Elektron Musical Instruments

hey all, i recently fried the chip in my sidstation while patching my
equipment into my newly aquired patchbay(a ground loop did it i think,
that nasty massive auditory buzzing you get sometimes when plugging
patch cords into sockets).  aren't you happy for me?  while a little
distressed, i am not overly depressed about it.  i emailed elektron, and
explained what happened.  they kindly told me it sounded like my sid
chip was overstressed and died.  the cost to fix it is 45 us dollars +
shipping, while not expensive at all i thought i could save some time
and cash by just picking up an old c64 for 10 or so dollars and snatch
the sid chip out of there.  i am comfortable opening up electronic
equipment and poking around and have fairly decent soldering skills so
replacing a chip isn't that daunting to me.  you really have to only
watch that your grounded and the chip is inserted the right way, and
make sure it's seated properly.  i've allready opened up my sidstation a
couple of times with no hitches, so i guess i've allready voided the
warranty(which doesn't cover what i did to the chip).  has anyone else
attempted this?  anything to comment on?  notice a difference?  i'll
probobly just be picking  up a c64 off of ebay as i'm not feeling to
adventuress in the outside world.  thnx


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christian