RL02 question

From: Daniel T. Burrows <dburrows_at_netpath.net>
Date: Mon Oct 2 20:59:48 2000

>I haven't looked at these very close yet, but aren't the heads in the
>drive, not the disk pack?

Correct.
>
>The only damage I can imagine is the bearings and/or races got munged
>up...

I was meaning after you spun the disk up the first time. Even if you did
not hear or smell anything. All to often you will not hear a head crash but
you can smell the burning. Usually however with RL02's you will hear a ting
stype of sound when they are crashing.

Dan
>
>clint
>
>
>On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Daniel T. Burrows wrote:
>
>> >I recently purchased a number of RL02 cartridges. Some are labeled:
>> >RL02K-DC and some RL02K-EF.
>> >
>> >What's the difference between them?
>>
>> The -EF were error free.
>>
>> >
>> >One had one side of the shock indicator set, a second had both set.
>> >
>> >Would it be a really bad idea to use either of these, or just a bad
>> >idea?
>>
>> Depends of how brave you are.:)
>> Clean the heads first anyway.
>> Inspect them closely for any dings. Especially on the edges of the
>> platters. Then be ready to spin the drive down if you hear anything when
it
>> first loads.
>> Then inspect the heads again for oxide whether you heard anything or not.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>>
>>
>>
Received on Mon Oct 02 2000 - 20:59:48 BST