IBM TS2290 Manual

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1 Loader motor worm gear 3 Takeup reel motor2 Outer guide railWARNING: DO NOT TOUCH4 Supply reel motor7. Reassemble the drive by reversing the procedure in Step 4 in Beginning procedure.8. Reassemble the chassis by following the steps in Replacing the internal drive.9. Allow the drive to complete mid-tape recovery. This action takes several minutes. When this activity completes, push Unload to eject the cartridge.10. Test the drive (see Function code 1: Run drive diagnostics) to determine whether it needs to be replaced.Tape tangled along tape pathEdit online1. Carefully pull out excess tape and untangle.Note: If you find the tape to be broken, try one of these procedures:Tape spooled off supply reelTape pulled from or broken near leader pinTape broken in mid-tape2. Set the drive on its left side with the head and tape path facing up.Figure 1. Rewinding tape into cartridge1 Loader motor worm gear 3 Takeup reel motor2 Outer guide railWARNING: DO NOT TOUCH4 Supply reel motor3. Turn the supply reel ( 4 in Figure 1) clockwise.4. Continue spooling into the cartridge until the tape is taut and remains within the flanges of the tape guiding rollers. Turn the supply reel ( 4 in Figure 1) 10 turns.Ensure that you do not stretch the tape.5. Reassemble the chassis by following the steps in Replacing the internal drive.6. Allow the drive to complete mid-tape recovery. This action takes several minutes. When this activity completes, push Unload to eject the cartridge.7. Test the drive (see Function code 1: Run drive diagnostics) to determine whether it needs to be replaced.IBM TS22xx - TS2290, TS2280, and TS2270 129