SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description
Table 5-24 defines the valid extended error codes for the CompactFlash Memory Card Series
product. The extended error code is returned to the host in the Error Register. This command
must be the next command issued to the card following the command that returned an error.
Table 5-24 Extended Error Codes
Extended Error Code Description
00h No error detected
01h Self test OK (no error)
09h Miscellaneous error
20h Invalid command
21h Invalid address (requested head or sector invalid)
2Fh Address overflow (address too large)
35h, 36h Supply or generated voltage out of tolerance
11h Uncorrectable ECC error
18h Corrected ECC error
05h, 30-34h, 37h, 3Eh Self test or diagnostic failed
10h, 14h ID not found
3Ah Spare sectors exhausted
1Fh Data transfer error/aborted command
0Ch, 38h, 3Bh, 3Ch, 3Fh Corrupted media format
03h Write/erase failed
5.1.17 Seek–7XH
This command is effectively a NOP command to the card although it does perform a range
check of cylinder and head or LBA address and returns an error if the address is out of range.
Table 5-25 Seek
Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Command (7) 7XH
C/D/H (6) 1 LBA 1 Drive Head (LBA 27-24)
Cyl High (5) Cylinder High (LBA 23-16)
Cyl Low (4) Cylinder Low (LBA 15-8)
Sec Num (3) Sector Number (LBA 7-0)
Sec Cnt (2) X
Feature (1) X
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