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Re: tape hardware choices

2003-06-05 09:17:54
Subject: Re: tape hardware choices
From: "Tom Brown" <tom.brown AT goodtechnology DOT com>
To: <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net>, "Olivier Nicole" <on AT cs.ait.ac DOT th>, <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 14:12:58 +0100
> If you are mechanically inclined, remove the changer from its normal
> location and re-attach the cables so that you can see what its doing.
> It might be something so simple as a rubber roller thats become
> polished up and is now slipping someplace in the robotics.   Or even
> a very bad case of dust bunnies.  Rubber belts will lose their
> tension and grip also, leaving the motor spinning its wheels and the
> device times out reporting the error chain above.  Home vcr's are
> infamous for that, to the point of the belts being designed out of
> them in recent times.

i might plan a trip to the IDC then and take the thing apart - its in its
own external enclosure so its prety easy to get at.

thanks


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