Description

Product

Symptoms

Cause

Solution

1. Remove the AIT-2 tape drive from the tape library.
2. Remove the top cover of the drive by unscrewing (use a small philips driver) the four screws on four corners, as shown in the following picture:
   
3. Place the tape drive on the table top, and then power up the drive using a PC power supply.
   
4. Watch for the tape to be unwound from the tape winding guides (see the following picture), and then as soon as the tape is unwound, power off the drive.
   
5. Use a small flat-head screwdriver to slide out the tape, as shown in the following sequence:
   a.
   b.
   c.
   d.
   e.
   
6. Put the cover on, as shown in the following picture:
   

Technical Contact(s)

Keith Chan

Submitted by

Richard Simms

Date Submitted

18 Jun 2002