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Re: EDP and a BIG burst of static/hiss
First, I want to thank you all for your excellent role as "Gibson customer
support" and for all the good information. Tonight I shall (once again)
open up my EDP and this time attempt to clean all the contacts. I only
reseated the eproms, and upon finding the bent pin, I figured that was
obviously my problem. When it worked after that, I thought I was done. I
didn't even bother with the memory becaues the fault seemed so obvious.
Bret wrote:
>
> > I also notice LOTs of silicone goo on different parts of my EDP's
> > circuit
> > board. Is this normal? I've never seen so much on any electronic
> > device
> > before. Weird.
>
> Please elaborate. Is this hardened silicone (feels like rubber)?
> Where is it, to keep components from moving (like caps)? How much is
> there?
>
> I have used and seen silicone as a support or strain relief on tall
> capacitors that are supported by their contact legs only. This
> prevents the legs from fatiguing and breaking after much vibration.
Yes, this seems like it could be the reason for the hardened silicone. It
just seemed a little excessive. I've never seen a device with as much as
this one has. I wasn't saying this was a possible flaw, it just seemed
odd.
Thanks again kids. You loopers never cease to amaze me.
Mark Sottilaro