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

thanks gonz.  i wondered about the grounding issue, but thought i 
had it covered.  i really hope that's not the case, or if it is, 
only the rom is damaged and not the command station.....*crossing 
fingers*





--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "gonzinigonz" <gonzini@f...> wrote:
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "zone_ahead" <spectre_one@h...> wrote:
> > holy shit.  something is definitely the matter with my px-7.  i 
> went 
> > to save a pattern and when i hit "save" and the px-7 froze on 
the 
> > save screen for a couple minutes.  
> > 
> > I turned off the px-7 and restarted it.....all of my patterns 
(and 
> > the demo patterns) have been erased....??????
> > 
> > do i need to remove the xl-7 rom?
> 
> Well if all this has started since you installed the new rom it 
would 
> point to that being the problem..
> Like rEalm said, check all the roms are seated correctly and fully 
> home. (I think the other person on here that put the rom in the 
> socket the WRONG way round was very lucky if either the command 
> station or the ROM survied)
> Sounds like all your seq/Patch data has been corrupted now so 
maybe a 
> reset of the unit would be in order. 
> I would remove the new rom, power up the PX-7 and see if things 
> returned back to normal. If your in a situation that your data is 
> still gone, i would do a system reset as its highly possible that 
you 
> will get more errors from this point on.
> If things improve, try the rom again.
> Ive just put a protean rom in mine which seemed all to easy with 
no 
> problems (that ive noticed..im a very new user as well)
> I didnt have to reset or anything.
> Also watch the static! ALWAYS ground yourself before handing the 
ROM 
> as this can damage it (and the command station..)
> See if that helps..
> Good luck
> Regards
> Gonz