Hitachi 100GB 7200 RPM HTE721010G9SA00 User Manual

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HTE721010G9SA00
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Travelstar E7K100 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification
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12.54  Write Sectors(s) EXT (34h)
Table 123: Write Sector(s) EXT Command (34h)
The Write Sector(s) Ext command transfers one or more sectors from the host to the device, then the data is written 
to the disk media.
The sectors are transferred through the Data Register 16 bits at a time.
If an uncorrectable error occurs, the write will be terminated at the failing sector.
Output parameters to the device
Sector Count Current The number of continuous sectors to be transferred low order, bits (7-0). 
Sector Count Previous The number of continuous sectors to be transferred high order bits (15-8). If zero is speci-
fied in the Sector Count register, then 65,536 sectors will be transferred.
LBA Low Current
LBA (7-0)
LBA Low Previous
LBA (31-24)
LBA Mid Current
LBA (15-8)
LBA Mid Previous
LBA (39-32)
LBA High Current
LBA (23-16)
LBA High Previous
LBA (47-40)
Command Block Output Registers
Command Block Input Registers
Register
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Register
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Data Low
- - - - - - - -
Data Low
- - - - - - - -
Data High
- - - - - - - -
Data High
- - - - - - - -
Feature
Current
- - - - - - - - 
Error
see below
Previous
- - - - - - - -
Sector 
Count
Current
V V V V V V V V
Sector 
Count
HOB=0
- - - - - - - -
Previous
V V V V V V V V
HOB=1
- - - - - - - -
LBA Low
Current
V V V V V V V V
LBA Low
HOB=0
V V V V V V V V
Previous
V V V V V V V V
HOB=1
V V V V V V V V
LBA Mid
Current
V V V V V V V V
LBA Mid
HOB=0
V V V V V V V V
Previous
V V V V V V V V
HOB=1
V V V V V V V V
LBA High
Current
V V V V V V V V
LBA High
HOB=0
V V V V V V V V
Previous
V V V V V V V V
HOB=1
V V V V V V V V
Device
- 1 - - - - - -
Device
- - - - - - - -
Command
0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 
Status
See below ...
Error Register
Status Register
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
CRC
UNC
0
IDN
0
ABT
T0N
AMN
BSY RDY
DF
DSC
DRQ
COR IDX
ERR
0
0
0
V
0
V
0
0
0
V
0
V
-
0
-
V