Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 07:54:41PM -0000, Quazimodo wrote:
> 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..?

Depends upon what you mean by give up.  Don't send it to the landfill!

But it may be time to find some help (someone local to you who has
electronics troubleshooting experience), or to sell it off to someone
else who wants to try to resurect it, or have it as a parts machine.

Do you know how to check the output voltages of the power supply?
That might be something to check, given the bizarre behavior.

--> Steve

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