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Subject: Re: CS-80 Repair tips..

From: "eskojramo" <eramo@...>
Date: 2006-04-12

--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, David Rogoff <david@...> wrote:
> Hi Esko.
>
> Welcome to the group! I wish we could have some kind of gathering
and
> all meet and fix up our gear, like the AH meetings (or classic car
> groups), but everyone is so spread out, and it would be insane (and
cost
> a fortune) to have everyone bring their CS-80s to one place. We'd
> probably look so suspicious we'd be raided by Homeland Security :^)
>
> I assume you have test equipment, including a multi-meter and an
> oscilloscope. I'm a little confused. How did you already replace
all
> the CMOS chips if you aren't getting the keyboard until next week?
Did
> you go to London to work on it? Also, another thing about the
> "Downstairs" boards and replacing CMOS. There are more CMOS
> chips/missing bypass caps on the two KBC boards in the upper rack.
I'm
> pretty sure Crow's (great) guide didn't include those boards, which
is
> why I was short some parts and had to order more.
>
> Anyway, back to your keyboard. It could certainly be the M
boards. It
> should be pretty easy to trace with a 'scope. The card that makes
no
> sound could be a bad trigger. I think the easiest way to
troubleshoot
> would be to pull the bad card from the frame, along with the same
> M-board from the other channel. Make sure you don't short the
boards to
> anything! Set the panel to be the same for both channels and just
start
> tracing the good board vs. the bad one. There's lots of trimmers
that
> could be affecting volume. Just go through the adjustment
procedures,
> or isolate first by comparing the boards (compare envelope outputs,
> outputs of the various VCAs, etc). Nothing magic, just signal
tracing.
>
> Good luck & let us know how it's going.
>
> David
>
>
>
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>Hi David and thanks for your reply.

I ment that the problem is for my first cs80, second cs80 should come
this week. I start to testing right away like you told. Thanks a lot.