on 12/6/1999 2:36 PM, Mark E. Ingram at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> When the button was clicked, though, the tape was *not* ejected, and no
>>> combination of the Eject button on the LaCie STD-9000 (Sony mechanism) -
>>> power on or power off - or the Retrospect program will cause the tape to
>>> eject. With similar APS drives, holding the Eject button down while the
>>> unit is powered up has never failed to eject a tape.
>>
>> We've had similar odd problems with an identical unit, and from recent
>> posts on the list I'm wondering if perhaps we should apply the latest
>> firmware update. It requires a PC with a SCSI card, of course...
>
> I forgot to mention that this *is* the second such identical DAT drive on
> which we've had this problem.
>
>> ... from recent posts on the list I'm wondering if perhaps we should
>> apply the latest firmware update. It requires a PC with a SCSI card,
>> of course...
>
> Ouch! If you try this, and it works, please report back to the list.
If you have a Sony SDT-9000 DDS-3 tape drive and are having odd problems
with it (lost access to media, etc.), check the firmware revision (use
Retrospect's "SCSI Status"). If it's not 0400 (mine, a LaCie OEM, was 0200),
find a Wintel with a SCSI card, download the firmware updater from Sony's
website, and update the drive's firmware. This seems to have alleviated our
problems. I'll know within a week whether or not it's completely fixed,
because we've been getting a "lost access to media" error at some point
every week.
The firmware update fix might cure problems with other drives as well, but I
can only speak for the SDT-9000. Check your drive manufacturer's website to
see if an update is available for your unit.
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