RL02 question - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

2 Oct 2000

...
 I haven't looked at these very close yet, but
aren't the heads in the
drive, not the disk pack? 
Correct.
...

The only damage I can imagine is the bearings and/or races got munged
up... 
I was meaning after you spun the disk up the first time.  Even if you did
not hear or smell anything.  All to often you will not hear a head crash but
you can smell the burning.  Usually however with RL02's you will hear a ting
stype of sound when they are crashing.

Dan
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clint

On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Daniel T. Burrows wrote:

> >I recently purchased a number of RL02 cartridges. Some are labeled:
> >RL02K-DC and some RL02K-EF.
> >
> >What's the difference between them?
>
> The -EF were error free.
>
> >
> >One had one side of the shock indicator set, a second had both set.
> >
> >Would it be a really bad idea to use either of these, or just a bad
> >idea?
>
> Depends of how brave you are.:)
> Clean the heads first anyway.
> Inspect them closely for any dings.  Especially on the edges of the
> platters.  Then be ready to spin the drive down if you hear anything when it
...
 > first loads.
> Then inspect the heads again for oxide whether you heard anything or not.
>
> Dan
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