Relax. First of all you bought an amazing and rare machine. How much did you pay ?
I bought an OBXa a couple of years ago, which was dead. I had it totally restored as you can read in my KSS thread.
http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?t=1574673Are you familiar with synth repair ?
--- On Fri, 7/3/09, Fernando Zarone <
fernandozarone@...> wrote:
> From: Fernando Zarone <
fernandozarone@...>
> Subject: [AH] OB8 HELP!!! URGENT!
> To: "Analog Heaven" <
analogue@...>
> Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 9:38 PM
> Dear friends,
> I stupidly, as a newbie, bought a OB8 for a friend that
> seemed to work properly when I checked it .
> At my return home, I switched it on, tried to save some
> patches and, immediately, all the memories were erased.
> Moreover, now only the lower voice board is heard. The upper
> has the leds switched on sequentially but no sound.
> At a more careful check, the U17 IC (RAM) is MISSING!
>
> I have tried to save some patches in the machine, they seem
> to work.
>
> What happened? Did I have a ripoff? Is the U17 missing
> normal ?
>
> I have no service manual
>
> Please help me asap, my friend will not pay my money
> back...
>
> Fernando
>
