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Post by intervoice on Nov 16, 2018 11:10:05 GMT
Hello Everyone! This is Intervoice, I'm a 24-year-old guy from Italy and I just scored a 203a for 450€, broken but with a working Polypedal! I will drive 200 km tomorrow mornings to get it, looking forward to repairing it and blasting it in my neighbours eardrums!! I will send you some photos and keep you posted with my progress, I hope some of you might help me if I get lost Ciaoooooooooo!!!! P.S.: don't know the serial number yet, I will post it asap
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Post by Dubsounds on Nov 17, 2018 12:52:20 GMT
Welcome
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Post by intervoice on Nov 19, 2018 9:54:21 GMT
Hi guys! So I got it, and it wasn't just dirty, it was drowning in dust and dirt. My heart broke as I saw the picture received from the seller (attached). I took it home to give it some love!! It's almost completely apart now, there's no visibile damage to any of the components or protection circuitry. My major concerns are that a lot of screws are missing, the three metal supports between the front panel and CL board have been lost, there are only 6 divider chips, and it is missing the chips for the HFOs. And above all, I'm so angry that whoever worked on this before me ruined it by replacing the LEDs with HIGH PROFILE ONES. Disappointed. First things first, I already started cleaning it and it shows that it hasn't been used much before being left in storage. The chassis and front panel have no scratches and look really nice, the keyboard makes almost no noise and only a few keys need height adjustment (haven't taken it apart yet), front panel white markings are only a bit yellowed. I had a hard time during teardown when it came time to remove the standoffs, as I have only metric wrenches, but I managed to do it! Fortunately it is a very late serial number, #3802 if I remember correctly. After the cleaning I will look for the missing screws and parts, rebuild the power supply, and start the troubleshooting from there. Here are a few photos of how it looked when I got it and now during cleaning! Almost forgot, the Polypedal it came with works, but I will take care of it after as it is working and only needs restoring Cheers! Simone
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