<div dir="ltr">Now that you mention transistors, Ben...<br><br>Neil: I'm sure you do probably already know this, but most SMD transistors have a different pinout than their through hole counterparts. This has bitten me a couple of times.<div><br></div><div>If you haven't ruled this out, perhaps that's related?<br><br>Pete</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 8, 2022 at 10:44 PM Ben Bradley via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Rereading the original, it seems reasonable to assume at least one<br>
component is different in SMT from thru hole. I'd start replacing SMT<br>
parts with thru hole and see what happens. I can't quite say why, but<br>
I'd start with Q5 and Q6, and if no change then Q1-Q2. From there I'd<br>
do the other active parts. After what you've already tried, this does<br>
not have an easily identifiable solution.<br>
<br>
On Wed, 8 Jun 2022 at 21:15, Neil Harper via Synth-diy<br>
<<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On 5/19/22 15:57, Sarah Thompson via Synth-diy wrote:<br>
> > Chip ceramic capacitors can show changes in capacitance with bias<br>
> > voltage. If stable capacitance is necessary, then specifying something<br>
> > fundamentally more stable like a polyester might be sensible, albeit at<br>
> > the cost of board area.<br>
><br>
> thank you sarah,<br>
> this is good to know, so I did try swapping the smt cap out with the<br>
> npo/c0g thru-hole cap that worked as expected and the problem did not<br>
> change.<br>
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