Heyo, I just recently acquired a DW8000 for $15. Solid! However, the owner said that while the keyboard had been in storage, it has sustained heavy water damage. The keyboard looked mint, so I scooped it up anyways. If it didn't work, no worry, was worth a try. Well, I get it home and realize he'd left the old C or D batteries in the back, and they'd leaked everywhere. I took them out, plugged the machine in, and fiddled around. I've never used a DW8000 before. It was making noises, but the only noises it would make when I pressed any key was this siren-esque descending BBEEEEEOOOOOOOO. I decided to crack it open and replace the CR2032 battery. Ouch. The case was literally filled with rust, but it appeared that every single component was still in the right place. It looked like the only damage done was to the metal bottom! I spent all day cleaning it out, and I replaced the CR2032 battery. (I hope my amateurish soldering jobs were okay!) I fired it up -- yep, still powers up and looks fine -- and I tried using a SysEx program to load on patches. I can tell that MIDI is working, because I can control the DW8000 with my computer. Unfortunately, I've tried loading a bunch of different SYX sets, and still all I get is that obnoxious siren noise. Any ideas?
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Questionably functional DW-8000...?
2006-02-05 by altamontunion
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