>> -----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
Hi Dave, They are the ones from you but it's odd how the lower head didn't crash the way you had it connected :) I will study the manual a bit more... Thanks, Aaron.
