After the monitor went blank/black, did you still have sound??
in other words was it possible to play on the pads and hear sound from your
outputs??
if not, did the harddrive still turn??
if not, 99% chance the powersupply went dead, a large capacitor?? was there
any smoke??
Berk
>-- Oorspronkelijk bericht --
>To: <simmons_drums@yahoogroups.com>
>From: Rodn Siddall <rodsiddall@...>
>Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 02:32:19 +0000
>Subject: [Simmons Drums] RE: SDX repair
>Reply-To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>Cheers chaps,
> unfortunately I'm in Sheffield, U.K. so the Stateside options are out
>really.
>It's the fully loaded version with large (for then) hard drive, 3 snares,
>4 cymbals,
>God knows how many toms (they're stored in cupboards all over the place)
>and like
>I said, originally, 3 bass drums. I remember feeling I was just starting
>to get on top
>of the bugger... Songs had to be recorded in 2 parts because the Atari would
>clog up
>after 2.5-3 minutes with the amount of information the pads threw out, but
>it freed
>up tape channels, and we only had 8! - when it failed all the work I'd programmed
>
>with it ended up triggering an Alesis D4, losing all the subtlety...
>
> (as can be heard at http://www.myspace.com/mojopin95 if anyone is interested,
>Ha)
>
>From what I remember it booted up OK, but then, after 30-60 seconds the
monitor
>
>went blank (black) and a horrible whine ensued.
>I switched it off and on again only to have the same thing happen, and about
>
>a fortnight later I confirmed it hadn't been a bad dream by repeating the
>process.Not being a technical over achiever that pretty much had me stumped
>and I
>haven't trusted anyone enough to let them just rummage around inside the
>thing.
> I think my best bet is Patrice and buying the schematics, it would be a
>good starting
>point for the couple of people I trust with solder and amp meters, & it
>would be
>great to have it back in the studio - even after all these years,...
>
>I'm not looking forward to ploughing through the manual again though :)
>
>Thanks again,
>Rod. ...unless there's a U.K. based SDX boffin ???
>
>
>http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354029/direct/01/
>
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