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Today's lesson - engineering terminology.

"Selective Vibration Adjustment"  -- bang it with your hand on it's side 
until the problem clears up.

Quiz on Friday.




*Ed Edwards*

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Silent Android wrote:
> Thanks, but the ribbon cable works fine.
>
> I found the cuprit though. I had the bottom off and held down a dead
> note on a sustaining patch. When I wiggled the keyboard ribbon
> connector header on to the small keyboard control board (the small
> 3x4" circuit board next to the mainboard)the note came back. It
> appears that the solder joints to one of the connectors header is
> loose; I can wiggle it more freely than the other one. Oh well, as I
> type this I have a solder iron heating up! :)
>
> Thanks all.
>
> Elson
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> --- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Jon" <jondl_2000@...> wrote:
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>> --- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Silent Android" <elson@> wrote:
>>     
>>> I turned on my AN1x last night and for some reason all the D and Ab
>>> keys wouldn't sound. Eventually I whacked the thing around and kept
>>> hitting the keys hard and they came back. 
>>>
>>> I'm thinking there's some chip or connection that's loose inside the
>>> AN1x that's causing this. Does anyone know where I can find it?
>>>       
> Thanks.
>   
>> Ed is right, open up your AN1x case and check the ribbon cable
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> connections to the main 
>   
>> board are all fastened tightly - this problem has been reported on
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> AN1x-list on more than 
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>> one occasion. The same trouble has been known to affect the Ribbon
>>     
> Controler too. Good 
>   
>> luck.
>>
>> Jon
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