Had this same problem. Added some new-to-me used modules of dubious quality and zap, down goes the rig. T'was the fuses, replaced both and added another PSU (tiptop uZeus with a beefy 6a regulated PSU) and now everything's happy. On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Kim Johnsson <johnssonkim@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi guys! > > Yeah, I thought it sounded like a fuse problem, but I couldn't find it > yesterday when I was panicking. But just now when I checked, the fuse of > the G6 is blown. Have to leave for work now, but I trust the G3 problem is > the same. That would sure be a relief. > > Stocking up on fuses today, then... > > Still, I really wouldn't know how to check the potentially faulty module > without plugging it in. It's the trigger delay module, and it has worked > for me before. > > Cheers, > > Kim > > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 1:14 AM, Nicholas Keller <maq163x2@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > If a ribbon was "off by one", -12V would short to ground. That would > > certainly be a problem. But it seems like if it happened in two rack > cases, > > the problem is at the module end of the ribbon. Check that right away to > > rule it out. > > > > What module is it? Is it new? Have you used it before? > > > > Nick > > > > > > On Aug 15, 2013, at 3:52 PM, Kim Johnsson <johnssonkim@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello! > > > > > > It looks like I've gone and fried my G6. Today I installed some new > > modules and a 5V adapter (yay!) and suddenly the G6 just didn't light up > > anymore. I couldn't find any fault in my cabling, but the fact is that > the > > G6 is dead. No leds light up. I have a G3 as well, and I tested each > module > > that was in the G6, and they aparently survived whatever happened. Happy > > happy (I was really cold sweating there for a while). Except for one > > module, maybe. When I installed it in the G3, the same thing happened, > and > > now I'm a bit short on power on the Eurorack side of things :-/ > > > > > > So: where to start? I don't see anything that has obviously burned, and > > there were no visible "hints" when it happened. I'm not the one to go > > probing into anything with current. If the G6 and G3 are easily fixed, I > > would like to know it. Also, I'd like to somehow test the module that > > appears to have caused this, if it actually is faulty somehow, or if I > just > > screwed up. > > > > > > Could this be a case of ribbon-off-by-one? > > > > > > Any hints appreciated, > > > > > > Kim > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- ~!J! http://www.endif.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: [Doepfer_a100] Fried some stuff
2013-08-16 by Jason Hollis
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