Les
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DW8000 battery replacement - how easy is it to screw up?
#870280 - 24/10/10 03:49 PM
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Just wondering as mine lost all it's patches quite some time ago and now I either have to
do a sysex dump from the sequencer or create new patches on the fly as I need them -
which, given the whole single parameter access carry-on, is a right, royal pain. I can use a soldering iron a bit, and I understand from a few bits on the web that the
battery is actually soldered onto the board. Failing that approach (very
likely), does anyone know any good synth repair outlets in Central Scotland that might do
it for me - preferably for less than the cosat of a second-hand DW (I LOVE this synth btw
- very underrated imho - ask Paul Nagle and he'll tell you the same  )
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gryfyx
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Re: DW8000 battery replacement - how easy is it to screw up?
[Re: Les]
#870295 - 24/10/10 07:01 PM
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Quote:
how easy is it to screw
up?
Not easier than
looking up into google and clicking on the first link.
Do it yourself.
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Les
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Re: DW8000 battery replacement - how easy is it to screw up?
[Re: Les]
#870319 - 24/10/10 10:29 PM
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Ah, thanks for that informed comment. Actually, substitute "informed" for "smarmy" and
that about sums it up.
WHAT im trying to ascertain is, if anyone has done this,
or if they havent, whether they think someone with relatively limited (not toally absent)
tech skills can do it. I have of course seen mention online of this procedure, but since
this is a FORUM where people INTERRACT (occasionally, but thankfully in the many years ive
been a member, not usually unhelpfully) I figured it wouldnt do any harm to post such a
query.
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"If I had all the money i'd spent on drink, i'd spend it on drink". Vivian Stanshall
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zenguitar
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Re: DW8000 battery replacement - how easy is it to screw up?
[Re: Les]
#870330 - 24/10/10 11:17 PM
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Don't worry Les.. I am sure there will be some more useful replies to
follow. Andy 
-------------------- When the going gets weird, the Weird turn Pro.
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MadManDan
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Re: DW8000 battery replacement - how easy is it to screw up?
[Re: gryfyx]
#870336 - 25/10/10 03:33 AM
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Quote AuralSerenity:
Not easier
than looking up into google and clicking on the first link.Do it yourself.
This is an amazing link, BTW. I loved my
DW8000, now of course it needs a new battery. Been postponing it for years. The author of
this link used to write editing software for the 8K, gives patch sysex's to d.l. and shows
how to not only install a new battery but a holder as well. NICE
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gryfyx
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Re: DW8000 battery replacement - how easy is it to screw up?
[Re: Les]
#870340 - 25/10/10 05:57 AM
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Quote Les:
Ah, thanks for that
informed comment. Actually, substitute "informed" for "smarmy" and that about sums it
up.
WHAT im trying to ascertain is, if anyone has done this, or if they havent,
whether they think someone with relatively limited (not toally absent) tech skills can do
it. I have of course seen mention online of this procedure, but since this is a FORUM
where people INTERRACT (occasionally, but thankfully in the many years ive been a member,
not usually unhelpfully) I figured it wouldnt do any harm to post such a query.
Dear I'm very sorry to assume your
research beforehand. I got biased. Maybe due to so many people that I meet here had quite
a lasting impression in my head. I had no clue if you had already looked upon google. And
'cause the first link was actually so descriptive that even I got engrossed reading it
when I dont own DW8000, I thought it would help you figure it out and I feel bad and
confess that it is, for sure, not so easy to swap the batteries in that synth. By the way
thanks a lot for the word 'smarmy', I didnt know its meaning. Its hard to find aesthetics
in the language in a tech forum. I'm sure you'll find a solution and wish you good luck.
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Les
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Re: DW8000 battery replacement - how easy is it to screw up?
[Re: Les]
#870405 - 25/10/10 11:29 AM
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LOL Aural Serenity that's ok Thanks.
Yes, the link is an excellent one, and indeed the first thing you come across if you do a
search. As I said, it wasnt so much the "how to" as "hmmmm, can I risk it? Is there much
margin for error?" This link was actually a catalyst for posting in the first place since,
as disclaimers go it's pretty alarming in a sort of "Pandora's Box", "ABANDON HOPE ALL YE
WHO ENTER!!" kind of way 
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Les
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Re: DW8000 battery replacement - how easy is it to screw up?
[Re: Les]
#870408 - 25/10/10 11:30 AM
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Oh and Andy - I dont know what you mean
-------------------- "If I had all the money i'd spent on drink, i'd spend it on drink". Vivian Stanshall
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