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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2010
Charles Jarboe, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Robert Clausen, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey C. Hailey, Austin, TX (US);
Mark Lindholm, Austin, TX (US);
Raymond Mccormick, Round Rock, TX (US);
Kevin Marks, 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);
Raymond McCormick, Round Rock, TX (US);
Kevin Marks, Round Rock, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for operating a data storage device having a plurality of sectors and at least one port, each port having a transmitter and a receiver, is disclosed. In one embodiment the system includes coupling at least one of the transmitters to at least one of the receivers, 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.