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Re: Broken SID

2005-03-09 by Mark Rivera

> I stupidly used the wrong transformer in my SIDStation (all those ugly wallwarts look the 
> bloody same). 
> After opening up my SID there is a faint but ominous burnt smell. 
> I emailed Elektron they said it is probably a burnt out regulator. Has anyone had a smilliar 

Depends on what they mean by 'regulator'.. There are chips called 
'voltage regulators' that take in DC power (like 9V or so) and turn it 
into something clean and usable by the surrounding hardware -- like 5V. 
If that's all it is, the part is cheap.

What actually happened? Did it turn on and work for a while and then 
shut off? Did it never turn on at all? etc... What kind of adapter did 
you plug into it? Was is DC or AC, what voltage? And what is the voltage 
of the SID's standard adapter?

Mark

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