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--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "dannoherzog" <dannoherzog@y...> wrote:
> --- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Jon" <jondl_2000@y...> wrote:
> > 
> > --- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Daborn" <darkest.yugo@n...> 
> wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > > 
> > > My last post was a month or so ago concerning my non-functioning 
> AN200.
> > > I had tried to install the new OS and it stopped recieving about 
> a quarter of the way into 
> > it.This had the unfortunate effect of corrupting the OS so that 
> whenever i turn it on, i get 
> > the "KRNL" display.
> > > Since then, i have tried it on several pc's and i myself have a 
> new soundcard. I am yet to 
> > find a way to get the AN200 to accept the data!
> > > Does anyone have a suggestion as to what else i could try?
> > 
> > 
> > Have you called Yamaha Tech Support? It's entriely possible your 
> dead AN200 is in need of 
> > service.
> 
> 
> No -- his "dead" AN200 probably does not need repair. This reply was 
> unfortunate -- it caused me unnecessary anxiety after *the exact same 
> thing happened to me* today! I consulted the Yamaha site, searched 
> the web, and returned to this group for information, in vain.
> 

I fail to see what's 'unfortunate' about suggesting a user contact Tech Support after 
exhausting the resources of this list. 

> Happily, I refused to believe that my pampered lil' AN200 could be 
> dead just because the OS upgrade left it stuck on "KRNL." Solution? 
> Upgrade failed repeatedly on my dedicated audio PC running XP and an 
> early version of Cubase SX2. When I went to the trouble of using my 
> newer, faster work PC and SX 2.20 -- voila! Near-instant resurrection.

As much as I wish we could solve every issue expeditioulsy, it's sometimes not the case. 
But good of you to come with a solution thrree months later.

Jon