Hi Andrew, What I suggested to Terry was fairly fiddly, and probably the way most hardware engineers :) would tackle the problem. Fundamentally, the tape sensor is (most likely) a microswitch actuator that has to fit in a square hole. If the plastic case of the tape cartridge is out of tolerance by say 0.5 mm in any dimension, then it might not fit the sensor in the drive. I said (jokingly) to Terry, to get out his vernier calipers and start measuring the clearances. One thing I didn't consider was the automatic loader. If it's out of whack it might not be positioning the tape in the right spot so that the first tapes to fail might be the ones most out of tolerance.... eventually they will all fail and then you will blame the tape drive. Do you have another tape drive to compare with? (ie are the problem tapes only a problem on that drive, or are those tapes a problem on any drive)? I think this sort of problem has been around ever since humans tried to get round pegs to fit into square holes... ___________________________________________ Jill Rowling Senior Design Engineer & Unix System Administrator Electronic Engineering Department, Aristocrat Leisure Industries 3rd Floor, 77 Dunning Ave Rosebery NSW 2018 Phone: (02) 9697-4484 Fax: (02) 9663-1412 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text
