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M8 Pr oduct Ma nual 2.5” H ar d D is k D rive June 05 , 201 2 . Re v 2. 3.
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Spinpoint M8 P ro d uct Ma nu al REV 2.3 TABLE OF CON TENTS CHAP TE R 1 SC OP E ....... . ....... . ....... . ...... . ..... . ........... . ....... . .......... . ...... . ....... . ... . ........... . ....... . ....... . ......... . 1 1. 1 U SER D EFINIT ION .
Spinpoint M8 P ro d uct Ma nu al REV 2.3 5. 2. 3. 5 An alo g to Dig ita l Co n ve rter ( AD C) and FIR .. .. . .. . ... . ... . ... . .. . ... . .. . .. . ... .. . .... . .. . .. . ... . .. . .... . .. . .. . ... . .. . .. . .. 31 5. 3 S E RV O S Y STEM .
Spinpoint M8 P ro d uct Ma nu al REV 2.3 8.2 .14 Read FP DMA Queu ed ( 60 h) ... . ........... . ... .. ....... . ....... . ......... . ...... . ......... . ......... . ....... . ........ . 58 8.2 .15 Read Log E xt e nd ed (2Fh) ................... . .
Spinpoint M8 P ro d uct Ma nu al REV 2.3 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 M8 Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.3 1 CHAPTER 1 SCO PE W elc ome to the Spinpoint TM M8 ser ies of Samsung TM hard disk driv e. Th is ser ies of driv es c ons is ts of t he followi ng m od el s: ST2 50 LM 004 , ST 320 LM 001 , ST 500 L M 012 , ST 640 LM 001 , ST 750 LM 022 , a nd ST 1000LM 024.
SC OPE Spinpoint M8 Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.3 2 1.3 SA TA T h e A T A ( Advan ced T ec hno l og y Attac h men 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 been ar ou nd fr om 198 0’s. As the PC pro ce sso r sp eed h as imp ro ve d, so have th e d ata r ates o f t he H DD.
Spinpoint M8 Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.3 3 DE SCR IP TIO N CHAPTER 2 DES CRIP TION T h is chap ter s u mm ar izes gener al f un cti ons and ke y f eat ur es of the Spinpoi nt M8 hard dis k dr iv e, as w ell as th e s ta nd ards and regu lati ons they m ee t.
Spinpoint M8 Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.3 4 DE SCR IP TIO N 2.2 Key F ea tures Key f eat ur es of the Spinpoi nt M8 SA T A hard disk drive in cl ud es : Form atted ca p acities are 25 0, 3 20 , 5 00 , 6 40 , 750 GB, 1 TB 9.
Spinpoint M8 Pro duct Manu al RE V 2.3 5 DE SCR IP TIO N 2.3 Standar ds a nd Regu la t io ns T he Spi npoi nt M 8 / Mom en tus ® ser ies hard dis k dri ve de pen ds upo n its h ost e qui pment to pr .
SP EC IFI CA TI ONS Spinpoint M8 Pro duct M anu al RE V 2.3 6 CHAPTER 3 S PE C IFICATIO NS T h is ch ap ter g iv es a d etail descrip ti on of the p h y s ical, elect ric al and environ m en tal char acte ris tics of the Spinpoi nt M8 hard disk driv e.
SP EC IFI CA TI ONS Spinpoint M8 Pro duct M anu al RE V 2.3 7 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 ST 25 0 LM 004 ST32 0 LM 001 ST50 0L M 012 ST64 0L M 001 ST75 0L M 022 ST1 00 0 LM 024 Ph ys ic al dime ns io ns Leng th (mm ) Wid th ( mm ) Hei ght (mm) W ei ght (g, ma x) 10 0.
SP EC IFI CA TI ONS Spinpoint M8 Pro duct M anu al RE V 2.3 8 3.4 Perfor mance Sp e ci f ic at i ons Ta ble 3-4 : P er forma nce Sp ec i fi catio n s DE S CR I PT ION ST 250 LM 00 4 ST 320 LM 00 1 ST .
Spinpoint M8 Pro duct M anu al RE V 2.3 9 SP EC IFI CA TI ONS 3.5 Power con su mp ti on Ta ble 3-5 : Po w er consu mp ti on D ES CRIP TI ON ST 250 LM 004 ST 32 0LM0 01 ST500 L M01 2 ST 64 0L M 001 ST 75 0L M 022 ST 100 0 L M024 Ra t ed Vo lta ge V +5 Cu rre nt A 0.
Spinpoint M8 Pro duct M anu al RE V 2.3 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 CR IP TI O N ST 250 LM 004 ST 32 0LM0 01 ST500 L M01 2 ST 64 0L M 001 ST 75 0L M 022 ST1 00 0L M0 24 Ambient Te mp er ature Op erati ng No n- op e ra ti n g M ax .
Spinpoint M8 Pro duct M anu al RE V 2.3 11 SP EC IFI CA TI ONS o 08 .0 Re c ommended case temperature measurement position 1 5 .0 N N 08 . 0 Recommended case temperature measurement position o Fig ure 3-1 : Me as ure m ent Posi tion.
Spinpoint M8 Pro duct M anu al RE V 2.3 12 SP EC IFI CA TI ONS Ta ble 3-6: Env ir onm en tal Speci f ic atio ns (con ti nu e d) D ES CR IP TI O N ST250 L M00 4 ST 32 0LM0 01 ST 50 0L M 012 ST640 L M00 1 ST 75 0L M0 22 ST 100 0 L M0 24 L ine ar Sh o ck (1 /2 s ine p ul se ) Oper ati n g 2.
INS TALLATION Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 13 CHAPTER 4 IN S TALL ATIO N T h is chap te r describ es how to unp ac k, m oun t, configure and conn ect a Spi npoi nt M8 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.
INS TALLATION Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 14 4.2 Un pa cki n g I nstr ucti o ns (1 ) Op en the shi pp ing c on tai n er of the S pinpoint M8 hard disk dr ive. (2 ) Lift the p ac king asse m bl y th at co n tai ns the drive ou t of the sh i pp ing c on ta in e r.
INS TALLATION Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 15 4.3.1 Orie ntatio n Figure 4 - 2 shows the ph y s ic a l dime nsions and m oun ting ho l es lo cated on each s id e of th e drive . The m oun ti ng ho les on Spinpoin t M8 hard d isk drive all ow the drive to b e mo un ted in an y dir ec ti on .
INS TALLATION Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 16 4.3.2 C le ara nc e T he prin ted ci r cu it bo ard (P CB ) is desi gn ed to be ver y cl os e to the moun ti n g holes . Do not ex ceed th e sp eci f ied le ng th f or the mo un ting scr ew de scrib ed in Figure 4 -3.
INS TALLATION Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 17 4.3.3 Ve nt il ation T he Spinpoint M8 hard disk drive is design ed to o per ate wit hou t the n eed of a coo li ng f an pr ov id ed th e amb ie n t air te m per at ure d o es no t exce ed 5 5º C.
INS TALLATION Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 18 v Comput e r mainboard o r ... Serial AT A host adapter Fig ure 4 - 5 Conn ectivity to Drives.
INS TALLATION Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 19 Figure 4 -5 ill us tr ates C onn ecti v ity of SA TA to drives. I t can be us ed with a SA T A hos t bus adap ter (lo wer p ict ur e) or d ir ect ly in to mother bo ard th at h as the SA T A bu ilt - in h os t bu s adap ter ( upp er p ict u re ).
INS TALLATION Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 20 SATA-Bus I nte 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 drive to an SA T A hos t bu s adap ter or an on - bo ard SA TA adap ter in the com pu te r.
INS TALLATION Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 21 Fig ure 4- 7 P in Lo catio ns on t he D ri ve P CBA.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 22 INS TALLATION 4.5 D ri v e I ns ta lla t io n T he Spinpoint M8 hard disk drive can be i ns talled in a SA T A co m p ati b le syste m Figure 4 -8 i nd icates the in te rf a ce and po wer ca b le co nn ecti ons requir ed f or p ro p er drive i ns ta l latio n.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 23 CHAPTER 5 DI SK D RIVE O P E R ATI ON T h is chap ter describ es the op er ati on of the Spinpoi nt M8 h ard d isk drive f un cti on al s ub s y s tems. I t is int end e d as a guid e to the oper ati on of the d riv e, r at h er th an a d etailed theor y of op er at i on .
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 24 -- C ove r A ss em bly Fi gu r e 5-1 : Expl o d e d M e c h a ni c a l Vi e w.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 25 5.1.3 Disk Stac k As sembly T he dis k s tac k a ss e m b l y in th e Spinpoint M8 hard disk drive c ons is ts of 1 or 2 disks and disk sp ace rs s ec u r ed on the hub of the sp ind le m otor assem bl y b y a disk cl a mp.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 26 5. 2 Drive Elec tron ic s T he Spinpoint M8 h ard disk d rive attai ns its in telli gen ce and perfo rm an ce th rough th e sp ecialized electronic co m po nen ts m ou n ted on the PCB A. The co m pon en ts are mou n ted on one side o f t he PC BA.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 27 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 ( 3 G bps) 32- bit ARM Di sk Co nt rol .
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 28 5.2 . 2. 1 T he H os t Interfa ce Control Blo ck T he SA TA Di s k Con t ro ller p r ovid es d ir ect in te rf ace to an SATA b us .
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 29 Add iti on al f un cti on ali ty is p rov id ed in the Buff er C on trol bloc k t hrou gh the follo wi ng featu re s: I ncreas ed au tom ati on to s uppo rt m inim al l ate nc y r ead oper ati on s with mini mal lat en c y .
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 30 5.2 . 2. 6 Pow er Manag em ent Po wer ma nagement f eat u r es are incor po r ated in to each blo ck o f the Spinpo in t M8 . T h is all ows th e d esig n er to tail or the am oun t o f po wer m anage m ent to the sp eci f ied desi gn .
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 31 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 analo g f ilter provid es f ilte ring o f t he an al o g sign al fr om AGC b efore it ’s b ei n g c on ver ted to dig ital sign al with the AD C.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 32 5.3 Ser v o S yst em T he Servo Sy stem contr ols the p osit ion of t he r ea d/wr ite hea ds a nd hol ds t hem on t rac k duri ng r ea d/wr ite operations.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 33 T h e Seque ncer m o dule id en ti fies the data as be lo nging to t he tar ge t sec tor . A fter a full s e ctor is r ead, the 88i9 322 ( Rev 2.0) c heck s t o se e i f the fi rm ware nee ds t o a pply a n EC C alg ori thm to t he data .
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 34 T here is a hig h pr obab ilit y tha t sub se quent da ta r eque st e d wi ll be in the cache, bec ause more t han 50 percent of all disk reques ts are sequentia l. I t take s microseconds r at her t han m illisecon ds to retriev e t his cache d data.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 35 If the sec tor is not aut omatic al ly r elocate d , t h e d riv e d ro ps ou t of w r it e c achi n g a n d r epo r ts t h e e rr or as an ID N o t F ound. If th e w r ite c omma nd is still activ e o n the AT inte r face, the er ro r is r epo r ted during that co mmand.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 36 CHAPTER 6 SA TA I I INTERFA CE 6. 1 Introd uct io n The Spin poi nt M8 di sk d riv e is equi p pe d wit h a n i n d ustry stan dar d S ATA In te rf ace f ully su pp or ts and enhan ces PC mas s sto rag e r equi r em ents.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 37 CONTRO L VARIA BLE - Th e contro l var ia b le, Z , is a fla g th at d ete rmin es th e cod e s et t o b e us ed to in te rpr et a d ata b y te. T he contro l var ia b le h as the v al ue D (for d ata ch ar acte rs) or K (f o r control ch ara c ter s ).
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 38 PR IMITI VE- A primit iv e is a si ng le Dword of infor m ati o n that c ons is ts o f a control char acter in b y 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.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 39 I n LBA m ode 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 on of : L BA 0 = (Cy li nd er 0, h ead 0, and s ect or 1). I rre sp ecti ve of trans late m od e geo m et r y s et b y th e hos t, the LBA a dd ress o f a giv en s ect or do es no t chan g e: 6.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 40 6.3 . 3. 2 De v ice Co ntrol Re g ist er (ex. 3F6 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 HO B is the Hi gh Ord er By te us ed f or hos t to acce ss the Ex te nd ed Regis te rs in the 48 -b it LBA m ode SRST is the hos t sof twa re res et bit.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 41 ABRT (Abort ed Co mm a nd) i nd icates the reques ted co mm and h as b een abor ted due to a d riv e st at u s e rr or (Not R ea d y, Wr ite Fau lt, etc .) o r b eca use the co mm an d c od e is in v al i d.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 42 DEV is res er ve d. B it 0-b it3 is d efin ed for th e binary cod ed ad dr e ss o f t he h ead 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 tiv ely, th en h ead 3 will be s electe d).
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 43 CHAPTER 7 SA TA I I FE ATURE SET T h is s ecti on describ es the SA T A II f eat u re s et su ppor ted in the Samsung Spinp oint M8 drive . 7.1 D ev ic e Activit y Sign al Spinpoi nt M8 implem en ted th e De v ice Acti vity Si gn al on the SATA po we r conn ect or pin- 11 .
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 44 I f the NC Q co mm and is ex ec ut ed with e rr or, the drive will rep ort the e rr or i nf orm ati on fro m the R ead Lo g Ex te nd ed log page 10h. Th is is sp ecial log pa ge fo r the NCQ co mm and e rr or re po r ti ng.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 45 7.6 Softw ar e Set ting s P r es erv at ion Spinpoi nt M8 sup por ts SA T A II Sof twa re Setti n gs Preserv ati on re qu irem ents. The s etti ngs o f t he f o ll ow in g it em s will be p reserv ed ac r os s dev ice r ecei vin g of COMRES ET .
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 46 CHAPTER 8 ATA CO M M A ND DE S CRIPT I O NS 8.1 C o mm an d Tab le Co mm ands are i ssu ed to the dr ive thr ou gh SA T A in te rf ace, b y wa y of a Co mm and Pac k et. Th is ta b le li s t co mm ands sup por ted by the Spinpoint M8 HD D.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 47 1 Re ad V er ify *3 40 h y y y y y 1 Re ad V er ify E x tend ed * 3 41 h y y y y y y y y y 1 Rec a li b rate *3 10h 1 Sec u ri ty Disable Passwo rd F 6h 1 Sec.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 48 I f the drive is in, goin g 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.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 49 Ta ble 8-3 De v ice Conf ig ur ation I den tif y data stru ct u re Wo rd Co n te nt 0 Data stru ct ure re vision 1 Mu lti word DMA m od es sup po r ted 15 -3 .
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 50 8.2.4 Ex ec u te De v ic e Dia gnost ic s (90h) T h is co mm and pe rf orms the in te rn al d ia gn os tic te s ts im p le men ted b y the dri v e. The D ia gn os tic Cod e writte n to th e Err or register is a unique 8 -b it co d e.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 51 Some param et ers are defin ed as a string of ASCII chara cte rs. For the string “ Co p yrig ht,” the char acter ‘ C’ is the f irst b y te, ‘ o’ is the 2nd b y t e, etc.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 52 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.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 53 Wor d Co n te nt Des cri ptio n 3 De v ice in itiati ng in te rf ace po w er m anagement enab l ed 2 DMA Set up Auto- Acti v ate op ti m izati on enabl ed 1 N.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 54 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 ort ed 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 .
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 55 Wor d Co n te nt Des cri ptio n 88 00 7 F h Ult ra DMA tra ns f er mod es 15-8 Cu rr ent acti ve U lt ra D MA tra ns f er mode 15 Ult ra DMA m od e 7 14 Ult r.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 56 Wor d Co n te nt Des cri ptio n 2 1= Sec ur ity lo ck ed 1 1= Sec ur ity enab l ed 0 1= Sec ur ity su p po rt ed 129 -1 59 0000 h Ve nd or sp eci fi c 160 000.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 57 8.2.10 Initia liz e Devic e Param et er s (91 h) T h is co mmand is obso lete in the AT A7 sp eci f icati o n. The su ppo r ti ng of th is co mm and is f o r backw 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 A T A sta nd ard and not recomme nd ed by th e man u fa ctu r e.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 58 I f the drive en ters NCQ m od e and a non -queue co mm 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 qu eue co mm and b een ov er la pp ed with n on - qu eu e.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 59 T he con te n ts of the Co mm and Blo ck registers, fo ll owing the tra ns f er of a d ata block, wh ich h ad a s ec tor in e rr or, are un d efined. The hos t sho u ld r et r y t he tra ns f er as indivi du al requ es ts to ob tain v alid e rr or inf o rm ati on.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 60 8.2.21 R ec alibrat e (10 h) T h is co mmand is ob so lete in the AT A7 sp eci f icati on. T he sup por ti ng of th is co m m a nd is f o r backwa r 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 om me nd ed b y t he ma nu f a ct u rer .
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 61 Ta ble 8-8 S ecuri ty Er as e Unit Pas swo 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 M as te r p.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 62 Ta ble 8-10 I den tif ier a nd sec uri ty le v el bit in t er actio 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 th e n ew Us er passw or d .
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 63 Ta ble 8-11 Set Feat ures Re g ist er D efi nitio ns Code Des cr iption 02 h Enab 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.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 64 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 T A tra ns f er sp eed is depe nd ing up on the negot iated in te rf ace sp eed of eith er Gen II 3. 0 G bp s or Gen I 1.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 65 period pro gr amm ed in to the Standb y Tim er. 8.2.34 SMART (B0 h) In d ivi du al SMAR T c om ma nd s are iden tified b y the v al u e p laced in the F eat ure resis te r. B el o w dep icts thes e F eat ure register v al ue s.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 66 A v al ue of F1h wr itten b y t h e hos t in to the dev ice ’s Sect or C oun t Regis ter b ef or e i ss uing th is command sh al l ca us e th is f eat u re to be enabled.
Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 67 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 u re to th e ho s t.
68 Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 Data Struct ure Rev i si on Num ber T he D ata St ru ct ure Revision Nu m b er iden ti f ies wh ich version o f t h is d ata structure is impleme n ted b y t h e dev ice. T h is revision nu mb er iden ti f ies bo th the Att ri bu te Val ue and At t ri bu te Thre sho ld Da ta str u ct u re s.
69 Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 T he SMA RT attribute Statu s F lag s are : Ta ble 8-16 SMART A tt rib u te Status Fla gs B it Na me Descripti on 0 Pre fa il ur e /a dvi s or y 0= an att rib.
70 Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 E ach att ri bu te d ata s tructure is a ss ign ed an att ribu te I D. An y no n- 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 rom 0 x01 th ro ugh 0xff .
71 Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 dev ice re qu ir es to co m p lete its se qu en ce o f of f- li ne d ata co llecti on acti vit y . Valid v al u es for th is word ar e fro m 0 00 1h to FF FFh.
72 Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 d ata co llecti on ac tivity af ter some ve ndo r- sp eci f ied eve n t. B it 3 (of f - li ne r ead s ca nn ing imple m en 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 n ning.
73 Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 8.2.35 Standby ( E2 h) T h is c om m and ca us es the drive to en t er Sta ndby M od e. See 6. 6.3 for the protoco l. The dr iv e m ay 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 m p le te d.
74 Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 8.2.40 Writ e Long (3 2h) T h is com m and is ob so lete in th e AT A7 sp eci f icati on . The sup por ti ng of th is co m m and is f o r bac kwar d co m p ati b ili ty pu r pos e. T he use of th is co mm and is bey ond the A T A sta nd ard and not recom me nd ed b y th e ma nu f a ct u rer .
75 Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 I f r et r ies are enab le d, up to a pr edefin ed nu m b er o f atte m p ts may be made to r ead the re qu es ted ID b efo r e pos ti ng an er ro r. I f the ID is r ead cor r ect l y , the 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.
76 Spinpoi nt M8 P roduct Ma nual REV 2.3 CHAPTER 9 M AINTEN AN CE 9.1 Ge n era l Inform ati on Sams ung Spi npoint M8 hard disk drive ac h ie v es high r elia b ili ty thro ug h th eir m ec han ical d esign and ex te ns i ve us e of microelectronics .
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An important point after buying a device Samsung M8 (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Samsung M8 yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Samsung M8 - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Samsung M8 you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Samsung M8 will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Samsung M8, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Samsung M8.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Samsung M8. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Samsung M8 along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
