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Seagate DAT Drive Installation Manual 17 LED Code summary The following table summarizes LED flash codes for Seagate DAT drives. LED color Yellow Yellow Green Green Green Green Round, green LED (external drives only) Action ON (lit) Flashing Rapidly ON (lit) Flashing Slowly Flashing Slowly (with yellow LED flashing) Flashing Rapidly ON (lit) Meaning The drive is reading or writing the tape. A hardware fault occurred. A cartridge is inserted and does not generate excessive errors. A cartridge is inserted but generates excessive errors beyond a predefined error threshold. (Warning only) Use a DDS cleaning cartridge to clean the heads. A prerecorded audio cartridge is inserted and is being played automatically. The drive could not write the tape correctly. (Error) Use a DDS DAT cleaning cartridge to clean the heads. The external drive is powered on. Loading a cartridge Seagate DAT drives have a front-loading cartridge bay for easy operation. The drive-bay door opens automatically when a cartridge is inserted. Figure 11 on the following page shows a cartridge being inserted into a 3.5-inch internal drive. After you insert the cartridge, there will be a brief delay while the drive identifies the cartridge type and state and moves the tape to the data area.

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Seagate DAT Drive Installation Manual
17
LED Code summary
The following table summarizes LED flash codes for
Seagate DAT drives.
LED color
Action
Meaning
Yellow
ON (lit)
The drive is reading or writing the
tape.
Yellow
Flashing Rapidly
A hardware fault occurred.
Green
ON (lit)
A cartridge is inserted and does
not
generate excessive errors.
Green
Flashing Slowly
A cartridge is inserted but generates
excessive errors beyond a
predefined error threshold. (Warning
only)
Use a DDS cleaning cartridge
to clean the heads.
Green
Flashing Slowly (with
yellow LED flashing)
A prerecorded audio cartridge is
inserted and is being played
automatically.
Green
Flashing Rapidly
The drive could not write the tape
correctly.
(Error)
Use a DDS DAT
cleaning cartridge to clean the
heads.
Round,
green LED
(external
drives only)
ON (lit)
The external drive is powered on.
Loading a cartridge
Seagate DAT drives have a front-loading cartridge bay for
easy operation. The drive-bay door opens automatically
when a cartridge is inserted. Figure 11 on the following
page shows a cartridge being inserted into a 3.5-inch
internal drive. After you insert the cartridge, there will be
a brief delay while the drive identifies the cartridge type
and state and moves the tape to the data area.