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whitepines2
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October 6th, 2005 05:00
Seagate STD224000N refusing DDS3 tapes
I have recently acquired a Seagate STD224000N with a Dell sticker on it (DP/N 0008264P).
It has been working fine with DDS-1 and DDS-2 media, but when I try Certance CDM24 media, the drive locks up with both indicators on and refuses to eject the drive until the next power off / power on. Additionally, Linux reports DEVICE OR RESOURCE BUSY with a DDS3 tape inserted.
According to everything I have read, this drive should support DDS3 tapes! I have even tried upgrading the firmware to 7600, to no avail.
Can anyone offer any assistance on this problem?
-Tim
It has been working fine with DDS-1 and DDS-2 media, but when I try Certance CDM24 media, the drive locks up with both indicators on and refuses to eject the drive until the next power off / power on. Additionally, Linux reports DEVICE OR RESOURCE BUSY with a DDS3 tape inserted.
According to everything I have read, this drive should support DDS3 tapes! I have even tried upgrading the firmware to 7600, to no avail.
Can anyone offer any assistance on this problem?
-Tim
whitepines2
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Posted October 6th, 2005 19:00
I have done more troubleshooting with the drive and come up with the following:
1. When I put a DDS-3 tape into the drive, the head starts spinning at 4,000 RPM, and as soon a the tape contacts the head, it starts slowing down and stalls withing 5 seconds.
2. If I put a small piece of scotch tape over one of the media sense holes, to make it look like a DDS2 tape, the head spins at 8,000 RPM and everything is fine.
I have considerable electronics and repair knowledge, and would be quite willing to attempt a repair if i knew what the problem was!
Replacing the drive is not an option as I am on a very tight budget.
Can anyone help me with this? Even a suggestion or two would be welcome.
-Tim
whitepines2
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Posted October 8th, 2005 12:00
I have tried three different firmwares, old and new, finally settling on 7600. But it still doesn't work!I wonder if the DDS3 circuitry / heads are somehow burned out... :smileymad:-Timwhitepines2
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Posted October 14th, 2005 06:00
Well, I managed to find a used replacement for $30.00 on EBay. The $400 price tag for new, and $70 for used had scared me away :smileytongue: The replacement works fine.
-Tim
Just Google :smileywink: well... and some browsing:
http://www.quantum.com/ServiceandSupport/SoftwareandDocumentationDownloads/DAT24Drives/Index.aspx
There you'll find drivers for NT, W2K, etc. Problem is that mess of Seagate - Certance - Quantum :smileysad:
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whitepines2
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Posted October 6th, 2005 06:00
-Tim