Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

Hard to say.

All I can suggest is get hold of the schematics & a scope & start tracing 
data & address lines ...

Good luck.

~G


At 12:21 PM 1/3/2006, you wrote:
>Could you make any suggestions on the possible problems?  And how to
>fix them? Why would it , to use a term , run home to mamma every 20
>minutes?
>
>--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, klosmon <klosmon@s...> wrote:
> >
> > No.
> > A number of people have attributed many PolySix malfuctions to a
>bad battery;
> > the ONLY thing the battery does (besides leak all over the board &
>cause
> > untold damage) is to maintain power to the RAM chip when the synth
>is
> > turned off.
> > The RAM will still work, if the battery is dead or missing;  you
>can save
> > programs from the front panel or from the tape interface & recall
>them at
> > will -- as long as you don't turn off the synth.
> >
> > It's been my experience that when people think they've corrected
>all the
> > circuit board problems caused by a battery leak, they're ususally
>wrong --
> > keep in mind this is a digitally controlled machine, and that data
>and
> > address lines are running all over the CPU & front panel boards.
>If ANY of
> > these lines are shorted, broken or otherwise screwed with by a
>leaking
> > battery, the synth will malfunction -- sometimes in surprising
>ways.
> >
> > (let me also add that visual inspection is not enough to determine
>that
> > battery damage has been repaired;  there are many traces running
>under ICs
> > that can be etched away without being visible).
> >
> > ~G
> >
> > At 09:12 AM 1/3/2006, you wrote:
> > >I just found out that the New battery that was installed is a
>slightly
> > >lower voltage, a 2032 lithium
> > >
> > >It should be 3.2 Volts? Correct?
> > >
> > >I messed with the Reset Adjuster to no avail. The main problem
>was the
> > >sound reverting back to Bank One , Sound A every 20 minutes or so.
> > >Would a lower voltage battery be causing the problem?
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >Joe
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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