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I've just asked Schofiel for (the third) repair but still no answer, if he doesn't have time, would you please consider to give it a look? I'm quite good with solderings of normal components and chips but i can't do SMD, do you think I can give it a try?


Yes, I can look at it, eventually. It could take a month or two, or just an evening, depending very much upon my up-to-the-minute schedule and how inspired I feel about it on any given day.

Try Rob Schofiel first, and use email to arrange things with me after that.

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In the end, do you have an idea of the cause of this failure? Does the HD upgrade could be the problem? Thanks.


I don't know what causes things like this to fail. The usual sources of random bit failures in electronics are (1) dirty power (under/over voltage, spikes, noise, etc), and (2) ESD (electro-static discharge) damage from mishandling things. The empeg is darned near tough as nails much of the time, but it's not immune to such problems either.

Cheers