Table 8:

Set Features command values

 

45H

Ultra DMA mode 5

 

46H

Ultra DMA mode 6

55H

Disable read look-ahead (read cache) feature.

82H

Disable write cache

AAH

Enable read look-ahead (read cache) feature (default).

C1H

Disable the Free Fall Protection feature (41H above enables the Free Fall Protection feature)

F1H

Report full capacity available

Note. At power-on, or after a hardware or software reset, the default values of the features are as indi- cated above.

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