Service woes - Siel dk600

[Russ L]

I've worked on two that just aren't worth the time.
Pull the 3046's and the SSM's and sell the rest for parts.

Russ L
askeyman at earthlink.net

Greg Montalbano wrote:

> Well, I've about had it;  been building & servicing synth devices since
> about 1980, and I've NEVER had as much grief as I've had from this
> @*&#%$&^%$ dk600 -- I'm just about THIS CLOSE to giving up & using the
> thing for a boat anchor.
>
> (or, more realistically, taking the voice board & creating my own synth
> from that)
>
> Before I do, has anyone out there had experience with these?  The ORIGINAL
> problem was with reading the control board pots & switches -- random data.
> After replacing a leaking backup battery, repairing destroyed board traces,
> replacing affected ICs, and testing the ADC/DAC circuit and all
> connections, the problem remained.  I've swapped boards, swapped ROMs,
> tested the DIP connectors, and STILL the problem remains.
> Anyone had experience with this?
>
> Thanks.