Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

My biggest problem is that I work with the soft touch of a gorilla and I am 100% sure I will break either a spring or a key removing that bunch of keys to get to the troubled spot on the board. I may have found a local guy to do it.

Thanks to everybody for the responses.

--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "jammie" <jammie.emma@...> wrote:
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> depends on what revision board you have the later 1,s had it factory done it the same poly boards in the eps16+ asr10 and ts10
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> the vfx is the same engine as the eps16+ without sampler support
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> if yours is factory done its a set of ribbon cable hard wired in if it is
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> you need to check the tracks on the pcb as the boards can flex and it can raise  tracks and fracture them 
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> you need a continuity meter and need to do a point to point test of every track very time consuming
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> if you find a fracture hardwire between points
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: heavyw8t 
>   To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 2:14 AM
>   Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] keyboard fix
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>   Has anybody done the now famous keyboard hard wiring fix on their own or has everyone gone to a technician? I have one of the offending VFX units that the keyboard suddenly blasts a batch of note on messages and then freezes. I don't get a calibration error but I do get the freeze up. I once had a diagram that showed what to do, and if I remember it seemed simple enough that you solder a wire from 1 to 1, 2 to 2, etc... but I am hoping to hear from someone who has done this before to see if it is as simple as that or not. I love the sounds of the thing but it isn't much good to me if it freezes up.
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