Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

Sorry if this has already been suggested, but better to be 
redundant than totally quiet.

  Is your XL-7 plugged into a decent surge supressor, or straight 
into the wall? I've found that this can really make quite a huge 
difference - surpressors condition the power considerably better 
than a bare wall outlet by keeping the voltage constant and level. 
Those little spikes and dips that come from a wall outlet can damage 
electronics of any sort over time. As for the powered-off-and-not-
back-on-until-morning issue, this could be caused by an electric 
spike - my computer did something similar a few years ago when a 
small surge hit my apartment. It only affected the single computer 
plugged straight into a wall outlet, and it took most of the night 
to dissipate the extra charge that had forced its way into the power 
supply.

  Just some thoughts!

/.e




--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> Ok, so I went home last night and sat down to try and figure out 
this 
> weird problem I'm having using some of the advice on the list.  
First 
> thing I did was sit down and back up everything in my XL-7 (err, 
really 
> just the Multi's as I back everything else up daily anyway), and 
then 
> reloaded the OS.  This went fine and once it was done, the XL-7 
appeared 
> to be running better.  No more menu delays, and my Presets seem to 
be ok 
> too.  The data wheel was still a bit strange, but I think that 
might just 
> be the data wheel getting on in years (what was the name of the 
spray you 
> guys used to clean it with? I'm too lazy to look it up).
> 
> Then, just to be safe, I decided to check the diagnostics too.  
Entered 
> diagnostic mode (power on while holding both Cursor buttons, in 
case you 
> forgot) and ran all the tests, everything checked out ok.  I go to 
Screen 
> 18 to reboot the XL-7, and it turns off and then..... stays off.  
Hmm, 
> power cycle, it still nothing, dead as a door nail.  I pull the 
power 
> cord, wait 15 minutes, try again, and still nothing.   Tried again 
a 
> couple of hours later, and it still won't power up.
> 
> Big thanks to Aaron, the Emu expert, for his sage-like 
advice.  :)  Hehe, 
> just kidding with you man.
> 
> Anyway, I get up early this morning and try it again, and lo and 
behold it 
> turns on!  Ok, so now it seems to be working, but I'm not too 
comfortable 
> with it's stability at this point.  Kind of worrisome that took 
all night 
> before it would even turn on again, and I have no explaination 
what could 
> be causing it.  Long story short, everything appears to be fine 
now, but 
> for how long is the question that worries me.  Hopefully I'll know 
more by 
> Monday.
> 
> Thanks again to everyone for their advice, except Aaron (hehe, 
that was a 
> joke too).
> 
> rEalm
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