Emax

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--- Chip <xtr909x@...> wrote:

> sorry about my intromission (and my poor english),
> but... what does 
> it mean reseat ?
> 
> what you say is to remove chips and put them back
> again?
> 
> how can you be carefully about the static?
> 
> I'm not a technician, but sometimes i do  that, and
> i'm not carefull 
> at all. 
> 
> One time, a friend has an E-mu Vintage Keys module,
> and the unit 
> stops sounding and differents errors were displayed,
> so i started to 
> make shortcircuits in the pin 1 2 and 3, and
> voila... the problem was 
> resolved.
> 
> was that a static electricity problem?
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Wayne Griffin
> <ingsoc_1979@...> wrote:
> >
> > This sounds like it could also be heat related. 
> > 
> > Emaxen are 20 years old now.
> > 
> > If you know your soft/firmware are okay and your
> 5V is
> > somewhat in spec then...
> > 
> > CAREFULLY reseat every chip and every connection
> on
> > your motherboard. This includes the big, fat one.
> This
> > will take time. Control static electricity as much
> as
> > possible, you absolutely don't want to pop your
> E-Chip
> > or any of the custom PAL's.
> > 
> > Practice this on something that you don't care
> about
> > to get the hang of the way it feels when you slide
> the
> > small flatblade screwdriver underneath and
> patiently
> > pry them up. Think old 386 motherboards...
> > 
> > It isn't even necessary to completely remove the
> chips
> > from the sockets. Just merely move them around
> some.
> > 
> > Take a sharpie marker and mark the orientation of
> any
> > connectors you may remove. In fact, I reseat every
> > connection on everything that comes through here
> when
> > I get something. You are breaking up little
> oxidations
> > and the like between the metals.
> > 
> > This is very common on E-mu gear- EIII, EII,
> SP-12,
> > SP1200...
> > 
> > [w]
> > 
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