From hpage@thepipeline.net Sat Jul 20 07:11:20 2002
Subject:Re: VK-7 Fix? Can anybody help?

--- In CloneWheel@y..., "uwodsi" wrote:
> 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

I also had one of these that had this problem. My tech soldered
a ground wire between the top board and the lower that fixed the
problem. Roland has a tech sheet out on the problem. Maybe you can
get the tech to send you a copy for ten bucks and fix it yourself. hp