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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2008
Applicant:
Hossein F. Sevvom, Boulder, CO (US);
Inventor:
Hossein F. Sevvom, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The application relates to utilizing a head assembly, having a default boot-up head and at least one other head, in a depopulated configuration. If, during testing of the head assembly, the default boot-up head is found to be flawed, it designated as faulty in a non-volatile memory in the head assembly. The head assembly with the default boot-up head is used in a data storage device.