From pkirkup@coombs.anu.edu.au Fri Jul 19 20:56:42 2002
Subject:Re: VK-7 Fix? Can anybody help?

I too had a VK-7. And, yes, if you tapped it on the top at the right
hand end, anywhere within a foot of the area above the power
connection, it would flick off and come back on again. I had it
totally resoldered. You'd be amazed how much gear these days has
problems becasue of simple things like soldering being shoddily done.
Anyway it basically fixed the problem - very occasionally it would
recur, but only rarely.
Good luck,
Peter

--- In CloneWheel@y..., "rarefaction2001" wrote:
> Apologies for asking this if it is has been answered before, however
> I've been looking all over the net to find out details of how to fix
> my 3 year old VK-7 - I love it dearly but it still suffers the power
> cut out problem. I have contacted Roland here in the UK - they know
> about the problem but referred me to a company 300 miles away. I am
> not prepared to part with the unit as I have too many gigs coming
> up - I need it, even in it's 90% reliable condition! I have
> explained this to Roland and asked them to give me details to
> perform the work myself (I've heard it's simple and I have a bit of
> experience of maintenance of electrical gear), but they refuse to
> tell me what I need to do.
>
> Can any of you help, or direct me to the information anywhere?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Paul