Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

You can also have patch parameters overwritten with random values if  
the Poly-800 crashes because of a MIDI overrun.

Alex


On 24 Jun 2011, at 15:57, k9k9dog wrote:

> this is exactly what happens when the old battery dies:
> some weird patch with noise etc, on all the presets.
> so:
> it is very easy:
> get a battery clip from a PC motherboard, or same type.
> (carefully) unsolder the existing dead battery (it was
> soldered in in mine)
>
> then connect in its place the new battery clip.
> fit a new battery and you're good to go. if it
> dies again, next time you'll just have to clip
> a new battery in.
> be careful not to overheat anything, and you
> should be ok.
>
> --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, vlad stoica <vladstoica_arh@...>  
> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Donald and Bill for your fast help !
>>
>> I suspected that the internal battery might be at fault here but  
>> there was no
>> way for me to know for sure.
>> I'm glad the synth is OK. :)
>> I am now looking for a tutorial in changing the internal battery  
>> of the Poly.
>> If you guys have a good link to one it would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you again!
>> Vlad
>>
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