11-17-2012, 08:45 AM
11-17-2012, 08:59 AM
Hi,
always have a disc put in before attempting to transport the unit. Especially the R/W heads in the Sony drive in the older 9114 (w/o B) tend to stick together, which can lead to tear them off when inserting a disc with somewhat too much force accidently.
Cheers
Ray
11-17-2012, 10:00 AM
Thanks Ray,
I suspected it was safer to transport with a disc.
Adam
11-17-2012, 02:16 PM
But with no disk in the drive, the heads are apart, separated by a distance of some millimeters (not sure how much, but on those old drives it's a substantial gap). I don't see why it wouldn't be safe to transport the drive without a disk...
11-17-2012, 07:48 PM
Quote:Theoretically this should be the case, but especially these old Sony drives were problematic, not only in the 9114, but in many devices they were used in. During a certain period of time, HP used these drives in several peripheral devices, like HP-IB disc drives.
But with no disk in the drive, the heads are apart, separated by a distance of some millimeters
Therefore when bought new, these drives were shipped with a yellow pseudo-disc inserted, acting as a spacer, which moved the heads into the "touch surface" position.