> On Jan 6, 2017, at 1:27 PM, Robert Armstrong wrote:
>
>> Rick Bensene wrote:
>
>> 1) I first mount the pack in a drive that has a good absolute filter, and
> has
>> had the head load disabled, and spin it for a few hours.
>
> Speaking of spinning up a pack without loading the heads, can
On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 6:27 PM, Robert Armstrong wrote:
> Speaking of spinning up a pack without loading the heads, can anyone tell
> me how to do this on an RL01/2 drive?
I am pretty sure you unplug the positioner motor from the DC power supply
PCB. You have to remove the latter (4 corner scr
>Paul Koning wrote:
>one would think unplugging the power to the head actuator coils ...
One might think that, and that plan works for an RK05, but an RL02 is
smarter. Unless the heads go on cylinder within a few seconds of the head
load signal, the drive logic just faults and spins down agai
On 07/01/2017 04:08, Robert Armstrong w#rote:
Paul Koning wrote:
one would think unplugging the power to the head actuator coils ...
One might think that, and that plan works for an RK05, but an RL02 is
smarter. Unless the heads go on cylinder within a few seconds of the head
load signal,
> On Jan 7, 2017, at 3:42 AM, Pete Turnbull wrote:
>
> On 07/01/2017 04:08, Robert Armstrong w#rote:
>>> Paul Koning wrote:
>>> one would think unplugging the power to the head actuator coils ...
>>
>> One might think that, and that plan works for an RK05, but an RL02 is
>> smarter. Unless t
On 1/7/2017 11:44 AM, Jerry Weiss wrote:
What is the best way to approach evaluating old RL02 Packs for
cleaning? Does anyone have experience opening up all the little
plastic tabs on the covers? I have a large stash of RL02’s that I had
planned to backup. I was planning on just doing a visual
On 07/01/2017 16:44, Jerry Weiss wrote:
What is the best way to approach evaluating old RL02 Packs for
cleaning? Does anyone have experience opening up all the little
plastic tabs on the covers? I have a large stash of RL02’s that I had
planned to backup. I was planning on just doing a visual
On 07/01/2017 18:01, Pete Turnbull wrote:
That part is easy. Turn it upside down, and for each of the tabs,
insert a small (1/4") flat-blade screwdriver into the rectangular hole
by each tab, turn it so that the side moves away from the bottom cover
sufficiently, then slip a smaller screwdriver