Product Description

The GE I/O TC2000 Analog Board DS200TCCBG1A features one 80196 microprocessor and multiple PROM modules. It also contains one LED and 2 50-pin connectors. The LED is visible from the side view of the board. The IDs for the 50-pin connectors are JCC and JDD.  The board also is populated with 5 34-pin connectors. The IDs for the five connectors are JAA, JBB, JAT, JAS, and JAR. Because the board contains multiple 34-pin connectors it is important to record where the ribbon cables are connected before you disconnect them. It is important to get the drive back online as quickly as possible and doing that requires making the right signal connections when you first replace the board and restart the drive. You might not know you have made the wrong connections until you have restarted the drive and find that the right signals are not being transmitted or received by the board. In that case, you can shutdown the drive and reconnect the ribbon cables.

Before you disconnect the ribbon cables or other cables from the connectors, closely examine where the cables are connected and record the IDs of the connectors. Use strips of masking tape or stickers to write the connector IDs and adhere the tape or sticker to the ribbon cable. You can then disconnect the ribbon cables from the connectors on the board.

To disconnect the cables, avoid pulling the ribbon cable from the ribbon section of the cable. This will pull the fine copper strands out of the connector.