Disc drive testing system and method
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsYu-Cheng Ko, Shuang-Quan Luo
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Abstract
A disc drive testing method is provided for testing a plurality of disc drives. The disc drive method comprising steps of: selecting a disc drive as a current testing disc drive; sending load/unload commands to the current testing disc drive to drive the current testing disc drive to perform a load/unload operation; timing a load/unload duration of the current testing disc drive; and selecting a next disc drive as the current testing disc drive if the current testing disc drive is busy performing the load/unload operations. A related disc drive testing apparatus is also disclosed.
Claims17
A disc drive testing apparatus for testing a plurality of disc drives, the disc drive testing apparatus comprising:
- a selecting unit for selecting one of the disc drives as a current testing disc drive;
- a command-sending unit for sending load/unload commands to the current testing disc drive to drive the current testing disc drive to perform load/unload operations;
- a timing unit for timing a load/unload durations of the current testing disc drive;
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- a controlling unit for signaling the selecting unit to select a next disc drive as the current testing disc drive if the current testing disc drive is busy performing load/unload operations.
A disc drive testing method for testing a plurality of disc drives, the disc drive method comprising steps of:
- selecting a disc drive as a current testing disc drive;
- sending load/unload commands to the current testing disc drive to drive the current testing disc drive to perform a load/unload operation;
- timing a load/unload duration of the current testing disc drive;
- and
- selecting a next disc drive as the current testing disc drive if the current testing disc drive is busy performing the load/unload operations.
A storage medium for recording a computer-executable program, the program comprising:
- selecting codes for selecting a disc drive as a current testing disc drive;
- sending codes for sending load/unload commands to the current testing disc drive to drive the current testing disc drive to perform a load/unload operation;
- timing codes for timing a load/unload duration of the current testing disc drive;
- and
- selecting codes for selecting a next disc drive as the current testing disc drive if the current testing disc drive is busy performing the load/unload operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.