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Samsung SpinPoint M9T, Product Manual

The Samsung SpinPoint M9T is a premium internal hard drive that offers ample storage capacity for your digital files. With a user-friendly interface, accessing its full potential is made easy with the easy-to-follow Product Manual. You can download the manual for free at manualshive.com, ensuring a seamless installation and optimal performance.

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Summary of Contents for SpinPoint M9T

Page 1: ...M9T Product Manual SATA 2 5 Hard Disk Drive September 04 2013 Rev 1 0 PMM9T SATA 100736114a ...

Page 2: ...s and one terabyte or TB equals one trillion bytes Your computer s operating system may use a different standard of measurement and report a lower capacity In addition some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions and thus will not be available for data storage Actual data rates may vary depending on operating environment and other factors The export or re export of hardwa...

Page 3: ...ctivity 17 4 5 DRIVE INSTALLATION 21 CHAPTER 5 DISK DRIVE OPERATION 22 5 1 HEAD DISK ASSEMBLY HDA 22 5 1 1 Base Casting Assembly 22 5 1 2 DC Spindle Motor Assembly 22 5 1 3 Disk Stack Assembly 24 5 1 4 Head Stack Assembly 24 5 1 5 Voice Coil Motor and Actuator Latch Assemblies 24 5 1 6 Air Filtration System 24 5 1 7 Load Unload Mechanism 24 5 2 DRIVE ELECTRONICS 25 5 2 1 Digital Signal Process and...

Page 4: ... Sector Count Register and Sector Count Extended Register Ex 1F2h 40 6 3 4 6 Cylinder High Register and Cylinder High Extended Register Ex 1F5h 40 6 3 4 7 Cylinder Low Register and Cylinder Low Extended Register Ex 1F4h 40 6 3 4 8 Command Register Ex 1F7h 40 6 3 4 9 Device Register Ex 1F6h 40 6 3 4 10 Status Register Ex 1F7h 41 CHAPTER 7 SATA II FEATURE SET 42 7 1 DEVICE ACTIVITY SIGNAL 42 7 2 STA...

Page 5: ...s F9h 37h extended 63 8 2 31 Set Multiple Mode C6h 63 8 2 32 Sleep E6h 63 8 2 33 Standby E2h 63 8 2 34 SMART B0h 64 8 2 34 1 Smart disable operations D9h 64 8 2 34 2 Smart enable disable attribute auto save D2h 64 8 2 34 3 Smart enable operations D8h 65 8 2 34 4 Smart execute off line immediate D4h 65 8 2 34 5 Smart read data D0h 66 8 2 34 6 SMART read log sector D5h 71 8 2 34 7 SMART return statu...

Page 6: ...tify data structure 49 Table 8 4 Diagnostic Codes 50 Table 8 5 IDENTIFY DEVICE information 51 Table 8 6 Automatic Standby Timer Periods 56 Table 8 7 Security password content 60 Table 8 8 Security Erase Unit Password 61 Table 8 9 Security Set Password data content 61 Table 8 10 Identifier and security level bit interaction 62 Table 8 11 Set Features Register Definitions 63 Table 8 12 Transfer Mode...

Page 7: ...f references that might be helpful to the reader 1 1 User Definition The Spinpoint M9T product manual is intended for the following readers Original Equipment Manufacturers OEMs Distributors 1 2 Manual Organization This manual provides information about installation principles of operation and interface command implementation It is organized into the following chapters Chapter 1 SCOPE Chapter 2 DE...

Page 8: ...on topology and each channel works independently There is no sharing of interface master slave drive configuration and no master slave jumper settings This is different from Parallel ATA PATA architecture where 2 drives per port are supported by a shared bus and drives are designated as master or slave drive based on jumper pin or cable selection Unlike parallel ATA SATA drives are hot plug and ho...

Page 9: ...PCB electronics The drive s electrical interface is compatible with all mandatory optional and vendor specific commands within the ATA specification Drive size conforms to the industry standard 2 5 inch form factor with a SATA 15 pin DC power connector and the standard SATA 7 pin Interface connector The Spinpoint M9T hard disk drive incorporates TuMR head and Noise Predictive PRML Partial Response...

Page 10: ... Pin 11 Device Activity Signal Activity LED Pin 11 Staggered Spin up Control Auto Activate DMA Setup FIS Native Command Queuing with queue depth of 32 First Party DMA Phy Event Counters Software Settings Preservation SATA Device Hot Plug Capability Device Initiated Power Management Supports LBA Addressing modes Supports all logical geometries as programmed by the host Transparent media defect mapp...

Page 11: ...mperature regulation The Spinpoint M9T hard disk drive satisfies the following standards and regulations Underwriters Laboratory UL Standard 1950 Information technology equipment including business equipment Technisher Überwachungs Verein TUV Standard EN 60 950 Information technology equipment including business equipment 2 4 Hardware Requirements The Spinpoint M9T hard disk drive is designed for ...

Page 12: ... disk drive 3 1 Specification Summary Table 3 1 Specifications DESCRIPTION ST1500LM006 ST1500LM007 ST1500LM010 ST2000LM003 ST2000LM004 ST2000LM006 Number of R W heads 5 6 6 Maximum KBPI 2731 Flexible data TPI 480K Encoding method LDPC low density parity check encoding Interface SATA 6 0 Gbps 3 0Gbps 1 5 Gbps Actuator type Rotary Voice Coil Servo type Embedded Sector Servo Spindle speed RPM 5400 RP...

Page 13: ...25mm 3 951 0 008 0 010 inch 69 85 0 25 mm 2 75 0 010 inch 9 5 0 2 mm 0 374 0 008 inch 3 Disk 130 g 0 29 lb 3 3 Logical Configurations Table 3 3 Logical Configurations 1MB 1 000 000 Bytes 1GB 1 000 000 000 Bytes Accessible capacity may vary as some OS uses binary numbering system for reported capacity DESCRIPTION ST1500LM006 ST1500LM007 ST1500LM010 ST2000LM003 ST2000LM004 ST2000LM006 Total Number o...

Page 14: ...e is incurred after a seek completion prior to reading or writing user data Startup time is the time elapsed between the supply voltages reaching operating range and the drive being ready to accept all commands Actual rotational speed can be different a little Performance specification is limited to the room temperature normal voltage condition DESCRIPTION ST1500LM006 ST1500LM007 ST1500LM010 ST200...

Page 15: ...t Up mA 1000 Low Power Idle Watt 0 7 Read Write Watt 2 3 Seek Watt 2 0 Stand by Watt 0 18 Sleep Watt 0 18 Power Requirements Tolerance For 5V 5 Ripple 0 30MHz mVp p 100 Supply Rise Time us msec 10us 100ms Supply Fall Time Sec 5 1 Random seek 30 Duty cycle seek commands with logical random location 2 Read Write Avg Read Write operation at OD for 32 sectors 3 All the power should be measured at the ...

Page 16: ...specified operation temperature 0 C 60 C 40 C 70 C 20 C 20 hr Relative Humidity non condensing Operation Non operation Maximum wet bulb temperature Operating Non operating 5 90 5 95 30 C 40 C Altitude relative to sea level Operating Non operating 304 8 m to 3 048 m 304 8 m to 12 192 m Vibration Operating 10 500 Hz Random Non operating 10 500 Hz Random 1 5 Grms 5 85 Grms Linear Shock 1 2 sine pulse...

Page 17: ...tions DESCRIPTION ST1500LM006 ST1500LM007 ST1500LM010 ST2000LM003 ST2000LM004 ST2000LM006 Recoverable Read Error 10 in 1011 bits Non Recoverable Read Error 1 sector in 1014 bits MTBF POH 550 000 hours MTTR Typical 5 minutes Load Unload Cycles Ambient 600 000 Figure 3 1 Recommended Case Temperature Measurement Position ...

Page 18: ... INSTALLATION CHAPTER 4 INSTALLATION This chapter describes how to unpack mount configure and connect a Spinpoint M9T hard disk drive It also describes how to install the drive in systems 4 1 Space Requirements Refer to Figure 4 2 on page 15 ...

Page 19: ...to protect the drive from ESD damage after removing it from the bag CAUTION During shipment and handling the anti static ESD protection bag prevents electronic component damage due to electrostatic discharge To avoid accidental damage to the drive do not use a sharp instrument to open the ESD protection bag 4 Save the packing material for possible future use 4 3 Mounting Refer to your system manua...

Page 20: ...LATION 4 3 1 Orientation Figure 4 2 shows the physical dimensions and mounting holes located on each side of the drive The mounting holes on Spinpoint M9T hard disk drive allow the drive to be mounted in any direction Figure 4 2 Mounting Dimensions ...

Page 21: ...ed within a point to point configuration with the SATA host port There is no master or slave relationship within the devices Thus SATA does not require master slave jumper The drive interface section of the host adapter employs a new design which processed data into a serial data control system Figure 4 4 illustrates the connection for the SATA There are two cables for SATA drives One is for data ...

Page 22: ...ainboard or Serial ATA host adapter Figure 4 5 Connectivity to Drives Figure 4 5 illustrates Connectivity of SATA to drives It can be used with a SATA host adapter lower picture or directly into motherboard that has the SATA built in host bus adapter upper picture ...

Page 23: ...on the SATA interface and power connector It is based on SATA 1 0a Specifications Note that pin numbers is designated from the pin farthest from power segment Table 4 1 SATA Connector Pin Definitions Data Signal Connector Pin Function Definition S1 Ground Ground S2 Rx Differential Signal pair S3 Rx Differential Signal pair S4 Ground Ground S5 Tx Differential Signal Pair S6 Tx Differential Signal p...

Page 24: ...erface connector on the drive connects the drive to an SATA host bus adapter or an on board SATA adapter in the computer Figure 4 6 illustrates the power SATA and factory use only jumper Figure 4 7 shows pin locations on the SATA drive Figure 4 6 HDD Power SATA Interface and Factory Jumper Connector ...

Page 25: ...Installation The Spinpoint M9T hard disk drive can be installed in a SATA compatible system Figure 4 8 indicates the interface and power cable connections required for proper drive installation Figure 4 8 DC Power Connector and SATA Bus Interface Cable Connections ...

Page 26: ...epaired CAUTION To avoid contamination in the HDA never remove or adjust its cover and seals Disassembling the HDA voids your warranty The Spinpoint M9T hard disk drive models and capacities are distinguished by the number of heads and disks The ST2000LM003 ST2000LM004 and ST2000LM006 have three 3 disks and six 6 read write heads The ST1500LM006 ST1500LM007 and ST1500LM010 have three 3 disks and f...

Page 27: ...Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1 0 22 Figure 5 1 Exploded Mechanical View ...

Page 28: ...the magnet yoke Pawl latch and rubber crash stops mounted on a magnetic yoke physically prevent the head s from moving beyond the designed inner boundary into the spindle or off the disk surface Current from the power amplifier induces a magnetic field in the voice coil Fluctuations in the field around the permanent magnets move the voice coil so that heads can be positioned in the requested cylin...

Page 29: ... core to perform the ATA interface control buffer data flow management disk format read write control and error correction functions of an embedded disk drive controller The DSP communicates with the disk controller module by reading from and writing to its various internal registers To the DSP core the registers of the disk controller appear as unique memory or I O locations that are randomly acc...

Page 30: ...ct Manual REV 1 0 25 Disk Preamp Motor Control Format Sequencer Read Channel Host Interface Block SATA Host Bus 6 Gbps CPU System Disk Controller Buffer Control Block DDR Figure 5 2 Spinpoint M9T Functional Block Diagram ...

Page 31: ...or multiword DMA modes 0 through 2 Support for synchronous DMA UDMA transfer mode 0 through 7 Mode 7 is referring to 150 MB S Support for First Party DMA FDMA for NCQ commands 5 2 2 2 The Buffer Control Block The Buffer Control block manages the flow of data into and out of the buffer Significant automation allows buffer activity to take place automatically during read write operations between the...

Page 32: ...as defect skipping servo burst data splitting branching on critical buffer status and data compare operations Once the Disk Sequencer is started it executes each word in logical order At the completion of the current instruction word it either continues to the next instruction continues to execute some other instruction based upon an internal or external condition having been met or it stops Durin...

Page 33: ...unctions include a time base generator AGC circuitry asymmetry correction circuitry ASC analog anti aliasing low pass filter analog to digital converter ADC digital FIR filter timing recovery circuits Viterbi detector sync mark detection Iterative code ENDEC serializer and de serializer and write pre compensation circuits Servo functions include servo data detection and PES demodulation Additional...

Page 34: ...rted to digital signal with the ADC Its main function is to avoid aliasing for the ADC circuit 5 2 3 5 Analog to Digital Converter ADC and FIR The output of the analog filter is quantified using a 6 bit FLASH ADC The digitized data is then equalized by the FIR to the NPV target response for Viterbi detection The FIR filter consists of 10 independent programmable taps Figure 5 3 Read Write 88C10010...

Page 35: ...e is a position loop with velocity damping Settle mode does not use feed forward 3 Velocity control mode is used for acceleration and deceleration of the actuator for seeking of two or more tracks A seek operation of this length is accomplished with a velocity control loop The drive s ROM stores the velocity profile in a look up table 5 4 Read and Write Operations The following two sections descri...

Page 36: ...2 switches the Preamplifier and Write Driver IC to write mode and selects a head Once the Preamplifier and Write Driver IC receives a write gate signal it transmits current reversals to the head which writes magnetic transitions on the disk 5 5 Firmware Features This section describes the following firmware features Read Caching Write Caching Track Skewing Defect Management Automatic Defect Alloca...

Page 37: ...IC 90h READ LONG 23h WRITE VERIFY 3Ch INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETER 91h SLEEP 99h E6h STANDBY IMMEDIATELY 94h E0h READ BUFFER E4h WRITE BUFFER E8h WRITE SAME E9h 5 5 2 Write Caching Write caching improves both single and multi sector write performance by reducing delays introduced by rotational latency When the drive writes a pattern of multiple sequential data it stores the data to a cache buffer a...

Page 38: ...ved sector areas determined by the HDD firmware 5 5 5 SMART The intent of Self monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART is to protect user data and to minimize the likelihood of unscheduled system downtime that may be caused by unpredictable degradation and or device fault By monitoring and storing critical performance and calibration parameters SMART devices attempt to predict the likel...

Page 39: ... times within the characters of the ALIGN primitive CODE VIOLATION A code violation is an error that occurs in the reception process as a result of 1 a running disparity violation or 2 an encoded character that does not translate to a valid data or control character or 3 an encoded character that translates to a control character other than K28 5 or K28 3 in byte 0 of a Dword or 4 an encoded chara...

Page 40: ...g in First party DMA mode uses First party DMA as a primary communications method between the host and the device A software driver uses legacy mode commands to place the device into First party DMA mode of operation The legacy mode command places the device into the First party DMA mode of operation and the command protocol used between a device and host when in First party DMA mode are not speci...

Page 41: ...al information please consult the document entitled Serial ATA High Speed Serialized AT Attachment Revision 3 1 released on July 18 2011 available from http www serialata org A device can operate in either of two addressing modes CHS or LBA on a command by command basis The CHS mode is supported for legacy command access only The task file registers contains the Cylinder Head and Sector informatio...

Page 42: ...nt Current Sector Count Previous Sector Count Current Sector Count Previous LBA Low Current LBA Low Previous LBA Low Current LBA Low Previous LBA Mid Current LBA Mid Previous LBA Mid Current LBA Mid Previous LBA High Current LBA High Previous LBA High Current LBA High Previous Device Device Status Command Control Block registers Alternate Status Device Control 6 3 3 Control Block Register Descript...

Page 43: ...res Register and Feature Extended Register Ex 1F1h This register is command specific and used to enable and disable features of the interface e g by the Set Features command to enable and disable caching The Feature Extended Register contains the upper byte of the Feature Register 6 3 4 3 Sector Number Register and Sector Number Extended Register Ex 1F3h In CHS mode this register contains the star...

Page 44: ...tended Register Ex 1F5h In CHS mode the Cylinder High Register contains the high order bits of the starting cylinder address for any disk access In LBA mode the Cylinder High Register contains bits 16 23 of the LBA The Cylinder High Extended Register contains bits 40 47 of the 48 bit LBA At the end of the command this register is updated to reflect the current disk address The most significant bit...

Page 45: ...id If the host reads this register when an interrupt is pending it is considered to be the interrupt acknowledge Any pending interrupt is cleared whenever this register is read 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 BSY DRDY DRQ Obsolete Obsolete ERR B S Y Busy is set whenever the drive has access to the Command Block registers The host should not access the Command Block registers when BSY 1 When BSY 1 a read of any Co...

Page 46: ...the host floating devices that support staggered spin up disable through pin 11 shall enable staggered spin up 7 3 Auto Activate in DMA Setup FIS Spinpoint M9T implemented the option for the Auto Activate in DMA Setup FIS With this feature enabled the DMA Setup FIS is automatically activated This automation help improve the efficiency of the DMA data transfer This feature can be enabled by the SAT...

Page 47: ...1 Phy Event Counter Supports Identifier Bits 11 0 Mandatory Optional Supported Description 000h Mandatory Y No counter value marks end of counters in the page 001h Mandatory Y Command failed due to an ICRC error 002h Optional Y Data FIS R_ERR ending status transmitted and received 003h Optional Y Data FIS R_ERR ending status transmitted only 004h Optional Y Data FIS R_ERR ending status received on...

Page 48: ...nsfer Mode o Read Look Ahead Set Multiple Mode 7 7 SATA Power Management Spinpoint M9T supports SATA power management from the SATA I and SATA II specifications The SATA power management is designed to conserve interface power usage when the bus is not active There are two power management requests PM Partial and PM Slumber These two states can be requested by either the host or the device When en...

Page 49: ... 1 Device Configuration B1h Overlay 1 Execute Device 90h Diagnostic 1 Flush Cache E7h 1 Flush Cache Extended EAh 1 Format Track 3 50h 1 Initialize Device 91h Parameters 3 1 Identify Device ECh 1 Idle E3h 1 Idle Immediate E1h 1 NOP 00h 1 Read Buffer E4h 1 Read DMA C8h 1 Read DMA Extended 25h 2 Read FPDMA Queued 60h 1 Read Log Extended 2Fh 1 Read Long 3 22h 1 Read Multiple C4h 1 Read Multiple Extend...

Page 50: ...T B0h y y y y y 1 Standby E2h y 1 Standby Immediate E0h 1 Write Buffer E8h 1 Write DMA CAh y y y y y 1 Write DMA Extended 35h y y y y y y y y y 2 Write FPDMA Queued 61h y y y y y y y y y y 1 Write Log Extended 3Fh y y y y y y y y 1 Write Multiple C5h y y y y y 1 Write Multiple Extended 39h y y y y y y y y 1 Write Sector s 30h y y y y y 1 Write Sector s Extended 34h y y y y y y y y Legend LH LBA Hi...

Page 51: ...ures Table 8 2 Device Configuration Overlay Feature Register Values Value Command C0h Device Configuration Restore C1h Device Configuration Freeze Lock C2h Device Configuration Identify C3h Device Configuration Set 00h BFh C4h FFh Reserved The Device Configuration Restore command disables any setting previously made by a Device The Device Configuration Freeze Lock command prevents accidental modif...

Page 52: ...g support for Ultra DMA mode 4 and below is allowed 3 1 Reporting support for Ultra DMA mode 3 and below is allowed 2 1 Reporting support for Ultra DMA mode 2 and below is allowed 1 1 Reporting support for Ultra DMA mode 1 and below is allowed 0 1 Reporting support for Ultra DMA mode 0 is allowed 3 6 Maximum LBA 7 Command set feature set supported 15 14 Reserved 13 1 Reporting support for SMART Co...

Page 53: ...e When the command is issued prepares to transfer the 256 words of device identification data to the host sets the DRQ bit clears the BSY bit and generates an interrupt The host can then transfer the data by reading the Data register The parameter words in the buffer have the arrangement and meanings defined All reserved bits or words will remain to be zero Some parameters are defined as a group o...

Page 54: ...f logical cylinders 2 0 Reserved 3 00XXh Number of logical heads 4 5 0 Retired 6 003Fh Number of logical sectors per logical track 7 8 0 Reserved for CFA 9 0 Retired 10 19 Serial number 20 ASCII characters 0 not specified 20 0000h Retired 21 4000h Retired 22 0004h Number of ECC bytes Device native length is selected via set feature command 23 26 Firmware revision 8 ASCII characters 27 46 Model num...

Page 55: ...me in nanoseconds 120ns 16 6MB S 66 0078h Manufacturer s recommended Multiword DMA transfer cycle time 15 0 Cycle time in nanoseconds 120ns 16 6MB S 67 0078h Minimum PIO transfer cycle time without flow control 15 0 Cycle time in nanoseconds 120ns 16 6MB S 68 0078h Minimum PIO transfer cycle time with IORDY flow control 15 0 Cycle time in nanoseconds 120ns 16 6MB S 69 79 0000h Reserved 71 74 0000h...

Page 56: ...l be set to one 13 1 FLUSH CACHE Ext supported 12 1 Mandatory FLUSH CACHE command supported 11 1 Device Configuration Overlay features supported 10 1 48 bit address feature supported 9 Reserved 8 1 SET MAX Security feature supported 7 1 Set Address Offset Reserved Area Boot INCITS TR27 2001 6 1 SET FEATURES subcommand required to spin up after power up 5 1 Power up standby feature set supported 4 ...

Page 57: ...dress feature supported 9 Reserved 8 1 SET MAX security feature enabled by SET MAX SET PASSWORD 7 1 Set Address Offset Reserved Area Boot INCITS TR27 2001 6 1 SET FEATURES subcommand required to spin up after power up 5 1 Power Up Standby feature set enabled 4 1 Removable media status notification feature set enabled 3 1 Advanced Power Management feature set enabled 2 1 CFA feature set enabled 1 1...

Page 58: ...um Request Size 96 0000h Streaming Transfer Time DMA 97 0000h Streaming Access Latency DMA and PIO 98 99 0000h Streaming Performance Granularity 100 103 xxxxh Maximum User LBA for 48 bit address 100 LSB 104 0000h Streaming Transfer Time PIO 105 0000h Reserved 106 4000h Physical sector size Logical Sector Size 107 Inter seek delay for ISO 7779 acoustic testing in microseconds 108 xxxxh Worldwide na...

Page 59: ...r Count register is non zero then the automatic Idle Mode sequence is enabled and the timer begins counting down immediately If the Sector Count register is zero the automatic power down sequence is disabled After the drive enters Idle Mode it automatically transitions to Standby Mode upon expiration of a prescribed 1 minute spin down timer Table 8 6 Automatic Standby Timer Periods Sector Count Re...

Page 60: ...lears BSY and generates an interrupt The host then reads up to 512 bytes of data from the buffer The Read Buffer and Write Buffer commands are synchronized so that sequential Write Buffer E8h and Read Buffer commands access the same 512 bytes within the buffer 8 2 13 Read DMA C8h 25h extended This command executes in a manner similar to the Read Sector s command except for the drive issues only on...

Page 61: ...29h extended The Read Multiple command performs similarly to the Read Sectors command except interrupts are not generated on every sector but on the transfer of a block which contains the number of sectors defined by a Set Multiple command Command execution is identical to the Read Sectors operation except that the numbers of sectors as defined by a Set of Multiple command are transferred without ...

Page 62: ... Once at the desired track the drive searches for the appropriate ID field If the ID is read correctly the data address mark shall be recognized within a specified number of bytes or the Address Mark Not Found error is posted DRQ is always set prior to data transfer regardless of the presence or absence of an error condition At command completion the Command Block registers contain the address of ...

Page 63: ...ent of the security password If the password selected by word 0 matches the password previously saved by the device the device shall unlock mode This command shall not change the Master password The Master password shall be reactivated only when a User password is set Table 8 7 Security password content Word Content 0 Control word Bit 0 Identifier 0 compare User password 1 compare Master password ...

Page 64: ...frozen mode the command executes and the device shall remain in frozen mode Commands disabled by SECURITY FREEZE LOCK are as follows SECURITY SET PASSWORD SECURITY UNLOCK SECURITY DISABLE PASSWORD SECURITY ERASE PREPARE SECURITY ERASE UNIT 8 2 26 Security Set Password F1h This command transfers 512 bytes of data from the host Table defines the content of this information The data transferred contr...

Page 65: ...tes of data from the host If the Identifier bit is set to Master and the device is in high security level then the password supplied shall be compared with the stored Master password If the device is in maximum security level then the unlock shall be rejected If the Identifier bit is set to the user then the device needs to compare the supplied password with the stored User password If the passwor...

Page 66: ...transition SC 06 Software Settings Preservation AAh Enable read look ahead feature BBh Obsolete Set 4 byte ECC length D2h DFh VU Features F0h FFh VU Features When the drive receives this command it checks the contents of the Feature register clears BSY and generates an interrupt If the value in the Feature register is not supported or is invalid the drive posts an Aborted Command error A host can ...

Page 67: ...e Multiple commands and execution of those commands is enabled If a block count is not supported an Aborted Command error is posted and Read Multiple and Write Multiple commands are disabled At power on or after a hardware reset the default mode is Read and Write Multiple disabled And on software reset the default mode of Read and Write Multiple will not be changed 8 2 32 Sleep E6h This command is...

Page 68: ...e of SMART either enabled or disabled shall be preserved by the device across power cycles After receipt of this command by the device all other SMART commands including SMART DISABLE OPERATIONS commands with the exception of SMART ENABLE OPERATIONS are disabled and invalid and shall be command aborted by the device 8 2 34 2 Smart enable disable attribute auto save D2h This command enables and dis...

Page 69: ... of the new command After servicing the interrupting command from host the device may immediately re initiate or resume its off line data collection activities without any additional commands from host If the device is in the process of performing its off line data collection activities and is interrupted by a STANDBY IMMEDIATE command from the host the device shall suspend or abort its off line d...

Page 70: ...pecific 367 F Off line data collection capability 368 369 F SMART capability 370 F Error logging capability 7 1 Reserved 0 1 Device error logging supported 371 X Vendor specific 372 F Short self test routine recommended polling time in minutes 373 F Extended self test routine recommended polling time in minutes 370 385 R Reserved 386 510 X Vendor specific 511 V Data structure checksum Key F the co...

Page 71: ...length Total number of the attributes is 30 Each attribute defines Attribute ID Status Flag Attribute Value and Vendor Specific bytes The Attribute ID is range from 01h to FFh The Vendor Specific bytes are not defined in these specifications Byte Definition 00 Attribute ID Number 01 02 Status Flag 03 Attribute Value 04 11 Vendor Specific Attribute Information These data structures contain informat...

Page 72: ...operation of the device or during both normal operation and off line testing 2 Performance 1 Attributes that characterizes a performance aspects of the drive degradation of which may indicate imminent drive failure such as data throughput seek times spin up time etc 3 Error rate 1 Attribute that is based on the expected non fatal errors that are inherent in disk drives increases in which may indic...

Page 73: ...97 Pending sector count Off line scan pending sectors 198 Uncorrectable sector count Off line scan uncorrectable sectors 199 UDMA CRC error rate CRC Errors during UDMA transfer 200 Write error rate Errors during write operations 201 Soft error rate Soft errors during read operations Off line data collection status The value of the off line data collection status byte defines the current status of ...

Page 74: ... failed 6 The previous self test completed having the servo and or seek test element of the test failed 7 The previous self test completed having the read element of the test failed 8 The previous self test completed having a test element that failed and the device is suspected of having handling damage 9 14 Reserved 15 Self test routine in progress Total time to complete off line data collection ...

Page 75: ...Standby mode Bit 1 SMART data auto save after event capability bit The value of this bit shall be equal to one for devices complying with this standard Bits 2 15 reserved Self test routine recommended polling time The self test routine recommended polling time shall be equal to the number of minutes that is the minimum recommended time before which the host should first poll for test completion st...

Page 76: ...Any error encountered during Write DMA execution results in the termination of data transfer The drive issues an interrupt to indicate that data transfer has terminated and the status is available in the Error register The error posting is the same as that for the Write Sector s command 8 2 39 Write FPDMA Queued 61h This command is implemented according to the Serial ATA II Extension to Serial ATA...

Page 77: ...he block count requested If the number of requested sectors is not evenly divisible by the block count as many full blocks as possible are transferred followed by a final partial block transfer The partial block transfer is for n sectors where n Remainder Sector Count Block Count If the Write Multiple command is attempted before the Set Multiple Mode command has been executed or when Write Multipl...

Page 78: ...f the last sector written in CHS mode or the logical block address in LBA mode If an error occurs during a write of more than one sector writing terminates at the sector where the error occurs The Command Block registers contain the cylinder head and sector number of the sector where the error occurred in CHS mode or the logical block address in LBA mode The host may then read the command block to...

Page 79: ...arge when handling the Spinpoint M9T hard disk drive 5 Do not touch cover and the components on the PCB Please see the Fig 9 2 6 Do not stack the HDDs in column Please see the Fig 9 3 7 Avoid harsh shocks or vibration to the drive at all times Please see the Fig 9 4 8 Observe the environmental limits specified for this product as listed in section 3 6 9 If it becomes necessary to move your compute...

Page 80: ...Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1 0 75 Fig 9 1 HDD handling guide Please handle HDD by side surfaces Fig 9 2 HDD handling guide Do not Touch Cover and PCB Fig 9 3 HDD handling guide Do Not Stack ...

Page 81: ...y for a specific drive use a web browser to access the following web page http samsunghdd seagate com then click on the Warranty Tab and follow the steps outlined You will be asked to provide the drive serial number model number or part number and country of purchase The system will display the warranty information for your drive ...

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