emulatorII-list

I would suggest that you swap the SSM with a another SSM from a working 
channel and do some testing again.

If  channel 4 continues to have the same problem, the problem is not with 
the SSM.

While you have the E2+ open, try pressing down all chips ( beware of static 
!!! and do not have the E2+ connected to mainspower ) that are mounted in 
sockets.

I do not think this is a powersupply problem.

It is a heat-related problem for sure.....

WT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ajwills1972" <home@...>
To: <emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 10:18 AM
Subject: [emulatorII-list] Advice request - Intermittment channel error


> Hi,
>
> I have an Emulator II+ with an intermittment error on Channel 4. When the 
> error occurs, you can play 7 notes in a row, the 8th note you play doesn't 
> sound, and so on. I know it's a channel 4 error as I can use the channel 
> disable function to turn off channel 4 and this makes the error go away 
> reliably.
>
> The intermittment aspect is that the machine never shows this error from 
> cold, but will sometimes develop it after an hour or so of use. Turning 
> off and on does not solve it. But leaving the machine off for about hour 
> does. This is pretty reliable - in the sense the machine has developed the 
> error several times and it always goes away again. It seems like heavy 
> disk usage might be what precipitates the error -although not sure, and 
> that might just be because of PSU load?
>
> My guesses so far are:
>
> 1. An intermittment fault on channel 4 - perhaps the SSM chip? (I note 
> that the machine has one channel - not the faulty one - has an SSM chip 
> with a different MCE code, so perhaps one has been replaced already?
>
> 2. Some kind of power supply problem (due to this only happening when the 
> machine is warm).
>
> But you guys know a lot more about this machine than I do. Any thoughts or 
> advice would be much appreciated.
>
> Best
>
> Andy
>
> P.S. Also trying to source the main board for the EMUCOMBOX project, but 
> no stock in the UK at the moment (I see others have a similar problem).
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>