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Re: [xl7] Re: XL7 dead?

2013-01-04 by Matt

Contact EPR electronics in Florida they will ship you a new mainboard and give you a core charge refund for your old mainboard

On Jan 4, 2013 10:44 AM, "builtbynanobots" <builtbynanobots@...> wrote:
 

I just got off the phone with the guy at the shop, he said all the voltages were ok, the only one he questioned was the 3 volt. He thinks I might have to replace a board but he doesn't know-

If I did fry a board or something would that effect the ROM cards? I'm thinking I might just try to sell the three cards in the thing to cut my losses. I'd perfer to fix it but money's pretty tight.

Any thoughts? Does anyone know of a good place that will repair an xl7?

I'm riding a real bummer on this one. Any help is greatly appreciated.

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "builtbynanobots" wrote:
>
> Thanks alot Matt, I have no clue how to do what you said haha. I'm completely ignorant when it comes to circuitry, electronics etc. I took it to a local music shop that does repair work on synths, I'll let you guys know what it turns out to be in case it's of interest to anyone.
>
> thanks guys.
>
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Matt wrote:
> >
> > I would start with testing all the power supply leads with a voltmeter and
> > making sure they are right, and reseating all the connections between
> > boards.
> > On Dec 28, 2012 3:51 PM, "builtbynanobots"
> > wrote:
>; >
> > > **
> > >
> > >
>; > > 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 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
> > > >
> > > > > 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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