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Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] Re: Have I fried my Poly 800 mk1?

From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordon@...>
Date: 2013-08-21

On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 06:57:24PM -0000, wrezal wrote:
> Hey Gordon,
>
> Yeah well it did use to work. It was one where you could change the voltage so 9v wasn't even the maximum. Reckon its a dead power supply then? Does work on other devices at 6v. Going to try a 12v keyboard now and will see if that works.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave

It couldn't have worked properly. The Poly 800 takes a good 600-700mA normally, so using the 300mA supply would have pulled it down to way below the point where the regulators function correctly.

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