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msin84
Joined: 30 Aug 2012 Posts: 5 Location: Italy
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 5:45 pm Post subject: Korg DSS1: used after 1 year = DEAD: black dot on display !! |
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Hello!Sorry for my English, i'm Italian.
I have a Korg DSS1 in excellent conditions, always placed in it's alloy box. During the last year i was VERY busy and i had not the opportunity to use it!
Yesterday i was very happy to be ready to have some fun with my DSS1....but i wasn't lucky: i powered it up, and the display have showed only balck dots...backlight works....after some seconds all the button's led came red.
I've not idea what is happened....may be a cpu/controller, display controller , or eprom probleml?
How can i start a diagnostic.
Thanks in advance!
Mirko |
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synthjoe Platinum Member
Joined: 21 Apr 2010 Posts: 1011
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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Data entry A UP & DOWN pressed while powering on. Maybe you'll have to reseat connectors on the boards inside the synth. The only other reason I could think of is a failure of a DRAM chip. Hope you'll be lucky with the test routine alone...
Find the service manual by using a search engine. If you can't get into test mode then you might have a problem with the CPU board. |
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msin84
Joined: 30 Aug 2012 Posts: 5 Location: Italy
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for reply!
I will test it tomorrow...i'll cross all my fingers! |
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msin84
Joined: 30 Aug 2012 Posts: 5 Location: Italy
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Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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Nothing to do....it should be the 8155 cause of the problem...now i'm waiting it from germany!The cpu is ok, replaced and nothing change! |
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msin84
Joined: 30 Aug 2012 Posts: 5 Location: Italy
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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Nothing to do with the replaced 8155....maybe a ram chip dead??
Now the floppy led flash every 3/4 seconds... |
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synthjoe Platinum Member
Joined: 21 Apr 2010 Posts: 1011
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry to hear...
Maybe you should go by the service manual. There are a couple of good parctical technical advices there to get started. I'm just wondering whether you need anything else running to test the CPU board? Maybe you could unplug everything except the CPU board and see what happens. I'm not sure it is a good idea, but you can check the service manual to see. |
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msin84
Joined: 30 Aug 2012 Posts: 5 Location: Italy
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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2018 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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After six years I solved the problem by replacing the 780A board!! 100$, a reasonable price for a 400$ instrument. |
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