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Western Digital Hard Disk Drive OEM Specification
11.45 Sense Condition (F0h : Vendor specific)
Command Block Output Registers
Command Block Input Registers
Table 211 Sense Condition command(F0h)
The Sense Condition command is used to sense temperature in a device.
This command is executable even if a device is in Power up in standby mode.
Output Parameters To The Device
The Feature register must be set to 01h. All other value is rejected with setting ABORT bit in
status register.
Input Parameters From The Device
The Sector Count register contains result value.
Temperature is equal to or lower than -20 deg C
Temperature is (Value / 2 - 20) deg C
Temperature is higher than 107 deg C