Full Height Drive: Tape Spooled Off Supply Reel; Removing The Cover From The Half Height Drive - IBM TS4300 3555 User Manual

a. Remove the four cover-mounting screws (
b. Remove the cover by lifting it up.
Figure 104. Removing the cover from the half height drive
4. Inspect the drive to decide which of the following conditions most closely matches the symptom on
the drive:
• Tape spooled off the supply reel - All the tape appears to be on the take up reel and no tape is on
the supply reel (inside the cartridge). Test the drive after the procedure is completed.
• Tape pulled from leader pin (or broken at the front end) - All the tape appears to be on the supply
reel (inside the cartridge) and little or no tape appears to be on the take up reel. The leader block is
positioned in the take up reel. Return the drive after the procedure is completed.
• Tape broken in mid-tape - Tape appears to be on both the supply reel (inside the cartridge) and
take up reel. Test the drive after the procedure is completed.
• Tape tangled along tape path - Tape appears to be tangled and damaged but intact. Return the
drive after the procedure is completed.
-- OR --
• No damage to tape (or no apparent failure) - There appears to be no damage or slack to the tape.
Return the drive after the procedure is completed.

Full height drive: Tape spooled off supply reel

Note: If the cartridge in the drive is an INPUT tape that contains ACTIVE or 'ONLY COPY' data (there is no
backup), eject commands that are issued at the host fail to unload the tape, and power-cycling the drive
fails to eject the cartridge, make no further attempts to unload this tape. Call Technical Support and
open a PMR if one is not already open, to initiate the process of sending the drive with the loaded
cartridge in for recovery.
1. With the front of the drive facing you, pull an arm's length of tape out of the take up reel from the left
side of the drive.
1 ). Two screws are on each side of the drive.
Appendix D. Manual cartridge removal procedure 181