Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

greetings - 

i have an s1000 whose displays flickers on and off after 
a few minutes (those first few minutes are really nice). the display 
makes a faint high pitched tone that turns on and off in sync w/ the 
flicker. 

does anyone have any experience w/ this type of problem? 

i read the retroillumination article on 
http://akaiscsifaq.digidude.net/. i'm afraid that the problem could 
be the "electrical generator" - not the back light itself and 
wouldn't want to waste money repairing the back light if that won't 
fix the problem.

am i worrying too much and is this a common problem w/ a bad back 
light?

any help or guidance would be useful in deciding what to do w/ the 
unit. for now a lamp placed directly on the display helps.

thanks
je

Hi,

Seems that you have a problem with the inverter. It is a small
electronic circuit left of the lcd, which gives the background light
the necessary high voltage. This piece module normally makes an
annoying noice. If you have a minimum knowledge or electronics, you
can buy such an inverter from backlights.co.uk (look in the links
section) and install it. The problem is that the replacement modules
do not have the same size. Otherwise, find a repair service. 

Rgds,

Frank

--- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, "phase0" <phase0@Y...>
wrote:

> 
> greetings - 
> 
> i have an s1000 whose displays flickers on and off after 
> a few minutes (those first few minutes are really nice). the display 
> makes a faint high pitched tone that turns on and off in sync w/ the 
> flicker. 
> 
> does anyone have any experience w/ this type of problem? 
> 
> i read the retroillumination article on 
> http://akaiscsifaq.digidude.net/. i'm afraid that the problem could 
> be the "electrical generator" - not the back light itself and 
> wouldn't want to waste money repairing the back light if that won't 
> fix the problem.
> 
> am i worrying too much and is this a common problem w/ a bad back 
> light?
> 
> any help or guidance would be useful in deciding what to do w/ the 
> unit. for now a lamp placed directly on the display helps.
> 
> thanks
> je

Thanks Frank, 

I do have some electronic training and experience. But if the 
replacement modules don't fit what needs to be done?

solder some wires and glue the module somewhere else; thats easier
than drilling new holes in the pcb

--- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, "phase0" <phase0@Y...>
wrote:

> 
> Thanks Frank, 
> 
> I do have some electronic training and experience. But if the 
> replacement modules don't fit what needs to be done?