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help me to bring my d8b back to life

Postby Eddos » Wed Jan 18, 2017 1:26 pm

Hello everyone!

A week ago a bought a d8b from a old member from this forum, he had some problems with the faders he said.
The problems he had did he write in the post down below.

http://www.d8bforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1039&p=8372#p8372

and

http://www.d8bforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1038&p=8211#p8211

I was a little bit worried for the broken rail cap where everyone talks about, so i opened the d8b myself and looked to the brainboard and the 3 other boards where the faders are attached. i see nothing burned or oxidized. The looked almost brandnew!

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So i looked further and i saw something maybe suspicious in the computerbox.
I think it has something to do with the power supply?

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I see a lot of toxication and rust on that thing

hopefully someone can confirm this.

Thanks for helping me out!
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Re: help me to bring my d8b back to life

Postby Phil.c » Thu Jan 19, 2017 1:38 am

I'm no expert but it looks like a couple of dry joints, maybe causing arcing, re-solder and see what happens.

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Re: help me to bring my d8b back to life

Postby Eddos » Thu Jan 19, 2017 12:04 pm

Thanks for the reply phil,

Going to give it a shot later

I looked to the rail cap braiboard and it looks oke to me.

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Re: help me to bring my d8b back to life

Postby the boss » Thu Jan 19, 2017 3:46 pm

Hi

I've repaired 6 of those d8b's and my conclusion is that over the years that 5v 22amp switched psu starts to get unstable.... that's why we all get strange symptoms.

Re place it....

I just wish that someone could find a psu to replace it with. I've tried a standard 5v 30 amp and yes it boots up but all lights is on and it freezes..... so I had to get a identical one from another CPU/ PSU d8b box
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Re: help me to bring my d8b back to life

Postby the boss » Thu Jan 19, 2017 3:51 pm

There is that small wire connected to the switched psu.... a sensor .... this one tells when the switched psu should turn on and off and so on.... that's why it doesn't work with a standard switched psu 5v 30 amps
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Re: help me to bring my d8b back to life

Postby the boss » Thu Jan 19, 2017 3:57 pm

All other stuff in the PSU/ CPU is easy to re-place. You can get old motherboards from eBay and even replace it with a different one.... I've done it several times.... it takes 30 minutes. You just have to know what you've doing otherwise it will burn out.....;)
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Re: help me to bring my d8b back to life

Postby the boss » Thu Jan 19, 2017 4:00 pm

I've got a new motherboard for you and also a braincard and some faders..... all this is easy to replace.
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Re: help me to bring my d8b back to life

Postby Eddos » Thu Jan 19, 2017 7:44 pm

Thanks for the feedback boss

Can you make a picture for me?
Where is that 5v switch located?
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Re: help me to bring my d8b back to life

Postby Van » Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:34 pm

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Can anyone help me with this error
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Re: help me to bring my d8b back to life

Postby Jondav1120 » Sat Feb 25, 2017 3:16 pm

Hello Van,

Are you also getting 'Error 43 - host did not boot' on the console display? Looks like there is no communication between the host computer and the console. Check the connections on the data cable or try another cable.
Could also be caused by BIOS settings, try checking the BIOS settings against the database http://www.sonido-7.com/d8b/maintenance.html#Post1

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