Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification

14.16.2.1Error Log version

The value of this version shall be 01h.

14.16.2.2Error log index

This indicates the error log data structure representing the most recent error. If there have been no error log entries, it is cleared to 0. Valid values for the error log index are 0 to 4.

14.16.2.3Extended Error log data structure

An error log data structure shall be presented for each of the last four errors reported by the device. These error log data structure entries are viewed as a circular buffer. The fifth error shall create an error log structure that replaces the first error log data structure. The next error after that shall create an error log data structure that replaces the second error log structure, etc.

Unused error log data structures shall be filled with zeros. Data format of each error log structure is shown below.

Description

Bytes

Offset

1st command data structure

18

00h

2nd command data structure

18

12h

3rd command data structure

18

24h

4th command data structure

18

36h

5th command data structure

18

48h

Error data structure

34

5Ah

 

124

 

Figure 53 Extended Error log data structure

 

 

Command data structure: Data format of each command data structure is shown below.

Description

Bytes

Offset

Device Control register

1

00h

Features register (7:0) (see Note)

1

01h

Features register (15:8)

1

02h

Sector count register (7:0)

1

03h

Sector count register (15:8)

1

04h

Sector number register (7:0)

1

05h

Sector number register (15:8)

1

06h

Cylinder Low register (7:0)

1

07h

Cylinder Low register (15:8)

1

08h

Cylinder High register (7:0)

1

09h

Cylinder High register (15:8)

1

0Ah

Device register

1

0Bh

Command register

1

0Ch

Reserved

1

0Dh

Timestamp (milliseconds from Power-on)

4

0Eh

 

18

 

Note: bits (7:0) refer to the most recently written contents of the register. Bits (15:8) refer to the contents of the register prior to the most recent write to the register.

Figure 54 Command data structure

Error data structure: Data format of error data structure is shown below.

Description

Bytes

Offset

Reserved

1

00h

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