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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