Mine didn't even have a front door when I got it.
There's an easier
solution than using the maintenance mode: disconnect the door lock
solenoid. If it doesn't fire, it doesn't actuate the "door open"
switch, and it's not like it's locking anything if the door isn't
there. It's a simple quick-disconnect terminal.
We _are_ talking abotu the same drive, right? The rebadged Cipher F880,
the one you put a reel of tape in the slot and it automaically treads up?
My experiece of bot hthe TS05 and the F880 is that they d not eeliably
load if the door is missing. The airflow is not right and it doesn't
always get the leader off the spool.
-tony