Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification
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14.5
Flush Cache Ext (EAh)
Command Block Output Registers
Command Block Input Registers
Register
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 Register
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Data Low
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- Data Low
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Data High
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- Data High
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Current
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-
-
-
-
-
-
- Error
...See Below...
Feature
Previous
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-
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-
-
-
-
-
Current
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-
-
-
-
-
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-
HOB=0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sector Count
Previous
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sector Count
HOB=1
-
- - - - - -
-
Current
-
-
-
-
-
-
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-
HOB=0
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
LBA Low
Previous
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-
-
-
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-
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-
LBA Low
HOB=1
-
- - - - - -
-
Current
-
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-
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HOB=0
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-
-
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-
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-
LBA Mid
Previous
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-
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LBA Mid
HOB=1
-
- - - - - -
-
Current
-
-
-
-
-
-
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-
HOB=0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
LBA High
Previous
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
LBA High
HOB=1
-
- - - - - -
-
Device -
-
-
-
-
-
-
- Device
-
- - - - - -
-
Command
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0 Status
...See Below...
Error Register
Status Register
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
CRC UNC 0 IDN 0 ABT T0N AMN BSY
RDY DF
DSC
DRQ COR IDX ERR
0 0 0 0 0 V 0 0
0 V 0 V - 0 0 V
Figure 30 Flush Cache EXT Command (EAh)
This command causes the device to complete writing data from its cache.
The device returns good status after data in the write cache is written to disk media.