emusonacid!

Hello everyone.

Many apologies if this post isn't the correct place to ask but I thought I'd take a chance.

I have an odd situation at hand and I'd like some assistance if possible.

The other night I was running my MC-202 off the clock output of my emax. Things were going pretty good and much to my surprise it worked. Well when I was done I removed the cable from the MC-202 not thinking much of it. I turned the MC-202 off and started wrapping the cable when all of a sudden:

ZZZAP!

Confused (and very worried due to the silence) I looked and the emax and it stopped running. I looked at the other end of the cable and it was resting on top of the DX-7. My DX-7 is made of metal. Done.

My MC-202 and DX-7 are completely fine. My emax is dead.

All of the LEDs are on when the unit is powered up, the display has a solid black bar, and there is no drive activity. I understand this can mean a million and one things but has anyone had a similar issue and is there anything I can do to fix / narrow the problem? I tried to contact EPS electronics for possible repair but I have not heard anything despite numerous attempts at contact. Are they even still in business?

I also own an SP-12 Turbo that needs repair. Not sure what the issue is but the unit powers up fine, the metronome sounds, nothing but a faint "tick" or "pop" is heard when the pads are struck however and the sample input display is at 100% volume (black bar).

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'd love to get these units running once again and give 'em a proper home.

Thanks in advance,
-John

Hey there..

I was scouring the internet for info on a similar matter I have and found this post. Hope you don't mind resurrecting an almost 2 year old topic!

My issue with my emax se is almost the same, I blew my emax when the clock output was going. I now get the solid black bar, the lit LEDs, no drive activity, etc etc

I replaced the fuses but still no luck.

Has this happened to anyone else? Does this sound like a job for EPR? How is their service and if this is in fact a blown motherboard does anyone think EPR would be able to remedy such a thing? If not then what do I do with a broken emax se?

Thanks for the help guys!