Seems as this is the situation. I personally scrathed out all traces a the area, replaced most components and point-to-point rewired the traces between them --- In kawai_sx210@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Daborn" <darkest.yugo@n...> wrote: > Hi, my SX-210 is still non functioning. > > At present, after replacing the battery which had leaked everywhere, poly 8 mode produces mostly silence except occasionally when the correct tone sounds. The other occasions when it makes a sound, its almost as if its disregarding the parameters and creating a random patch! > > Poly 4 mode only seems to have two voices sounding one of which is a shrill tone, the other almost appearing normal. When it does decide to make a noise, that is. > > Mono mode just makes the loud shrill sound as if the filter is wide open with a lot of resonance. > > The leds on the front seem to light up in random order and for other parameters than the one pressed! > > Has anyone had or heard of similar behaviour as this? I plan to fault find the main pcb as soon as i can get a chance to do it. Any clues as to where to start first would be appreciated! > > Someone i spoke to seemed to think that the due to the leaking battery, the board might have absorbed some of it and is creating shorts. It has been suggested that i soak the pcb in de-ionised water to try to draw out the conductive ions. > > Thanks for all your help. If anyone has a copy of the service manual, that would assist me no end!
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Re: sx-210 still being investigated!
2005-07-02 by gil_we