Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

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From: spistrich <wasteking@verizon.net>
To: PolySix@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 8:21 am
Subject: [PolySix] polysix bat tery leak issues






i did a battery transplant and a little trace repair a few months ago 
and my Polysix was fine, but it had this 'slow warmup' when 2 of the 
program LEDs would stay lit and the 'write' LED for 30 seconds then 
flash and go off at which point everything was fine....now, months 
later, the 'warmup ' period is a few minutes, and the keyboard goes in 
and out of having the 'write, and program #6 LEDs' on ...when these 
LEDs are on, on the unit plays an odd 'mixed ' sound like there are 
competing patches. since it is now worse i was supposing that maybe 
that battery acid has worked its way in somewhere. I was wondering if 
anyone knew which specific contact points controlled those 2 LEDs...are 
they on IC 31?, this chip had the corrosion and is where i had to do 
some splicing repair of traces. It would be handy to know if there was 
a specific point that controled these things... ALSO...when working 
correctly,i tried to download the sounds onto cassette, hitting the 
tape loading button, the unit would not load and the #6 LED would go on 
again, even if it was fine before the attempted loading. and would take 
a while to go back into normal with only one program #LED lit. I have 
schematics, but I am wondering if anyone has specific pin 
identification info that could help. The unit is now inconsistant.



 

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> I would suggest going back and checking the traces and chips again.? The acid damage can be subtle, and cover a wider area than you would think.? It is also best to actually remove any damaged traces, not just jumper past them.
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> Drfuzz
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: spistrich <wasteking@verizon.net>
> To: PolySix@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 8:21 am
> Subject: [PolySix] polysix bat tery leak issues
> 
> 
> i did a battery transplant and a little trace repair a few months ago 
> and my Polysix was fine, but it had this 'slow warmup' when 2 of the 
> program LEDs would stay lit and the 'write' LED for 30 seconds then 
> flash and go off at which point everything was fine....now, months 
> later, the 'warmup ' period is a few minutes, and the keyboard goes in 
> and out of having the 'write, and program #6 LEDs' on ...when these 
> LEDs are on, on the unit plays an odd 'mixed ' sound like there are 
> competing patches. since it is now worse i was supposing that maybe 
> that battery acid has worked its way in somewhere. I was wondering if 
> anyone knew which specific contact points controlled those 2 LEDs...are 
> they on IC 31?, this chip had the corrosion and is where i had to do 
> some splicing repair of traces. It would be handy to know if there was 
> a specific point that controled these things... ALSO...when working 
> correctly,i tried to download the sounds onto cassette, hitting the 
> tape loading button, the unit would not load and the #6 LED would go on 
> again, even if it was fine before the attempted loading. and would take 
> a while to go back into normal with only one program #LED lit. I have 
> schematics, but I am wondering if anyone has specific pin 
> identification info that could help. The unit is now inconsistant.
> 
> 
> 
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