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Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: SD1 won't 'recognise' ke yboard...

2008-06-15 by Claus

Hi!


Have You tried to GENTLY press the EPROM (socketed) on the circuitboard under the keys into place?

Also, the pins that board is mounted on might need cleaning? (You probably already did so :)

And the obvious: Are any of the fuses on the VFX powerboard blown??


- Claus, DK


-----Original Message-----

From: noddyspuncture@hotmail.com

Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 7:54 PM -07:00

To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com

Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: SD1 won't 'recognise' keyboard...


Thanks for all your suggestions so far, especially Steve.

Here's how I stand at the moment....


All keys replaced after checking all the circuitry beneath them.

(Soldered over the connecting ribbon joints to make sure and cleaned

the board surface of crud and dust)


Still the same message - calibration error. After pressing

re-calibrate about 6 or 7 times I get the keyboard not

found/recognised message.


** If I press 'ignore' (to get the patches displayed) and then do the

're-initialize' function - it all goes dark, permanently, with disc

drive light flashing once every 5 seconds or so, until I switch it off.


Powering back up starts the whole thing over...


Should I just give up..?


Thanks,

Tom







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