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Re: (take 2) EDP Intermittent Restart Thingie

Right.  I've had this happen to me as well.  It's the EPROM contacts.
Must me the humidity of England where they're built, as I've never had
another device have this problem.  Reseating the chips seemed to fix it
though.

Mark

Bret wrote:

> > >
> > > Hello folks,
> > >
> > > A quick EDP query from the San Jose Kinko's --
> > >
> > > At my gig last night I noticed a very strange thing with my EDP -
> > it
> > > would
> > > occasionally go into "restart" - i.e. the "LoopIV" start-up deal
> > > would
> > > flash
> > > across the screen.  (Obviously, this also had the effect of killing
> >
> > > whatever audio was happening at the time).
> > >
> > > This occasionally happened all by itself, without my touching
> > > anything
> > > at all, and more occasionally when I would hit a button on my
> > > footpedal.
> > > At one point it seemed to happen when I tapped the side of the
> > > chassis
> > > of the pedal board, without touching any button or sending any
> > > particular command to the EDP.
> > >
> > > After the last song, I looked down and the screen was COMPLETELY
> > > dark - you ask how much blacker it could be, and the answer is:
> > > none...
> > > none more black.  Switching the power switch off and then on
> > brought
> > > it
> > > back, though...
> > >