Patent ID: 7529635

Claim:
A method for dynamic electrical testing of head gimbal assemblies, comprising: selecting an unmounted head gimbal assembly from a load/unload area, wherein the head gimbal assembly comprises at least one aperture and at least one electrical contact pad; moving the head gimbal assembly to a first position, wherein the first position comprises a mounting surface with an arrangement of alignment pins; aligning the unmounted head gimbal assembly at the first position, wherein aligning comprises moving at least one aperture in the unmounted head gimbal assembly into engagement with at least one alignment pin; moving the unmounted head gimbal assembly to a second position different from the first position, wherein the first position and the second position are in known locations with respect to one another such that an alignment at the first position is maintained at the second position, and wherein the second position comprises an arrangement of electrical contacts; engaging the at least one electrical contact pad on the head gimbal assembly with the electrical contacts at the second position; loading the unmounted head gimbal assembly to a disc; testing the unmounted head gimbal assembly to obtain test data; and performing at least one of storing and displaying the test data.