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#261969 - 01/08/2005 22:49 Fun with Rio Karma
JeffS
carpal tunnel

Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2858
Loc: Atlanta, GA
So you may recall that my wife's Karma's hard drive failed last year after she dropped it. Not being made of money, it took us a while to get her another one. About three months ago I finally did and bought her a refurbished Karma on Ebay- I figured the warranty didn't do much for us last time . . .

So this weekend the wheel broke. Man was I ticked. So I decided to open it up and see if I could fix it. Whew, was THAT a lot of work. Made me feel like a true geek- nothing like the empeg, that's for sure.

At any rate, it became immediately clear that the wheel was not gonna get fixed. And then I had the bright idea to take apart the old one, which I managed to still have lying around. So I did, and now had two torn apart Karmas sitting on my desk. I swapped the hard drives and used her origional Karma with the newer drive. Then I put them both back together, with one VERY disfunctional unit and one in perfect working connection. I am now my wife's hero, for her wheel works again AND I managed to get her nice, less scratched screen back (the refurb one was more scratched than the origiona)- bonus!

Anyway, it's nice when things work out. And now I know that I have spare parts in case I need them.
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#261970 - 02/08/2005 00:08 Re: Fun with Rio Karma [Re: JeffS]
Robotic
pooh-bah

Registered: 06/04/2005
Posts: 2026
Loc: Seattle transplant
Wait for it...

Wow- for being such a nice guy you get good Karma !

Ba-dum Ching!
Thank you, thank you- you've been great! I'm here all month- tell your friends!
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#261971 - 02/08/2005 01:41 Re: Fun with Rio Karma [Re: JeffS]
oliver
addict

Registered: 02/04/2002
Posts: 691
Quote:
... one VERY disfunctional unit ...

Would you by chance be willing to remove the lock switch off the board and sell it to me?

When I had to do something similar (my joystick wasn't installed correctly), I managed to break the tab off my lock switch when putting it back together. (make sure you have the switch lined up with the button on the case)
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Oliver mk1 30gb: 129 | mk2a 30gb: 040104126

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#261972 - 02/08/2005 01:51 Re: Fun with Rio Karma [Re: oliver]
JeffS
carpal tunnel

Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2858
Loc: Atlanta, GA
Quote:
Would you by chance be willing to remove the lock switch off the board and sell it to me?
Sure- not quite sure how to take the switch off the board though. I'll take a look and see what I can do.
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-Jeff
Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings; they did it by killing all those who opposed them.

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#261973 - 02/08/2005 01:58 Re: Fun with Rio Karma [Re: JeffS]
oliver
addict

Registered: 02/04/2002
Posts: 691
Awesome! Thanks man. I'd be very careful with the tab on the switch. It breaks off without too much force
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#261974 - 02/08/2005 08:03 Re: Fun with Rio Karma [Re: oliver]
pgrzelak
carpal tunnel

Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
The key word there is, of course, "breaks"...
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