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

I had this same problem a few weeks ago after
installing a SIMM.  I would check and make sure that
all cables and screws are in tight.  A loose cable
will definately cause the symptom where all the lights
are lit and nothing appears on the LCD.  If that does
not fix it try reseating all of the SIMMS that you
have installed.  That is what fixed my problem when I
had it. 
--- soundcrafter <aurastar@...> wrote:
> Hi all... my XL is beginning to develop a habit that
> makes me worry a 
> bit...
> 
> I'll be playing out, editing a pattern or a song,
> and as I push 
> various buttons, my display begins to fritz out...
> It begins to 
> slowly display random characters... they don't look
> like random parts 
> of the LCD lighting up, but maybe some sort of
> foreign alphabet?!
> 
> At first, I can clear it up by pushing the PATTERN
> or SONG button... 
> but eventually it takes over so that my LCD is just
> full of these 
> characters and won't change at all.  I have to power
> it down 
> completely.
> 
> But THEN... the next time I power it up, it
> freezes... all the LEDs 
> light, the LCD lights up but displays nothing, and
> the unit is 
> unresponsive.  Sometimes if I boot into test mode or
> credits mode, it 
> will kick back in, but I find most of the time I
> have to disconnect 
> it from the mains and let it sit for a while before
> it will boot 
> again!  It doesn't seem to affect my user data.
> 
> I can't really pin down a single cause or pattern,
> but I know that it 
> normally begins to happen if I'm pressing buttons
> rapidly, or if I 
> work on the machine for a long period of time (maybe
> 3-4 hours)  Once 
> the strange characters start to appear, there's
> nothing I can do... a 
> crash is inevitable...
> 
> And to top it off... I think it's getting more
> frequent, and crashing 
> faster with each occurrence! That could just be me
> getting gear-
> paranoid though...
> 
> Any thoughts on this one, group?  I'm getting
> nervous about even 
> turning my XL on... I'm afraid I'm doing some sort
> of damage!
> 
> Thanks
> 
> SC
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 


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