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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 2.0 PMM8 - DV R (Disti) 10 0736107 -B[...]

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    © 201 3 Seagate Tec hnology LLC. All rights reserved. Seagate and Seagate Technol ogy are registered trademarks of Seagate T echnology LLC in the United S tates and/or ot her countrie s. Momentus is ei ther a trademark or r egistered trademark of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the U ni ted States and/or othe r countr [...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR D isti P ro d uct Ma nu al REV 2.0 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 - D VR D isti P ro d uct Ma nu al RE V 2.0 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 - D VR D isti P ro d uct Ma nu al RE V 2.0 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 - D VR D isti P ro d uct Ma nu al RE V 2.0 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 Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 1 CHAPTER 1 SCO PE W elc ome to the Spinpoint TM M8 ser ies of Samsung TM hard disk d riv e. Th is ser ies of driv es c ons is ts of th e followi ng m od el s: ST 320 LM 001 , ST 500 L M 012 , ST 750 LM 022 , a nd ST1000L M024. Th is 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 Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 2 1.3 SA TA T h e AT A ( Advan ced T ec hno l og y Atta c h m en 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 b een ar ou nd fr o m 198 0’ s. As the PC pro ce sso r sp eed h as impro ve d, so h ave th e d ata r ates o f t he H DD.[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 ke y f eat ur es of th e Spinpoi nt M8 hard disk dr iv e, as w ell as th e s ta nd ards and regu lati on s the y m ee t. 2.1 Intro du c tion T he Sams ung Spi npoi nt M8 2.5 i nch har d disk dr ive is [...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 4 DE SCR IP TIO N 2.2 Key F ea tures Key f eat ur es of the Spin point M8 SA TA h ard dis k d rive 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 e[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 5 DE SCR IP TIO N 2.3 Standar ds a nd Regu la t io ns T he Sa ms un g Spinp oint M8 har d disk dr ive de pends upo n its host e quipme nt to prov ide powe r and appr opriate envi ronme ntal cond ition s to achi eve optim um pe rfor mance and c ompli ance with a pplica ble i ndust ry and govern ment[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 6 SP EC IFI CA TI ONS CHAPTER 3 S PE C IFICATIO NS T h is chap ter giv es a d etail d escrip ti on of the p h y s ical, elect ric al an d environ me n tal char acte ris tics of the Spinpoint M8 hard disk dri v e. 3.1 Sp eci f i ca t io n Su mm a ry Ta ble 3-1 : Spe ci fi cat io ns DE S CR I PT ION [...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 7 SP EC IFI CA TI ONS 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 ST32 0 LM 001 ST50 0 LM 012 ST 7 50 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[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 8 SP EC IFI CA TI ONS 3.4 Perfor mance Sp e ci f ic at ions Ta ble 3-4 : P er fo rma nce Sp ec i fi catio ns NO TE S:  Se ek ti me is d ef i ne d as t he t ime f ro m th e r eceipt o f a read, write or s eek comman d until th e actuato r has reposi tioned and se ttled on the desir ed track with [...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 9 SP EC IFI CA TI ONS 3.5 Power con su mp tion Ta ble 3-5 : Po w er cons ump ti on D ES CRIP TI ON ST 32 0LM0 01 ST500 L M01 2 S T 75 0L M0 22 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 Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 CRIP TI ON ST32 0 LM 001 ST50 0 LM 012 ST 7 50 LM 022 ST1 00 0 LM 024 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) (Driv[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 11 SP EC IFI CA TI ONS Fig ure 3-1 : Me as ure m ent Pos i tion.[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 ST32 0 LM 001 ST50 0 LM 012 ST 7 50 LM 022 ST1 00 0 LM 024 Rec ov er a ble Re ad E rr or < 10 in 10 11 b its Non-R ec ov er a ble Re ad Erro r <1 s ect or in 1 0 14 b [...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 13 INS TALLATION CHAPTER 4 IN S TALL A TION T h is chap ter describ es how to unp ac k, m oun t, conf igure and conn ect a Spinpoi nt M8 h ard disk d ri ve . I t al so describ es ho w to i ns tall the 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 Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 Spi npoint M8 hard d isk dr ive. (2 ) Lift the p ac kin g ass e m b l y th at con tai ns the d rive ou t of the sh i pp ing c on ta in er. (3 ) Rem ove the dr i v e f ro m t he p ac king a ss e m bl y [...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 15 INS TALLATION 4.3.1 Orie ntatio n Figure 4- 2 sho ws th e ph y s ic a l dime nsions 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 h ard d isk drive all ow the d rive to be mo un ted in an y d irec ti on . Fig ure 4-2: M ounting Di mensio n[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 16 INS TALLATION 4.3.2 Vent il ation T he Spinpoint M8 hard disk drive is d esign ed to oper ate wit hou t th e n eed of a coo li ng f an pr ovid ed th e amb ie n t air tem per at u re do es n ot exce ed 60 ºC. Any us er-desi gn ed ca bin et m us t pr ov ide adequ ate air ci rcu lati on to prevent[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 ill ustra tes Connectivit y of SATA to drives. It can be used with a SA TA host adapter (lower p ict ur e) or dir ect l y in to mother bo ard th at h as the SA TA bu ilt - in h[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 s i ng le row, w ith a 1.27 mm (50 m il ) p itch d iam ete r. There are th r ee po wer pins for each vo lta ge sour ce. One pin fr om each v o lta ge is u tilized fo r p re-charge wh en ins talled in [...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 19 INS TALLATION SATA-Bus Inte 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 d rive to an SA TA hos t bu s ad ap ter or an on - bo ard SA TA adap ter in t he com pu te r . F igure 4. 6 ill u str ates the po we r, SA T A, and f act o ry us e onl y ju mp[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 21 INS TALLATION 4.5 D ri v e I ns ta lla t io n T he Spinpoint M8 hard dis k d rive can be i ns talled in a SA T A co mp ati b le syste 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 ctor [...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 22 CHAPTER 5 DI SK DR IVE O PE R ATI ON T h is ch ap ter describ es the op er ati on of the Spinp oint M8 hard disk d rive f un cti on al s ub s y ste ms. I t is intend e d as a guide to the op er ati o n of the d riv 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 [...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 24 5.1.3 Disk St ack As sembly T he disk s tack a ss e m bl y in th e Spinpoint M8 hard disk drive c ons is ts of 1 or 2 d isks and disk sp ace rs s ec ur ed on the hub of the sp ind le m otor assem bl y b y a dis k cl a mp. The g la ss disks have a sp u tte r ed thin-film magn et ic c o at in g. 5[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 25 5. 2 Drive Elec tron ic s T he Spinpoint M8 ha rd disk drive attai ns its in telli gen ce and perf orman ce through the sp ecialized electronic co m po n en ts m ou n ted on the PCB A. T he co m pon en ts are mou n ted on one side o f t he PCBA . T he P reamp li f ier IC is the on ly elec tr ica[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 ag ra m[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 27 5.2 . 2. 1 T he H os t Interfa ce Control Blo ck T he SA TA Di sk Con t ro ller p rovid es dir ect in te rf ace to an S ATA b us . I t is co m p ati b le wi t h ATA 7 Sp ec s. I t provid es a m ea ns f or the h os t to acce ss the T ask F ile regist ers us ed to con trol th e transfer of d ata b[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 fea tu re s:  I n creas ed autom ati on to s uppo rt m in im al l ate nc y r ead oper ati on s with minima l laten c y .  Capab ili t y to s up po rt the ex ec u ti on of mu lti p le co[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 29 5.2 . 2. 6 Pow er Ma nag emen t Po wer managem ent f eat ur es are incor po r ated into each blo ck of the Spinpoin t M8 . Th is all ows the design er to tail or the am oun t o f po wer m an age m ent to the sp eci f i ed desi gn . Ot h er po wer m anage ment f ea tur es includ e :  I nd epe [...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 sing fo r th e AD[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 31 5.3 Ser v o S y stem T he Servo System c o nt r ols the p osit i on of t he rea d/w r i t e hea ds and h ol ds them on tr a ck dur i ng read/w r i te operati ons. The Servo Sy s tem also compensates for MR write/read offsets and thermal offsets betwee n heads on differ e nt su r f aces and for v[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 32 5.4.2 The W ri te Ch a nne l T he signa l pa t h f or the Write Channel foll ows the reverse order of th at for the Read Channel. T he host tra nsmits da t a via th e AT bus to the 88i9 4 22 Interface Controller. T he B uffer Co ntr olle r secti on of t he 8 8i9 4 22 st or es the da ta i n t he [...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 33 could save m ost of t he disk tran saction time by eliminating t he seek an d rotational latency dela y s that prominen tly dom inate the typical disk transact ion. Read Ca c hing o perates by contin uing to fill its cache memory with adjacent data after transferring data re quested by the host.[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 34 5.5.3 Def ec t Manag eme nt The Spin poi nt M 8 ha r d d isk d r ive media is scan n ed for de f ects. Af ter d efect scan ni ng , th e defec ti v e secto r s are sa v ed in t h e de f ect l ist. A de f ect enco u nte r ed in t he manu f actu r i ng p r ocess is slip p ed to the ne x t ph y sica[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 35 CHAPTER 6 SATA I I IN TERF A CE 6. 1 Introduct io n The Spinpo int M 8 disk d r iv e is equi p pe d with a n in d ustry stan dar d S ATA Int e rf ace f u ll y su pp or ts and enhances PC mass sto rag e r equ i r ements. T he S A T A inter f ace conforms to t h e Se r ial A T A st an d ar d s in [...]

  • Page 42

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 36 DA TA CHA RAC TE R- A d ata char acter is a combin 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 -t wo ( 32 ) bits o f d ata. A Dw ord m a y be represen ted as 32 b it s, as two adj acen t wor ds , or as f ou r adj ace nt b y te s. Wh en sho wn[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 37 PR IMITI VE- A prim itive is a si ng le Dwo rd o f infor m ati o n th at c ons is ts of a con trol char acter in by 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 REGISTE RS - Sha do w Register Block registers are interf ace regist ers us [...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 38 I n LBA mode 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 o n 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 the hos t, the LBA a dd ress o f a giv en s ect or do es no t chan [...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 [...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 depend en t. NOTE: U nu s ed[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 e ad 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 tive ly, th en h ead 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[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 42 CHAPTER 7 S ATA I I FE ATU RE SET 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 mplem en t ed the Dev ice Acti vit y Sign al on the SATA po wer conn ect or pin- 11 . Th e im ple men tati o[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 43 I f the NCQ co mm and is ex ec ut ed with e rr o r, th e drive will rep ort the e rr or i nf orm ati on from the R ead Lo g Ex te nd ed log page 10h. Th is is sp ecial log page for the NCQ co mmand e rr o r re po r ti ng. The d etails o f th e e rr or infor m ati on are def in ed in th e SATA II[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 S of twa re Setti ngs Preserv ati on re qu ireme nts. The s etti ngs o f t he f o ll ow in g it em s will be preserv ed ac r os s dev ice r ecei ving of COMRESET. Th is will e nsu re the d ev ice op er ates on th e in[...]

  • Page 51

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 and Pac k et. T h is ta b le lis t co mm ands sup por ted by the Spinpoi nt M8 HD D. Ex te nd ed co m mands are u ni qu e to the 48 -b it Addre[...]

  • Page 52

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 46 1 Re ad V er ify *3 40 h y y y y y 1 Re ad V er ify Extend 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 F 1 h 1 Sec urit y [...]

  • Page 53

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 and ch ec ks the po w er m od e. I f the drive is in, going to, o r r ec overing from the Sta nd b y M od e, the drive s ets B SY, sets th e S ect or Count regis ter to 00h, clea rs B SY, and gener ates an int er rup t. [...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 48 Th e De vice Conf i gur ati on S et c omm an d 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 , mo d es, or f eat ur e s ets suppor ted by a d ev ice as i nd icated by a De vi ce C onfi gur a tio n Id en ti fy c omm a nd . Th e De vic[...]

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    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 49 8.2.4 Ex ec u te De v ic e Diagnost ic s (90h) T h is co mm and pe rf o rms the in te rn al d ia gn os tic te s ts im p le men ted by th e dri v e. The 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 Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 50 Some par am et ers are defin ed a s a string of A SCII ch ara cte rs. F or the string “ 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 f e rr ed, the ord er o f t ra ns m i ss io n is :  1st ch ar acter (‘C?[...]

  • Page 57

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 l e te) 55 XX [...]

  • Page 58

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 enab l 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 Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 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 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 ure enab le d. (The d efau lt manuf[...]

  • Page 60

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 55 Wor d Co n te nt Des cri ptio n 2 1= Sec ur ity lo c k ed 1 1= Sec ur ity en ab 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[...]

  • Page 62

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 56 8.2.10 Initia lize Device Param et er s (91h) T h is co mmand is obs o lete in the AT A7 sp eci f icati on. T he su ppo r ti ng of th is co mm an d is fo r bac kw 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 ATA st a nd ard and not recom me nd ed b y th e man u[...]

  • Page 63

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 57 I f th e drive en ters NCQ m od e and a non -queue comm 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 queue co mm and b een ov er la pp ed with n on - qu eu e. If a qu eue tag is no t f inish ed and a no the r sam e ta g co mmand is r ecei ved, th e drive will r[...]

  • Page 64

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 58 T he con te n ts of th e Co mm an d Blo ck registers, f o ll o wing the tra ns f er of a d ata block , wh ich h ad a s ec tor in e rr or, are un defined. The hos t sho u ld r et r y t he tra ns f er as indivi du al reques ts to ob tain v alid e rr or info rm ati on. Su bs equent blocks are trans[...]

  • Page 65

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 59 8.2.21 R ec alibrate (10 h) T h is co mmand is ob so lete in the A T A7 sp eci f icati on. The sup por ti ng of th is comm and is fo r bac kwar 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 omme nd ed b y t he ma nu f a ct u re r . T [...]

  • Page 66

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 pa ssw o rd B it 1 Er ase mode 0 = Nor m al er as e 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 - [...]

  • Page 67

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 su pp lied with the co mm and sh all be sav ed as the n ew Us er passw ord . Th e Lo ck m od e sh all b e enab led fro m th e n ex t po we r-o n o r hard wa r [...]

  • Page 68

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 bas 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 Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 63 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 TA tra ns f er sp eed is depe nd ing upo n 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 Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 64 8.2.34 SMART (B0h) In d ivi du al SMART c om m a nd s are iden tified b y the v al ue p laced in the F eat u re resis te r. B el ow dep icts these 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 (S[...]

  • Page 71

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 65 A v al ue of F1h wr itten b y t he hos t in to the dev ice ’s Sect o r C oun t Regis ter bef or e i ss uing th is comm and sh al l ca us e th is f eat ure 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 regis ter b e[...]

  • Page 72

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 66 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 ure to th e ho s 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 t[...]

  • Page 73

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 67 Data Struct ure Rev i si on Nu m ber T he D ata St ru ct u re Revi sion Numb er iden ti f ies wh ich version o f t h is d ata structure is implem en 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 ue and Att ri bu te Thre sho ld Da ta str u ct u re s. S M[...]

  • Page 74

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 68 T he SM AR T attribute St atu s Flags are : Ta ble 8-16 SMART A tt rib ute Status Fla gs B it Na me Descripti on 0 Pre fa il ur e /a d vis or y 0= an att ribu te v al ue le ss than or e qu al to its co rr e spo nding att ribu te thresho ld ind icates an ad vi s or y c ond it ion where the us age[...]

  • Page 75

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 69 E ach att ri bu te d ata stru cture is a ss ign ed an att ribu te I D. An y non- ze ro v al ue in th e att ribu te I D nu mb e r i nd icates an acti ve att ribu te. Valid v al u es fo r th is b y te ar e f o un d f r om 0x01 th ro ugh 0xff . T he at t rib ut e defin ed for Spinpoin t M8 are as f[...]

  • Page 76

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 70 T he to tal time in s ec on ds to c om p lete o ff - li ne d ata co llecti on 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 vity . Valid v al u es f or th is word ar e fro m 0 00 1h to FF FFh. Self [...]

  • Page 77

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 71 and re su me o ff -l in e d ata co llecti on ac tivity af ter s o m e ve ndo r- sp eci f ied even t.  B it 3 (of f - li ne r ead s ca nn ing implemen 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 nning. I f th is bit is s et to on e[...]

  • Page 78

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 72 8.2.35 Standby ( E2 h) T h is c om m and ca us es th e drive to en ter Sta ndb y M od e. See 6. 6.3 for the protoco l. T h e dr ive m a 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 sequen ce[...]

  • Page 79

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 73 8.2.40 Writ e Long (32 h) T h is co mmand is ob so lete in the A T A7 sp eci f icati on. The sup por ti ng of th is co m m and is f o r b ackwa r 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 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 Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 74 I f r et r ies are disab led and two in d ex pu ls es h ave 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 t ed. I f r et r ies are enab le d, up to a pr edefin ed nu m b er of atte m p ts may be made to r ead the re qu es ted ID b efor e [...]

  • Page 81

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 75 CHAPTER 9 M AINTE N AN CE 9.1 Ge n era l Infor ma ti 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 eir m ec han ical des ign and e xtens ive us e of microelectron ics . Th eir de sign allo ws fast , eas y sub -a ss e mbl y replace ment without adjustm[...]

  • Page 82

    Spinpoint M8 - DVR Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 Disti Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.0 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 rm ine th e warrant y f or a sp eci f ic d riv e, us e a web b ro ws er to acce ss th e f o 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, [...]