Re: New restoration project - Roland XP-50
I may replace it, Jay, but in the meantime I've repaired the original and nobody is more surprised than me! There is a largish crack in the plastic casing in which the drive is mounted, and it's clear that it received a heavy impact. On closer inspection, one of the drive mounting pillars is broken. I then took a close look at the drive's PCBs. Everything looked OK except for the main data cable connector, the joints of which didn't look brilliant. I applied flux and reflowed them all. Result: drive now working.
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