22 Oct
1999
22 Oct
'99
3:01 p.m.
I choose to power it up, and I was able to open the top
door. However,
the FAULT light stays on, i cant lock the cover down anymore, and
I can remove the disk pack (just lift the handle?). I'm chosing to leave
the RL01 powered up for a little while, in case the electronics havent
been powered on for a while, but I doubt that wil fix this problem.
Note, the drive isnt conected to any computer at this time, its just
powered up.
Yep - if the drive isn't getting the clock signal from the bus interface
module in the computer (this is used to synchronize the spin rate, among
other things), it'll light up its fault light and refuse to do anything.
At least you know that the "fault" light works! When one of the other
bulbs goes bad, the "fault" light is usually the first one cannibalized
because it's so rarely on.
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