What I meant with “it worked before, it should still work” is that there should be no incompatibility, wrongly terminated cables, conflicting hardware. I eliminate all OS questions, 'cause the light will not stop blinking once the retensioning has completed, whilst the machine is sitting in the...
Homer!
Well, yes and no. The next step is to try another SCSI card, as you suggest. However, the hardware combination WAS working fine for nearly a year, so it seems that either the SCSI card or the streamer has headed south. And the SCSI card does work with other devices, and to communicate...
Update: I did manage to update the ADR BIOS, so communication with the drive seems OK. I updated with a tape in the drive, but was not prompted, as indicated in the directions, to remove it. However, when I run the Tape@Once Driver Installer program, and run a device test, I am asked to remove...
Thanks, gwooton, for your help once again. In answer to your question, I changed OS, NO hardware changes. I do suspect the SCSI card/connection, as at one point it did not show the OnTrack device as present. I put the SCSI card and the streamer in a different box: same thing. Changing the SCSI...
I looked both in the FAQ, and the online copy of OnStream's site, to no avail, The problem is simple: The unit (ADR50 Internal) has been istalled and working for over a year. Now, when I put in a tape, it does a brief retensioning, then quiets down. The LED indicator continues to blink...
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