Samsung M9T manual

M 9T Product Ma nual SATA 2.5” Har d D is k D ri ve September 04 , 201 3 . Re v 1.0 PMM9T - SATA- 100736114 a[...]

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Spinpoint M 9T P ro d uct Ma nu al RE V 1.0 ii TABLE OF CON TENTS CHAP TE R 1 SC OP E ....... . ....... . ....... . ...... . ..... . ........... . ....... . .......... . ...... . ....... . ... . ........... . ....... . ....... . ......... . 1 1. 1 U SER D EFINIT ION ................... . ........... . .......... . ....... . ...... . .......... .. .[...]

Spinpoint M 9T P ro d uct Ma nu al RE V 1.0 i ii 5. 3 S E RV O S Y STEM ................ . ...... . ........... . .......... . ....... . ...... . .......... .. ........... . ....... . .......... . ...... . ....... . ... . ... .31 5. 4 R EAD AN D W RI TE O PE RA TION S ............. . ....... . .......... . ...... . ...... .. ........... . ....... .[...]

Spinpoint M 9T P ro d uct Ma nu al RE V 1.0 i v 8.2 .14 Read FP DMA Queu ed ( 60 h) ... . ........... . ... .. ....... . ....... . ......... . ...... . ......... . ......... . ....... . ........ .5 6 8.2 .15 Read Lo g E xt e nd ed (2Fh) ................... . ....... . .......... . ...... . ....... . ... . ......... . ......... . ....... . ........ [...]

Spinpoint M 9T P ro d uct Ma nu al RE V 1.0 v 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 M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 1 CHAPTER 1 SCO PE W elc ome to th e Spinpoi nt TM M9T 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 els: ST1500LM 006 , ST 1500LM007, ST1500L M010, ST2000L M003 , ST2000L M004 a nd ST 2000LM00 6. Th is chap ter p rovid es an ove rv iew of the [...]

SC OPE Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 2 1.3 SA TA T h e A T A ( Advan ced T ec hn ol og y Attac h me n t) in te rf ace wh ich was d ev el op ed bas ed o n th e I D E (Inte gr ated D rive E lect ro n ic s) h as been ar ou n d fr om 198 0’s . As the PC pro ce sso r sp eed h as impro ve d, so have th e d ata r ates o f t he H DD. The par[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 3 DE SCR IP TIO N CHAPTER 2 DES CRIP T ION T h is ch ap ter su mm ar izes gener al fun cti ons and key f eat ur es of th e Spinpoint M9T hard disk dr iv e, as w ell as th e s ta nd ards and regu lati ons the y m ee t. 2.1 Intro du c ti on T h e Samsun g Spinpoint M9T 2.5 - inch hard disk drive is high capa[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 4 DE SCR IP TIO N 2.2 Key F ea tures Key f eat ur es of the Spinpoi nt M9T SA TA hard disk drive in cl ud es :  Formatted capacities are 1 .5 TB and 2TB  9.5 ± 0.2 mm height form factor  5400 RPM Class  12 ms average seek time  High accuracy rotary voice coil actuator with embedded sector s[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 5 DE SCR IP TIO N 2.3 Standar ds a nd Re gu la t io ns T he Sam sung Spin point M9 T ha rd disk dr ive depend s upon its ho st eq uipment t o prov ide po wer and app ropriate envi ronmen tal c onditi ons t o achi eve o ptimum perf ormance and compli anc e wit h applicable i ndustry and gove rnmenta l reg u[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .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 des crip ti on of the ph y s ical, elect ric al and environ men tal char acte ris tics o f the Spinpoint M9T hard dis k d riv 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 ST1500LM[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 7 SP EC IFI CA TI ONS 3.2 Physic al Sp ecif ica t io ns Ta ble 3-2: Ph ys ic al Sp ec i fi ca tio ns D ES CRIP TI ON ST1500LM006 , ST1500LM007 & ST1500LM 010 ST2000LM003 , ST2000L M004 & ST2000LM 006 Ph ys ic al d ime ns io ns Leng th Wid th Hei ght W ei ght (ma x) 100.3 5 +0. 2/ - 0.25 mm [3.9 51+[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 8 SP EC IFI CA TI ONS 3.4 Perfor mance Sp e ci f ic at i o ns Ta ble 3-4 : P er f orma nce Sp ec i fi catio n s NO TES: S eek time is def ined as th e time from the receipt o f a read, wr ite or see k command until the actu ator has reposi tioned and sett led on the de sired tr ack with the drive oper atin[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 9 SP EC IFI CA TI ONS 3.5 Power con su mp tion Ta ble 3-5 : Po w er co nsu mp ti o n D ES CRIP TI ON ST1500LM006 , ST1500LM007 & ST1500LM 010 ST2000LM003 , ST2000L M004 & ST2000LM 006 Ra t ed Vo lta ge V +5 Cu rre nt A 0. 85 Po w er Con su mpti on Sta rt Up mA 1000 Lo w Po wer Id le W at t 0.7 R ea[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 10 SP EC IFI CA TI ONS 3.6 E nv ir onme nt al Sp ec i f i ca t io ns Ta ble 3-6: E nv ir onm en tal S p e ci fi cati o ns D ES CR IP TI O N ST1500LM006 , ST1500L M007 & ST1500LM 010 ST2000LM 003 , ST2000LM004 & ST2000LM 006 Ambient Te mp er atur e Op erat in g No n- op era ti ng M ax . gradi ent (T[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 11 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 ST1500LM006 , ST1500LM 007 & ST1500LM 010 ST2000LM 003 , ST2000LM004 & ST2000LM 006 Rec ov er a ble Read E rr or <10 in 10 11 bits Non-R ec ov er a ble Re ad Er ro r <[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 13 INS TALLA T ION CHAPTER 4 IN S TALL A TION T h is chap te r describ es how to unp ac k, m oun t, conf igure and conn ect a Spinpoint M9T 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 emen ts Refer to Figure 4 - 2 on pag e 15.[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 14 INS TALLA T ION 4.2 Un pa cki n g I nstructi o ns (1 ) Op en the shi pp ing c on tai n er of the Spinpoint M9 T h ard disk dr ive. (2 ) Lift the p ac king ass e m bl y t h at con tai n s the d rive ou t of the sh i pp ing c on ta in er. (3 ) Rem o ve th e dr ive f ro m t he p ac kin g a ss em bl y . Wh [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 15 INS TALLA T ION 4.3.1 Orie ntati on Figure 4- 2 sh ows th e ph y s ic a l dimensions and m oun ting ho les lo cated on each sid e of th e drive . Th e m oun ti ng ho les on Spinpoin t M9T hard dis k drive all ow the drive to be mo un ted in an y dir ec ti on . Fig ure 4-2: M ount ing Di mensio ns[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 16 INS TALLA T ION 4.3.2 Vent il ation T he Spinpoi nt M9T h ard disk dri ve is d esign ed to op er ate wit hou t the n eed of a coo li ng f an pr ovid ed the amb ie n t air temper at ure do es n ot exce ed 60 ºC. An y us er-d esi gn ed ca b in et m us t pr ov ide adequ ate air ci rcu lati on to prevent e[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 17 INS TALLA T ION Comput e r m ainbo ar d or S er i a l A T A hos t ad ap t er Fig ur e 4 - 5 Connectivity to Drives Fig u re 4 - 5 illustrates Connectivit y of SA TA to drives. It can be used with a SATA host adapt e r (lowe r p ict ur e) or d ir ect l y in to m o ther bo ard th at h as the SA TA bu ilt [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 18 INS TALLA T ION SATA De v ice Co nn ect or De fin it i on Plea se no te th at all pins are in a si ng le row, w ith a 1.27 mm (50 mil) p itch dia m 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 li nd - m[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 19 INS TALLA T ION SATA-Bus Inte rf a ce Co nn e ct or T he S ATA- Bu s in te rf ace c onn ect or on the drive co nn ects th e drive to an SA TA hos t bu s adap ter or an on - bo ard SA TA adap ter in the com pu te r. F i gure 4. 6 ill ustr ates th e po we r, SA T A, an d f act or y us e onl y ju m p e r. [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 20 INS TALLATION 4.5 D ri v e I ns ta l la t io n T he Spinpoint M9T hard disk drive can be i ns talled in a SA TA co mp ati b le s y s te m Figure 4 -8 i nd icate s the in te rf a ce an d po wer ca b le co nn ecti ons requir ed f or p ro p er d rive i ns ta l latio n. Fig ure 4-8 DC Pow er Co nne ctor a n[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 21 CHAPTER 5 DI SK DRI VE O PE R ATI ON T h is chap ter des crib es the op er ati on of the Spinpoint M9T hard dis k d rive f un cti on al s ub s y ste ms. It is intend e d as a guid e to the oper at i on of the driv 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 As sembl y ([...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 22 Fi gu r e 5-1: Expl o d e d M e ch a ni c a l Vi e w[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 23 5.1.3 Disk St ack As sembly T he disk s tack a ss embly in th e Spinpoint M9T hard d isk drive c ons is ts of 3 disks an d disk sp ace rs s ec ur ed on the hub o f the sp ind le m otor assembly b y a disk cl a m p. The g la ss dis ks h av e a sp u tte r ed thin-film magn et ic co at in g. 5.1.4 Head Sta[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 24 5. 2 Drive Elec tron ic s T he Spinpoint M9T hard disk drive attai n s its in telli gen ce and perfo rman ce through 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 o u n ted on on e side o f t he PCBA . T he Pre amp li f ier IC is the on ly elec t r ical com[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 25 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 ( 6 Gb ps) CPU Sy st e m Di sk Co nt rol le r Bu ff er Control Block D DR Fig ure 5-2: Spinpoin t M9T F unc tiona l Blo ck Di ag ra m[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 26 5.2 . 2. 1 T he H os t Interf a ce Control B lo ck T he S A TA Di s k Con t ro ller p rovid es dir ect in te rf ace to an SATA b us. It is co m p at i b le wi th ATA 7 S p ec s. I t provid es a m ea ns f or the h os t to acce ss the Task F il e regist ers us ed to control the transfer of d ata be twe en[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 27 5.2 . 2. 3 T he Di sk Control Blo ck T he Spinp oint M9 T Disk C ontr ol bloc k manag es t he flow of da ta bet ween t he di sk and t he bu f f er. I t is ca pable of performing completely automated track read an d write op e rations a t a maximum data rate of 800 M b /s in byte wide NRZ mod e. Many f l[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 28 5.2 . 2. 6 Pow er Ma nag eme nt Po wer ma n agement f eat ures are incor po r ated into each blo ck o f the Spinp oin t M9T . Th is all ows th e desi gn er to tail or the am oun t o f po wer m an age m ent to the sp eci f ied desi gn . Ot h er po wer m anage m ent f ea tur es inc lud e:  I nd epe nd [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 29 5.2 . 3. 4 An alog An ti- Ali as ing Low P as s Fi lte r T he 5 t h ord er e qu al -ri pp le an alog 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 ADC ci r[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 30 5.3 Ser v o S y st em T he Servo Sy stem controls t he position o f the read /write hea ds a nd hol ds t hem on track dur ing re ad/wr ite operations. T he Servo Sy stem also compensates for MR wr ite/read of f set s and thermal o ffs e ts between head s on dif fe r e nt su r faces and for vibration and[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 31 5.4.2 The W ri te Ch a nne l T he s ignal p ath f or the W rite C hanne l foll ows the r ever se order of tha t for the Read C hannel . T he host transmit s data via t he AT bus to the 88i1022 Interface Controller. T he Buffer Controller sectio n of the 88i1022 sto res th e data in the cac he. Because t[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 32 disk reques ts are sequent ial. I t t akes mi crosecon ds rather than millisec onds to re trieve this cached data. T hus Read Cach ing ca n prov ide substa ntial time s aving s dur ing a t leas t hal f of a ll di sk re quests . For ex ample, Read Cachin g could sav e most o f the disk transac tion time [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 33 5.5.3 Def ec t Manag eme nt The S pin poin t M9 T ha r d d is k d r i ve m edi a is s can n ed for de f ects. Af ter d ef ect sc anni ng , the defect i v e secto r s are sa v ed in t h e de f ect list. A d e f ect enco u nt e r ed in the ma nu f actu r ing p r ocess is slip p ed t o the ne x t ph ys ica[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 34 CHAPTER 6 SATA II IN TERF A CE 6. 1 Introduct io n The S pinp oin t M9 T d is k d riv e is equi p ped with an in d ustry stan dar d SATA In te rf ace f ully su pp or ts and enhances PC mass sto rag e r e q ui r ements. The SA T A inte r f ace conforms to t h e S e r ia l A T A stan d ar d s in C abli ng[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 35 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 -tw o ( 32 ) bits o f d ata. A Dw ord m a y be represen ted as 32 b it s, as two adjac en t wor ds , or as f ou r adj ace nt b y tes . Wh en sh o wn as b i[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 36 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 da ta char acte rs in b y tes 1 - 3. SHADOW REGISTER BL OC K REGISTE RS - Sha do w Re gister Block registers are inte rface regis ters us ed for d [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 37 6.3.2 I/O Register - A ddr ess T he co mm un icati o n to or f rom drive is th r ou g h the SA T A in te rf ace. T o the host s y stem the SA TA d ri ve emu lates a par allel ATA drive. As su ch , the f o ll o wi ng regis te rs are no t acce ss ed dir ect l y h ost to dr iv e. Th e regis te rs a re s et[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 38 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 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 • HOB is the High Orde r Byte used for hos t to access the Extended Reg isters in the 48 - bit LBA mode • SRST is th e ho st so ftwa re re se t bit . T[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 39 • A BRT (Abort ed Co mm a nd) i nd icates the reques te d 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 ec ause 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 mman d depend en t. NOTE: U nu s ed b its [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 40 • DEV is re s er ve d. • B it 0-b it3 is defin ed f or th e b inar y cod ed a d 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 tively, th en h ead 3 will be s electe d). H S3 is the m os t signif ica n t b it. In 28 b it LB A m od e b it 0-3 [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 41 CHAPTER 7 S ATA II FE ATU RE SET T h is s ecti on describ es the SA TA II f eat ure s et su ppor ted in the Samsung Spi npoint M9T drive . 7.1 D ev ic e Activit y Sign al Spinpoi nt M9T implem en ted the De v ice Acti vit y Sign al on the SATA po we r conn ect or pin- 11 . Th e im ple m en tat i on is b[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 42 I f the NCQ co mm and is ex ec ut ed with e rr or, the drive will rep o rt th e e rr or i nf or m ati on from the R ead Lo g Ex te nd ed lo g p age 10 h. Th is is sp ecial lo g p age for the NC Q co mm and e rr or r e po r ti ng. The d etails of th e e rr o r infor m ati o n are defin ed in the SATA II [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 43 7.6 Softw ar e Set ting s P r es erv at i on Spinpoi nt M9T sup por ts SA TA II S of twa re Setti ngs Preser v ati on re qu irem ents. The s etti ngs o f t he fo ll o win 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 dev ice op er ates on th e in te nd [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 44 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 way of a Co mm an d Pac k et. T h is ta b le li s t co mm ands sup por ted by the Spinpoint M9T HD D . Ex te nd ed commands are uni qu e to the 48-b it Addres s featur[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 45 1 Re ad V er ify *3 40 h y y y y y 1 Re ad V er ify Exte nd 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 Prep a re F 3h 1 Sec urit y Er ase Un it F 4 h 1 Sec urit y Fr eeze Loc k F 5 h 1 Sec urit y Set Pas sw o rd F 1 h 1 Sec urit y Un lo [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 46 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, 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 the d[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 47 Th e De vice Conf i gur ati on Set c omm and all ow s a device ma nuf act ur er or a PC ma nuf act ur er to re du ce th e s et of op ti on al c omm a nds , mo d es, o r f eat ur e s ets suppor ted b y a d ev ice as i nd icated b y a Devi ce Configur a tio n Id en ti f y c omm a nd . Th e De vice Conf i [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 48 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 th e in te rn al d ia gn os tic te s ts im p le men ted by the driv e. T he D ia gn os tic Cod e writt e n to th e Err or register is a un ique 8-b it cod e. Ta ble 8-4 Di agno st ic Cod es Co de Des cr iptio n 01h 0 2h 0 3h 0 [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 49 Some param et ers are def in ed as a string of ASCII chara cte rs. For the string “ Co p y right,” 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 , the ord er o f t ra ns m i ss ion is :  1st ch ar acter (‘C ’) is on b i [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 50 Wor d Co n te nt Des cri ptio n 2 1=the f iel ds re po r t ed 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 (Obsol e te ) 54 XX X Xh Nu m b er o f cu rr ent lo g ical c y li nd ers (Ob so l e te) 55 XX X Xh Nu[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 51 Wor d Co n te nt Des cri ptio n 3 De v ic e in itiati ng in te rf ace po w er management en ab l ed 2 DMA Set up Auto- Acti v ate op ti m izati on en abl ed 1 N on - ze ro b uf f er of fs ets in DMA Set up FIS 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 TA-2, A TA-[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 52 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 o rted 0 1=SMAR T e rr o r lo gg ing s up po rt ed 85 746 9 h Co mm and s et/ f eat ure enab le d. (The def au lt manuf act u ring[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 53 Wor d Co n te nt Des cri ptio n 88 00 7 Fh Ult ra DMA tra ns f er mod es 15-8 Cu rr ent acti 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 DMA m od[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 54 Wor d Co n te nt Des cri ptio n 2 1 = Sec ur ity lo ck ed 1 1 =Sec ur ity en ab l ed 0 1 = Sec ur ity s u 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 nu mb er 20 6 -254 000 0 h Re s er v[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 55 8.2.10 Initia lize Device Paramet er s (91 h) T h is co mmand 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 be y ond the ATA st a nd ard an d no t recom me nd ed b y th e man u fa ctu[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 56 I f the d rive ente rs NCQ m od e and a non -qu eue 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 queu e comm a nd b een ov er la pp ed with n on - qu eu e. I f a qu eue tag is no t f inish ed and a no th e r sam e tag command is r ecei ved, th e drive will resp on[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 57 T he con te n ts of the Co mm and Blo ck registe rs, fo ll o wing the tra ns f er of a d ata b lock , 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 indiv i du al reques ts to ob tain v alid e rr or info r m ati on. Su bs equent b locks are transf err [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 58 8.2.21 R ec alibrate (10 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 and 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 be y ond the ATA s ta nd ard and no t r ec om me nd ed by t h e ma nu f a ct u re r . T h is [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 59 Ta ble 8-8 Securi ty E r as e Unit Pas sw o 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 Mas 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 er [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 60 Ta ble 8-10 I den tif ier a nd sec uri ty le v el bit int er a ctio n Ide nt ifier Le v el Comma nd re sult Us er Hi gh T he pa ss wo rd su pp lied with the co mm and sh all b e sav ed as th e n ew Us e r passw ord . T he L o c k m od e sh all b e enab led fro m th e n ex t po we r-on or hard wa re res [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 61 Ta ble 8-11 Set Feat ures Re gist er D efi ni tio ns Code Des cr iption 02 h Enab le Wr ite Ca ch 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 Enab 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 Enab le us e of SA T A[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 62 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 fer. SA TA tra ns f er sp eed is depe nd ing u pon the negot iated in te rf ace sp eed of eith er Gen III 6 .0 G bp s ~ Gen I 1. 5 Gb ps . The m od e s et t in g in th e Set F eat ur e c om mand is fo r b ac k wa r[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 63 8.2.34 SMART (B0h) In d ivi du al SMAR T c om ma nd s are id en tified b y the v al ue p laced in th e F eat ure r esis te r. B el ow dep icts th es e F eat ure register v al u e s. Ta ble 8-14 SMART Fea t 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 (SMA[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 64 A v al ue of F 1h wr itten b y t he hos t in to the d ev ice ’ s Sect or C oun t Regis ter bef or e i ss u ing th is comm and 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 bef or e[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 65 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 s t ru ct ure to th e hos 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 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 26 V 3 [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 66 Data Struct ure Revi si on Num be r 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 imple m en ted b y t h e dev ice. Th is revision n u m b 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 stru ct u re s. S MA RT A tt[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 67 T he S MA RT attribute Statu s F lags are : Ta ble 8-16 SM ART A tt rib u te Status 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 t han o r e qu al to its co rr e spo ndin g att ribu te thresho ld ind icates an advi s or y c ond it ion where th e us ag e [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 68 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 r o m 0x01 th ro u gh 0xff. The at trib ut e defin ed fo r Spinpoin t M9 T are as f o ll o w[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 69 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 fo r th is word ar e fro m 0 00 1h to FF F Fh. Self - test [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 70 d ata co llecti on ac tivity af ter some 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) - If th is b it is cl ear ed to ze ro , the dev ice do es no t supp o rt off- li ne r ead s ca nnin g. If th is bit is s et to on e, the dev ice sup por ts off - li ne r e[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 71 8.2.35 Standby ( E2 h) T h is c om mand ca us es the drive to en ter Sta ndby M od e. See 6. 6.3 for the protoco l. The dr ive may 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 d y spu n d own, the spin do wn sequ en ce is not exe [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 72 T h is co mm and is ob so lete in the AT A7 sp eci f icati on. The sup por ti ng o f th is co m mand is f o r backwa r d co m p ati b ili t y pu r pos e. The use of th is co mm an d is b e y ond th e 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 is co mm and is sim ilar to t [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 73 I f the ID is r ead corr ect l y , th e 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 po n co mm a nd co mp let i on , the Co mm and Blo ck r eg iste rs con tain the cy l inder, h ea d, an d s ect or nu m b er of the la st s ec tor w[...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 74 CHAPTER 9 M AINTE N AN CE 9.1 Ge n era l Infor mati on Sams ung Spinpoint M9T 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 design and e xtens ive us e of microelectronics . Th ei r des ign allo ws fast , eas y sub -a ss e mbl y replace ment without adjustments , gr [...]

Spinpoint M9 T Pro duct Ma nu al RE V 1 .0 75 Fig. 9-1: H DD ha ndling g uide - P le as e ha ndle H DD by si de s urf 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![...]

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