Okay, just need to ask the silling questions:
Is your CPU on before powering up the RL02?
Is the Terminator plugged into the 2nd port on the back?
Do you have the cable plugged in properly?
If yes to all the above, was the unit working at one point, then one day
stopped???
Curt
Pete Turnbull wrote:
>On Jan 12, 21:22, nbreeden2_at_comcast.net wrote:
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>> I'm looking for any hints or advice on repairing a broken RL02
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>drive. I have two drives, one is working, the other indicates a fault.
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>> The unit with the fault lights the fault light as soon as it's
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>powered up, it goes through it's normal power up cycle (runs the
>spindle at low speed) and seems normal beyond the fault.
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>> All power supply voltages are normal.
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>> I've swapped the 'easy' to swap parts with my working unit however
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>the fault persists (swapped the logic board that lives on the top/back
>cover, the servo board and the unit select buttons). Before I tear
>deeper into it I was hoping someone might have some hints or experience
>that will help me.
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>It could be lots of things. I had one like that, it turned out to be a
>fault on the AC servo board IIRC. I suggest you download the RL01/02
>Pocket Service Guide from David Gesswein's site at
>http://www.pdp8.net/query_docs/query_all.html -- it's fairly small and
>has a lot of useful stuff in it. It's all I had when I had to repair
>and realign my three drives (though I did have an original DEC printed
>copy).
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