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

Looks like my power supply - or a connection inside it - has gone bad.
My XL7 frequently reboots itself and now won't even complete the
bootup process before restarting.

Anyone else experienced this? Is there anything else that could be
causing it? I knocked the power cord some time back and the socket
itself came loose within the case; I glued it in place and that seemed
to fix the issue at the time, but I suspect that some connection or
solder joint got flexed and has since gotten worse.

Anyone know how much a replacement power supply should cost? Or how
difficult it is to fix a bad connection in one?

Emu has handed off repairs on their hardware to someplace in Florida,
but I don't want to mail the unit cross-country so I'm hoping I can
get it fixed locally (I'm in LA but moving to SF in two weeks).


Chas.

If you can find someplace to order the power supply, it'd be really
easy to swap it out yourself.  I'm guessing, though, that you just need
the leads resoldered.  Depending on your handiness, you could do that
too, or any electronics shop could.

-Aaron

--- robotchas <robotchas@...> wrote:

> Looks like my power supply - or a connection inside it - has gone
> bad.
> My XL7 frequently reboots itself and now won't even complete the
> bootup process before restarting.
> 
> Anyone else experienced this? Is there anything else that could be
> causing it? I knocked the power cord some time back and the socket
> itself came loose within the case; I glued it in place and that
> seemed
> to fix the issue at the time, but I suspect that some connection or
> solder joint got flexed and has since gotten worse.
> 
> Anyone know how much a replacement power supply should cost? Or how
> difficult it is to fix a bad connection in one?
> 
> Emu has handed off repairs on their hardware to someplace in Florida,
> but I don't want to mail the unit cross-country so I'm hoping I can
> get it fixed locally (I'm in LA but moving to SF in two weeks).
> 
> 
> Chas.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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It might be your power supply, but I'd reseat simms, check cables, 
make sure power cord is snug/try a duifferent one, etc. first.

A few yeara ago my P2500 was doing random reboots--after 5 minutes, 
1 minute, etc. I never did find out which solution solved the 
problem because I did all the above checking at the same time.

It may be the power supply, but check these things out first--that 
is, if you havem't done them already.

--Steve

 
--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "robotchas" <robotchas@...> wrote:
>
> Looks like my power supply - or a connection inside it - has gone 
bad.
> My XL7 frequently reboots itself and now won't even complete the
> bootup process before restarting.
> 
> Anyone else experienced this? Is there anything else that could be
> causing it? I knocked the power cord some time back and the socket
> itself came loose within the case; I glued it in place and that 
seemed
> to fix the issue at the time, but I suspect that some connection or
> solder joint got flexed and has since gotten worse.
> 
> Anyone know how much a replacement power supply should cost? Or how
> difficult it is to fix a bad connection in one?
> 
> Emu has handed off repairs on their hardware to someplace in 
Florida,

> but I don't want to mail the unit cross-country so I'm hoping I can
> get it fixed locally (I'm in LA but moving to SF in two weeks).
> 
> 
> Chas.
>