Fairlight-CMI

Hello gents, Harald
My excellent tech friend at NYU has told me the battery referenced in my previous posts, 
though the correct voltage, is not the right battery for the q133 card. I am waiting for 
delivery and will post the results when I test card in my machine. I sure hope things get 
cleared up as I am getting CMI withdrawal symptoms. 
 Radio Shack has it wrong. We ordered the right one from a different vendor. 
Peter Wielk has responded to my inquiries regarding the card and informed me has 
working spares, which is very reassuring. 

In the meantime  - practicing guitar and listening to Ravel, Faure and Debussy.
All the best to the Fairlight crew.

Billyrock


--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Peter K." <synthserv@...> wrote:
>
> "Obviate":  http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=obviate 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Peter.
> 
> 
> From: Harald Feldmann 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 12:21 PM
> To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com 
> Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Q133 card and lithium battery
> 
> 
> 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" <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 <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
> >> <vmebay@>
> >> >> 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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