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Re: [PolySix] Worth fixing?

2003-04-18 by Ellsworth Hall

Thanks to everyone for the tips. Will have a go with the IC25 and see what happens and go from there.

- Ells
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: sam enos 
  To: PolySix@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 12:09 AM
  Subject: Re: [PolySix] Worth fixing?


  You really need to check the board where the battery is if u can use a miroscope the traces are very very touchy..

  The Old Crow <oldcrow@oldcrows.net> wrote:On Tue, 15 Apr 2003, Ellsworth Hall wrote:

  > Hey all,
  > 
  > I have a Polysix that I had MIDIed up back in '01. Battery was replaced
  > 2 years before that. Worked fine until last fall when at first it
  > wouldn't retain the patch memory settings, at least until it warmed up.
  > Sounded like a bad IC32 SRAM chip according to the Old Crow.
  > 
  > But now every time each patch comes up fine right away but now they
  > can't be edited. So the patches now ARE being remembered correctly but
  > can't be changed. ??????
  > 
  > Is the board going up due to undetected corrosion (none visible since
  > the battery change)? A different IC chip going bad? Any ideas?

    Check to make sure IC25 (called a 4011 quad NAND gate) doesn't have 
  corroded pins or traces.  A safe bet would be to replace IC25--this one 
  you can get at RatShak.  IC25 disables writing to the RAM when the machine 
  is turned on so that random junk doesn't somehow overwrite the RAM 
  contents.  This chip can fail in the same manner as the RAM chip, so 
  replacement is recommended, given that it is a 4000-series CMOS part and 
  it is 20+ years old.

  Crow
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