LTO 3 tape drive needing repaired

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Published on 2009-12-10T08:11:33Z Indexed on 2010/04/16 18:04 UTC
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We have an IBM LTO 3 tape drive that needs repaired and with the £400 price tag i'm having to shop around for quotes. My question is has anyone actually repaired one before and how was in done?

The first error LED was showing a 6, then i cleared the mangled tape only for it to start flashing alternate 'o' on the 7 segment display, simliar to a half 8, flashing top to bottom and it would just flash away like that coupled with a flashing amber light. I tried a reset holding the eject button for it to show an 'r' the go back to flashing again as before.

I checked the IBM solutions for the codes but this flashing isn't documented at all.

Would be great if anyone had any experience in this area.

Thank you,

Paul

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