Virus B

[Gert van Santen]

Awesome :-)

gert van santen
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> Op 23 aug. 2017 om 20:59 heeft tom adam <tom.adam at thebigear.be> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> Hello Jay!
> 
> Thanks!!!!!!! Replaced the battery, uploaded the first chunck of the OS and voila, seems like it has been fixed. WIll give it a more thorough spin tomorrow, but at least I got it to make sound again.
> 
> Next time we meet the beers are on me!
> 
> ToAd
> 
> 
>> On 23/08/2017 09:56, Ibi Sum wrote:
>> Got the battery polarity right? Do the reset procedure (see manual) and try to send the OS sysex again. Could just be that it has no OS after the battery replacement but you can send the OS to it.
>> 
>> ;
>> --
>> seclorum
>> 
>>> On Aug 23, 2017, at 09:31, tom adam <tom.adam at thebigear.be> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Replaced the battery today and no improvement, even worst, now the display doesn't show the OS anymore...
>>> 
>>> bollocks
>>> 
>>> ToAd
>>> 
>>>> On 18/08/2017 17:33, tom adam wrote:
>>>> Thanks for the tips,
>>>> 
>>>> The battery still measures 3,06V. Ordered a new one, we'll see how this goes.
>>>> 
>>>> I checked the PSU (easy now the unit is open) and I measured 14,76VDC (from a 12V PSU?)
>>>> 
>>>> Used a know good PSU and I measure 12,25V, still the same behavior*.
>>>> 
>>>> I pushed all buttons to see if there are any 'stuck' but I don't think that is the case.
>>>> 
>>>> The caps I see on the PCB look alright. I might consider replacing them. (all trough hole components look pretty standard, I can do trough hole ;-))
>>>> 
>>>> * so the behavior, when switching on:
>>>> the led's of both LFO are continuously lit.
>>>> the back led of the LCD goes on.
>>>> After +/- 30sec. the os version is displayed over and over again.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for any pointers
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> ToAd
>>>> 
>>>>> On 18/08/2017 15:09, Ibi Sum wrote:
>>>>> It's the cell battery. Open it, replace with a freshy, it'll probably boot up again. Sometimes you also have to reset the OS - I.e. Send the latest OS to it as per normal procedure.
>>>>> 
>>>>> ;
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> seclorum
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Aug 17, 2017, at 12:15, tom adam <tom.adam at thebigear.be> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Today the Virus B decided to give up on me...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> When I turn it on, I see the version number coming up and than it boots again, and again and again.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I had this one fixed a couple of years ago, not going that route again, so I'm going to bin it.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Anyone interested in some of it's guts, or of the corpse?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ToAd
>>>>>> 
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