Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

Hi Mike,

Q5 should be a 2SC945 so you could try our old friend the 2N2222!

Cheers,
Andy



On 19/07/2011 10:51, "Mike" <mborish_2000@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> Q5 is where I got the transistor from. I'm pretty sure that it's a 2sc2785.
> If I remember correctly from studying power supplies, it is a current overload
> protection transistor;  when the current on R2 gets high enough to create a
> 0.7 v drop across the BE junction of Q5, Q5 turns on and shuts down Q2.
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> I'm going to give Q2 the good old diode test now that I think about it because
> it might also be faulty.  Its been about six or seven months since I've been
> in this synth and I don't remember exactly what I did to it.
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> On another note, I've also got a KLM-367 clone that I never got working.
> Obviously, I've got to get the 5 volt rail up first before I can find the
> problem in the KLM-367.
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> Thanks,
> Mike
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> --- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com <mailto:PolySix%40yahoogroups.com> , Andrew
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>> > Hi Mike,
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>> > Which position in the PSU have you retrieved this transistor from?
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>> > Cheers,
>> > Andy
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>> > On 18/07/2011 22:45, "Mike" <mborish_2000@...> wrote:
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>>> > > --- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com <mailto:PolySix%40yahoogroups.com>
>>> <mailto:PolySix%40yahoogroups.com> , "Mike"
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>>>>> > >> > Has anybody crossed a 2SC2765 PolySix PSU transistor with a generic
2N*
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>>>>> > >> > I'm low on fuses and don't want to make a mistake or give this PSU
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