Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Have been using my SD1 since 1991, at a gig last night it appears to 
have died, i switch on and the only thing that happens is each end of 
the led screen dimly lights up, no disk drive or anything, anyone got 
any ideas?. Have got another gig next sat,PLEASE HELP!.

On Oct 7, 2007, at 12:13 PM, tjiyf wrote:

> Have been using my SD1 since 1991, at a gig last night it appears to
> have died, i switch on and the only thing that happens is each end of
> the led screen dimly lights up, no disk drive or anything, anyone got
> any ideas?. Have got another gig next sat,PLEASE HELP!.

Internal fuse, almost certainly. This was the symptom I had when mine  
went. It's an easy fix.

  --- Joe M.

On Oct 7, 2007, at 1:29 PM, Bob S. wrote:

> Sounds like the 5 volt power supply is gone or an internal fuse is  
> blown, but probably the supply because you are getting some supply  
> voltage to the display.
Also a possible ...
>
> Unless you know or are a good technician who is ready to jump on it  
> and repair/replace the supply....it sounds like you better find  
> another vfx, vfx-sd or sd1 to use for your weekend gig until you  
> repair your 16 year old sd1 baby.....
... thesoniq.com is probably your best bet if it's not the fuse.

  --- Joe M.

Thanks Guys i will open up the keyboard tonight, Hoprfully its just the 
fuse. 

--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, Joe McMahon <mcmahon@...> wrote:
>
> 
> On Oct 7, 2007, at 1:29 PM, Bob S. wrote:
> 
> > Sounds like the 5 volt power supply is gone or an internal fuse is  
> > blown, but probably the supply because you are getting some supply  
> > voltage to the display.
> Also a possible ...
> >
> > Unless you know or are a good technician who is ready to jump on 
it  

> > and repair/replace the supply....it sounds like you better find  
> > another vfx, vfx-sd or sd1 to use for your weekend gig until you  
> > repair your 16 year old sd1 baby.....
> ... thesoniq.com is probably your best bet if it's not the fuse.
> 
>   --- Joe M.
>

replaced 2 blown 2 amp fuses and its now working fine.
Thanks to all.


--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, Leo Magpoc <leomagpoc@...> 
wrote:
>
> If it is a blown fuse and it blows again after replacing it, try 
unplugging all cables to the power supply, turn it off and plug in 
the cables one by one turning it off each time and turn it back on 
with one more cable plugged in. If the fuse blows after plugging 
something in you will know what is blowing the fuse. if it blows when 
no cables are plugged in it is the power supply. I found my SD1 at a 
garage sale with the same system and found that the floppy drive 
cable was pinched against something and blowing the fuse
> 
> tjiyf <tjiyf@...> wrote:                               Thanks Guys 
i will open up the keyboard tonight, Hoprfully its just the 
>  fuse. 
>  
>  --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, Joe McMahon <mcmahon@> 
wrote:
>  >
>  > 
>  > On Oct 7, 2007, at 1:29 PM, Bob S. wrote:
>  > 
>  > > Sounds like the 5 volt power supply is gone or an internal 
fuse is  
>  > > blown, but probably the supply because you are getting some 
supply  
>  > > voltage to the display.
>  > Also a possible ...
>  > >
>  > > Unless you know or are a good technician who is ready to jump 
on 
>  it  
>  > > and repair/replace the supply....it sounds like you better 
find  
>  > > another vfx, vfx-sd or sd1 to use for your weekend gig until 
you  
>  > > repair your 16 year old sd1 baby.....
>  > ... thesoniq.com is probably your best bet if it's not the fuse.
>  > 
>  >   --- Joe M.
>  >
>  
>  
>      
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... yay! Glag to hear it. We should add this to our FPQ (Frequent Panicky Questions) file.