Hi! Thank you! Before I restored it I had no idea how great it was. When I did research on it I was very impressed about everything I was finding out about it and still now. I'm a bit regretful that I sold it but I'm not a musician so I'm sure it's in better hands. Thanks for watching!
Wow. Best job I've ever seen. A couple of buttons are unresponsive on mine, but I don't think I'm as brave as you are... You're great. Thanks for the video.
Hi! Thank you! Not always brave, it started out as curious and making my mom angry by opening all my toys starting at around 6! Even after all these years I sometimes open something and go oh boy! 😂😂 Thanks for watching!
YECH. That poor thing looked like it sat in a flood and got pooped on by a yak. You've got a heart of gold to have brought it back around the way you did. Nice one!
Well had not seen it like that but I guess it could have gotten pooped on by a yak! lol Thank you! I try to put as much energy and heart into all my restorations. Thanks for watching!
excellent! this gave me enough confidence to attempt repairing my rx-11 from 1984 as it had jammed/broken trigger pads… turned out once i got to them they were heavily oxidized! so i cleaned up the contacts real good and now it works like new 👍
Hi! Great! I'm glad the video helped and thanks for watching! I never opened the RX11. Was the keyboard also sandwiched with that thin plastic sheet with the contacts on it?
Hi! I must admit I had this unit in my stuff for a while and did not know how great it was until I decided to dig into its history and restore it. I'm glad I did and someone somewhere is now making great music with it! Thanks for watching!
Hi! Very true. At first I did not know much about it and when I did all my research for the history I was quite amazed. Sadly I parted with it as some one purchased it from my website. Thanks for watching!
Hi! Yes you are right and I did! I just don't show every little thing in these videos as I try to keep the pace going and not make them to long and boring. Also why I cut on the soldering after showing one or two caps replaced. But thank you for mentioning it and thanks for watching!
Wow, I felt really dumb when I couldn't get any sound out of any of the pads, then I saw the part where you factory reset it and just did it for the hell of it. It fixed all of it haha, and I was preparing to take this thing apart. Thanks for the awesome video, it helped, although not in the way you'd think! :P
Hi! Glad it could help! No sense feeling dumb for that, I spent three months trying to figure out a problem on my new dryer to find out I could reset the whole thing through a couple of buttons as unplugging it did nothing. Someone previously commented I should have just done that first on the drum machine. Obviously this had been done multiple times before by me and the other technician that had it prior to me. I just showed how to do it towards the end of the video. In this unit a section of buttons was not working as well as it doing what I showed in the beginning because of the voltage regulator and liquid had been spilt inside. You should always start with a reset before cracking it open. Thanks for watching!
Hi! They are really nice machines. Unfortunately I ended up selling it. The keyboard is its biggest problem in my opinion. That plastic sheet with a printed circuit board is just horrible.
Epic job!! Your video is so well done. Watching them is like therapy for me. It inspires me to do more of what I love to do! keep up the great work sir and I can't wait to see what you will fix next.
Thank you very much! What keeps me going and doing more of what I love are comments like these. It’s so nice to know when people are enjoying them. Thanks for watching!
Yes those keys and the way it was manufactured with those two plastic films in between is horrible and what causes a lot of grief over the years. You can add a piece of electrical tape at the connector to thicken it out as I did in the video because that is often what causes the keypad problems.
What a crazy job you did. I was amazed the sliders came back to life. Fantastic work. My rx5 had only some bad working buttons. I opened it twice to clean… there is still one that only works if you kinda push it sideways. The one you need to have dedicated sounds for the pads. Someone should do a good video on the rx5… it s totally under the radar. And you can use a card with your own sounds if you search…
Hi there! I was fearful myself and unsure since the unit was really in bad shape. I'm happy it worked out. Unfortunately I am not a good musician or know enough on that side to make a video on the functionality of the RX5. Thanks for watching!
@@RetroRepairGuy well, everybody has to learn, so do i... i started from zero too just 10 years ago. Am i'm still no master in any of it. it's all about the pleasure.
Many suffer from the same problem. Watch my video when I clean the keyboard and then add a piece of tape to help make the contact. Should fix it. Thanks for watching!
Hi there! Yes that's exactly what I used at 17:29, you might recognize the yellow can. I used the extra strength one in a spray with the little black scrapper cap. I had to put multiple times and remove it piece by piece as it was on there for many years. Thanks for watching!
Thankyou this useful is coz I need to clean mine I’ve got the little brother the RX7, the reason I choose that over this was it has more sounds and the programmable effects that can pitch bend, delay and pan which is an amazing feature, just a shame there was no individual outputs but you just are sure you get the levels right before Edit I see you’re a big BTTF fan Me too 👍🏾
Great video, I enjoyed the way you presented the history part! 1:53 I love the 808! ❤🧡💛🤍 My 808 works fine, but one of the pads on my Yamaha RY30 is pretty insensitive. It needs to be hit much harder than normal. Do you have any idea whether this may be fixable? Cheers! 🙂
Hi there! Thank you very much! I never opened the RY30 but if it's made the same as the RX5 you would first have to clean the contacts as I did in the video and this plastic sheet. Then if it still doesn't work except when pressing very hard because it is worn out, you could place a small piece of electrical tape underneath (not between the contact) to help it make contact. I had to do this for the contact points and you can see it at 27:18. First clean the surface with alcohol and then the contact points with electrical contact cleaner. Not much else it could be since it works.
Man, I wish I had your repair skills. I was just modifying a Yamaha RX8 I picked up recently & accidentally shorted 2 pins on the DAC & broke it :/ Well, not totally broken actually, it turns on OK, but starts to glitch out after abt 10 mins, and patterns dont stay saved. Test mode gives me the message “RAM ERROR”. I’m hoping changing the DAC chip I shorted, or maybe the SRAM will fix it, but im honestly just guessing lol
Hi there! Well first of all if you are fixing and opening the equipment yourself then you already have 90% of my skills. The extra 10% is just experience which includes breaking things. I've done plenty of errors myself over the years and have the occasional blunder; no one is perfect. As for your unit, RAM error would lead to believe it is the RAM and while you shorted the DAC the fact that the patterns don't stay saved might be the RAM in my opinion. The DAC I believe is the PCM56P? If you have an oscilloscope you can test it in more detail and the spec of the chip itself can be found on Digikey's website. However, they sell plenty of this chip on eBay for less than $10 Canadian so if in doubt and since you shorted it, or don't have an oscilloscope, take it out and put in a socket for easy removal and put a new one in. Simple and easy and in my opinion for only a couple dollars I would say it's not worth the time to diagnose.While you're at it, think about changing the caps if you intend to keep this unit in service. By the way same for the SRAM, I see a guy selling them brand new for $4.50 USD. Again, I would put in a socket and then try the chip. For less than $20 including the sockets you would eliminate any doubts and save so much time. My two cents. Thanks for watching!
I would not go that far but OK I will take the compliment! Thank you so much for watching! Translated from Google: No iría tan lejos, pero está bien, ¡tomaré el cumplido! ¡Muchas gracias por mirar!
I would pay you to do that to mine. But I’m in U.K. it works ok but buttons stick now and then and no idea how long the battery will last. It is in good overall condition
You could attempt to do a cleaning on the buttons yourself. It's just tedious but not that complicated for that part. Otherwise I do work for people in US but the shipping from UK back and forth might be very expensive. Honestly I think you could do it yourself just watching that part of the video again.
@@johnnydiamondsmusic1673same I’m in the uk Ive got an RX7 still fully working but I’ve got an Alesis HR16 with nothing appearing on the display. Did you find anywhere coz I can’t find anywhere except places outside the uk?
The Linn drum was the first sample based programmable drum machine, but it was not the first programmable drum machine. The Eko ComputeRhythm was the 1st on the market in 1972; followed by few others, but most notably Roland's CR-78, in... you guessed it, 1978.
Hi! Thanks for the information, you are correct I forgot to include both the Eko and the CR-78, I seriously don't know why as I had the information in the project folder! Also in these intros I don't go into every detail but try to present a very "general" history of the origin of the equipment I am repairing. For the LM-1 I should have stated that it was the first to use samples of acoustic drums. Thanks for watching!
@@RetroRepairGuy excellent videos, btw! Keep em coming! I just felt that the CR-78 should've been mentioned, being that it was used in so many popular songs before the Linn Drum. Most notably for me is, Night Clubbing from Iggy Pop. That was on his album Idiot. I remember reading about how he was in the studio with David Bowie writing and recording the album. They needed a scratch drum track, strictly for keeping time, but the drummer wasnt there at the time. So they used a CR-78 that the owners of the studio bought. Bowie wanted to re-track the drums with live drums when they decided to finish tracking the song, but Iggy was like, "NO! Like this sound man." They argued for a bit, but after all, it WAS Iggy's record. Bowie hated it for years and years, to the point where he told the story many time.🤣Good ole CR-78! 👍
@@KRBadolato Had no idea cool story! Yes it deserves mentioning but at least we are telling people about it here in the comments. Thanks again for the info and compliments!
Excellent repair job. This makes me feel ashamed. I had a non-functioning RX5 with good aesthetics, so I bought a properly functioning one with a bashed up casing and did an organ transplant, without trying to repair them. And even that was quite a time consuming job; but yes, I abandoned one of my RX5 to its fate...
Hi! You're are not alone. If you only knew the things I threw out over the years, I'm still upset about it! Well, that and telling my friend we should not mine bitcoin in 2008 because it was a waste of time and digital currency made no sense! 🤣 😭 But at least you saved one. It was a very long operation and I honestly did not know if this unit was going to survive but it turned out great. Thanks so much for watching! Please check out some of my other restorations.
Any recommendation on what to do for a wobbly power jack on one of these? It shuts off sometimes if the cord gets tugged to the side but I'm not sure how to fix it.
Hi Robert. A wobbly power jack sounds like it's desoldered from the board or a cracked soldering joint. Unless it's broken completely and needs replacing, it should be a quick fix that would only require melting new solder on the joints. Of course that requires opening it up. At 19:35 in the video completely to the left next to my wrist you can pause and see the power switch and next to it the connector with three pins. If it's moving and shorting out it's probably that. However, before you proceed, double check the cord itself. It could be the connector of your power supply. try a universal one or put a multimeter on it and wiggle it around, just to make sure it is the connector before opening up the unit. Of course make sure the unit is unplugged before attempting any work! Thanks for watching!
Hi! Because I am filming it takes me a little longer than usual but all in all about a week. I must have spent close to two hours just scrubbing that back cover and removing the tape. Thanks for watching!
@@RetroRepairGuy You did an amazing job! I was afraid just to disconnect one of the white cables as I was having such a pain with it unlike most times with similar connections. I also about died when I saw you put the boards in the dishwasher - sounds like you do it a lot and know - of course - what you are doing. Major props for the re-build. I've only re-soldered caps once for an audio interface I had. Really enjoyed the video and the information!
@@JoelEverettComposer Hi Joel! Thank you very much. Yes people are always taken aback when i throw the boards in a dishwasher. Truth is many companies do this on both new things after soldering as well as on old stuff being refurbished or fixed. I've seen it first hand. There are guidelines when doing it of course. This drum machine was something but I saved it as it was going to the garbage when another tech and friend of mine gave it to me. I'm happy I was able to revive it. Thanks for watching!
Hi Joni. I actually only found out about the factory reset when I was loading the demo. However, I don't think it would have made much of a difference as you might have seen, one of the voltage regulators was rusted and broken. This whole unit needed an overhaul. Thanks for watching!
Hi! I love dishwasher comments! 😂 Watch some of my other videos I explain what’s safe and how to do it. Sometimes needed in cases like these where there was mud inside or when capacitors leak. Thanks for watching!
Hi. Even if I would have done that and it had worked, the unit had liquid spilled inside as you see in the video and the capacitors needed to be replaced since the unit is 40 years old.
Let's just say Mrs. RRG is not too happy about washing her wine glasses in there afterwards. You should see how much grief I get! She tells me to get my own place with a dishwasher and put all the crap I want in it! LOL But it does such an amazing job of cleaning!
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Thank you! I love when old gear gets refurbished and not sent to a scrap pile.
I try my best but can't save them all! Besides they all work better than the new stuff! Thanks for watching!
The RX5 is one of the greatest drum machines of all time, even by today's standards. The synth engine is staggeringly powerful. Good show.
Hi! Thank you! Before I restored it I had no idea how great it was. When I did research on it I was very impressed about everything I was finding out about it and still now. I'm a bit regretful that I sold it but I'm not a musician so I'm sure it's in better hands. Thanks for watching!
Wow. Best job I've ever seen. A couple of buttons are unresponsive on mine, but I don't think I'm as brave as you are... You're great. Thanks for the video.
Hi! Thank you! Not always brave, it started out as curious and making my mom angry by opening all my toys starting at around 6! Even after all these years I sometimes open something and go oh boy! 😂😂 Thanks for watching!
YECH. That poor thing looked like it sat in a flood and got pooped on by a yak. You've got a heart of gold to have brought it back around the way you did. Nice one!
Well had not seen it like that but I guess it could have gotten pooped on by a yak! lol Thank you! I try to put as much energy and heart into all my restorations. Thanks for watching!
excellent! this gave me enough confidence to attempt repairing my rx-11 from 1984 as it had jammed/broken trigger pads… turned out once i got to them they were heavily oxidized! so i cleaned up the contacts real good and now it works like new 👍
Hi! Great! I'm glad the video helped and thanks for watching! I never opened the RX11. Was the keyboard also sandwiched with that thin plastic sheet with the contacts on it?
Thank you for this awesome repair video! You exactly know what you are doing. The mechanical construction of this machine is excellent.
Hi! I must admit I had this unit in my stuff for a while and did not know how great it was until I decided to dig into its history and restore it. I'm glad I did and someone somewhere is now making great music with it! Thanks for watching!
Very underrated drum machine has so many editing capabilities....
Hi! Very true. At first I did not know much about it and when I did all my research for the history I was quite amazed. Sadly I parted with it as some one purchased it from my website. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for a COMPLETE Tutorial Of Work Art and Love.
Hi! Thank you so much I do put love into my restorations! Thanks for watching!
Fantastic! Such a great video, well done!
Did my best! Thanks for watching!
Excellent topic !
Thank you! Wanted to have different to start the New Year!
Great work! You should re-lubricate all sliders with silicone lubricant. That will make them work smoother and last longer. Cheers! S
Hi! Yes you are right and I did! I just don't show every little thing in these videos as I try to keep the pace going and not make them to long and boring. Also why I cut on the soldering after showing one or two caps replaced. But thank you for mentioning it and thanks for watching!
Wow, I felt really dumb when I couldn't get any sound out of any of the pads, then I saw the part where you factory reset it and just did it for the hell of it. It fixed all of it haha, and I was preparing to take this thing apart. Thanks for the awesome video, it helped, although not in the way you'd think! :P
Hi! Glad it could help! No sense feeling dumb for that, I spent three months trying to figure out a problem on my new dryer to find out I could reset the whole thing through a couple of buttons as unplugging it did nothing. Someone previously commented I should have just done that first on the drum machine. Obviously this had been done multiple times before by me and the other technician that had it prior to me. I just showed how to do it towards the end of the video. In this unit a section of buttons was not working as well as it doing what I showed in the beginning because of the voltage regulator and liquid had been spilt inside. You should always start with a reset before cracking it open. Thanks for watching!
Restoring an RX11 right now, very similar in construction.
Hi! They are really nice machines. Unfortunately I ended up selling it. The keyboard is its biggest problem in my opinion. That plastic sheet with a printed circuit board is just horrible.
Epic job!!
Your video is so well done. Watching them is like therapy for me. It inspires me to do more of what I love to do!
keep up the great work sir and I can't wait to see what you will fix next.
Thank you very much! What keeps me going and doing more of what I love are comments like these. It’s so nice to know when people are enjoying them. Thanks for watching!
I just fixed a Yamaha RX5 and Love it - just had to clean the key pads and connections which was a pain to get to, but worth it.
Yes those keys and the way it was manufactured with those two plastic films in between is horrible and what causes a lot of grief over the years. You can add a piece of electrical tape at the connector to thicken it out as I did in the video because that is often what causes the keypad problems.
What a crazy job you did. I was amazed the sliders came back to life. Fantastic work. My rx5 had only some bad working buttons. I opened it twice to clean… there is still one that only works if you kinda push it sideways. The one you need to have dedicated sounds for the pads. Someone should do a good video on the rx5… it s totally under the radar. And you can use a card with your own sounds if you search…
Hi there! I was fearful myself and unsure since the unit was really in bad shape. I'm happy it worked out. Unfortunately I am not a good musician or know enough on that side to make a video on the functionality of the RX5. Thanks for watching!
@@RetroRepairGuy well, everybody has to learn, so do i... i started from zero too just 10 years ago. Am i'm still no master in any of it. it's all about the pleasure.
@@klinkske Agreed!
Nice! I have one where the top row of buttons don't work, so you can't programm sounds etc. Might open it up again
Many suffer from the same problem. Watch my video when I clean the keyboard and then add a piece of tape to help make the contact. Should fix it. Thanks for watching!
Goo Gone is wonderful for removing sticky left-over adhesive.
Hi there! Yes that's exactly what I used at 17:29, you might recognize the yellow can. I used the extra strength one in a spray with the little black scrapper cap. I had to put multiple times and remove it piece by piece as it was on there for many years. Thanks for watching!
These are so good!
Thank you very much! I work really hard on them!
Great video!
Thank you and for watching!
A good one to resurrect✌️
Thank you and thanks for watching!
Thankyou this useful is coz I need to clean mine
I’ve got the little brother the RX7, the reason I choose that over this was it has more sounds and the programmable effects that can pitch bend, delay and pan which is an amazing feature, just a shame there was no individual outputs but you just are sure you get the levels right before
Edit I see you’re a big BTTF fan
Me too 👍🏾
Great video, I enjoyed the way you presented the history part! 1:53 I love the 808! ❤🧡💛🤍
My 808 works fine, but one of the pads on my Yamaha RY30 is pretty insensitive. It needs to be hit much harder than normal. Do you have any idea whether this may be fixable? Cheers! 🙂
Hi there! Thank you very much! I never opened the RY30 but if it's made the same as the RX5 you would first have to clean the contacts as I did in the video and this plastic sheet. Then if it still doesn't work except when pressing very hard because it is worn out, you could place a small piece of electrical tape underneath (not between the contact) to help it make contact. I had to do this for the contact points and you can see it at 27:18. First clean the surface with alcohol and then the contact points with electrical contact cleaner. Not much else it could be since it works.
@@RetroRepairGuy Thank you! I will try these tips 🤞
Man, I wish I had your repair skills. I was just modifying a Yamaha RX8 I picked up recently & accidentally shorted 2 pins on the DAC & broke it :/
Well, not totally broken actually, it turns on OK, but starts to glitch out after abt 10 mins, and patterns dont stay saved. Test mode gives me the message “RAM ERROR”.
I’m hoping changing the DAC chip I shorted, or maybe the SRAM will fix it, but im honestly just guessing lol
Hi there! Well first of all if you are fixing and opening the equipment yourself then you already have 90% of my skills. The extra 10% is just experience which includes breaking things. I've done plenty of errors myself over the years and have the occasional blunder; no one is perfect. As for your unit, RAM error would lead to believe it is the RAM and while you shorted the DAC the fact that the patterns don't stay saved might be the RAM in my opinion. The DAC I believe is the PCM56P? If you have an oscilloscope you can test it in more detail and the spec of the chip itself can be found on Digikey's website. However, they sell plenty of this chip on eBay for less than $10 Canadian so if in doubt and since you shorted it, or don't have an oscilloscope, take it out and put in a socket for easy removal and put a new one in. Simple and easy and in my opinion for only a couple dollars I would say it's not worth the time to diagnose.While you're at it, think about changing the caps if you intend to keep this unit in service. By the way same for the SRAM, I see a guy selling them brand new for $4.50 USD. Again, I would put in a socket and then try the chip. For less than $20 including the sockets you would eliminate any doubts and save so much time. My two cents. Thanks for watching!
I have one of these.
Hi. Embarrassingly enough before I fixed it and researched its history I did not know anything about it. Happy I found out. Thanks for watching!
Sos un genio!
I would not go that far but OK I will take the compliment! Thank you so much for watching!
Translated from Google:
No iría tan lejos, pero está bien, ¡tomaré el cumplido! ¡Muchas gracias por mirar!
I would pay you to do that to mine. But I’m in U.K. it works ok but buttons stick now and then and no idea how long the battery will last. It is in good overall condition
You could attempt to do a cleaning on the buttons yourself. It's just tedious but not that complicated for that part. Otherwise I do work for people in US but the shipping from UK back and forth might be very expensive. Honestly I think you could do it yourself just watching that part of the video again.
@@RetroRepairGuy thanks. It’s in pretty good condition overall. I use it in my home studio. I love the individual outputs.
@@johnnydiamondsmusic1673same I’m in the uk Ive got an RX7 still fully working but I’ve got an Alesis HR16 with nothing appearing on the display. Did you find anywhere coz I can’t find anywhere except places outside the uk?
@@TayWoode no mate. My RX buttons seem to have sorted themselves with use for now.
I thought for a moment you were Paulo from Synthmania!?
Hi! In all honesty I had to Google that one! Yes, I can see some resemblance especially since my gaining sixty pounds. lol Thanks for watching!
The Linn drum was the first sample based programmable drum machine, but it was not the first programmable drum machine. The Eko ComputeRhythm was the 1st on the market in 1972; followed by few others, but most notably Roland's CR-78, in... you guessed it, 1978.
Hi! Thanks for the information, you are correct I forgot to include both the Eko and the CR-78, I seriously don't know why as I had the information in the project folder! Also in these intros I don't go into every detail but try to present a very "general" history of the origin of the equipment I am repairing. For the LM-1 I should have stated that it was the first to use samples of acoustic drums. Thanks for watching!
@@RetroRepairGuy excellent videos, btw! Keep em coming! I just felt that the CR-78 should've been mentioned, being that it was used in so many popular songs before the Linn Drum. Most notably for me is, Night Clubbing from Iggy Pop. That was on his album Idiot. I remember reading about how he was in the studio with David Bowie writing and recording the album. They needed a scratch drum track, strictly for keeping time, but the drummer wasnt there at the time. So they used a CR-78 that the owners of the studio bought. Bowie wanted to re-track the drums with live drums when they decided to finish tracking the song, but Iggy was like, "NO! Like this sound man." They argued for a bit, but after all, it WAS Iggy's record. Bowie hated it for years and years, to the point where he told the story many time.🤣Good ole CR-78! 👍
@@KRBadolato Had no idea cool story! Yes it deserves mentioning but at least we are telling people about it here in the comments. Thanks again for the info and compliments!
Excellent repair job. This makes me feel ashamed.
I had a non-functioning RX5 with good aesthetics, so I bought a properly functioning one with a bashed up casing and did an organ transplant, without trying to repair them. And even that was quite a time consuming job; but yes, I abandoned one of my RX5 to its fate...
Hi! You're are not alone. If you only knew the things I threw out over the years, I'm still upset about it! Well, that and telling my friend we should not mine bitcoin in 2008 because it was a waste of time and digital currency made no sense! 🤣 😭 But at least you saved one. It was a very long operation and I honestly did not know if this unit was going to survive but it turned out great. Thanks so much for watching! Please check out some of my other restorations.
Any recommendation on what to do for a wobbly power jack on one of these? It shuts off sometimes if the cord gets tugged to the side but I'm not sure how to fix it.
Hi Robert. A wobbly power jack sounds like it's desoldered from the board or a cracked soldering joint. Unless it's broken completely and needs replacing, it should be a quick fix that would only require melting new solder on the joints. Of course that requires opening it up. At 19:35 in the video completely to the left next to my wrist you can pause and see the power switch and next to it the connector with three pins. If it's moving and shorting out it's probably that. However, before you proceed, double check the cord itself. It could be the connector of your power supply. try a universal one or put a multimeter on it and wiggle it around, just to make sure it is the connector before opening up the unit. Of course make sure the unit is unplugged before attempting any work! Thanks for watching!
@@RetroRepairGuy Thank you very much! I was avoiding opening it up too much without some sort of step by step like this. Can't wait to crack it open!
@@emmarossignol4445 Good luck and don't hesitate to write if you have questions!
what a clean-up! how long did this take you from initial disassembly to reassembly?
Hi! Because I am filming it takes me a little longer than usual but all in all about a week. I must have spent close to two hours just scrubbing that back cover and removing the tape. Thanks for watching!
@@RetroRepairGuy You did an amazing job! I was afraid just to disconnect one of the white cables as I was having such a pain with it unlike most times with similar connections. I also about died when I saw you put the boards in the dishwasher - sounds like you do it a lot and know - of course - what you are doing. Major props for the re-build. I've only re-soldered caps once for an audio interface I had. Really enjoyed the video and the information!
@@JoelEverettComposer Hi Joel! Thank you very much. Yes people are always taken aback when i throw the boards in a dishwasher. Truth is many companies do this on both new things after soldering as well as on old stuff being refurbished or fixed. I've seen it first hand. There are guidelines when doing it of course. This drum machine was something but I saved it as it was going to the garbage when another tech and friend of mine gave it to me. I'm happy I was able to revive it. Thanks for watching!
I'm surprised you didn't attempt a factory reset before opening it up
Hi Joni. I actually only found out about the factory reset when I was loading the demo. However, I don't think it would have made much of a difference as you might have seen, one of the voltage regulators was rusted and broken. This whole unit needed an overhaul. Thanks for watching!
DISHWASHER!?!?
Hi! I love dishwasher comments! 😂 Watch some of my other videos I explain what’s safe and how to do it. Sometimes needed in cases like these where there was mud inside or when capacitors leak. Thanks for watching!
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Vor dem zerlegen hätte ich den werkszustand aufgerufen.
Hi. Even if I would have done that and it had worked, the unit had liquid spilled inside as you see in the video and the capacitors needed to be replaced since the unit is 40 years old.
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The last time I cleaned an automatic Transmission and a wiring harness in the dishwasher, my wife tried to kill me.
Let's just say Mrs. RRG is not too happy about washing her wine glasses in there afterwards. You should see how much grief I get! She tells me to get my own place with a dishwasher and put all the crap I want in it! LOL But it does such an amazing job of cleaning!
@@RetroRepairGuy Women are funny persons with a weird sense for priorities.
Hi i like your kanal but you talk to much.
Hi. Thanks. That's why there are chapters. I often give tips about the repairs and others like that. Thanks for watching.