Fairlight-CMI

Here's a suggestion for you:

Under the machine, where those desintegrated air filters are, there is
a row of small fuses, including at least one for the keyboard. You may
check those as well. You can take off the bottom cover by unscrewing
all the screws on the white bottom plate. I recommend doing this while
the machine is resting on the small side where the cards are, not with
the machine on its top because in that case all the mess with fall
into the interior if it hasnt already.

I had the same problem with the air filter today and just finished
cleaning the unit. I now have a display issue but that is likely a
wrongly inserted card. I have a Q356 and it was in either of the Q256
slots. Probably I used the wrong slot.



On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:27:24 -0000, you wrote:

>Hi guys - my update. I was able to borrow a QWERTY keyboard from NYU (no telling what 
>injuries this particular kybrd has suffered while institutionalized)   - where Suzanne Vega's 
>old series III resides but when I got back to my studio and plugged it into my machine, 
>trying both ports on the music kybrd and on back of the cpu I got the same result (no 
>response).  There is a wild card I haven't mentioned but will now. When I opened up the 
>front of the machine to re-seat the q133 card there were little bits of the air filter all over 
>the inside of the machine (the filter having apparently disintegrated and been flown all 
>over the insides by the fans).  I don't know what result this might cause but I cleaned up 
>the insides, re-seated all the cards and am still a Fairlight junkie without a fix. 
>I am going to replace the battery - previous battery installed Dec 2003 - in hopes that 
>this will clear things up. Oh - and yes Laurent I did check the back of the CPU and all 
>voltages appear to be ok.  Thanks for all your responses and suggestions my Fairlight 
>brothers. I'll keep you posted.
>Billyrock
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>--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, Alexander Guelfenburg <vmebay@...> wrote:
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>> ...indeed, cabling is a real issue. Within this 
>> year we have had 3 (!) CMIs IIX for service with 
>> this problem. Each time the cable was broken 
>> somewhere in the middle. Check this out!
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>> Good luck,
>> Alexander
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>>          Virtual Music´s Synthesizer Service
>>          Phone / Fax: ++43 (0) 1 - 905 94 27
>>          E-Mail: mailto:a.guelfenburg@...
>>          Web Page: http://www.virtual-music.at
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