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RE: [PolySix] Re: Polysix still weird - battery has not leaked onto board....

2005-05-26 by Mike Thompson

Yeah it's on all of them.

 

 

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From: PolySix@yahoogroups.com [mailto:PolySix@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
gil_we
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 3:24 AM
To: PolySix@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [PolySix] Re: Polysix still weird - battery has not leaked onto
board....

 


There's a description on Old Crow's site of what have to bo done to 
convert to a Lithium battery - need to remove a cap and replace a 
resistor with a diode.

Does the problem you describe happen on evry note you play or just
once in a few ?


--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Thompson" <tubmyk2@c...> wrote:
> When I turn it on, my sounds sound a little more growly then they 
used to,
> if you depress the keys for more than 2 seconds it begins to 
modulate the
> sound like as if I had turned the mod wheel all the way up.  Then 
some of
> the patches don't even work, they just sort of "click".  
> 
>  
> 
> I just went out to radio shack on my way home from work to get the 
battery
> holder, and they didn't have one.  I guess if I get a 3.6v battery 
and
> holder it would work too, I just need to know the direction of the 
pins if I
> use a different part.
> 
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> From: PolySix@yahoogroups.com [mailto:PolySix@yahoogroups.com] On 
Behalf Of
> gil_we
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 1:51 PM
> To: PolySix@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [PolySix] Re: Polysix still weird - battery has not leaked 
onto
> board....
> 
>  
> 
> As I said, first step is to remove the battery, check if you got a 
few 
> traces that look more "black" than the others, and rewire them if 
> necessary. It won't necessarily solve the problem, but you have to 
go 
> step by step (elimination) many times. How does it exactly behave ? 
> Please provide as many details as you can.
> 
> 
> 
> --- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <tubmyk2@c...> wrote:
> > Well i opened it up today, and the battery honestly looks fine.  
I 
> > don't mean to second guess you guys or sound cocky or anything, 
but I 
> > really don't think it's the battery.  Is it possible my patches 
> > corrupted?  Or maybe have a bad chip somewhere?  If this is the 
case
> > I 
> > wouldn't even know where to start.  I'm gonna try reloading my
> > patches 
> > tonight and see what happens, but I have doubts of it working.  
> > Please, if anyone knows anything more, please do tell because I'm 
> > really aggravated as I just bought this not too long ago and was 
> > really enjoying it.  I really don't want to give up on it yet, 
but if 
> > it's going to cost me a fortune to fix I may have to.  Let me 
know if 
> > anything else can be done.  I already e-mailed Scott from Old 
Crow.
> 
> 
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