Hard Disk Test Detail Status - Toshiba Satellite A10 Maintenance Manual

3 and Diagnostics

3.21 Hard Disk Test Detail Status

When an error occurs in the hard disk test, the following message is displayed:
Detailed information about the hard disk test error is displayed on the screen by a four-digit
number.
The hard disk controller error status is composed of two bytes; the first byte displays the
contents of the HDC error status register in hexadecimal form and the second byte displays
the HDC error register.
The contents of the HDC error status register and error register are listed in Tables 3-3 and 3-
4.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
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HDC status = XXXX
Table 3-3 Hard disk controller status register contents
Name
BSY
(Busy)
DRY
(Drive ready)
DWF
(Drive write fault)
DSC
(Drive seek complete)
DRQ
(Data request)
COR
(Corrected data)
IDX
(Index)
ERR
(Error)
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Description
"0" HDC is ready.
"1" HDC is busy.
"0" Hard disk drive is not ready to accept any command.
"1" Hard disk drive is ready.
"0" DWF error is not detected.
"1" Write fault condition occurred.
"0" The hard disk drive heads are not settled over a track.
"1" The hard disk drive heads are settled over a track.
"0" Drive is not ready for data transfer.
"1" Drive is ready for data transfer.
"0" Not used
"1" Correctable data error is corrected.
"0" Not used
"1" Index is sensed.
"0" Not used
"1" The previous command was terminated with an error.
3.21 Hard Disk Test Detail Status