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4. Press the unload button once per second until E appears in the single-character display and the following message displays. (If you cycle past the desired code, press the unload button once per second until the code redisplays.) Maint Mode: Select Test Media 5. Press and hold the unload button for 3 or more seconds, then release it to select the function. Immediately after the following message displays, ensure that the write-protect switch on the suspect cartridge is off, then insert the cartridge (or the tape drive exits maintenance mode). Test Media Load Scratch Tape After you insert the cartridge, the flashing C in the single-character display changes to E and one or more of the following messages display: Test Media Tape Loading = = = > Test Media Locating = = = > Test Media Rewinding = = = > followed by: Test Media Writing = = = > and: Test Media Reading = = = > The tape drive runs the tests. v If no error is detected, the test will loop and begin again. To stop the loop, press the unload button for one second and release. When the loop ends, 0 temporarily appears in the single-character display. The drive rewinds the tape, unloads the cartridge, and exits maintenance mode. The following message displays: Test Media Passed! followed by: Cartridge Unloading In Progress 76 IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive Setup and Operator Guide

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4.
Press the unload button once per second until
E
appears in the single-character
display and the following message displays. (If you cycle past the desired code,
press the unload button once per second until the code redisplays.)
Maint Mode: Select
Test Media
5.
Press and hold the unload button for 3 or more seconds, then release it to select
the function. Immediately after the following message displays, ensure that the
write-protect switch on the suspect cartridge is off, then insert the cartridge (or
the tape drive exits maintenance mode).
Test Media
Load Scratch Tape
After you insert the cartridge, the flashing
C
in the single-character display
changes to
E
and one or more of the following messages display:
Test Media
Tape Loading
===>
Test Media
Locating
===>
Test Media
Rewinding
===>
followed by:
Test Media
Writing
===>
and:
Test Media
Reading
===>
The tape drive runs the tests.
v
If no error is detected, the test will loop and begin again. To stop the loop,
press the unload button for one second and release. When the loop ends,
0
temporarily appears in the single-character display. The drive rewinds the
tape, unloads the cartridge, and exits maintenance mode. The following
message displays:
Test Media
Passed!
followed by:
Cartridge Unloading
In Progress
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