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> got your point, I just wanted to remark the fact that "things get damaged, things get broken" like our friends D.M. sing in one song of their...
>
> --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "David L. aka UCanDream" <u_c_dream@> wrote:
> >
> > I totally agree with ya....
> >
> > I wasn't taking him at all serious. I was just toying with the man's idiocy. In view of the comments he made about his overheating Ensoniq and given that he "throwed" (lol) it in the dumpster I couldn't help but think that he's got anger issues that Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com isn't really equipped to deal with. (Nor do we care to.)Â
> >
> > I'm trying to imagine thowing my SD-1 in a dumpster if it overheats and breaks down..............
> >
> >
> >
> > .....................................thinking.......................................
> >
> >
> >
> > .....................................Nope, it aint happenin'. I'm not tossing it!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: somethingkillingyou <somethingkillingyou@>
> > To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Mon, November 9, 2009 3:57:44 PM
> > Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: ...what happened to my SD-1?!?
> >
> > Â
> > maybe he was meaning HE will stop mailing...
> > but he could have just quit without saying those bullshits...
> >
> > even if his own synth was beyond repair, it's very stupid and pointless to describe a VFX/VFX-SD/SD1 as a piece of shit, given the fact that almost every single synth model produced has its weak point(s) (dying displays, battery leaking, etc.)...
> > everything dies, and electronic components are no exception, sometimes they just die at a certain point and under certain circumstances, so you've got to go through repairing your synth(s) at a given time...
> >
> > I just had my Oberheim OB12 fixed (display leds common failure) and I'm waiting for my Kawai K3 to come back (I think one of the ssm2044 filter's gone)... I'm swearing a lot when those things happen, but I'm not gonna tell my synths are crap (if I don't like a synth, I simply sell it and buy another one...)
> >
> > Fabio
> >
> > --- In Ensoniq-VFX- SD@yahoogroups. com, "David L. aka UCanDream" <u_c_dream@ ..> wrote:
> > >
> > > LOL.
> > >
> > > Nicely put, Somethingkillingyou !
> > >
> > > Oh yeah, he also told us to stop mailing... Is this Yahoo group closing down now to accomodate Dwight?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ____________ _________ _________ __
> > > From: somethingkillingyou <somethingkillingyo u@...>
> > > To: Ensoniq-VFX- SD@yahoogroups. com
> > > Sent: Mon, November 9, 2009 3:23:01 PM
> > > Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX- SD] Re: ...what happened to my SD-1?!?
> > >
> > > ÃÂ
> > > you could have given it to someone with more patience and more brain...
> > >
> > > --- In Ensoniq-VFX- SD@yahoogroups. com, Dwight Sanford <amonsanford@ ...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I throwed that piece of shit in the dumpster a year ago cas it wasÃâàsome problem all the time ! stop mailing.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ____________ _________ _________ __
> > > > From: David L. aka UCanDream <u_c_dream@ ..>
> > > > To: Ensoniq-VFX- SD@yahoogroups. com
> > > > Sent: Mon, November 9, 2009 8:57:41 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: [Ensoniq-VFX- SD] Re: ...what happened to my SD-1?!?
> > > >
> > > > ÃâÃÂ
> > > > No, you aren't asking a dumb question...we all make inquiries from time to time that seem silly...
> > > >
> > > > ...but honestly, you are WAY over thinking this problem.
> > > >
> > > > But, you have invoked an 'over explanation' .ÃâàÃâàHere's how it work: The heat sink you have on your Ensoniq is a very simpleÃâàmethod of drawing accumulated heat away from the internal components attached to it using thermal contact. It is referred to as passive cooling. "Passive" in that there is no air forced to move onto, at, or over the heat sink fins. By making use of a fan you are providing the heat sink with "active cooling." If you consider what is actually happening when you use a fan the answer to your question becomes apparent. Whether you point a fan away from the sink, thereby drawing air to and thru the top and the bottom of the fins and then thru the front of the fan, or point the fan directly at the heat sink you are getting far more cooling then Ensoniq engineers deemed necessary to keep the unit at a safe operating temperature. However, all of us know now that heat IS an issue with these boards, hence, this
> > dicussion.
> > > >
> > > > Getting back on track: If you were to point the fan directly at the heat sink then you are effectively maximizing the available forced air right onto the fins. The harder the air is hitting that sink the more effective the cooling becomes. In my experience it is most effective to point air right at the heat sink. In one of my previous posts I indicated the resultsÃâàI have from just using a tiny $5.00 fan from Walmart. Just last night I touched the heat sink after moving the fan away from it a little and if it hadn't been for the lit display, I would have wondered if my SD-1 was even on...it was that cool. Now isn't that cool?
> > > >
> > > > Consider, too, that in your car air is forced (whether the fan is on or the car is in motion) THRU the radiator and not shot down at it from an angle using some goofy induction. It (the air) just moves in a straight line at the radiator fins.
> > > >
> > > > I think I just explained this thing to death...lol.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > UCD
> > > >
> > > > ÃâÃÂ
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ____________ _________ _________ __
> > > > From: Sonic Amigos Support <sasupport@sonicami g os.com>
> > > > To: Ensoniq-VFX- SD@yahoogroups. com
> > > > Sent: Mon, November 9, 2009 5:14:20 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: [Ensoniq-VFX- SD] Re: ...what happened to my SD-1?!?
> > > >
> > > > ÃâÃÂ
> > > > Maybe this is a dumb question, but should the fan(s) direct hot air
> > > > flow away from the heatsink fins, or direct cooler ambient air towards
> > > > the fins? Or to put it another way, which direction should the fan
> > > > point?
> > > >
> > > > On Nov 8, 2009, at 1:05 PM, Eric Hall wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Find an old junk computer and take out the CPU cooling fan. Now find
> > > > > and old "wall wort" - a 9 to12 volt step down transformer/ external
> > > > > power supply from something that you don't need. Hook that up to the
> > > > > old computer fan. Find some way of fastening the fan to the heat
> > > > > sink. I used expanding wall fasteners between the fins. From then on
> > > > > you will enjoy a very stable VFX/SD-1.
> > > >
> > >
> >
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