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Today the unit locked up, auto rebooted and then the midi assignments
were corrupted. I'll replace the voltage regulators this week.

Thanks for the advice Sean!


--- In gsp-2101@yahoogroups.com, "krazydog" <krazydog@...> wrote:
>
> Nester if you have similar issues again, it could be your voltage
regulators.
> They tend to go after awhile. They went on mine & I experienced the
same problems but eventually even worse.
> Heat seemed to be the enemy as I used to keep a fan blowing on the
unit which helped but it was only a Band-Aid solution.
> After I changed out the voltage regulators, the unit runs as new
with no fan needed.
> 
> Cheers
> Sean
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Nestor 
>   To: gsp-2101@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 7:40 AM
>   Subject: [gsp-2101] Re: Stability issues
> 
> 
>   Hello again,
>   after upgrading the unit with a PPC-210 (bought from second hand
>   market , but it's a Dieter card) the issues seem to be corrected.
>   Perhaps the 3.00 firmware is not 100% stable without the PPC expansion
>   installed?
> 
>   Anyway, thank you for the suggestions.
>   Greetings from Spain.
> 
>   --- In gsp-2101@yahoogroups.com, "Graham Pearson" <me@> wrote:
>   >
>   > Hello Nestor:
>   > 
>   > Nobody can be sure exactly what is wrong with your unit. So try
>   some easy and inexpensive fixes first:
>   > 
>   > A. Perform a factory reset.
>   > 1.. Power off your 2101
>   > 2.. Press and hold function (access) key [1] while powering on
>   your 2101
>   > 3.. Wait until the asterisk * appears in the top-left corner of
>   the display
>   > 4.. Release function key [1]
>   > 5.. Press the Program Up button to complete the Factory Reset
>   > B. Replace the battery (button cell) with a new CR2032 or
equivalent.
>   > 
>   > C. Clean the DATA wheel contacts, using an aerosol electrical
>   contact cleaner. Squirt the aerosol into any holes in the DATA wheel
>   and then rotate the wheel randomly until the spray has evaporated.
>   > 
>   > If none of these steps rectifies the problem, I suggest you return
>   your GSP-2101 to a repair center or to DigiTech in Sandy, Utah. 
>   DigiTech has always been very reasonable about repairing their
>   discontinued products.
>   > 
>   > I hope this helps. Please let us know how you get your unit up and
>   running again.
>   > Graham
>   > 
>   > 
>   > 
>   > ----- Original Message ----- 
>   > From: Nestor 
>   > To: gsp-2101@...m 
>   > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 5:12 AM
>   > Subject: [gsp-2101] Stability issues
>   > 
>   > 
>   > Hello group,
>   > this is my first post since I joined the community. First of all, I
>   > must excuse about my English because is not my mother language (I'm
>   > from Spain).
>   > 
>   > I purchased a second hand GSP-2101 some months ago from guy in a
local
>   > guitar gear forum. I received the unit without the top cover,
with no
>   > tubes and the tube retainers where missing. Except that, the unit is
>   > functional, but it "locks" randomly when changing presets using the
>   > wheel, entering / exiting the tuner, sending midi controls or
storing
>   > changes to memory. These locks only affect to the control chip, the
>   > unit doesn't react at any button (except power, of course) but the
>   > preamp and the algorithm keep working. Sometimes, after the hang up
>   > the unit will not power up correctly, showing strange characters in
>   > the screen after boot up, but turning off and waiting some minutes
>   > makes rid of this problem.
>   > 
>   > Any clue of what makes this strange behaviour?
>   > 
>   > Regards,
>   > Nestor.
>   >
>