Maxtor D540X-4K Computer Drive User Manual


 
ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands
6-2 Maxtor D540X-4K 20.4/40.0/60.0/80.0 GB AT
The Maxtor D540X-4K hard disk drives allow their host systems to address the full set
of command and control registers as specified in ATA/ATAPI-6 section 7.
The µProcessor, Disk Controller, and ATA Interface electronics are contained in a
proprietary ASIC developed by Maxtor.
The Maxtor D540X-4K hard disk drives support all the mandatory commands from
the general feature set for non-packet devices. They are:
EXECUTE DEVICE DIAGNOSTIC
FLUSH CACHE
IDENTIFY DEVICE
INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS
READ DMA
READ MULTIPLE
READ SECTOR(S)
READ VERIFY SECTOR(S)
SEEK
SET FEATURES
SET MULTIPLE MODE
WRITE DMA
WRITE MULTIPLE
WRITE SECTOR(S)
The drives support the following optional commands from the general feature set for
non-packet devices:
DOWNLOAD MICROCODE
NOP
READ BUFFER
WRITE BUFFER