Hi, I just joined. I found three nonworking synths and bought them for $30 each. A Prophet 10, Korg Trident mk II, and Roland Super JX 10. 1)The Prophet has some regulators in wrong. The 12v and 5V were backwards but the 12V should have been fixed voltage and had a varible regulator instead of fixed Vreg without feedback resistors. Hopefully that fixes that. There may have been some big voltage on the 5V circuit. I'm a little concerned because that reg open loop may have been 37v. It lit up though while wrong just no sound. 2)The Korg had a memory battery leak on the board and fried some traces. So PCB repair and new battery may fix that. I like my odds on this one. It lit up too but no sound. 3) The Roland has good Power supply but nothing lights up. The whole top LCD or LED plus all the buttons are out. I could appreciate advice or if anyone has a schematic would help. If I get one synth working I made a good purchase. I'm optimistic on the first two. They light up and look like they want to work. Thanks, Frank I'll talk about my Hammond H-100 problems later.
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Three nonworking vintage synths
2008-04-01 by fsimon100
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