Hitachi IC25N010ATCS04, Specifications

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This power-down sequence should be followed for entry into any system power-down state, system
suspend state, or system hibernation state. In a robustly designed system, emergency unload is limited to
rare scenarios, such as battery removal during operation.
6.4.6.3 Power switch design considerations
In systems that use the Hitachi Travelstar 60GH & 40GN consideration should be given to the design of
the system power switch.
Hitachi recommends that the switch operate under control of the BIOS, as opposed to being hardwired.
The same recommendation is made for cover-close switches. When a hardwired switch is turned off,
emergency unload occurs, as well as the problems cited in section 5.1, "Data loss by power off" on
page 19 and section 5.2, “Write Cache” on page 19.
6.4.6.4 Test considerations
Start/stop testing is classically performed to verify head/disk durability. The heads do not land on the disk,
so this type of test should be viewed as a test of the load/unload function.
Start/Stop testing should be done by commands through the interface, not by power cycling the drive.
Simple power cycling of the drive invokes the emergency unload mechanism and subjects the HDD to
nontypical mechanical stress.
Power cycling testing may be required to test the boot-up function of the system. In this case Hitachi
recommends that the power-off portion of the cycle contain the sequence specified in section 6.4.6.2,
"Required Power-Off Sequence” on page 29. If this is not done, the emergency unload function is invoked
and nontypical stress results.
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