Page 3 - TABLE OF CONTENTS; CHAPTER 1
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 SCOPE .............................................................................................................................1 1.1 U SER D EFINITION ................................................................................
Page 4 - CHAPTER 6
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 i ii 5.3 S ERVO S YSTEM ................................................................................................................................31 5.4 R EAD AND W RITE O PERATIONS ..............................................................................
Page 5 - Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0; CHAPTER 9
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 i v 8.2.14 Read FPDMA Queued (60h)...........................................................................................56 8.2.15 Read Log Extended (2Fh) ...............................................................................................57 8.2.16...
Page 6 - TABLE OF TABLES
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 v TABLE OF TABLES Table 3-1 Specifications ............................................................................................................................6 Table 3-2 Physical Specifications ...............................................................
Page 7 - Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0; CHAPTER 1 SCOPE; User Definition
SCOPE Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 1 CHAPTER 1 SCOPE Welcome to the Spinpoint TM M9T series of Samsung TM hard disk drive. This series of drives consists of the following models: ST1500LM006, ST1500LM007, ST1500LM010, ST2000LM003, ST2000LM004 and ST2000LM006. This chapter provides an overvie...
Page 8 - SATA
SCOPE Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 2 1.3 SATA The ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) interface which was developed based on the IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) has been around from 1980’s. As the PC processor speed has improved, so have the data rates of the HDD. The parallel ATA is rea...
Page 9 - CHAPTER 2 DESCRIPTION; Introduction
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 3 DESCRIPTION CHAPTER 2 DESCRIPTION This chapter summarizes general functions and key features of the Spinpoint M9T hard disk drive, as well as the standards and regulations they meet. 2.1 Introduction The Samsung Spinpoint M9T 2.5-inch hard disk drive is high ca...
Page 10 - Key Features
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 4 DESCRIPTION 2.2 Key Features Key features of the Spinpoint M9T SATA hard disk drive includes: Formatted capacities are 1.5TB and 2TB 9.5 ± 0.2 mm height form factor 5400 RPM Class 12 ms average seek time High accuracy rotary voice coil actuator with e...
Page 11 - Standards and Regulations
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 5 DESCRIPTION 2.3 Standards and Regulations The Samsung Spinpoint M9T hard disk drive depends upon its host equipment to provide power and appropriate environmental conditions to achieve optimum performance and compliance with applicable industry and governmental...
Page 12 - CHAPTER 3 SPECIFICATIONS; Specification Summary
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 6 SPECIFICATIONS CHAPTER 3 SPECIFICATIONS This chapter gives a detail description of the physical, electrical and environmental characteristics of the Spinpoint M9T hard disk drive. 3.1 Specification Summary Table 3-1: Specifications DESCRIPTION ST1500LM006 , ST1...
Page 13 - Physical Specifications; Logical Configurations; Total Number of logical sectors
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 7 SPECIFICATIONS 3.2 Physical Specifications Table 3-2: Physical Specifications DESCRIPTION ST1500LM006 , ST1500LM007 & ST1500LM010 ST2000LM003, ST2000LM004 & ST2000LM006 Physical dimensions Length Width Height Weight (max) 100.35 +0.2/-0.25mm [3.951+0.00...
Page 14 - Performance Specifications; Average Latency
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 8 SPECIFICATIONS 3.4 Performance Specifications Table 3-4: Performance Specifications NOTES: Seek time is defined as the time from the receipt of a read, write or seek command until the actuator has repositioned and settled on the desired track with the drive ope...
Page 15 - Power consumption
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 9 SPECIFICATIONS 3.5 Power consumption Table 3-5: Power consumption DESCRIPTION ST1500LM006 , ST1500LM007 & ST1500LM010 ST2000LM003, ST2000LM004 & ST2000LM006 Rated Voltage V +5 Current A 0.85 Power Consumption Start Up mA 1000 Low Power Idle Watt 0.7 Rea...
Page 16 - Environmental Specifications
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 10 SPECIFICATIONS 3.6 Environmental Specifications Table 3-6: Environmental Specifications DESCRIPTION ST1500LM006 , ST1500LM007 & ST1500LM010 ST2000LM003, ST2000LM004 & ST2000LM006 Ambient Temperature Operating Non-operating Max. gradient (Temperature/Hu...
Page 17 - Reliability Specifications; Non-Recoverable Read Error; Figure 3-1: Recommended Case Temperature Measurement Position
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 11 SPECIFICATIONS 3.7 Reliability Specifications Table 3-7: Reliability Specifications DESCRIPTION ST1500LM006 , ST1500LM007 & ST1500LM010 ST2000LM003, ST2000LM004 & ST2000LM006 Recoverable Read Error <10 in 10 11 bits Non-Recoverable Read Error <1 ...
Page 18 - CHAPTER 4 INSTALLATION; Space Requirements
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 13 INSTALLATION CHAPTER 4 INSTALLATION This chapter describes how to unpack, mount, configure and connect a Spinpoint M9T hard disk drive. It also describes how to install the drive in systems. 4.1 Space Requirements Refer to Figure 4-2 on page 15.
Page 19 - Unpacking Instructions; Mounting
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 14 INSTALLATION 4.2 Unpacking Instructions (1) Open the shipping container of the Spinpoint M9T hard disk drive. (2) Lift the packing assembly that contains the drive out of the shipping container. (3) Remove the drive from the packing assembl y. When you are rea...
Page 21 - Cable Connectors; Figure 4-4 Serial ATA Connector
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 16 INSTALLATION 4.3.2 Ventilation The Spinpoint M9T 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 exce...
Page 22 - Computer mainboard or Serial ATA host adapter
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 17 INSTALLATION Computer mainboard or Serial ATA host adapter 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-...
Page 23 - Data Signal; Pin; Power
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 18 INSTALLATION SATA Device Connector Definition Please note that all pins are in a single row, with a 1.27 mm (50 mil) pitch diameter. There are three power pins for each voltage source. One pin from each voltage is utilized for pre-charge when installed in a bl...
Page 24 - SATA-Bus Interface Connector
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 19 INSTALLATION SATA-Bus Interface Connector The SATA-Bus interface connector on the drive connects the drive to an SATA host bus adapter or an on- board SATA adapter in the computer. Figure 4.6 illustrates the power, SATA, and factory use only jumper. Figure 4.7...
Page 25 - Drive Installation
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 20 INSTALLATION 4.5 Drive Installation The Spinpoint M9T 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...
Page 26 - CHAPTER 5 DISK DRIVE OPERATION
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 21 CHAPTER 5 DISK DRIVE OPERATION This chapter describes the operation of the Spinpoint M9T hard disk drive functional subsystems. It is intended as a guide to the operation of the drive, rather than a detailed theory of operation. 5.1 Head / Disk Assembly (HDA) ...
Page 28 - Voice Coil Motor and Actuator Latch Assemblies
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 23 5.1.3 Disk Stack Assembly The disk stack assembly in the Spinpoint M9T hard disk drive consists of 3 disks and disk spacers secured on the hub of the spindle motor assembly b y a disk clamp. The glass disks have a sputtered thin-film magnetic coating. 5.1.4 He...
Page 29 - D r i v e Electronics; Digital Signal Process and Interface Controller
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 24 5.2 D r i v e Electronics The Spinpoint M9T 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 electric...
Page 30 - CPU System
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 25 D is k Prea m p Mo to r C o n tr ol F o rma t Seq u ence r & Rea d C h a nnel H os t In ter fa ce B lo c k SAT A H os t B us ( 6 G b p s) CPU System Disk Controller Buffer Control Block DDR Figure 5-2: Spinpoint M9T Functional Block Diagram
Page 35 - Read and Write Operations
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 30 5.3 Servo System The Servo System controls the position of the read/write heads and holds them on track during read/write operations. The Servo System also compensates for MR write/read offsets and thermal offsets between heads on different surfaces and for vi...
Page 36 - Firmware Features
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 31 5.4.2 The Write Channel The signal path for the Write Channel follows the reverse order of that for the Read Channel. The host transmits data via the AT bus to the 88i1022 Interface Controller. The Buffer Controller section of the 88i1022 stores the data in th...
Page 39 - CHAPTER 6 SATA II INTERFACE; Introduction; BACKCHANNEL
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 34 CHAPTER 6 SATA II INTERFACE 6.1 Introduction The Spinpoint M9T 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 Phys...
Page 41 - SHADOW REGISTER BLOCK REGISTERS-; SQUELCH; Physical Interface
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 36 PRIMITIVE- A pr im iti ve is a single Dword of information that consists of a control character in byte 0 followed by three additional data characters in bytes 1-3. SHADOW REGISTER BLOCK REGISTERS- Shadow R e g i s t e r Block registers are interface registers...
Page 42 - Command Block registers; Control Block Register Descriptions
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 37 6.3.2 I/O Register - Address The communication to or from drive is through the SATA interface. To the host system the SATA drive emulates a parallel ATA drive. As such, the following registers are not accessed directly host to drive. The registers are set thro...
Page 43 - R is for reserved; Command Block Register Descriptions; CHS
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 38 6.3.3.2 Device Control Register (ex. 3F6h) The bits in this register are as follows: 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 HOB R R R R SRST nIEN 0 • HOB is the High Order Byte used for host to access the Extended Registers in the 48-bit LBA mode • SRST is the host software reset bi...
Page 45 - is updated to reflect the currently selected disk address.
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 40 • DEV is reserved. • Bit0-bit3 is defined for the binary coded address of the head to be selected in CHS mode (e.g. if H3 through HS0 are 0011b, respectively, then head 3 will be selected). HS3 is the most significant bit. In 28 bit LBA mode bit0-3 HS3 contain...
Page 46 - CHAPTER 7 SATA II FEATURE SET; Device Activity Signal
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 41 CHAPTER 7 SATA II FEATURE SET This section describes the SATA II feature set supported in the Samsung Spinpoint M9T drive. 7.1 Device Activity Signal Spinpoint M9T implemented the Device Activity Signal on the SATA power connector pin-11. The implementation is...
Page 47 - Phy Event Counters; Table 7-1 Phy Event Counter Supports
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 42 If the NCQ command is executed with error, the drive will report the error information from the Read Log 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 specif...
Page 48 - Software Settings Preservation
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 43 7.6 Software Settings Preservation Spinpoint M9T supports SATA II Software Settings Preservation requirements. The settings of the following items will be preserved across device receiving of COMRESET. This will ensure the device operates on the intended setti...
Page 49 - CHAPTER 8 ATA COMMAND DESCRIPTIONS; Command Table; Table 8-1 Command Code Parameters; Command
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 44 CHAPTER 8 ATA COMMAND DESCRIPTIONS 8.1 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 M9T HDD. Extended commands are unique to the 48-bit Address feature se...
Page 51 - Table 8-2 Device Configuration Overlay Feature Register Values
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 46 8.2 Command Descriptions 8.2.1 Check Power Mode (E5h) This command checks the power mode. If the drive is in, going to, or recovering from the Standby Mode, the drive sets BSY, sets the Sector Count register to 00h, clears BSY, and generates an interrupt. If t...
Page 52 - Table 8-3 Device Configuration Identify data structure
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 47 The Device Configuration Set command allows a device manufacturer or a PC manufacturer to reduce the set of optional commands, modes, or feature sets supported by a device as indicated by a Device Configuration Identify command. The Device Configuration Set Co...
Page 53 - Table 8-4 Diagnostic Codes; Code
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 48 8.2.4 Execute Device Diagnostics (90h) This command performs the internal diagnostic tests implemented by the drive. The Diagnostic Code written to the Error register is a unique 8-bit code. Table 8-4 Diagnostic Codes Code Description 01h 02h 03h 04h 05h No er...
Page 54 - Table 8-5 IDENTIFY DEVICE information
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 49 Some parameters are defined as a string of ASCII characters. For the string “Copyright,” the character ‘C’ is the first byte, ‘o’ is the 2nd byte, etc. When such fields are transferred, the order of transmission is: 1st character (‘C’) is on bits DD15 throug...
Page 55 - Content
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 50 Word Content Description 2 1=the fields reported in word 88 are valid 1 1=the fields reported in words 64-70 are valid 0 1=the fields reported in words 54-58 are valid (Obsolete) 54 XXXXh Number of current logical cylinders (Obsolete) 55 XXXXh Number of curren...
Page 59 - Sector Count Register Contents
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 54 Word Content Description 2 1=Security locked 1 1=Security enabled 0 1=Security supported 129-159 0000h Vendor specific 160 0000h CFA power mode 1 161-175 0000h Reserved for CFA 176-205 0000h Current media serial number 206-254 0000h Reserved 255 xxxxh Integrit...
Page 63 - Table 8-7 Security password content
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 58 8.2.21 Recalibrate (10h) This command is obsolete in the ATA7 specification. The supporting of this command is for backward compatibility purpose. The use of this command is beyond the ATA standard and not recommended by the manufacturer. This command moves th...
Page 65 - Table 8-10 Identifier and security level bit interaction
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 60 Table 8-10 Identifier and security level bit interaction Identifier Level Command result User High The password supplied with the command shall be saved as the new User p a s s w o r d . The Lock mode shall be enabled from the next power-on or hardware reset. ...
Page 66 - Table 8-11 Set Features Register Definitions; Table 8-12 Transfer Mode Values; Mode
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 61 Table 8-11 Set Features Register Definitions Code Description 02h Enable Write Cache 03h Set transfer mode based on value in Sector Count register 06h Enable Power-Up in Standby Mode 07h Power-Up in Standby feature set device spin up 10h Enable use of SATA fea...
Page 67 - Table 8-13 Set Max Feature Register Values; Feature Value
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 62 Setting of the UDMA mode will not alter the speed of the SATA interface transfer. SATA transfer speed is depending upon the negotiated interface speed of either Gen III 6.0 Gbps ~ Gen I 1.5 Gbps. The mode setting in the Set Feature command is for backward comp...
Page 68 - Table 8-14 SMART Feature Registers Values
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 63 8.2.34 SMART (B0h) Individual SMART commands are identified by the value placed in the Feature resister. Below depicts these Feature register values. Table 8-14 SMART Feature Registers Values Feature Value Command D0h SMART READ DATA D1h Obsolete (SMART Read T...
Page 70 - Table 8-15 Device SMART Data Structure; Byte
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 65 8.2.34.5 Smart read data (D0h) This command returns the Device SMART data structure to the host. Table 8-15 Device SMART Data Structure Byte F/V Descriptions 0 V Data Structure Revision Number 2 V 1 st Device Attribute 14 V 2 nd Device Attribute 26 V 3 rd Devi...
Page 71 - Data Structure Revision Number
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 66 Data Structure Revision Number The Data Structure Revision Number identifies which version of this data structure is implemented by the device. This revision number identifies both the Attribute Value and Attribute Threshold Data structures. SMART Attribute Da...
Page 72 - Table 8-16 SMART Attribute Status Flags; Bit
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 67 The SMART attribute Status Flags are: Table 8-16 SMART Attribute Status Flags Bit Name Description 0 Pre failure/advisory 0= an attribute value less than or equal to its corresponding attribute threshold indicates an advisory condition where the usage or age o...
Page 73 - Table 8-17 SMART Attribute Data List; Attribute; Off-line data collection status; Table 8-18 Off-line Data Collection Status Values; Value
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 68 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 M9T are as follows: Table 8...
Page 74 - Self-test execution status byte; Table 8-19 Self-test Execution Status Values; Total time to complete off-line data collection
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 69 The total time in seconds to complete off-line data collection activity word specifies how may seconds the device requires to complete its sequence of off-line data collection activity. Valid values for this word are from 0001h to FFFFh. Self-test execution st...
Page 75 - Self-test routine recommended polling time
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 70 data collection activity after some vendor-specified event. Bit 3 (off-line read scanning implemented bit) - If this bit is cleared to zero, the device does not support off-line read scanning. If this bit is set to one, the device supports off-line read scan...
Page 79 - CHAPTER 9; General Information
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 74 CHAPTER 9 MAINTENANCE 9.1 General Information Samsung Spinpoint M9T 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, gr...
Page 81 - Service and Repair
Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0 76 Fig. 9-4: HDD handling guide - Prevent Shocks! 9.3 Service and Repair To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web page http://samsunghdd.seagate.com/ , then click on the Warranty Tab and follow the steps outlin...