Subject: Re: RA80 fault code
To: Michael Sokolov <sokolov@alpha.CES.CWRU.Edu>
From: Anders Magnusson <ragge@ludd.luth.se>
List: port-vax
Date: 02/08/1998 13:02:51
> Boris Gjenero <bgjenero@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> > The fault code I get is A and B flashing.  (All of the lamps come on
> > when I acqnoledge the fault so I know none are burned out.)  Can anybody
> > look up what this means and/or suggest what might be the problem?
> 
> If the error codes for RA80 are the same as for RA81, then according to "RA81
> Disk Drive User Guide" (EK-0RA81-UG-001) it means "SDI error". Unfortunately,
> this manual doesn't go into more detail.
> 
Yes, it is almost the same. "SDI error" usually means things like
"bent pins" in the connectors or a bad cable or something.

-- Ragge