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Re: [Simmons Drums] sds 1

2012-01-25 by jesper

Michael Buchner skrev 2012-01-25 11:46:
> Nothing can be damaged when inserting batteries backwards. So, I think,
> the grainy sound comes from another point: The ZIF.
> I do it like this: Insert the EPROM and close the ZIF socket only like
> half, so that you can move the EPROM from side to side. If you do this a
> few times, you remove stains and dirt from the ZIFs contacts and from
> the EPROM legs.
>
> Good luck.


+1

The zif is a quite crappy construction to begin with. But noone at 
Simmons could imagine the SDS's working 25 years later...

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electronically yours, jesper

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