Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

Ive got two dead polys which Ive been trying to fix for ages. Moral of the story, have a little patience or have a dead keyboard.

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-----Original Message-----
From: RichPJ_98 [mailto:richpj_98@...]
Sent: 26 March 2002 11:06
To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [korgpolyex] New, and got a problem...


Hi,

I've got an old Poly 800 Mk 1 from which I bought about 10 years 
ago.  A long time ago I managed to connect it up to an Amiga via midi 
which totally wiped out all the sounds.  Eventually with the advent 
of the internet I managed to get some sound banks downloaded and 
transferred them to minidisc in order to attempt to reload the sounds.

Now, impatient as I am, I didn't bother to go and get a new correct 
power supply, just thought I'd use what I had around the house.  I 
managed to find a 9V PSU from another keyboard.  Didn't realise it 
was giving out 1A current though.  A black cloud of smoke issued from 
my Poly 800.

I realise it's probably beyond repair, and I've been in touch with 
another guy who has done the same thing and he reckons I'd need a new 
board which you can no longer get hold of...

Anyway, my question, and it's a long shot:  Does anyone know of a way 
I can salvage this?  I'd even just like to use it as a midi 
controller, bypassing the sound generation part of it.  Has anyone 
out there got this sort of detailed knowledge to lend me a hand?

Thanks in advance for any advice, no matter how small :)

Rich





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