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Re: [elektron] DeadStation

2000-10-30 by frank moreno

I had a similar problem once. I reloaded the OS and it worked fine.

frank.

Skin Matrix wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I have been through the weekend that almost killed me.
> I came out ok, but my sidstation was not so lucky.
> Last night as my band setup, in the basement of a punk
> house in West Philadelphia we were just about to teach
> those punk kids a thing or two about industrial noise
> when much to my horror I found that my dear Sid had
> stopped working... and I thougt this weekend couldn't
> possibly have gotten worse... I tried restarting it
> no luck all the leds just sat there looking at me, all
> on none of them wavering in the slightest, the screen
> lit but just put off a sickly glow... the elektron
> animation didn't roll across it's screen, I proceeded
> to hit the X key over and over again hoping (as it
> sometimes does) that it would correct itself...
> no such luck... and I thought we were going to have
> trouble with our mpc2000... I nearly lost my mind.
>
> So this is my question... does anyone know what's
> wrong? All the LED's are lighting up, and the screen
> is lighting up, but nothing shows up on the screen.
> It looks like the OS isn't loading... If anyone has
> any insight let me know... I guess I should probably
> also send this along to elektron's tech, but they will
> probably just read it on the list anyway
>
> mark
>
> =====
> Mantua Burning: industrial mayhem with a beat.
> http://www.mp3.com/MantuaBurning
>
> The Skin Matrix: Dancable Noise with a dash of EBM.
> http://www.mp3.com/SkinMatrix
>
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