Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

> the website is a bit ambiguouis.....if you go to the home page, 
then 
> click on the tab for the lowest voltage internal PSUs ...you will 
> find a PTE43-??-c, and this is the one that is referred to in the 
> audio fanzine magazine....and though it is only 6pin output...its 
> dimensions exactly match the psu in my xl7 & it looks 
> identical....

Looks can be deceiving

>surely this is the replacement psu for the faulty one?

Nop.. only a tripple rail not a quad :o( ( 5 if you include the 
constant 10v rail..)
Also dosent supply enough current (or not to the same spec)as the 
original
 
> or is this what they used in the later comand stations.....did they 
> somehow change the circuitry for the standbye mode?

Wouldnt of thought so, i think its just a differant model that 
someone on the audio fanzine site decided that was the one because it 
looked the same.. which ain't! (though its in the same case and IEC 
connection and power switch are the same)

> why does the emu 
> psu have so many different voltage outputs anyway....no wonder they 
> never used a wall wart transformer thingamajiggy....

These are the voltage rails it needs to work, thats the way it is.
3.3v and +5v for logic, ram, DSP, CPU, LCD etc
+/- 12 for the analogue audio stuff (and the 12v gooseneck lamp on 
the front!)
 
>  I will mail you a photo of the psu showing what I think are 
> symptomns of minor meltdown/overheat....

Please do, high res photos good. upto say 6mb fine.
You've got the email.

Cheers
Gonz