Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

you got my money..!     lol
glad to be aboard the hawk ..

thank you very much 
Charles

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On Sun, 3/25/18, Michael Hawkins korgpolyex800@... [korgpolyex] <korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] hawk-800 upgrade
 To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
 Received: Sunday, March 25, 2018, 3:38 PM
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
     
       
       
       
             The HAWK is all through hole.
 The AtomaHawk has SMD and I put
 those on myself so you put the easy through hole parts
 on.
 So yes, you do the
 'easy' stuff.
 /Mike
 
 
             
             
                 
                     
                     
                         On Sunday, March 25, 2018, 3:34:35
 PM EDT, charles chop charleschop@... [korgpolyex]
 <korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
                     
                     
 
                     
 
                     
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
     
       
       
       I guess my first question is 
 
 the surface mount chips I see upon the atomic hawk and maybe
 the hawk,,,
 
 are they attached prior to shippping? 
 
 then all the user does is ribbon connector,
 diode,resistor,chip holder?
 
 
 
 Charles
 
 
 
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 On Sun, 3/25/18, Michael Hawkins korgpolyex800@...
 [korgpolyex] <korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 
 
 
 Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] hawk-800 upgrade
 
  To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
 
  Received: Sunday, March 25, 2018, 2:40 PM
 
  
 
  
 
   
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
    
 
  
 
  
 
      
 
        
 
        
 
        Hi
 
  Charles,
 
  You can't
 
  barge in here. So don't worry about that.
 
  
 
  I am the
 
  creator of the HAWK kits. If you need help. I am right
 here.
 
  Or you can email support@....
 
  It's difficult to know how
 
  experienced someone is with a soldering iron, especially
 
  desoldering. So removal of IC29 and the EPROM socket is
 
  where some people go wrong.
 
  If you have a desoldering
 
  workstation then removing the EPROM socket and IC29 is a
 
  piece of cake. And owning  a desoldering workstation
 
  basically means, you know what you're doing. Using
 
  desoldering wick and or a solder sucker makes the job a
 bit
 
  more of a challenge. Unfortunately, it's the
 
  inexperienced that only have desolvering wick or solder
 
  sucker that usually get into trouble. Some people have
 also
 
  had problems just soldering the HAWK board itself. This
 is
 
  usually people that have soldered some wires before but
 have
 
  never done PCB work. Cold joints are the most common.
 When
 
  someone runs into trouble, the first thing I do is ask for
 a
 
  photo of the HAWK board solder side and the solder side
 of
 
  IC29 and the EPROM socket. Then I tell them to redo the
 
  soldering on the whole and that usually clears the
 issues
 
  up. I have very few problems though. The vast majority
 of 
 
  HAWK installers have no problems at all.
 
  
 
  But, I had to write my warnings on
 
  the web site just to make sure that inexperienced people
 
  understand what they're getting into. And that it is
 
  entirely their responsibility if things go south.
 
  
 
  I love
 
  the Poly so much that I offer a ton of help when people
 need
 
  it. It's just another charitable thing for me.
 
  
 
  /Mike
 
  
 
  
 
                  
 
                      
 
                      
 
                          On Sunday, March 25, 2018,
 2:13:50
 
  PM EDT, charleschop@... [korgpolyex]
 
  <korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 
                      
 
                      
 
  
 
                      
 
  
 
                      
 
   
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
    
 
  
 
  
 
      
 
        
 
        
 
        sorry to just bardge in
 
  and focus to my own needs but im thinking of installing
 
  ..well buying first..lol  a hawk 800 upgrade
 
  . technically able and physically too  to
 
  install.but would like to know there are some users
 
  here who have done the upgradeand can rely on some
 
  pointers if need be?nervousness surrounding the whole
 
  thing  seems although with the instructions from the
 site
 
  moderately relitivily simple .
 
  have any users performed the upgrade on
 
  here ,I know a few have to my belief because  posts ive
 
  previousily read hit on few topics related..
 
  was susscesfull and just as described
 
  ?
 
  input nessesary
 
  please...
 
  thankscharles
 
  
 
      
 
       
 
  
 
      
 
      
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
                  
 
              
 
  
 
      
 
       
 
  
 
      
 
      
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
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