DLT 35/70 Flashing Leds

[Marino Meloni_1]

no you cannot clear the log, but it report the time, and the overtemp occured around 7 days ago assuming it was always powered
you now have 19673 POH
the error occured at 19507 POH

(POH mean Power On Hours)

[Marino Meloni_1]

Also, extracting from the logs at POH 19630 that is equal to less that two days ago, several A402 errors where logged
>>A402 This event indicates the drive has detected something out of the ordinary during normal operations. This could be items such as a dropped leader, or an error internal to the drive. If this is a hard error the drive will not be functional for reading, writing, or successfully loading or unloading the media. This event may be a recoverable event indicating something at that time was not correct. Multiple events of this type would be a better indicator that there may be a problem with the drive or the piece of media being used. Look for how frequent the events are being logged and how they relate to the media ID.

Event # 34 - Packet # 215 - Event: A402 {Drive Error Log} [V109-0 15-SEP-2003] 000:00:51.848 POH/PC= 19630/237
20000000 00000101 >0082>0002 000000B7 00020020 00810010 00000B9A 056F4D24

>0082
0080h-009Fh Servo Errors Possible drive, try multiple media
>0002
bit 01 â Drive is in the Process of Loading a tape but has not entered the calibration phase of the load


000000>01 >15>040000 4A490000 0000F1DE 05B50000 00000000 00000000 00000000

>01 >15>04
this is the sense code:
SK 04 ASC 15 ASCQ 01 meaning: MECHANICAL POSITIONING ERROR

this may be caused by a defective drive or a defective tape

[TomasLarsson]

Thanks for your effort, New things (sh.t) happens.
Today, well half an hour ago, the drive teared off the leader, as it didn't know when the media was fully rewinded.
Now a thought crossed my mind, I assume that the "tape-end" sensor is a led-barrier, and what if the sensor/led is dirty so the drive doesn't recognise the holes in the leader.

Now, question is what to do, get a new leader, or ditch the whole drive.