Maxtor D540X-4K User Manual
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About This Manual
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Maxtor D540X-4K 20.4/40.0/60.0/80.0 GB AT
• ATA
advanced technology attachment
• bpi
bits per inch
• dB
decibels
• dBA
decibels, A weighted
• DPS Data
Protection
System
• SPS Shock
Protection
System
• ECC
error correcting code
• Kfci
thousands of flux changes per inch
• Hz
hertz
• KB
kilobytes
• LSB
least significant bit
• mA milliamperes
• MB
megabytes (1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes when referring to disk
transfer rates or storage capacities and 1,048,576 bytes in all
other cases)
• Mb/s
megabits per second
• MB/s
megabytes per second
• MHz
megahertz
• ms milliseconds
• MSB
most significant bit
• mV
millivolts
• ns
nanoseconds
• tpi
tracks per inch
• µs
microseconds
• V
volts
The typographical and naming conventions used in this manual are listed below.
Conventions that are unique to a specific table appear in the notes that follow that
table.
Typographical Conventions:
• Names of Bits: Bit names are presented in initial capitals. An example
is the Host Software Reset bit.
• Commands: Interface commands are listed in all capitals. An example
is WRITE LONG.
• Register Names: Registers are given in this manual with initial capitals.
An example is the Alternate Status Register.