3 Tests and Diagnostics 3.11 Hard Disk Test
Subtest 04 Cross talk & peak shift
This subtest writes eight types of worst pattern data (listed below) to a
cylinder, then reads the data while moving from cylinder to cylinder (to check
the data interference in the neighbor track) to compare.
Worst pattern data Cylinder
‘B5ADAD’ 0 cylinder
‘4A5252’ 1 cylinder
‘EB6DB6’ 2 cylinder
‘149249’ 3 cylinder
’63B63B’ 4 cylinder
‘9C49C4’ 5 cylinder
‘2DB6DB’ 6 cylinder
‘D24924’ 7 cylinder
Subtest 06 Write specified address
This subtest writes specified data to a specified cylinder and head on the
HDD.
Subtest 07 Read specified address
This subtest reads data from a specified cylinder and head on the HDD.
Subtest 09 Sequential write
This subtest writes specified 2-byte data to all of the cylinders on the HDD.
Subtest 10 W-R-C specified address
This subtest writes data to a specified cylinder and head on the HDD, then
reads the data and compares it to the original data.
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