Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Diodes out on the PS will cause this, simple and cheap to replace them all.

Rish

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On Mar 15, 2011, at 9:50 PM, "Tim" <sexsymbol@execpc.com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone - 
> 
> I'm new here and this is my first post.
> 
> I've got a VFX-SD that was upgraded to an SD-1/32. It's been sitting for a few years because of a problem with the display.
> 
> The problem that I WAS having is that the display was dead although all the other functions of the keyboard worked just fine. After some investigating I found that the filament voltage wasn't making it to the display board. I've corrected that problem, but now the keyboard won't come up at all.
> 
> At this point the disk drive light comes on but that's as far as it will go. It doesn't get past that point. I can sometimes get the display to print characters so it looks like the self test mode sometimes is active.
> 
> At this point I'm not sure where to begin troubleshooting. I've found the schematics in the files section, but I'm hoping that this might be familiar with someone.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Tim
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