[A6] RE: A6 Digest, Vol 91, Issue 29
Stengel, Kurt
Kstengel at consultparagon.com
Tue Mar 25 12:13:06 PST 2003
I had the same problem. Voice recognition chip went bad. I had it replaced
on the main board and all was well. Mine did not pass midi either. It
would go on and off and retuning it seemed to always solve the prob. Then
one day nothing from the keys at all...midi worked fine......First check to
see if the connectors from the keyboard are hot glued down....it could be a
minor as that. But if you have not moved it or had it shipped I doubt that
is the prob. Have fun cracking it open...it is a bit of a bitch but not too
bad actually. The repair cost me $275 I think. I can give you the name of
a good tech that Peake sent me to. It is an easy fix. I am surprised at
the last post about having the same problem and it not being
repairable....that seems rather odd. Did Alesis say this? The main board
only costs about $800 to replace.
Kurt
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1. Re: Keys not working....! (Anthony Wright)
2. Re: Keys not working....! (David Evans)
3. Re: Keys not working....! (David Evans)
4. Re: Keys not working....! (Felix Bartelt)
5. Re: Keys not working....! (Felix Bartelt)
6. Re: Keys not working....! (Anthony Wright)
7. Re: Keys not working....! (Anthony Wright)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 12:44:21 +1100
From: "Anthony Wright" <awright at bigpond.net.au>
Subject: Re: [a6] Keys not working....!
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Hi List,
I have a big problem with my A6, and wondered if any of you knew the
solution...
The diagnostics do not pass the midi test... ( boot soft key 2 )
keyboard is dead..... but sometimes comes alive..... it is random.
Have the latest OS, and have done the soft 3, 4 reset at boot as well....
Thank you in advance!
Ant.
www.ashera.com
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From: "Brian Shim" <swingbrian at hotmail.com>
To: <a6 at code404.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 4:00 AM
Subject: Re: [a6] Keys not working....!
> > > I have experienced this before, but just tuning it of and on again
would
> > > cure it. This time is dead....
> > > Basically, it starts OK, goes through the booting, but there is no
> > response
> > > on the keyboard, therefore there is no sound....
> > >
> > > Anyone remembers how to fix this bug?
> >
> > maybe its the bootloader?
> >
> >
>
> Try resetting the global parameters by holding down soft button 4 while
> powering up.
> -
> a6[Andromeda]list - for more information, hit http://code404.com/a6
>
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 22:01:21 -0500
From: David Evans <dfevans at bbcr.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Re: [a6] Keys not working....!
To: "Anthony Wright" <awright at bigpond.net.au>
Cc: a6 at code404.com
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On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 12:44:21PM +1100, Anthony Wright wrote:
> keyboard is dead..... but sometimes comes alive..... it is random.
>
Perhaps the keyboard ribbon cable (I think there's one--been about a
year since I've been inside my A6) is loose.
--
David Evans (NeXTMail/MIME OK)
dfevans at bbcr.uwaterloo.ca
Ph.D. Candidate, Computer/Synth Junkie
http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/
University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the
composer
Ontario, Canada overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707
Manual
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 22:46:56 -0500
From: David Evans <dfevans at bbcr.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Re: [a6] Keys not working....!
To: "Anthony Wright" <awright at bigpond.net.au>
Cc: a6 at code404.com
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On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 02:49:27PM +1100, Anthony Wright wrote:
> Thanks Dave, but I did open it and found everything OK, the keyboard
ribbon
> conectors actually have some
> clips, and they looked nice and tight. ( 4 connections for the keyboard )
+
> aftertouch.
>
Ahhh. In that case I have no idea.
--
David Evans (NeXTMail/MIME OK)
dfevans at bbcr.uwaterloo.ca
Ph.D. Candidate, Computer/Synth Junkie
http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/
University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the
composer
Ontario, Canada overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707
Manual
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:34:22 -0800
From: FelixBartelt at t-online.de (Felix Bartelt)
Subject: Re: [a6] Keys not working....!
To: Anthony Wright <awright at bigpond.net.au>, <a6 at code404.com>
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am 24.03.2003 17:44 Uhr schrieb Anthony Wright unter awright at bigpond.net.au:
> Hi List,
>
> I have a big problem with my A6, and wondered if any of you knew the
> solution...
>
> The diagnostics do not pass the midi test... ( boot soft key 2 )
>
> keyboard is dead..... but sometimes comes alive..... it is random.
>
> Have the latest OS, and have done the soft 3, 4 reset at boot as well....
>
> Thank you in advance!
I had this and unfortuneately my A6 had to be exchanged, cause it couldn´t
be repared. It started as described by U, except the diagnostic was O.K.
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 13:31:54 -0800
From: FelixBartelt at t-online.de (Felix Bartelt)
Subject: Re: [a6] Keys not working....!
To: Anthony Wright <awright at bigpond.net.au>
Cc: a6 at code404.com
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am 25.03.2003 3:55 Uhr schrieb Anthony Wright unter awright at bigpond.net.au:
>
> I had this and unfortuneately my A6 had to be exchanged, cause it couldn´t
> be repared. It started as described by U, except the diagnostic was O.K.
>
> Wow.... now, THAT can be bad news...... specially after 1 year warranty
gone
> .... I am shure there must be some way of replacing a board or so.....
did
> your unit accepted midi in at least?
>
> Ant.
>
>
>
>
>
It did. I just couldn´t use the keyboard anymore. In the beginning the
problem just appeared somtimes and then one day the keyboard wasn´t working
at all.
I´m also a little afraid of my A6 running out of guarantee and the problem
comming back, cause it seems to be a kind of construction mistake. (you´re
the 3rd person having this problem)
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 22:55:29 +1100
From: "Anthony Wright" <awright at bigpond.net.au>
Subject: Re: [a6] Keys not working....!
To: "Felix Bartelt" <FelixBartelt at t-online.de>
Cc: a6 at code404.com
Message-ID: <002e01c2f2c5$6e6977c0$39838490 at AMDDUAL1800MP>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
I had this and unfortuneately my A6 had to be exchanged, cause it couldn´t
be repared. It started as described by U, except the diagnostic was O.K.
Wow.... now, THAT can be bad news...... specially after 1 year warranty gone
.... I am shure there must be some way of replacing a board or so..... did
your unit accepted midi in at least?
Ant.
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 14:49:27 +1100
From: "Anthony Wright" <awright at bigpond.net.au>
Subject: Re: [a6] Keys not working....!
To: "David Evans" <dfevans at bbcr.uwaterloo.ca>
Cc: a6 at code404.com
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Thanks Dave, but I did open it and found everything OK, the keyboard ribbon
conectors actually have some
clips, and they looked nice and tight. ( 4 connections for the keyboard ) +
aftertouch.
the randomness is what puzzles me...
Ant.
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 12:44:21PM +1100, Anthony Wright wrote:
> > keyboard is dead..... but sometimes comes alive..... it is random.
> >
>
> Perhaps the keyboard ribbon cable (I think there's one--been about a
> year since I've been inside my A6) is loose.
>
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