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Re: [korgpolyex] new (old) ex800, battery and buttons

2015-10-23 by Daniel Forró

Maybe memory contents was damaged or lost during replacing the  
battery? Try to load factory data once more...

Daniel Forro


On Oct 23, 2015, at 8:37 PM, oip_iii@... [korgpolyex] wrote:

> i did solder in the battery holder, and also took apart all the  
> buttons to clean them.  it works.. but i think i might have fried  
> something connected to the negative terminal when soldering in the  
> wires for the battery.  which would be the dumbest thing i've done  
> in a while.
>
> the sound output is real quiet and some patches are inaudible.  not  
> sure where to start troubleshooting, or if there's another  
> explanation.  i was thinking a master trimpot of some sort but i  
> didn't adjust anything, frying seems like the best explanation i was  
> pretty casual with the soldering iron and the negative leg was  
> taking some time to join.  never burned out anything soldering  
> before so wasn't really thinking about it.
>
> aaanyway.  if there's any obvious tips please let me know.   
> otherwise it's going to have some quiet time until i find a nearby  
> tech.  what a rollercoaster.

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