Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

Well since no lights are coming on when i isnert disk after booting up
and trying to format ten that means I have bigger problems right?


On 1/3/2015 7:52 PM, Ewan Colsell ewanuno@...
[akaiS1000S1100Samplers] wrote:
> if it's booting up then it should try to read the disk even if your
> floppy drive is broken. that's a fairly good indicator of how well
> your s1000 is doing, since loading the OS from floppy is the last
> thing the Rom OS does.
>
> I'm pretty sure the s1000 LCD is a standard type, not an impossible to
> find custom lcd like the mpc2000, I can't remember the model though,
> it's likely marked on the LCD itself or you might find more info in
> the service manual.
>
> I have to replace my backlight, so I'll. be trying to find a cheap
> replacement.  I'll. post anything interesting to the list.
>
> On 03/01/2015, Merence Tckenna pinealapoptosis@...
> [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] <akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com>
> wrote:
>> Yes I have had test sine waves come out of it before. Is there a not
>> Akai brand LCD I can purchase similar to the backlight that just sorta
>> fits enough and is super cheap? But I think my LCD is fine considering
>> what I said in my last email.
>>
>>
>> On 1/3/2015 1:25 PM, Ewan Colsell ewanuno@...
>> [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] wrote:
>>> sounds like the whole LCD is bad. if the backlight is bad you can
>>> stiill read the LCD under a good light.
>>>
>>> it *could* be something much worse though.
>>>
>>> if I remember correctly, the s1000 boots up with test wave forms in
>>> memory.  you should be able to get it to make some noise by letting it
>>> boot up,  then pressing the sample key then the play key.(I'm not at
>>> home so I can't be sure I'm remembering correctly)
>>>
>>> or alternativly use the test menu as described in the service manual.
>>>
>>> I'd. try to get some sound out of it before buying a new LCD.
>>>
>>> ewan.
>>>
>>> On 02/01/2015, Merence Tckenna pinealapoptosis@...
>>> [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] <akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Well it seems to be booting up because after fiddling with the power
>>>> wires I turned it back on and this time the LCD display was grey and
>>>> slowly started to create vertical dark colored lines until the whole
>>>> screen was full but I still cannot read anything.
>>>>
>>>> New LCD all together or just the backlight?
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