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Re: EDP and a BIG burst of static/hiss




--- John Mcleod <jmcleod@pacific.net> wrote:
> I had a problem something like this when I first bought my EDP. I
> sent it
> back to Gibson, and they said it was the memory, but they chose not
> to
> replace it ! When it was returned, I opened it up and found that one
> of the
> regulators was hot enough to burn eggs on, and if I used a fan to
> cool it
> off, the Howling sound it would produce every now and then would go
> away.
> So, I bought a small heatsink and attached it onto the regulator, and
> the
> box has worked fine ever since....
> 
> John
The original 2 voltage regulators run hot. They had a large rectangular
block of metal as a heatsink between the regulator fin and the back of
the edp case.

The new regulator (1 reg replaces 2) runs very cool, no heatsink
required.  You can replace it yourself, or have a technician do this.
bret

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