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Hardware maintenance 16-17

Maintaining the external tape drive

Standard 1.0 Option 11 EC Installation and Maintenance Guide November 1999

Cleaning the tape

drive

You should clean the head assembly after an initial pass with

a new tape cartridge, and after eight hours of normal use. You

should clean the tape cartridge cavity whenever dust is

visible.

You will need the following cleaning supplies:

• low-pressure aerosol air

• tape-head cleaning fluid, or reagent grade chemically

pure isopropyl alcohol

• cleaning pads, such as

- tape-head cleaning pads

- lint-free cotton swabs

- industry-acceptable head-cleaning swabs, 15 cm

(6 in.) or longer

To clean the tape drive, follow these steps.

Step Action

1 If there is a tape cartridge in the tape drive, remove

it.

2 If the power to the drive is on, turn it off.

3 Open the drive door.

4 Carefully blow out any dust from the tape cartridge

cavity with aerosol air.

5 Moisten a pad or swab with the head-cleaning fluid

until it is saturated but not dripping.

6 Carefully wipe the head in the direction that the tape

travels. Do not wipe perpendicularly or use a circular

scrubbing motion.

7 Discard the used swab and repeat steps 5 and 6

with new swabs until the swab shows no sign of dirt

from the head.

8 Use a new, dry swab to remove any traces of

cleaning fluid from the head.

9 If there was a tape cartridge in the tape drive,

replace it.

10 If the power to the tape drive was on at the start of

this procedure, turn it back on.

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