Installation guide

Troubleshooting and maintenance 5-19
Maintaining the external tape drive
Standard 2.0 Meridian Mail Mini and Enhanced Card Option May 2000
Installation and Maintenance Guide
Cleaning the tape
drive with swabs and
fluid
To clean the tape drive with swabs and fluid, follow these steps.
Step Action
1 If there is a tape cartridge in the tape drive, remove it.
2 If the power to the tape drive is on, turn it off.
3 Push the head loading lever to the load position.
4 Carefully blow out dust from the sensor hole and 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 Carefully blow out dust from the sensor hole and tape
cartridge cavity with aerosol air.