opening a Rl01 drive

From: Lawrence LeMay <lemay_at_cs.umn.edu>
Date: Fri Oct 22 19:24:15 1999

> >> I choose to power it up, and I was able to open the top door. However,
> >> the FAULT light stays on, i cant lock the cover down anymore, and
> >> I can remove the disk pack (just lift the handle?). I'm chosing to leave
> >> the RL01 powered up for a little while, in case the electronics havent
> >> been powered on for a while, but I doubt that wil fix this problem.
>
> >I meant to say i CANT remove the disk pack.
>
> *Oh*. Do you hear a "click" roughly 20 seconds after applying power
> to the drive? That's the lid latch solenoid. The "click" means that
> you can open it now.
>
> If you hear the "click" but still can't operate the open-cover latch,
> this is likely because the long piece of nylon line that connects the
> button to the latch is out of whack. (Or just plain broken!)
> Can you slide the button back and forth? If you feel *no* resistance,
> then the nylon line is probably broken. If you still can't move the sliding
> button at all, then the latch mechanism is screwed up. Some previous
> fellow may have tried too enthusiastically to move the slide when he
> shouldn't have, and bent or notched something out of whack. It's also
> possible for the latch mechanism itself, the other end of the nylon string,
> is broken/bent.
>
> If you don't hear the click, there may be a power supply or logic
> board problem.
>
> In *any* event, if you loosen the four screws holding the plastic
> panel on top at the rear of the drive, you can lift up the *entire*
> top cover quite handily and see what's going on.
>

Top access hatch is open, the solenoid did its job. The problem now is
that the fault light is on becuase nothing is connected, and i cannot
remove the disk pack by lifting on the handle. if this is normal
becuase of the fault, then everything is probably working properly.

-Lawrence LeMay
Received on Fri Oct 22 1999 - 19:24:15 BST