Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

No.
A number of people have attributed many PolySix malfuctions to a bad battery;
the ONLY thing the battery does (besides leak all over the board & cause
untold damage) is to maintain power to the RAM chip when the synth is
turned off.
The RAM will still work, if the battery is dead or missing; you can save
programs from the front panel or from the tape interface & recall them at
will -- as long as you don't turn off the synth.

It's been my experience that when people think they've corrected all the
circuit board problems caused by a battery leak, they're ususally wrong --
keep in mind this is a digitally controlled machine, and that data and
address lines are running all over the CPU & front panel boards. If ANY of
these lines are shorted, broken or otherwise screwed with by a leaking
battery, the synth will malfunction -- sometimes in surprising ways.

(let me also add that visual inspection is not enough to determine that
battery damage has been repaired; there are many traces running under ICs
that can be etched away without being visible).

~G

At 09:12 AM 1/3/2006, you wrote:

>I just found out that the New battery that was installed is a slightly
>lower voltage, a 2032 lithium
>
>It should be 3.2 Volts? Correct?
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>I messed with the Reset Adjuster to no avail. The main problem was the
>sound reverting back to Bank One , Sound A every 20 minutes or so.
>Would a lower voltage battery be causing the problem?
>
>Thanks
>Joe
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