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Ancient Geek · 1st Feb 2018, 5:39 pm

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.

1st Feb 2018, 5:39 pm	#15
Ancient Geek Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Bristol, UK. Posts: 136	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.