Elektron Musical Instruments

My MD used to reboot all the time... hated it! Turned out that the power at my old 
residence was horable. Pick up a power conditioner. 


-M


--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "stef" <-ash-@w...> wrote:
> 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