Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

Thanks Paul, I think you're the guy I got in touch with through 
sospubs.co.uk!

Rich


--- In korgpolyex@y..., "Bennett, Paul" <p.bennett@s...> wrote:
> 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.
> 
> B
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RichPJ_98 [mailto:richpj_98@y...]
> Sent: 26 March 2002 11:06
> To: korgpolyex@y...
> 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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