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continuously for more than 5 seconds. The tape should
eject within 40 seconds. Contact Seagate Technical
Support for more information.
LED Code summary
The following table summarizes LED flash codes for the
Scorpion 40.
LED
Action
Meaning
Clean
ON (lit)
Cleaning is required because
the drive has been operated
for at least 25 hours (DDS-1
and DDS-2) or 50 hours
(DDS-3 or DDS-4).
Flashing
Slowly
The internal error rate
threshold has been exceeded
and cleaning is required.
Flashing
The cleaning cartridge in the
drive has exceeded is useful
life. Replace the old cleaning
cartridge with a new one.
Media
ON (lit)
A cartridge is inserted and is
not generating excessive
errors.
Flashing
The drive could not write the
tape correctly (a write error
has occurred). Use a DDS
cleaning cartridge to clean the
drive.
Drive
ON (lit)
The drive is reading or writing
the tape normally.
Flashing
Rapidly
A hardware fault occurred.
