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M9T Product Manual
SATA 2.5" Hard Disk Drive
September 04, 2013. Rev 1.0
PMM9T-SATA-100736114a

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  • Page 1 M9T Product Manual SATA 2.5” Hard Disk Drive September 04, 2013. Rev 1.0 PMM9T-SATA-100736114a...
  • Page 2 © 2013 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Seagate and Seagate Technology are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. Momentus is either a trademark or registered trademark of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the United States and/or other countries.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Time Base Generator........................29 5.2.3.2 Automatic Gain Control ......................29 5.2.3.3 Asymmetry Correction Circuitry (ASC) ..................29 5.2.3.4 Analog Anti-Aliasing Low Pass Filter ..................30 5.2.3.5 Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) and FIR ................30 Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...
  • Page 4 Format Track (50h) ......................49 8.2.7 Identify Device (ECh) .....................49 8.2.8 Idle (E3h) ........................55 8.2.9 Idle Immediate (E1h) ......................55 8.2.10 Initialize Device Parameters (91h) .................56 8.2.11 NOP (00h)........................56 8.2.12 Read Buffer (E4h) ......................56 8.2.13 Read DMA (C8h, 25h:extended)..................56 Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...
  • Page 5 Write FPDMA Queued (61h) ..................72 8.2.40 Write Long (32h)......................73 8.2.41 Write Multiple Command (C5h, 39h:extended) ..............73 8.2.42 Write Sector(s) (30h, 34h:extended) ................73 CHAPTER 9 MAINTENANCE......................75 .........................75 ENERAL NFORMATION ......................75 AINTENANCE RECAUTIONS ........................77 ERVICE AND EPAIR Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...
  • Page 6 Table 8-15 Device SMART Data Structure .....................67 Table 8-16 SMART Attribute Status Flags....................68 Table 8-17 SMART Attribute Data List ....................70 Table 8-18 Off-line Data Collection Status Values .................70 Table 8-19 Self-test Execution Status Values ..................71 Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Scope

    In addition, it provides a list of references that might be helpful to the reader. User Definition The Spinpoint M9T product manual is intended for the following readers: Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) Distributors Manual Organization This manual provides information about installation, principles of operation, and interface command implementation.

  • Page 8: I Ntroduction

    April 18,2003) (URL: http://www.intel.com Serial ATA II: Port Multiplier 1.0 Specification, April 29th, 2003. (URL: http://www.serialdata.org retrieved on May 22, 2003) Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 3.1, July 18, 2011, (URL: http://www.serialdata.org) Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 9: Key Feature

    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. Introduction The Samsung Spinpoint M9T 2.5-inch hard disk drive is high capacity, high performance random access storage device, which uses non-removable 2.5-inch disks as storage media.

  • Page 10: Key Features

    DESCRIPTION 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 embedded sector servo...

  • Page 11: H Ardware R Equirements

    DESCRIPTION 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 regulations. Special attention has been given in the areas of safety, power distribution, shielding, audible noise control, and temperature regulation.

  • Page 12: Chapter 3 Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS CHAPTER 3 SPECIFICATIONS This chapter gives a detail description of the physical, electrical and environmental characteristics of the Spinpoint M9T hard disk drive. Specification Summary Table 3-1: Specifications ST1500LM006 , ST1500LM007 & ST2000LM003, ST2000LM004 & DESCRIPTION ST1500LM010 ST2000LM006 Number of R/W heads...

  • Page 13: Table 3-2 Physical Specifications

    DESCRIPTION ST1500LM010 ST2000LM006 Total Number of logical sectors 2,930,277,168 3,907,029,168 1.5TBB Capacity 1MB = 1,000,000 Bytes, 1GB = 1,000,000,000 Bytes Accessible capacity may vary as some OS uses binary numbering system for reported capacity. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 14: Table 3-4 Performance Specifications

    Startup time is the time elapsed between the supply voltages reaching operating range and the drive being ready to accept all commands. • Actual rotational speed can be different a little. • Performance specification is limited to the room temperature & normal voltage condition. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 15: Table 3-5 Power Consumption

    1) Random seek: 30% Duty cycle seek commands with logical random location. 2) Read/Write: Avg. Read/Write operation at OD for 32 sectors. 3) All the power should be measured at the room temperature and normal voltage condition. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 16: Table 3-6 Environmental Specifications

    Linear Shock (1/2 sine pulse) 300G Operating 2.0 ms Non-operating 1.0 ms 900G Rotational Shock 3K rad/sec 2 Operating 2.0 ms 30K rad/sec 2 Non-operating 2.0 ms Acoustic Noise (Typical Sound Power) Idle 2.5 Bels Seek 2.7 Bels Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 17: Table 3-7 Reliability Specifications

    Recoverable Read Error <10 in 10 bits Non-Recoverable Read Error <1 sector in 10 bits MTBF (POH) 550,000 hours MTTR (Typical) 5 minutes Load/Unload Cycles Ambient 600,000 Figure 3-1: Recommended Case Temperature Measurement Position Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 18: Chapter 4 Installation

    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. Space Requirements Refer to Figure 4-2 on page 15. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 19: U Npacking I Nstructions

    INSTALLATION 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 assembly. When you are ready to install the drive, remove it from the ESD (Electro Static Discharge) protection bag.

  • Page 20: Orientation

    Orientation Figure 4-2 shows the physical dimensions and mounting holes located o n each side of the drive. The mounting holes on Spinpoint M9T hard disk drive allow the drive to be mounted in any direction. Figure 4-2: Mounting Dimensions...

  • Page 21: Ventilation

    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 exceeding the maximum temperature.
  • Page 22 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-in host bus adapter (upper picture). Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 23: Table 3-1 Specifications

    3.3 v Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Device Activity This pin was reserved in SATA 1.0a / Stagger Spin-Up Control Ground Ground 12 v 12 v 12 v * First Mate Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...
  • Page 24 SATA adapter in the computer. Figure 4.6 illustrates the power, SATA, and factory use only jumper. Figure 4.7 shows pin locations on the SATA drive. Figure 4-6 HDD Power, SATA Interface, and Factory Jumper Connector Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 25: D Rive I Nstallation

    INSTALLATION 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 Interface Cable Connections...

  • Page 26: Chapter 5 Disk Drive Operation

    Disassembling the HDA voids your warranty. The Spinpoint M9T hard disk drive models and capacities are distinguished by the number of heads and disks. The ST2000LM003, ST2000LM004 and ST2000LM006 have three (3) disks and s i x (6) read/write heads.
  • Page 27 Figure 5-1: Exploded Mechanical View Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 28: Disk Stack Assembly

    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 by a disk clamp. The glass disks have a sputtered thin-film magnetic coating.

  • Page 29: D Rive E Lectronics

    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 electrical component that is not on the PCBA. It is mounted on the flexible circuit inside the HDA.
  • Page 30 CPU System Disk Controller Buffer Control Block Figure 5-2: Spinpoint M9T Functional Block Diagram Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 31: The Host Interface Control Block

    Capability to support the execution of multiple consecutive Auto-Write commands without loss of data due to overwriting of data. Auto write pointer. A disk sector counter that can monitor the transfers between the disk and buffer. Read/Write cache support. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 32: The Disk Control Block

    The Disk Control Block The Spinpoint M9T Disk Control block manages the flow of data between the disk and the buffer. It is capable of performing completely automated track read and write operations at a maximum data rate of 800 Mb/s in byte wide NRZ mode.

  • Page 33: Power Management

    5.2.2.6 Power Management Power management features are incorporated into each block of the Spinpoint M9T. This allows the designer to tailor the amount of power management to the specified design. Other power management features include: Independent power management control for each block.

  • Page 34: Analog Anti-Aliasing Low Pass Filter

    The output of the analog filter is quantified using a 6 bit FLASH ADC. The digitized data is then equalized by the FIR to the NPV target response for Viterbi detection. The FIR filter consists of 10 independent programmable taps. Figure 5-3: Read/Write 88C10010 Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 35: R Ead And W Rite O Perations

    The main advantage of the Embedded Sector Servo System is that it eliminates the problems of static and dynamic offsets between heads on different surfaces. The Spinpoint M9T hard disk drive Servo System is classified as a digital servo system because track-following and seek control, bias cancellation, and other typical tasks are done in a Digital Signal Processor (DSP).

  • Page 36: The Write Channel

    ATA device configuration overlay (DCO) feature set 5.5.1 Read Caching The Spinpoint M9T hard disk drive uses Read Cache to enhance drive performance and significantly improve system throughput. Use the SET FEATURES command to enable or disable Read Caching. Read caching anticipates host-system requests for data and stores that data for faster future access.

  • Page 37: Write Caching

    If the sector is not automatically relocated, the drive drops out of write caching and reports the error as an ID Not Found. If the write command is still active on the AT interface, the error is reported during that command. Otherwise, it is reported on the next command. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 38: Defect Management

    5.5.3 Defect Management The Spinpoint M9T hard disk drive media is scanned for defects. After defect scanning, the defective sectors are saved in the defect list. A defect encountered in the manufacturing process is slipped to the next physical sector location. All logical sector numbers are pushed down to maintain a sequential order of data. The read/write operation can “slip”...

  • Page 39: Chapter 6 Sata Ii Interface

    SATA II INTERFACE 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 Physical Signals, and in Logical Programming schemes. The Spinpoint M9T disk drive joins the industry premiere VLSI circuitry with ingenious programming skill that does not compromise performance or reliability.
  • Page 40 Additional usage restrictions in Serial ATA result in a further reduction in the SATA defined control character space. OOB SIGNAL DETECTOR-This block decodes Out of Band signal from the high speed input signal path. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 41: P Hysical I Nterface

    In LBA mode the sectors on the device are assumed to be linearly mapped with an initial definition of: LBA 0 = (Cylinder 0, head 0, and sector 1). Irrespective of translate mode geometry set by the host, the LBA address of a given sector does not change: Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 42: I/O Register - Address

    This register contains the same information as the Status register in the Command Block register. The only difference is that reading this register does not imply interrupt acknowledgment nor does it clear a pending interrupt. DRDY Obsolete Obsolete NOTE: See 6.3.4.10 for definitions of the bits in this register. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 43: Device Control Register (Ex. 3F6H)

    At the completion of any command except Execute Drive Diagnostic, the contents of this register are valid when ERR=1 in the Status register. Following a power-on, a reset, or completion of an Execute Drive Diagnostic command, this register contains a Diagnostic Code. ABRT Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 44: Sector Count Register And Sector Count Extended Register (Ex. 1F2H)

    6.3.4.9 Device Register (Ex. 1F6h) This register contains the drive and head numbers. When executing an Initialize Drive Parameters command, the content of this register defines the number of heads minus 1. Obsolete Obsolete Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 45: Status Register (Ex. 1F7H)

    • E R R (Error) indicates that an error occurred during execution of the previous command. The bits in the Error register have additional information regarding the cause of the error. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 46: Chapter 7 Sata Ii Feature Set

    If the Set Feature is not issued, the DMA Setup FIS is not automatically activated. Native Command Queuing (NCQ) Spinpoint M9T supports the NCQ feature of the SATA II command interface. The NCQ feature is unique in the SATA II implementation which helps device improve the system performance. The implementation is fully compliant with the SATA II specification.

  • Page 47: Table 7-1 Phy Event Counter Supports

    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 specification. When the commands of queue and non-queue are mixed, the Spinpoint M9T drive will report command error. This will ensure the queue sequence is correctly received.

  • Page 48: Sata P Ower M Anagement

    Set Multiple Mode SATA Power Management Spinpoint M9T supports SATA power management from the SATA I and SATA II specifications. The SATA power management is designed to conserve interface power usage when the bus is not active. There are two power management requests: PM Partial and PM Slumber.

  • Page 49: Chapter 8 Ata Command Descriptions

    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 set. Table 8-1 Command Code Parameters...
  • Page 50 SC = Sector Count register Pre = Previous The register contains a valid parameter for this command. Type 1 is ATA-7 commands; type 2 is SATA II commands *3 It is created for compatibility reason. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 51: C Ommand D Escriptions

    Should a Device Configuration Set command be issued reducing the capabilities, the response to a Device Configuration Identify command will reflect the reduced set of capabilities accordingly. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 52: Table 8-3 Device Configuration Identify Data Structure

    1 = Reporting support for interface power management 1 = Reporting support for non-zero buffer offsets in DMA Setup FIS (reserved) 1 = Reporting support for native command queuing Reserved for serial ATA 10-191 Reserved 192-254 Integrity word 15-8 Checksum Signature Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 53: Execute Device Diagnostics (90H)

    The device first transfers the least significant bits, bits 15 through 0 of the value, on bits DD15 through DD0 respectively. After the least significant bits have been transferred, the most significant bits, bits 31 through 16 of the value, are transferred on DD15 through DD0 respectively. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 54: Table 8-5 Identify Device Information

    0=IORDY may be supported 1=IORDY may be disabled LBA supported DMA supported Retired 4000h Capabilities 0200h PIO data transfer cycle timing mode (Obsolete) 0200h DMA data transfer cycle timing mode (Obsolete) 0007h 15-3 Reserved Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...
  • Page 55 Supports device supports initiating interface power management Supports DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization Supports non-zero buffer offsets in DMA Setup FIS Reserved (set to 0) Serial ATA feature enabled 15-7 Reserved Software settings preservation enabled 0040h Reserved In-order data delivery enabled Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...
  • Page 56 1=URG bit supported for READ STREAM DMA EXT and READ STREAM 64-bit World wide name supported 1=Write DMA Queued FUA Ext command supported 1=Write DMA FUA Ext and Write Multiple FUA Ext command supported 1=General purpose logging feature set supported 1=Streaming feature set supported Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...
  • Page 57 General Purpose logging feature set supported 1=Valid CONFIGURATION STREAM command has been executed 1=Media Card Pass Through command feature set enabled 1=Media serial number is valid 1=SMART self-test supported 1=SMART error logging supported Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...
  • Page 58 Words per Logical Sector 119-126 0000h Reserved 0000h Removable Media Status Notification feature set support 0021h Security status 15-9 Reserved Security level 0=High, 1=Maximum Reserved 1=Enhanced security erase supported 1=Security count expired 1=Secur i ty frozen (continued) Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 59: Idle (E3H)

    8.2.9 Idle Immediate (E1h) This command causes the drive to enter Idle Mode, clear BSY, and generate an interrupt. The interrupt is generated even though the drive may not have fully transitioned to Idle Mode. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 60: Initialize Device Parameters (91H)

    This command allows device to reorder the command issued in a sequence of the queue. The command is returned based on the device’s determine of the location sequence. The Spinpoint M9T drive implemented a queue depth of 32. This will allow host to issue up to 32 NCQ commands (combined read and write commands).

  • Page 61: Read Log Extended (2Fh)

    Disk errors encountered during Read Multiple commands are posted at the beginning of the block or partial block transfer, but DRQ is still set and the data transfer takes place as it normally would, including transfer of corrupted data, if any. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 62: Read Native Max Address (F8H, 27H :Extended)

    Verify terminates at the sector where the error occurred. The Command Block registers contain the address of where the error occurred. The Sector Count register contains the number of sectors not yet verified. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 63: Recalibrate (10H)

    This command transfers 512 bytes of data from the host. Table 6-7 defines the content of this information. If the password does not match the password previously saved by the device, the device shall reject the command with by abortion. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 64: Security Freeze Lock (F5H)

    1= set Master password Bit (7:1) Reserved Bit 8 Security level 0= High 1= Maximum Bit (15:2) Reserved 1-16 Password (32 bytes) Master Password Revision Code (valid if word 0 bit 0 = 1) 18-255 Reserved Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 65: Security Unlock (F2H)

    This command has become obsolete in the ATA7 specification. The supporting of this command is just for backward compatibility purpose. 8.2.29 Set Features (EFh) This command is used by the host to establish the following parameters, which affect the execution of certain drive features as shown below. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 66: Table 8-11 Set Features Register Definitions

    Bits(7:3) Bits(2:0) PIO default mode 00000 PIO default mode, disable IORDY 00000 PIO flow control transfer mode 00001 mode Multiword DMA mode 00100 mode Ultra DMA mode 01000 mode Mode = transfer mode number Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 67: Set Max Address (F9H, 37H: Extended)

    Standby Mode. The value in the Sector Count register when the STANDBY command is issued shall determine the time period programmed into the Standby Timer. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 68: Smart (B0H)

    Disabling this feature does not preclude the device from saving SMART data to non-volatile memory during some other normal operation such as during a power-on sequence or during an error recovery sequence. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 69: Smart Enable Operations (D8H)

    The device shall then re-initiate its off-line data collection activities in response to the new EXECUTE OFF-LINE IMMEDIATE command. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 70: Smart Read Data (D0H)

    X = the content of the byte is vendor specific and may be fixed or variable. R = the content of the byte is reserved and shall be zero. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...
  • Page 71 These data structures contain information which facilitates the monitoring of key drive indicators in order to determine when the drive has deteriorated to the point at which it may impact the reliability of the host system. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 72: Table 8-16 Smart Attribute Status Flags

    This type is used to specify an attribute that is collected Self-preserving and saved by the drive automatically. 1= It is a self-preserving attribute type. 6-15 Reserved Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 73: Table 8-17 Smart Attribute Data List

    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 8-17 SMART Attribute Data List...

  • Page 74: Table 8-19 Self-Test Execution Status Values

    Off-line data collection activity must be restarted by a new SMART EXECUTE OFF-LINE IMMEDIATE command from the host. If the value of this bit equals zero, the device shall suspend off-line data collection activity after an interrupting command and resume off-line Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 75: Smart Read Log Sector (D5H)

    4Fh and the Cylinder High register to C2h. If the device detects a threshold-exceeded condition, the device shall set Cylinder Low register to F4h and Cylinder High register to 2Ch 8.2.34.8 SMART write log sector (D6h) This command writes number of 512-byte data sectors to the indicated log sector. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 76: Standby (E2H)

    This command allows device to reorder the command issued in a sequence of the queue. The command is returned based on the device’s determine of the location sequence. The Spinpoint M9T drive implemented a queue depth of 32. This will allow host to issue up to 32 NCQ commands (combined read and write commands).

  • Page 77: Write Multiple Command (C5H, 39H:extended)

    If retries are disabled and two index pulses have occurred without error-free reading of the requested ID, an ID Not Found error is posted. If retries are enabled, up to a predefined number of attempts may be made to read the requested ID before posting an error. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...
  • Page 78 The Command Block registers contain the cylinder, head, and sector number of the sector where the error occurred in CHS mode or the logical block address in LBA mode. The host may then read the command block to determine what error has occurred and on which sector it occurred. Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 79: Chapter 9 Maintenance

    MAINTENANCE 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, greatly reducing the amount of downtime required for unscheduled repairs.
  • Page 80 Fig. 9-1: HDD handling guide - Please handle HDD by side surfaces! Fig. 9-2: HDD handling guide - Do not Touch Cover and PCB! Fig. 9-3: HDD handling guide - Do Not Stack! Spinpoint M9T Product Manual REV 1.0...

  • Page 81: S Ervice And R Epair

    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 outlined. You will be asked to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of purchase.

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