User`s guide

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting Guide
Troubleshooting Suggestions
LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive User’s Guide 72
Drive Does Not Load the
Tape Cartridge 7
If you cannot load a tape cartridge into the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape
Drive:
1 Verify that the tape drive Power LED is on and that all other LEDs
are off.
IF the Power
LED is . . .
AND other LEDs
are . . . THEN . . .
off, off, refer to the procedures
for troubleshooting
power problems under
Computer Hardware
Does Not Recognize the
Tape Drive on page 65 to
determine why the
Power LED is not on.
on, on or flashing, see table 4
on page 37 to
determine whether the
other LED activity is
normal or abnormal.
Then proceed to step 2 of
this procedure.
If the amber
Status LED
is on and the orange
Error
LED is flashing fast to
indicate a Power On Self
Test error, contact
Technical Support to
resolve the possible
problem with the tape
drive.
on, off, skip to step 3 of this
procedure.