Patent ID: 8218256

Claim:
A hard drive component tester, comprising: a chassis plate; a disk spindle assembly cartridge removably mounted on a top surface of the chassis plate, wherein the disk spindle assembly cartridge comprises: a base; a spindle motor attached to the base; a disk seated on the spindle motor; a disk clamp attached to the spindle motor, wherein the disk clamp secures the disk to the spindle motor; and a cover attached to the base, wherein the base is configured to detachably mount a head stack assembly cartridge, and wherein the disk is accessible to a head stack assembly pivotally mounted in the head stack assembly cartridge via an opening defined by the base and the cover; a printed circuit board assembly mounted on the chassis plate, wherein the printed circuit board assembly comprises a first interface electrically connected to the spindle motor, a second interface configured to electrically connect to the head stack assembly, and a third interface for electrically connecting the printed circuit board assembly to a tester controller.