>On that subject, can anyone shed light on what appears to be a common
>failure mode for DLT7000 drives? I have (2) which misbehave in the same
>manner. At powerup, the head recalibrates (bzzzzzttt), the door lock
>solenoid activates and the green LED on the bottom right lights.
>However, all the density and tape type LEDS on the left simply flash in
>sync approx. 2x per second. An inserted tape will load, but that's all
>she wrote. No track calibration, no shoeshine - nothing. Exact same
>symptoms on both units.
>
>One was working until the power was accidently interrupted in the midst of
>a backup. The second was a $5.00 swap-meet item picked up in the hope of
>yielding parts to get the first working <g>.
I don't happen to have the manual handy, but have the drives
swallowed the tape leader? It's a bit of a pain in the neck to
restring the leader on a DLT7000 compared to a TK50, but it's still
not that hard. When you look in the drive, you should see something
that looks like the bottom end of the following:
http://zane.brouhaha.com/~healyzh/TK50-Leader.gif
Zane
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Received on Sun Oct 03 2004 - 09:40:39 BST
