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[chaobell]

When we first got this tape drive, it was a normal IDE tape drive. Note: IDE. Keep this in mind.

It went bad.

It went back to the supplier.

It then went back to the manufacturer for repair.

This is how it came back.

Comments

[tsutton.livejournal.com]

LOL, it looks like they replaced the circuit board, but put in the wrong one!

[c0c0c0.livejournal.com]

IDE - SCSI same diffrence. They all plug into the same place anyway.

What I want to know is if it is now a SCSI drive or simply has the wrong port soldered into it?

[random-c.livejournal.com]

...which supplier, so I know to never use them?

[klyf23.livejournal.com]

You'd think the big ol' sticker what says "ATAPI" on it would've provided their repair department with something resembling a subtle hint, but noooooooo....

[terata.livejournal.com]

Thats... certainly.. creative.. *insert funny outsourcing joke here*

[chaobell]

Oh, it's not the supplier's fault--all they did was pack it off to the manufacturer for repair. Our rep at the supplier was just as freaked out about it as we were.

As for the manufacturer, I didn't catch it for sure, but I think it was Exabyte.

[nightskywarlock.livejournal.com]

That's one scuzzy manufacturer...

[mellay.livejournal.com]

*slaps forehead*
keep that up and you'll land in the 'lenny briscoe remarks' hall of fame...

but funny :D

[starblazr.livejournal.com]

Let me guess, Exabyte?

We had a LVD SCSI drive go out, comes back as a IDE interface.

[chaobell]

Exabyte.

Apparently, we got your SCSI connector!

[starblazr.livejournal.com]

this was months ago. Mind you, this was even after my drive was hot-listed by Exabyte for express RMA repair.. *Sigh*

[dysan27.livejournal.com]

[Bored and backreading]

What I find intresting is that the Master/Slave/CableSelect jumber is still there.

I'm also suprised no-one else mentioned that.

So what happend? If you remember.

[chaobell]

Yeah, I think the jumpers still being there is what really killed me dead.

I don't remember exactly what happened to it. I've slept since then. A few times.