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DI30 FAST Internal IDE keeps ejecting tape. I have tried everything!
Hi Peter, I had no time to make any progress. The head can pitch. It can translate from one side to the other one of the tape. It has two cilinders on its back and rolls on them. A linear motor positions the head up or down, according to some alghoritm. Now sit down: The tape has 192 tracks...- ovezica
- Post #8
- Forum: Data Recovery general discussion
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DI30 FAST Internal IDE keeps ejecting tape. I have tried everything!
Hello again, I have opened the unit and I have found a damaged switch on the guiding rails of the platform that loads and ejects the tape. I was happy and I have fixed it. This was explaining a premature eject: the firmware does not get a confirmation from an intermediary switch. I have fixed...- ovezica
- Post #6
- Forum: Data Recovery general discussion
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DI30 FAST Internal IDE keeps ejecting tape. I have tried everything!
Hello, It happened to me today. Everything working aparently. DI30 IDE installed under Win2k Pro SP3 german edition. Than I did 2 mistakes: -I have updated the firmware to 3.14 -I have inserted once the cartridge upside down (I was tired) After all the tape drive is OK, The Echo software says...- ovezica
- Post #4
- Forum: Data Recovery general discussion
