US 11,942,112 B1
Method for starting hard disks and electronic device
Wei Wei, Tianjin (CN); and Jie Yuan, Tianjin (CN)
Assigned to Fulian Precision Electronics (Tianjin) Co., LTD., Tianjin (CN)
Filed by Fulian Precision Electronics (Tianjin) Co., LTD., Tianjin (CN)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/130,389.
Claims priority of application No. 202211338886.1 (CN), filed on Oct. 28, 2022.
Int. Cl. G11B 5/00 (2006.01); G11B 5/54 (2006.01); G11B 20/10 (2006.01)
CPC G11B 20/10 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for starting hard disks, applied in an electronic device, the method comprising:
starting a storage in the electronic device, the storage comprising hard disks; a backplane extension chip; and a backplane expansion chip;
sending preset request signals using the hard disks to the backplane extension chip;
verifying a number of the hard disks by the backplane expansion chip according to the request signals;
in response that the number of the hard disks is verified successfully, performing a type verification on the number of the hard disks by the backplane expansion chip; and
sending start signal by the backplane expansion chip to target hard disks having a successful type verification according to a preset start sequence and a preset number of the hard disks, and starting the target hard disks according to the start signal.