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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2007
Charles Jarboe, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Robert Clausen, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey C. Hailey, Austin, TX (US);
Mark Lindholm, Austin, TX (US);
Kevin Marks, Round Rock, TX (US);
Raymond Mccormick, Round Rock, TX (US);
Charles Jarboe, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Robert Clausen, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey C. Hailey, Austin, TX (US);
Mark Lindholm, Austin, TX (US);
Kevin Marks, Round Rock, TX (US);
Raymond McCormick, Round Rock, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A data storage device includes a plurality of sectors and a port, the port having a transmitter and a receiver. In one embodiment a method includes coupling the transmitter to receiver, providing power to the data storage device, detecting that the transmitter is coupled to the receiver, and executing code for exercising the data storage device.