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Re: XL7 dead?

2012-12-28 by builtbynanobots

I did what you said, but no luck. Thanks anyway Bruno.

I have to admit I'm a bit frustrated! Any other suggestions would be welcome, thanks!

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Bruno <brunorc@...> wrote:
>
> I had the similar issue. You may be surprised, but what worked for me was
> opening the case, removing all ROMs and putting them back.
> 
> I wish you to get it working just with this!
> 
> 
> 2012/12/28 builtbynanobots <builtbynanobots@...>
> 
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > I got an XL7 a couple of weeks ago and have just been trying to learn the
> > basics of preset patch writing etc. and now the thing will not start.
> >
> > When I turn it on I get a line of dots on the screen and then a lone
> > cursor and that's it. It just stays like that. Before when I turned it on
> > every LED on the thing lit up, but that doesn't happen now, just the dots
> > and then the cursor.
> >
> > Maybe useful info:
> >
> > The last time I used it I was trying to edit patches with Prodatum. I have
> > a mac running 10.6.8 I was unsuccessful there, I could get Prodatum to read
> > the preset, but I couldn't get the info going the other direction. A couple
> > of times I got an error message about sysex on the xl7. I was going to keep
> > messing with it today to see if I could work it out.
> >
> > Any help would be great, thanks!
> >
> >
> >
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