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22 Zeus 2.5-Inch ATA Solid State Drive

ATA COMMANDS

This section provides information on the ATA commands supported by the Zeus SSD. The

commands are issued to the ATA by loading the required registers in the command block with the

supplied parameter, and then writing the command code to the register.

Standard ATA Commands

Table 8 lists each command along with its respective command code and registers accessed by the

command. For detailed descriptions of the ATA commands, refer to the ATA-6

Table 8. Supported ATA Commands

Command

Code (Hex)

Feature

Sector

Count

Sector

Number

Cylinder

High/Low

Drive/Head

Number

CHECK POWER MODE 98h or E5h No Yes No No

Yes

(a)

DOWNLOAD MICROCODE 92h Yes No No No No

ERASE SECTOR C0h No Yes Yes Yes

Yes

(a)

EXECUTE DRIVE DIAGNOSTIC 90h No No No No

Yes

(a)

FLUSH CACHE E7h TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

FLUSH CACHE EXTENDED EAh TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

FORMAT TRACK 50h No Yes No Yes

Yes

(b)

IDENTIFY RESPONSE ECh Yes No No No

Yes

(a)

IDLE 97h, E3h No Y No No

Yes

(a)

IDLE IMMEDIATE 95h, E1h No No No No

Yes

(a)

INITIALIZE DRIVE PARAMETERS 91h No Yes No No

Yes

(b)

NOP 00h No No No No

Yes

(b)

READ BUFFER E4h No

No No No No

READ DMA C8h No Yes Yes Yes

Yes

(b)

READ DMA EXTENDED 25h No Yes Yes Yes

Yes

(b)

READ DMA QUEUED C7h No Yes Yes Yes

Yes

(b)

READ DMA QUEUED EXT 26h No Yes Yes Yes

Yes

(b)

READ MULTIPLE C4h No Yes Yes Yes

Yes

(b)

READ MULTIPLE EXTENDED 29h No Yes Yes Yes

Yes

(b)

READ SECTOR(S) 20h No Yes Yes Yes

Yes

(b)

READ SECTOR(S) EXTENDED 24h No Yes Yes Yes

Yes

(b)

READ VERIFY SECTOR(S) 40h No Yes Yes Yes

Yes

(b)

READ VERIFY EXTENDED 42h No Yes Yes Yes

Yes

(b)

RECALIBRATE 10h No No No No

Yes

(a)