11.43.8 Error Reporting
The following table shows the values returned in the Status and Error Registers when specific error conditions
are encountered by a device.
Error Condition
A SMART FUNCTION SET command was received by the device without the
required key being loaded into the Cylinder High and Cylinder Low registers.
A SMART FUNCTION SET command was received by the device with a
subcommand value in the Features Register that is either invalid or not
supported by this device.
A SMART FUNCTION SET command subcommand other than SMART
ENABLE OPERATIONS was received by the device while the device was in a
"SMART disabled" state.
The device is unable to read its Attribute Values or Attribute Thresholds data
structure.
The device is unable to write to its Attribute Values data structure.
Table 163 SMART Error Codes
Hitachi hard disk drive specifications
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Error
Status Register
Register
51h
04h
51h
04h
51h
04h
51h
10h or 40h
51h
10h or 01h