive fu n cti on al s ub s y s tems. I t is intende d as a guide to the oper ati on of the driv e, r at h er th an a d etailed theory of op e r at i on . 5. 1 H ea d / Dis k As se[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 23 - C ove r A ss em bly Fi gu r e 5 -1: Expl o d e d M e ch a ni c a l Vi e w[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 24 5.1.3 Disk St ack As sembly T he dis k s tack a ss e m bl y in th e Spinpoint M8 h ard disk drive c ons is ts of 1 or 2 d isks and disk sp ace rs s ec u r ed on the h ub of the sp ind le m otor as sem bl y b y a disk cl a mp. The g la ss disks have a sp u tte r ed thin-fil m magn et ic co at in g[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 25 5. 2 Drive Elec tron ic s T he Spi npoint M8 ha rd disk drive attai ns its in telli g en ce and performan ce t hroug h the sp ecialized electronic co m po nen ts m ou n ted on the PCB A. The co m pon en ts are m ou n ted on o ne side o f t he PCBA . T he Prea mp li f ier I C is the on ly elec t r[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 26 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 B lo ck SA TA H os t B us ( 6 Gb ps) 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 tional Blo ck Di agra m[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 27 5.2 . 2. 1 T he H os t Interfa ce Control Blo ck T he S ATA Di s k Con t ro ller p rovid es dir ect in te rf ace to an SATA b us . I t is co m p ati b le wi th ATA 7 Sp ec s. I t provid es a m ea ns for the h os t to acce ss the Task F ile registers us ed to control th e transfer o f d ata be twe[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 28 Add iti on al f un cti on ali ty is p rov id ed in the Buff er C on trol block t hrou gh the follo wi ng f eatu re s:  I n creas ed autom ati on to s uppo rt m inim al l ate nc y r ead op er ati on s with mini mal laten c y .  Capab ili t y to s up po rt the ex ec u ti on of mu lti p le con[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 29 5.2 . 2. 6 Pow er Ma nag emen t Po wer m anagement f eat ur es are in cor po r ated into each blo ck o f the S pinp oin t M8 . Th is all ows the desig n er to tail or the am oun t o f po wer m an agem ent to th e sp eci f ied des i gn . Ot h er po wer management f ea tur es includ e:  I nd epe[...]

  • Page 36

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 30 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 analog f ilter provid es f ilte ring o f t he an al og sign al fr om AGC before 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 sin g f or the ADC[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 31 5.3 Ser v o S y stem T he Servo Sy stem contr ols the p osit ion of t he r ead/w rite hea ds a nd ho lds them on tr ack dur ing rea d/writ e operations. T he Servo Sy stem also compensates for MR write/re ad offsets an d thermal offsets between heads on dif fe r e nt su r faces and fo r vibration[...]

  • Page 38

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 32 5.4.2 The W ri te Ch a nne l T he signa l path f or t he Wri te Ch annel follow s the reve rse or der of tha t for the Read Chan nel. T he host transmit s data via the AT b us t o the 88i9 4 22 Interface Controller. T he Buffer Controller section of the 88i9 4 22 sto re s the data in the cac he. [...]

  • Page 39

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 33 disk reque sts a re se quent ial. I t takes microse conds rather than mil liseconds to r etrieve this cach ed d a ta. T hus Rea d Cach ing c an provi de s ubsta ntial tim e savi ngs duri ng a t lea st ha lf o f all disk re quest s. F or example, Read Caching could sav e most of the di sk transact[...]

  • Page 40

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 34 5.5.3 Def ec t Manag eme nt The Spi npoi nt M8 ha r d d isk d r ive media is sc an n ed f or de f ect s. After d efe ct s can n i ng , th e d ef ec t i v e sec to r s a re sa v e d i n t h e de f ect l is t. A de f ect en co u nte r ed in the ma nu fact u r ing p r oc es s is s l ip p ed to the n[...]

  • Page 41

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 35 CHAPTER 6 SATA I I IN TERF A CE 6. 1 Introduct io n The Spi np oi nt M 8 di sk d riv e is equ i p ped wi th an i n d u stry stan dar d SA TA In te rf ace f ully su pp or ts a nd en han ces PC mas s sto rag e r equi r eme nts. The SA T A i nter f ace conform s to t h e Se r ial A T A s tan d ar d [...]

  • Page 42

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 36 DA TA CHA RAC TE R- A d ata char acter is a co m bin ati on of a b y te v al ue with th e control var ia b le equ al to D. DW ORD- A Dw ord is thirt y -two ( 32 ) bits o f d ata. A Dw ord m a y be represen ted as 32 b it s, as t wo adjac en t wor ds , or as f ou r adj ace nt b y te s . Wh en sh o[...]

  • Page 43

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 37 PR IMITI VE- A pr imitive is a si ng le Dword of infor m ati o n that c ons is ts of 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 BL OCK REGISTERS - Sha do w Register Block regist ers are in terf ace registers us ed [...]

  • Page 44

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 38 I n LBA m ode th e s ect ors on the dev ice are a ss u m ed to be li nearly mapp ed with an in itial defin iti on of: LBA 0 = (Cy li nd er 0, h ead 0, and s ect or 1). Irre 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 [...]

  • Page 45

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 39 6.3 . 3. 2 De v ice Con trol Re gist er (ex . 3 F6 h) T he b its in th is regis ter are as fo ll o w s: 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 H OB R R R R SRS T n IEN 0 • HOB is the High Or der Byte used f or host to acc ess the Ex tended Regis ters in the 48 - bit LBA mode • SRST is th e ho st so ftwar e re set b[...]

  • Page 46

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 40 • A BRT (Abort ed C o mm a nd) i nd icates the reques ted co mm and h as b een abor ted due to a drive st at us e rr or (Not R ea dy, Wri te Fau lt, etc .) or b eca use the co mm an d c od e is inv al i d. • # I nd icates the con te nt o f t h is b it is co mmand depe nde n t. NOTE: U nu s ed[...]

  • Page 47

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 41 • DEV is re s er ve d. • B it 0-b it3 is defin ed fo r the bi nary co d ed ad dr ess o f t he h ead to b e 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 tively , th en h ea d 3 will be s electe d). H S3 is the m os t signif ica nt b it. In 28 b it LB A m od e b it[...]

  • Page 48

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 42 CHAPTER 7 S ATA II FE ATU RE S ET T h is s ecti o n d escrib es the SA TA II f eat ure s et su ppor ted in the Samsung Spinpoint M8 d rive. 7.1 D ev ic e Activit y Sign al Spinpoi nt M8 i m plemen ted the Dev ice Acti vit y Sign al on the SAT A po wer conn ect or p in- 11 . Th e im ple men tati o[...]

  • Page 49

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 43 I f th e NCQ co mm and is ex ec ut ed with e rr or, the drive will rep ort the e rr or i nf or m ati on from the R ead Lo g Ex te nd ed lo g page 10h. T h is is sp eci al log page fo r the NC Q co mm and e rr o r r e po r ti ng. The d etails of th e e rr or infor m ati on are d efin ed in the SAT[...]

  • Page 50

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 44 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 ngs Preserv ati on re qu irem ents. The s etti ngs o f t he f o ll o win g it em s will be p reserv ed ac r os s dev ice r ecei ving of COMRESET . T h is will e n su re the dev ice op er ates on th e i[...]

  • Page 51

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 45 CHAPTER 8 A TA CO MM A ND DE S CRIPT IO NS 8.1 C o mm an d Table Co mm ands are i ssu ed to the dr iv e thr ou gh SATA in te rf ace, b y wa y of a Co mm an d Pac k et. T h is ta b le li s t co mm ands sup por ted b y the Spinpoint M8 HD D. Ex te nd ed commands are uni qu e to the 4 8-b it Addres [...]

  • Page 52

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 46 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 brat e *3 10h 1 Sec uri ty Disable Passwo rd F 6h 1 Sec urit y Erase P rep are F 3 h 1 Sec urit y Er ase Uni t F 4 h 1 Sec urit y Fr eeze Lo ck F 5 h 1 Sec urit y Set Pass wo rd F1h 1 Sec urit y U[...]

  • Page 53

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 47 8 .2 Command D escrip tio ns 8.2.1 Ch ec k Pow er Mode (E5 h) T h is c om m an d ch ec ks the po w er m od e. I f th e drive is in, going to, or r ec overing from the Sta nd by M od e, the drive s ets B SY, sets th e Sect or Count regis ter to 00h, clea rs B SY, and gener ates an int er rup t. I [...]

  • Page 54

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 48 Th e De vice Conf i gur at i on Set c omm and all ow s a d evice ma nuf act ur er or a PC ma nuf act ur er to re du ce the s et of op ti on al c omm a nds , mod es, or f eat ur e s ets suppor ted by a dev ice as i nd icated b y a D evi ce Configur a tio n Id en ti fy c omm a nd . Th e De vice Con[...]

  • Page 55

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 49 8.2.4 Ex ec u te De v ic e Diagnost ic s (90h) T h is co mm and pe rf or m s the in te rn al d ia gn os tic te s ts im p le men ted by th e driv e. T he D ia gn os tic Cod e writte n to th e Err or registe r is a unique 8-b it co d e. Ta ble 8-4 Di agno st ic Cod es Co de Des cr iptio n 01h 0 2h [...]

  • Page 56

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 50 Some param et ers are d efin ed as a string of ASCII chara cte rs. For the s tring “ Co p y right,” the ch ar 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’ ) i[...]

  • Page 57

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 51 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 t ed in w or ds 5 4-58 are v alid (Obso le te ) 54 XX X Xh Nu m b er of cu rr ent log ical c y li nd ers ( Ob so le te) 55 XX X[...]

  • Page 58

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 52 Wor d Co n te nt Des cri ptio n 3 De v ice in itiati ng in te rf ace po w er management enab l ed 2 DMA Set up Auto- Acti v ate op ti m izati on ena bl ed 1 N on - ze ro b uf f er of fs 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 m b er 15-0 ATA-1, A TA- [...]

  • Page 59

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 53 Wor d Co n te nt Des cri ptio n 3 1=Media Card Pa ss T hr ou gh co mm and f eat u re 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 o rte d 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 u re enab le d . (The def au lt man[...]

  • Page 60

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 54 Wor d Co n te nt Des cri ptio n 88 00 7 Fh Ult ra DMA tra ns f er mode s 15-8 Cu rr ent act i ve U lt ra DMA tra ns f er mod e 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 [...]

  • Page 61

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 55 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 ec i 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 ser ial n u mb er 20 6 -254 000 0 h Re s [...]

  • Page 62

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 56 8.2.10 Initia lize Device Param et er s (91 h) T h is co mm and is obso lete in the AT A7 sp eci f icati on. The su ppo r ti ng of th is co mm and is f o r bac kw ar d co m p ati b ili t y pu r pos e. The use of th is co mm and is bey ond the ATA sta nd ard and n ot recomm e nd ed by th e man u f[...]

  • Page 63

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 57 I f th e drive ente rs NCQ m od e and a non -queu e co mm and is r ecei ved, the dr ive will re spo nd w ith e rro r t o infor m hos t a queue command b een ov er la pp ed with n on - qu eu e. If a qu eue tag is no t f i nish ed an d a no the r sam e ta g co mmand is r ecei ved, th e drive will r[...]

  • Page 64

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 58 T he con te n ts of the Co mm an d Blo ck registers, fo ll o wing the tra ns f er of a d ata block, wh ic h h ad a s ec tor i n e rr or, are un defined. The hos t sho u ld r et r y t he tra ns f er as indiv i du al reques ts to ob tain v alid e rr or inf o rm ati on. Su bs equent blocks are trans[...]

  • Page 65

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 59 8.2.21 R ec alibrate (10 h) T h is co mm and is ob so lete in the AT A7 sp eci f icati on. T he sup por ti ng of th is comm an d is f o r b ackwa r d co m p ati b ili t y pu r pos e. The us e of th is co mm and is bey 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 re r [...]

  • Page 66

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 60 Ta ble 8-8 Securi ty Er as e Unit P ass wo rd Wo rd Co n te nt 0 Con trol wo rd. B it 0 I den ti f ier 0= co mpare Us er pa ss word 1= co m pare M as te r pass wo rd B it 1 Er ase mode 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 [...]

  • Page 67

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 61 Ta ble 8-10 I den tif ier a nd sec uri ty le v el bit in t er acti o n Ide nt ifier Le v el Comma nd re sult Us er Hi gh T he pa ss word s u pp lied with the co mm and sh all be sav ed a s the n ew Us er pass wo rd . Th e L o ck m od e sh all b e enab led f ro m th e n ex t po we r-o n o r hard w[...]

  • Page 68

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 62 Ta ble 8-11 Set Feat ures Re gist er D ef i nitio ns Code Des cr iption 02 h En ab le Wr ite C ach e 03h Set tra ns f er m od e b as ed on v al ue in Sect or Co un t regis ter 06 h En ab le Po we r-Up in Sta ndb y Mod e 07h Po we r- Up in Sta ndb y f eat ure s et dev ice sp in up 10h En ab le us [...]

  • Page 69

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 63 Setti ng of th e UD MA m od e will no t alter the sp eed of the SA TA in te rf ace tra ns f er. SA TA 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 I II 6 .0 G bp s ~ Gen I 1. 5 Gb ps . The mode s et tin g in th e Set F eat ure c om mand is fo r b ac k[...]

  • Page 70

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 64 8.2.34 SMART (B0h) In d ivi du al SMAR T c om ma nd s are iden tified b y the v al ue p laced in the F eat ure resis te r. B el ow dep icts thes e F eat ure register v al u es. Ta ble 8-14 SMART Feat ure Re gist ers Val u es F ea t ure Val ue Comm a nd D 0h SMAR T RE AD D A TA D 1h O bso lete (SM[...]

  • Page 71

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 65 A v al ue of F 1h wr itten b y t he hos t in to the dev ice ’ s Sect or C oun t Regis ter bef or e i ss uing th is command sh al l ca us e th is f eat ure to be enabled. An y o th er m ea ning 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 regis ter b ef[...]

  • Page 72

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 66 8.2 . 34 .5 Sma rt re ad data ( D0 h) T h is c om m an d r et urns the De v ice SMAR T d ata st ru ct ure to th e hos t. Ta ble 8-15 De v ice SM ART Data S tr u ct ur e Byte F /V De scr iptio ns 0 V Data St ru ct ure Revision Nu mb er 2 V 1 st De v ice Att ribu te 14 V 2 nd De v ice A t tr ibu te[...]

  • Page 73

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 67 Data Struct ure Revi si on N um ber T he D ata St ru ct ure Revision Numb er iden ti f ies wh ich version o f t h is d ata structure is implemen ted b y t h e dev ice. Th is revision nu mb er id en ti f ies bo th the Att ri bu te Val u e and Att ri bu te Thre sho ld Da ta s tru ct u re s. S MA RT[...]

  • Page 74

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 68 T he SM AR T attribute St atu s Flags are : Ta ble 8-16 SMART A tt rib u te Statu s Fla gs B it Na me Descripti on 0 Pre fa il ur e /a d vis or y 0= an att ri bu te v al ue le ss than or e qu al to its co rr e spo ndin g att ri bu te thresho ld ind icates an ad vis or y c ond it ion where the us [...]

  • Page 75

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 69 E ach att ri bu te d ata structure is a ss ign ed an att ribu te I D. An y non- 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 0x01 th ro ugh 0xff. The at trib ut e defin ed fo r Spinpoin t M8 are as f o ll o[...]

  • Page 76

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 70 T he to tal ti m e in s ec on ds to c om p lete o ff - li ne d ata co llecti o n acti vity word sp ec if ies ho w m ay s ec ond s th e dev ice re qu ir es to comp 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 f or th is word ar e fro m 0 00 1h to FF F Fh. S[...]

  • Page 77

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 71 dev ice sh all su s pend off - li ne d ata co llecti on acti vit y af ter an in te rru p ti ng comm and an d re su m e o ff -lin e d ata co llecti on ac tivity af ter so me ve ndo r- sp eci f ied even t.  B it 3 (of f- li ne r ead s ca nn ing implem en t ed b it) - If th is b it is cl ear ed t[...]

  • Page 78

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 72 8.2.35 Standby ( E2 h) T h is c om m and ca us es the drive to en ter Sta ndb y M od e. See 6. 6 .3 for the protoco l. The dr i ve ma y 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 mp le te d. I f the drive is al r ea dy spu n down, the spin do wn sequ en ce i[...]

  • Page 79

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 73 8.2.40 Writ e Long (3 2 h) T h is co mmand is ob so lete in the AT A7 sp eci f icati on. The sup por ti ng of th is comm a nd is f o r backwa r d co m p ati b ili t y pu r pos e. T he use of th is co mm and is b ey ond the ATA st a nd ard and not recom me nd ed b y th e ma nu f a ct u re r . T h [...]

  • Page 80

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 74 I f r et r ies are disab l ed and two ind ex pu ls es have o cc u rr ed wi t ho ut e rr or-fr ee r ea ding of the reques ted ID , an ID Not F o un d e rr or is pos ted. I f r et r ies a re enab le d, u p to a pr edefin ed nu m b er o f atte mp ts may be made to r ead the re qu es ted I D b efo r [...]

  • Page 81

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 75 CHAPTER 9 M AINTE N AN CE 9.1 Ge n era l Infor mati on Sams ung Spinpoi nt M8 h ard disk dr ive ac h ie v es high r elia b ili ty t hroug h th ei r m ec han ical design an d e xten sive us e of microelectronics . Th eir desi gn allows fast , eas y sub -a ss e mbl y replace ment without adjustment[...]

  • Page 82

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 76 Fig. 9-1: H DD ha ndling g uide - P le as e ha ndle H DD by si de surf a ces! Fig. 9-2: H DD ha ndling g ui de - Do not To uch Cov er a nd PC B! Fig. 9-3: HDD ha ndling g uide - Do Not Sta c k![...]

  • Page 83

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR OEM P ro duct Manu al RE V 1.0 77 Fig. 9-4: H DD ha ndling g uide - P re v ent Sh oc ks! 9.3 Serv ic e an d Repair T o d ete r m ine th e warran ty f or a sp eci f ic driv e, us e a web b ro ws er to acce ss the fo ll o wi ng w eb pag e http:/ /w ww.s ea g at e. co m/su p po r t/ w arra nt y - and - ret ur ns From this pa ge, cli[...]