[sdiy] helping a friend.

[Grant Richter]

Chips in sockets and connectors will oxidize in place. Removing and
reinserting socketed chips and removing and reattaching connectors can
sometimes help intermittent problems by wiping away the oxide film.

> From: ElmacacoX at aol.com
> Reply-To: owner-synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 12:18:36 EDT
> To: synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
> Subject: [sdiy] helping a friend.
> 
> Hi evryone,  my friend just got an ensoniq eps rack, he's been using an eps
> for a long while now, so he got it because he knows it very well and likes
> it.  but everytime he turns it on, he has to turn it on like 3 or 4 times for
> the screen to turn on.
> 
> so, coming of my high of fixing the csq-100 but just retouching the
> solderjoints, I wonder if this might help my friend's problem.  the screen
> seems ok, once it's on, but I guess it could be that the screen is old, but I
> don't know about those things.
> 
> the screen is the same type that arein the ASR10, and other ensoniq products,
> and it looks the same as the one on the roland MC 4, you know, that blue
> glowing kind of   writing on the black background.  not sure if that's LED,
> LCD or TRL ;)
> 
> any help is appreciated
> 
> Eduardo
>