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Method and apparatus for manufacture test processing a disk drive installed in a computer system

US6950967B1 · kind B1 · utility

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189Claims
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Filing dateSep 26, 2001
Grant dateSep 27, 2005
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Expiry dateDec 5, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/2221
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A disk drive provides manufacture test processing of itself after it is installed and operating within a computer system. The tests include flaw mapping, embedded runout compensation and final drive verification and do not interfere with normal operations of the disk drive.

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