Time Base Generator........................29 5.2.3.2 Automatic Gain Control ......................29 5.2.3.3 Asymmetry Correction Circuitry (ASC) ..................29 5.2.3.4 Analog Anti-Aliasing Low Pass Filter ..................30 5.2.3.5 Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) and FIR ................30 Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
In addition, it provides a list of references that might be helpful to the reader. User Definition The Spinpoint M8 product manual is intended for the following readers: Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) Distributors...
Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment, Rev. 1.0a, January 7, 2003, Serial Workgroup. (URL: http://www.serialdata.org retrieved on May 22, 2003) Serial ATA II: Port Multiplier 1.0 Specification, April 29th, 2003. (URL: http://www.serialdata.org retrieved on May 22, 2003) Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
DESCRIPTION CHAPTER 2 DESCRIPTION This chapter summarizes general functions and key features of the Spinpoint M8 hard disk drive, as well as the standards and regulations they meet. Introduction The Samsung Spinpoint M8 2.5 inch hard disk drive is high capacity, high performance random access storage device, which uses non-removable 2.5-inch disks as storage media.
DESCRIPTION Key Features Key features of the Spinpoint M8 SATA hard disk drive includes: Formatted capacities are 320, 500, 750 GB, 1TB 9.5 ± 0.2 mm height form factor 5400 RPM Class 12 ms average seek time High accuracy rotary voice coil actuator with embedded sector servo...
Hardware Requirements The Spinpoint M8 hard disk drive is designed for use with host computers and controllers that are ATA compatible. It is connected to a PC either by: Using an adapter board with SATA interface, or Plugging a cable from the drive directly into a PC motherboard with a SATA interface Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
SPECIFICATIONS CHAPTER 3 SPECIFICATIONS This chapter gives a detail description of the physical, electrical and environmental characteristics of the Spinpoint M8 hard disk drive. Specification Summary Table 3-1: Specifications DESCRIPTION ST320LM001 ST500LM012 ST750LM022 ST1000LM024 Number of R/W heads Maximum KBPI...
Total Number of 625,142,448 976,773,168 1,465,149,168 1,953,525,168 logical sectors Capacity 320GB 500GB 750GB 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. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
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. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
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 room temperature and normal voltage condition. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
INSTALLATION CHAPTER 4 INSTALLATION This chapter describes how to unpack, mount, configure and connect a Spinpoint M8 hard disk drive. It also describes how to install the drive in systems. Space Requirements Figure 4-1 shows the external dimensions of the drive.
INSTALLATION Unpacking Instructions (1) Open the shipping container of the Spinpoint M8 hard disk drive. (2) Lift the packing assembly that contains the drive out of the shipping container. (3) Remove the drive from the packing assembly. When you are ready to install the drive, remove it from the ESD (Electro Static Discharge) protection bag.
Orientation Figure 4-2 shows the physical dimensions and mounting holes located o n each side of the drive. The mounting holes on Spinpoint M8 hard disk drive allow the drive to be mounted in any direction. Figure 4-2: Mounting Dimensions...
4.3.2 Ventilation The Spinpoint M8 hard disk drive is designed to operate without the need of a cooling fan provided the ambient air temperature does not exceed 60ºC. Any user-designed cabinet must provide adequate air circulation to prevent exceeding the maximum temperature.
Figure 4-5 Connectivity t o 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). Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
3.3 v Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Device Activity This pin was reserved in SATA 1.0a / Stagger Spin- up Control Ground Ground 12 v 12 v 12 v * First Mate Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
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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 Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
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INSTALLATION Figure 4-7 Pin Locations on the Drive PCBA Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
INSTALLATION Drive Installation The Spinpoint M8 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...
CHAPTER 5 DISK DRIVE OPERATION This chapter describes the operation of the Spinpoint M8 hard disk drive functional subsystems. It is intended as a guide to the operation of the drive, rather than a detailed theory of operation. Head / Disk Assembly (HDA) The Spinpoint M8 hard disk drive consists of a mechanical sub-assembly and a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), as shown in Figure 5-1.
5.1.3 Disk Stack Assembly The disk stack assembly in the Spinpoint M8 hard disk drive consists of 1 or 2 disks and disk spacers secured on the hub of the spindle motor assembly by a disk clamp. The glass disks have a sputtered thin-film magnetic coating.
5.2 D r i v e Electronics The Spinpoint M8 hard disk drive attains its intelligence and performance through the specialized electronic components mounted on the PCBA. The components are mounted on one side of the PCBA. The Preamplifier IC is the only electrical component that is not on the PCBA. It is mounted on the flexible circuit inside the HDA.
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32-bit ARM Disk Controller Buffer Control Block Figure 5-2: Spinpoint M8 Functional Block Diagram Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
Automatic Task File registers updates during automatic multi-sector transfers. Automatic NCQ queue tag validation Spinpoint M8 supports PIO, DMA, and FPDMA data transfers. The supported DMA type transfers include multi- word (MWDMA) and synchronous Ultra DMA (UDMA) transfers. The bus emulates automatically switched between 16- and 8-bit mode while performing Read Long and Write Long commands at the time of ECC byte transfers.
The Disk Control Block The Spinpoint M8 Disk Control block manages the flow of data between the disk and the buffer. It is capable of performing completely automated track read and write operations at a maximum data rate of 800 Mb/s in byte wide NRZ mode.
5.2.2.6 Power Management Power management features are incorporated into each block of the Spinpoint M8. This allows the designer to tailor the amount of power management to the specified design. Other power management features include: Independent power management control for each block.
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 88C9410 Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
The Servo System also compensates for MR write/read offsets and thermal offsets between heads on different surfaces and for vibration and shock applied to the drive. The Spinpoint M8 hard disk drive is an Embedded Sector Servo System. Positioning information is radially located in evenly spaced servo sectors on each track.
ATA device configuration overlay (DCO) feature set 5.5.1 Read Caching The Spinpoint M8 hard disk drive uses Read Cache to enhance drive performance and significantly improve system throughput. Use the SET FEATURES command to enable or disable Read Caching. Read caching anticipates host-system requests for data and stores that data for faster future access.
If the sector is not automatically relocated, the drive drops out of write caching and reports the error as an ID Not Found. If the write command is still active on the AT interface, the error is reported during that command. Otherwise, it is reported on the next command. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
5.5.3 Defect Management The Spinpoint M8 hard disk drive media is scanned for defects. After defect scanning, the defective sectors are saved in the defect list. A defect encountered in the manufacturing process is slipped to the next physical sector location.
SATA II INTERFACE Introduction The Spinpoint M8 disk drive is equipped with an industry standard SATA Interface fully supports and enhances PC mass storage requirements. The SATA interface conforms to the Serial ATA standards in Cabling, in Physical Signals, and in Logical Programming schemes. The Spinpoint M8 disk drive joins the industry premiere VLSI circuitry with ingenious programming skill that does not compromise performance or reliability.
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Additional usage restrictions in Serial ATA result in a further reduction in the SATA defined control character space. OOB SIGNAL DETECTOR-This block decodes Out of Band signal from the high speed input signal path. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
0 to a device specific maximum value, which cannot exceed 65,535. Typically, sequential access to the media is accomplished by treating the sector number as the least significant portion, the head number as the mid portion, and the cylinder number as the most significant portion of the CHS address. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
This register contains the same information as the Status register in the Command Block register. The only difference is that reading this register does not imply interrupt acknowledgment nor does it clear a pending interrupt. DRDY Obsolete Obsolete NOTE: See 6.3.4.10 for definitions of the bits in this register. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
At the completion of any command except Execute Drive Diagnostic, the contents of this register are valid when ERR=1 in the Status register. Following a power-on, a reset, or completion of an Execute Drive Diagnostic command, this register contains a Diagnostic Code. ABRT Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
6.3.4.9 Device Register (Ex. 1F6h) This register contains the drive and head numbers. When executing an Initialize Drive Parameters command, the content of this register defines the number of heads minus 1. Obsolete Obsolete Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
• E R R (Error) indicates that an error occurred during execution of the previous command. The bits in the Error register have additional information regarding the cause of the error. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
If the Set Feature is not issued, the DMA Setup FIS is not automatically activated. Native Command Queuing (NCQ) Spinpoint M8 supports the NCQ feature of the SATA II command interface. The NCQ feature is unique in the SATA II implementation which helps device improve the system performance. The implementation is fully compliant with the SATA II specification.
Extended log page 10h. This is special log page for the NCQ command error reporting. The details of the error information are defined in the SATA II specification. When the commands of queue and non-queue are mixed, the Spinpoint M8 drive will report command error. This will ensure the queue sequence is correctly received.
Set Multiple Mode SATA Power Management Spinpoint M8 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.
Command Table Commands are issued to the drive through SATA interface, by way of a Command Packet. This table list commands supported by the Spinpoint M8 HDD. Extended commands are unique to the 48-bit Address feature set. Table 8-1 Command Code Parameters...
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SC = Sector Count register Pre = Previous The register contains a valid parameter for this command. Type 1 is ATA-7 commands; type 2 is SATA II commands *3 It is created for compatibility reason. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
Should a Device Configuration Set command be issued reducing the capabilities, the response to a Device Configuration Identify command will reflect the reduced set of capabilities accordingly. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
1 = Reporting support for interface power management 1 = Reporting support for non-zero buffer offsets in DMA Setup FIS (reserved) 1 = Reporting support for native command queuing Reserved for serial ATA 10-191 Reserved 192-254 Integrity word 15-8 Checksum Signature Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
The device first transfers the least significant bits, bits 15 through 0 of the value, on bits DD15 through DD0 respectively. After the least significant bits have been transferred, the most significant bits, bits 31 through 16 of the value, are transferred on DD15 through DD0 respectively. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
0=IORDY may be supported 1=IORDY may be disabled LBA supported DMA supported Retired 4000h Capabilities 0200h PIO data transfer cycle timing mode (Obsolete) 0200h DMA data transfer cycle timing mode (Obsolete) 0007h 15-3 Reserved Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
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Supports device supports initiating interface power management Supports DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization Supports non-zero buffer offsets in DMA Setup FIS Reserved (set to 0) Serial ATA feature enabled 15-7 Reserved Software settings preservation enabled 0040h Reserved In-order data delivery enabled Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
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1=URG bit supported for READ STREAM DMA EXT and READ STREAM 64-bit World wide name supported 1=Write DMA Queued FUA Ext command supported 1=Write DMA FUA Ext and Write Multiple FUA Ext command supported 1=General purpose logging feature set supported 1=Streaming feature set supported Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
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General Purpose logging feature set supported 1=Valid CONFIGURATION STREAM command has been executed 1=Media Card Pass Through command feature set enabled 1=Media serial number is valid 1=SMART self-test supported 1=SMART error logging supported Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
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Words per Logical Sector 119-126 0000h Reserved 0000h Removable Media Status Notification feature set support 0021h Security status 15-9 Reserved Security level 0=High, 1=Maximum Reserved 1=Enhanced security erase supported 1=Security count expired Secur i ty frozen (continued) Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
8.2.9 Idle Immediate (E1h) This command causes the drive to enter Idle Mode, clear BSY, and generate an interrupt. The interrupt is generated even though the drive may not have fully transitioned to Idle Mode. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
This command allows device to reorder the command issued in a sequence of the queue. The command is returned based on the device’s determine of the location sequence. The Spinpoint M8 drive implemented a queue depth of 32. This will allow host to issue up to 32 NCQ commands (combined read and write commands).
Disk errors encountered during Read Multiple commands are posted at the beginning of the block or partial block transfer, but DRQ is still set and the data transfer takes place as it normally would, including transfer of corrupted data, if any. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
Verify terminates at the sector where the error occurred. The Command Block registers contain the address of where the error occurred. The Sector Count register contains the number of sectors not yet verified. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
This command transfers 512 bytes of data from the host. Table 6-7 defines the content of this information. If the password does not match the password previously saved by the device, the device shall reject the command with by abortion. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
1= set Master password Bit (7:1) Reserved Bit 8 Security level 0= High 1= Maximum Bit (15:2) Reserved 1-16 Password (32 bytes) Master Password Revision Code (valid if word 0 bit 0 = 1) 18-255 Reserved Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
This command has become obsolete in the ATA7 specification. The supporting of this command is just for backward compatibility purpose. 8.2.29 Set Features (EFh) This command is used by the host to establish the following parameters, which affect the execution of certain drive features as shown below. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
Standby Mode. The value in the Sector Count register when the STANDBY command is issued shall determine the time period programmed into the Standby Timer. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
Disabling this feature does not preclude the device from saving SMART data to non-volatile memory during some other normal operation such as during a power-on sequence or during an error recovery sequence. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
The device shall then re-initiate its off-line data collection activities in response to the new EXECUTE OFF-LINE IMMEDIATE command. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
X = the content of the byte is vendor specific and may be fixed or variable. R = the content of the byte is reserved and shall be zero. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
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These data structures contain information which facilitates the monitoring of key drive indicators in order to determine when the drive has deteriorated to the point at which it may impact the reliability of the host system. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
This type is used to specify an attribute that is collected Self-preserving and saved by the drive automatically. 1= It is a self-preserving attribute type. 6-15 Reserved Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
Each attribute data structure is assigned an attribute ID. Any non-zero value in the attribute ID number indicates an active attribute. Valid values for this byte are found from 0x01 through 0xff. The attribute defined for Spinpoint M8 are as follows: Table 8-17 SMART Attribute Data List...
SMART EXECUTE OFF-LINE IMMEDIATE command upon receipt of a new command. Off-line data collection activity must be restarted by a new SMART EXECUTE OFF-LINE IMMEDIATE command from the host. If the value of this bit equals zero, the Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
4Fh and the Cylinder High register to C2h. If the device detects a threshold-exceeded condition, the device shall set Cylinder Low register to F4h and Cylinder High register to 2Ch 8.2.34.8 SMART write log sector (D6h) This command writes number of 512-byte data sectors to the indicated log sector. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
This command allows device to reorder the command issued in a sequence of the queue. The command is returned based on the device’s determine of the location sequence. The Spinpoint M8 drive implemented a queue depth of 32. This will allow host to issue up to 32 NCQ commands (combined read and write commands).
If the drive is not already on the desired track, an implied seek is performed. Once at the desired track, the drive searches for the appropriate ID field. If retries are disabled and two index pulses have occurred without error-free reading of the requested ID, an Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
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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 determine what error has occurred and on which sector it occurred. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
MAINTENANCE General Information Samsung Spinpoint M8 hard disk drive achieves high reliability through their mechanical design and extensive use of microelectronics. Their design allows fast, easy sub-assembly replacement without adjustments, greatly reducing the amount of downtime required for unscheduled repairs.
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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! Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...
From this page, click on the “Verify Your Warranty” link. 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. Spinpoint M8 Product Manual REV 2.7...