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problem with power supply

2005-08-16 by stef

hello everybody,

wanted you to know about my problem with the power supply

the following happend. (mail to elektron support)


> hello elektron support,
> 
>  
> 
> this happend someday:
> 
> 1. switched on machinedrum
> 
> 2. pressed play button, everything seems working fine, md is playing
> 
> 3. after a few minutes machinedrum reboots automatically without 
having pressed a
> button or tweaked a knob
> 
> 4. after reboot, everything was fine again, pressed play, md is 
working
> 
> 5. after a few minutes the same happend again, the display became 
darker and
> brighter, strange letters and signs on display and md reboots 
automatically
> 
> 6. switched off md
> 
> 7. enter preboot menue of md and test function + soft reset
> 
> 8. in preboot menue the same error occured. strange display 
behavior and reboot.
> 
> 9. so, i guess the powersupply. tried to use md in another room, 
another house, but
> same error
> 
> 10. the silver part of power connector of powersupply is very hot, 
not normal! .
> 
> 11. pressed the 2 ends of the power connector, the silver part and 
the black
> plastic part a littlebit together.
> 
> 12. testing md and working fine, no error, silver part became not 
hot
> 
> so i guess there is a problem with the power connector of the 
powersupply of
> machinedrum.
> 
> now, after a few days where everything was fine the same error 
occured again. i can
> not live with this problem, because of live gigs etc...
> 
> please give me a solution,

and a very very fast answer, one day later.
really i love these guys from elektron. 

finally i order a new power supply, better and saver solution than 
buying just one that could be working with md.

greetings stef

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