We've also received this more than a few times on our 3570 B02's, and it is
a tape error.  Support tech actually recommended we manually turn the tape
spindle to "snug up" the tape and try again (like an old 8-track!.....).
Hasn't worked.  Any tapes with a "tension dropped" error have been replaced.


At 08:58 AM 12/9/98 +0100, Michael Abel wrote:
>YES
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>we have seen this error several times and had an IBM CE replace some parts
>of the library, update the microcode etc. If I understood correctly the
>problem is also related to bad tape quality. Apparently there are some tape
>"ranges" which are more likely to fail than others.
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>Mit freundlichem Gruss/Best Regards
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>Michael Abel
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>Alex Fagioli <alex AT EDGETEC.CO DOT ZA> on 09.12.98 07:31:57
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>Hi All
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>My 3570 drive keeps on losing tension. The 3570 brings up an error code
>says drive lost tension. Has anyone seen this before.
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>Thanks
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