Patent ID: 6665633
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A method for relating rotational vibration stimuli of a mechanical mounting environment for a disc drive to performance of the disc drive by steps comprising:(a) mounting a sample disc drive selected from a drive species into the mechanical mounting environment; (b) imparting a predetermined rotational vibration stimuli to the mechanical mounting environment; (c) measuring a rotational vibration experienced by the sample disc drive mounted in the mechanical mounting environment responding to the predetermined rotational vibration stimuli of step (b); (d) providing a predetermined rotational vibration index for the drive species; (e) determining a rotational vibration index for the mechanical mounting environment with the sample disc drive mounted to the mechanical environment; and (f) comparing the rotational vibration index for the mechanical mounting environment with the sample disc drive mounted to the mechanical mounting environment with the predetermined rotational vibration index for the drive species to relate the rotational vibration stimuli of the mechanical mounting environment to the performance of the sample disc drive.