Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

> i found a VFX SD at a local flea market for 30 bucks, the guy turn it
> on and it said 'calibration error', thats the first problem, a few
> days later i open it and messed it up, while i was cleaning inside i
> bump the eprom chip and it snap, i replaced with the route 88 ones,
> and now it wont boot, it looks like a quick flash on the screen, the
> disk light is always orange , the functions work fine, but cannot
> reset or boot for some reason, i know i messed up i made a easy fix
> to a big problem, it is worth it to send it to thesoniq or should
> just trash it, i have an Akai Mpc 2000, a korg DSS 1, korg 707, akai
> s01, and a korg m3r rack. i gladly appreciate feedback and some
> bashing, thanks
If you want it to work reliably, you'll need to get the keyboard fix - 
Thesoniq can certainly do that. As far as trashing it -- I'm sure 
there's someone here who'd like one for spares if nothing else; it's a 
great keyboard. Considering you got it for $30, spending, oh, $100 on 
it to get it fixed still puts you at about half the going market price 
for a VFXsd.

I love mine, and my SD-1. Since you've never gotten to play it, you 
have no idea how good it is. :) It's a heck of a good keyboard, and - I 
think - worth saving.

  --- Joe M.

--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, Joe McMahon <mcmahon@i...> wrote:
> > i found a VFX SD at a local flea market for 30 bucks, the guy turn it
> > on and it said 'calibration error', thats the first problem, a few
> > days later i open it and messed it up, while i was cleaning inside i
> > bump the eprom chip and it snap, i replaced with the route 88 ones,
> > and now it wont boot, it looks like a quick flash on the screen, the
> > disk light is always orange , the functions work fine, but cannot
> > reset or boot for some reason, i know i messed up i made a easy fix
> > to a big problem, it is worth it to send it to thesoniq or should
> > just trash it, i have an Akai Mpc 2000, a korg DSS 1, korg 707, akai
> > s01, and a korg m3r rack. i gladly appreciate feedback and some
> > bashing, thanks
> If you want it to work reliably, you'll need to get the keyboard fix - 
> Thesoniq can certainly do that. As far as trashing it -- I'm sure 
> there's someone here who'd like one for spares if nothing else; it's a 
> great keyboard. Considering you got it for $30, spending, oh, $100 on 
> it to get it fixed still puts you at about half the going market price 
> for a VFXsd.
> 
> I love mine, and my SD-1. Since you've never gotten to play it, you 
> have no idea how good it is. :) It's a heck of a good keyboard, and - I 
> think - worth saving.
> 
>   --- Joe M.
i just uploaded the service bulletin for the "final" keyboard fix up from ensoniq, about the 
eprom i think there are several "revisions" of it. now, i'm not sure of which rom you're 
talking of, but all of mine have different handwritten labels on telling about versions.. (not 
just the system v2.0 roms...)
other than that i can't see any other problem about the keyboard not booting (you can't 
reset it?)