----- Original Message -----From: RickReidSent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 12:40Subject: [xl7] Re: Just got an XL-7 recently & it's already fried?!Thanks for the replies. I'll check on the repair resource.
The ROMs that worked okay were the include Xtreme Lead and the Techno ROM. The new ROMs I was trying to add were Composer, which seemed to work okay and a 9090 Orbit ROM which gave me an error message about having two ROMs with the same ID, or something like that.
I think were I probably screwed up -- besides not understanding how to easily install the ROM cards, was that I probably left the AC power plugged in and turned on at some point, by mistake, because I was testing each ROM in different sockets to troubleshoot why they weren't all working when installed at the same time.
I really, really want this thing to work for an upcoming live theater production I'm involved with. So I went ahead and bought another XL-7 from eBay. That will give me some time to get this one fixed, if possible, then I'll keep it as a backup or re-sell it. The one I just bought already has the operating system upgraded. So, I won't have to mess with that.
Ouch! That was an expensive goof!
Rick Reid
http://www.rickreid.com
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Re: [xl7] Re: Just got an XL-7 recently & it's already fried?!
2012-04-07 by Bob S.
You just answered the question that gave
the reason you fried the XL-7.
The Orbit 9090 ROM is not electrically
compatible with the Proteus 2000 series and Command Stations. The
Orbit 9090 is the old series. There was a discussion thread about
this in this group or the P2K Yahoo group, I can't find it at this
moment.
Do not use non-Proteus 2000 ROMs in the
Proteus 2000 systems.....or as others have found, you will fry the main
board...
Bob S.
El Segundo, CA