As I just discovered this morning, the Exabyte 8505 tape drive (and likely others in this series such as 8500, 8200, 8205, 8700, 8705) are affected by the leaky SMD capacitor plague.
These drives have a vertically mounted power converter section which naturally has leaky capacitors dumping their fluid all over the place. And of course, that power converter section requires dismantling a large portion of the drive to reach. So if your Exabyte tape drive has no signs of life, or makes funny squeaking noises, check the capacitors. Here's a picture from my 8505:
These drives have a vertically mounted power converter section which naturally has leaky capacitors dumping their fluid all over the place. And of course, that power converter section requires dismantling a large portion of the drive to reach. So if your Exabyte tape drive has no signs of life, or makes funny squeaking noises, check the capacitors. Here's a picture from my 8505:
