Hard
disk drives topics  |
| ATA-ATAPI.COM
Information for Developers of Products Using ATA (PATA, IDE/EIDE), Serial ATA
(SATA), ATAPI, CF, CE-ATA and Other ATA Related Interfaces |
| ATA/IDE/EIDE/SATA
Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) is an interface used to connect
internal storage devices such as hard disk and CD/DVD-ROM drives |
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ATA, IDE et EIDE
ATA, IDE et EIDE, Hard disk drive technology |
| ATA
jumper settings Hard disk drives: Barracuda ATA drive families, jumper
configuration |
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Basics of Magnetic
Recording How Magnetic Recording works, magnetic field, Writing Heads,
Reading Heads, Writing Magnetic Data, Reading Magnetic Data |
| BIOS
IDE harddisk limitations BIOS dated from 1992 to 1998 which can limit the
usable capacity of your new drive |
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Construction and Operation of the Hard Disk Drive |
| Disk
management to handle disks properly, how formatting disks, structure disk
file organization using directories, low level format, partitioning a disk is
dividing the disk into areas, primary MSDOS partition, extended MSDOS
partition, non MSDOS partition, fdisk, high level formatting |
| ECMA
130 standard data interchange on 120 mm optical data disks |
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Failure Trends in a
Large Disk Drive Population correlation between disk workload and failure
rates, SMART data is almost useless for predicting the failure of a single
drive, failure rates do not increase when the average temperature increases,
pdf file |
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FCC ID search
office of engineering and technology, the FCC ID consists of two
elements, a grantee code and an equipment product code |
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Hard Disk Spindle Motor
The spindle motor, also sometimes called the spindle shaft, is responsible for
turning the hard disk platters, allowing the hard drive to operate |
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Hard drive data recovery |
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IDE block mode guide all the hard disks in the system must support
IDE Block Mode, before you can select whether to enable or disable IDE Block
Mode |
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ISA
cards input/output |
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IDE device configurations HD, IDE/ATA transfer modes, SCSI |
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Magnetic Recording Fundamentals Magnetic Recording Fundamentals, pdf file |
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Parallel vs.
Serial ATA Serial ATA (SATA), PATA cables, SATA cable, PATA and SATA
connectors |
| RAID
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks --> Redundant Array of Independent
Disks (or devices) |
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RAID
round-up IDE RAID round-up |
| RAID storage
what is RAID storage? RAID Levels, Extended Data Availability & Protection
(EDAP), New RAID classification |
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RAID: what is
RAID? what is a RAID controller? |
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Redundant array of independent disks |
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SATA I vs SATA II SATA I vs SATA II |
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SATA II does not mean
3Gb/s |
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SATA 3G Technology &
Devices |
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Serial ATA
External Serial ATA, pdf file |
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Serial ATA
In computer hardware, Serial ATA (SATA or S-ATA) is a computer bus technology
primarily designed for transfer of data to and from a hard disk. It is the
successor to the legacy Advanced Technology Attachment standard (ATA, also known
as IDE or Integrated Drive Electronics), ... |
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Serial ATA
Serial ATA, Data Cable, Serial ATA Cable, Serial Cable, Serial Adapter |
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Serial ATA an
evolutionary replacement for the Parallel ATA physical storage interface, SATA |
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Serial ATA
The purpose of this document is to educate the reader on the technical
differences between Ultra ATA and Serial ATA technology, and to provide
explanation for the transition from a parallel to serial bus architecture, no more master/slave or ribbon cables,
Serial ATA A Comparison with Ultra ATA Technology, pdf
file |
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Serial ATA II
Concentrator, FPDMA Data Phase, HBA (Host Bus Adapter), PRD (Physical Region
Descriptor), Command Block Registers, DMA Setup, HDD Activity Indication, pdf
file |
| Ultra2 SCSI
Ultra2 SCSI or Low Voltage Differential (LVD) is a highly compatible computer disk drive interface that is
faster and more reliable than previous SCSI standards |
| Upgrading your hard drive |
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Voice-coil
actuators and swing-arm actuators Voice Coil harddisk |
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Voice-coil actuators |
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What are the various interface
standards, and what are their specifications? ATA/ATAPI4, ATA/ATAPI5, Ultra
100, ATA/ATAPI6, ATA/ATAPI7, Serial ATA (SATA), ATA/ATAPI8, eSATA, SATA II/2.0,
EIDE, ATAPI, ATA-2, ATA-3 |
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Horizontaal |
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Serial ATA Pin Out |
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Pin
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Signal Name
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Signal Description
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1
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GND
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Ground
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2
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A+
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Transmit +
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3
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A-
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Transmit -
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4
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GND
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Ground
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5
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B-
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Receive -
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6
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B+
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Receive +
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7
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GND
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Ground
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SATA Power pinout |
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Pin
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Signal Name
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Signal Description
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1
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V33
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3.3v Power
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2
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V33
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3.3v Power
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3
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V33
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3.3v Power
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4
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Ground
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1st Mate
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5
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Ground
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2nd Mate
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6
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Ground
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3rd Mate
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7
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V5
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5v Power |
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8
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V5
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5v Power
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9
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V5
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5v Power
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10
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Ground
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2nd Mate
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11
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Reserved
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-
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12
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Ground
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1st Mate
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13
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V12
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12v Power |
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14
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V12
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12v Power
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15
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V12
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12v Power
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