Fairlight-CMI

Hi Billy,

Sounds good, so your next bet would be the cables.
I do not know why there is one fuse missing, but is seemingly is standard,
it is also missing in my unit. If I recal correctly it is for the monitor.

I do not know the meaning of the verb 'obviate', I presume you are asking
whether the CMI needs a functioning Q133 card ? yes, but the card does not
necessarily need the battery. I ran the CMI software fine the other day
without the battery.

My card issue seems solved, I have at least one flaky soundboard. I
removed it and the unit works again.

The issue of fan noise was discussed a long time ago and do find the fans
very noisy. While cleaning the unit I found even more fans than the ones
for the cardcage. I saw 9 so far. I may attempt to reduce that noise and
report here the level of success. Currently, it is less desireable to use
the unit in my mixroom. Did a similar thing with the Rorke Scsi enclosure
I have, that worked very well.

Regards,
Harald

> Hi Harald - fuses appear to be ok after visual inspection. Question; why
> are there 10 fuse
> slots and only nine fuses present? Can't read what that extra slot is for.
> The others are
> clearly marked.
> Getting battery soldered onto card tomorrow and will report. Hopefully it
> will do the trick.
> Does cmi control obviate the necessity for a functioning q133 card?
> Thanks for your responses - going to check out that Maria Carey song now.
> Peace
> Billyrock
>
>
> - --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Harald Feldmann" .>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Billy,
>>
>> You're welcome. One might indeed suspect that all the lights are on, but
>> you never know when something small will fix a bigger issue. Just wanted
>> to mention it as an option.
>>
>> The battery you show seems perfectly ok for the job to me, in fact
>> thanks
>> for the pointer, I have added it to my favorites so I know where to
>> order
>> one, should I desire to. If needed you can bend the wires a bit to fit
>> the
>> holes on the PCB. Just watch out for shortcircuits with the wires being
>> bent. The Ministry unit I have came with a completely different shape
>> battery soldered to the back of the PCB. I removed it just to prevent
>> leakage at any time, but this should illustrate that size does not
>> matter...
>>
>> I made progress with my unit today, I re-seated the 356 and it worked,
>> now
>> I have some other hickups with cards. But I'm getting there.
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hi Harald - thanks for the suggestion, I will check them but wouldn't
>> the
>> > LEDs on the back
>> > of the machine indicate if something was amiss with fuses? Also - I
>> should
>> > have
>> > mentioned in description of my problem that over the past month or so
>> the
>> > machine
>> > would freeze (meaning QWERT would become unresponsive) while working.
>> This
>> > seemed
>> > to happen while tending to other matters (such as recording audio
>> tracks
>> > or mixing, fixing
>> > using DAW Digital Performer. in hindsight it would seem the card (or
>> > whatever is the
>> > nature of the prob is) was on its way out. I would re-boot Fairlight
>> and
>> > all would be well
>> > for a while.
>;> > As far as the battery - a new dilemma:
>> > I have a question about the battery. This is the battery
>> > Radio shack initially
>> > Shipped;
>> > http://www.Radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2715443
>> > As
>> > You can see - its not the same size as the battery on the card though
>> the
>> > Salesperson I insisted it would do the job. I sent these back and read
>> the
>> > Product # and battery info to the sales person - trying to get the
>> exact
>> > Same battery as on the q133 card - and to my dismay today when I
>> checked
>> > the email
>> > from radio
>> > Shack it seems as though they are sending me the same battery again.
>> Will
>> > This battery work?
>> > Product info radio shack sent me for attempted second
>> > Purchase:
>> > http://www.Radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2715443
>> >
>> > I am determined to keep my III functioning as long as I am able to
>> make
>> > music.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, Harald Feldmann
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> 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
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, Alexander Guelfenburg
>>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> ...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!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Good luck,
>> >> >> Alexander
>> >;> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
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