13 Feb
2009
13 Feb
'09
11 p.m.
On Feb 14, 2009, at 12:48 AM, Chris Kennedy wrote:
John Floren wrote:
I can guarantee that the heads are not locked. The NIC 6600
workstation was working condition, 24/7 until about 4 years ago, when
I came in one morning to use the FTIR spectrometer it was connected
to and got the SMD timeout error when trying to access the FTIR
software on the SMD disk. Spent some time back then checking for
loose cables and other obvious problems, but couldn't find anything
that stood out. It had been running fine the previous day- no power
outages in the building, etc. It's been powered down in it's original
location since then,until this week.
Ken Marshall
Kenneth L. Marshall
Research Engineer, Optical Materials
Laboratory for Laser Energetics
University of Rochester
250 East River Rd
Rochester, NY 14623
Phone: (585)-275-8247
Fax: (585)-275-5960
Could you explain about head locks? I have never
heard of the term.
Many SMD drives have mechanical spindle and head locks for shipping
purposes. It's pretty obvious when either are in place, as the thing
won't spin or the heads won't load, respectively -- although both
should
result in a fault condition.
Your problem almost sounds like a bad/mis-connected B-cable.
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