> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Aaron > Jackson via cctalk > Sent: 17 December 2017 17:56 > To: Aaron Jackson <[email protected]>; General Discussion: On-Topic > and Off-Topic Posts <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: RL02 weirdness > > >> I wonder if you fell into the 'trap for the unwary' here. The heads > >> are named by the direction they face. So the upper head, nearest the > >> top of the drive, is the 'down' had as it faces down onto the > >> platter. Similarly the lower head is the 'up' head. Yes, it confused > >> me at first, > >> > > > > I'm not sure, because the labels on the female connector says up or > > down, as does the circuit board. So I connected them so up->up and > > down->down, which resulted in this crash. So maybe the person who used > > it before me fell into the trap you mention, failed to get it to work, > > and then ended up with me in a none-working state? > > I just checked and it looks like they are in correctly. The head for the top-side > of the platter is labelled down, and the lower head is facing up. The only > thing I changed is connecting up->up and down->down. > > So, I'm not sure. I cleaned the packs well a while back - I'm just hoping there > wasn't something left over which caused the crash. > > Thanks, > Aaron.
If these are the ones you got from may I may have put the leads back the wrong way round. :-( I suspect they have been bounced about so much in my car they may be out of alignment. I would see about checking the alignment before doing anything else... Dave
