So it turns out, looking around for info on those ICs, the 7805 and 7806 parts have the the metal tab connected to ground, the 7906 has it connected to -6v... Its strange because I don't remember removing any insulators from it when I disassembled it. I remember the parts being stuck to the heatsink with some sort of glue, but that was a long time ago so I might be mistaken. Jammie, specifically I'm measuring the wire on the ribbon cable that goes to the rest of the synth that I've traced back to the output leg of the 7806. If should be +6v but its more like 16v. Unfortunately I am unable to find a service manual or schematics for this box. So the next thing I'm thinking is the caps. There are a total of 6 caps in the PS, three 2200 uF 16v electrolytics... these were obviously blown out when I opened it up and I replaced them. They connect the input legs of the ICs to ground. There are also 3 dipped tantalum caps connecting the output legs to ground, the value is hard to read because they're pretty close in there with the other parts.. I'll bend some things around and look closer tonight. I'm not sure quite how to test the caps. Looking for shorts with my DMM and testing them in circuit with the power off, the large electrolytics give me a steadily rising resistance in one direction only. The tantalums seem to have resistances of 5k, 7k, and 10k. Hugh, I really appreciate the invite. I'm in Saint Louis, MO. I'll try to take some pics but I'm not sure how good my cellphone is at taking macro shots. Thank you all. Christian
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Re: Simmons SDE
2012-05-09 by Christian Oncken
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