Greetings everyone.
Recently I picked up a used synth from a guy (around last November), but its now gone on the fritz and I was wondering if any of you have ever encountered similar problems and what you did to remedy them.
Here is the situation: The synth is a Wersi Pegasus keyboard (German made, similar to the Yamaha VL synths but with substantially more power). To make a long story short, 2 weeks after I got it home, I turn it on one day and to my surprise it makes an odd hight-pitched sound (that sounded almost like "whirrrrttt"). I have verified that this sound is NOT coming from any of the audio channels, so it must be an internal component. The touch screen on the board also doesn't show up, like the synth isn't booting up (sometimes there is just weird garbage on the screen). Additionally, the buttons on the synth itself remain lit and pressing any of them does nothing (the lights still stay on). I had also noticed that the lights will slowly fade out, if the keyboard is left on. Obviously there is still power going to everything I'm assuming as the lights are on, but other than that the synth is completely dead. BTW, for what its worth, that "Whirrrrrrt" sound only seems to appear once I turn the synth on after its been sitting for more than 10 or 15 minutes. For example, if I turn it on, I'll get the "Whirrrrtt" high pitched noise. If I turn it off and then on again, I do not get the noise. Has anyone got any ideas?
My option is to send it to a Wersi dealer in Lancaster, PA to have it looked at and hopefully fixed, but there's no saying how much that will run me. If it sounds like it's something simple I would consider taking it in to a local shop here (I haven't yet), but due to the lack of schematic detail for this synth and not to mention that it is quite a rare board, I'm afraid that it'll get mucked up even more.
Thanks in advance to those who have any ideas. It has to be one of the most sinking feelings when you've unloaded a chunk of change on something that you can't return only to have it die a week after you get it home.
Ryan.
Recently I picked up a used synth from a guy (around last November), but its now gone on the fritz and I was wondering if any of you have ever encountered similar problems and what you did to remedy them.
Here is the situation: The synth is a Wersi Pegasus keyboard (German made, similar to the Yamaha VL synths but with substantially more power). To make a long story short, 2 weeks after I got it home, I turn it on one day and to my surprise it makes an odd hight-pitched sound (that sounded almost like "whirrrrttt"). I have verified that this sound is NOT coming from any of the audio channels, so it must be an internal component. The touch screen on the board also doesn't show up, like the synth isn't booting up (sometimes there is just weird garbage on the screen). Additionally, the buttons on the synth itself remain lit and pressing any of them does nothing (the lights still stay on). I had also noticed that the lights will slowly fade out, if the keyboard is left on. Obviously there is still power going to everything I'm assuming as the lights are on, but other than that the synth is completely dead. BTW, for what its worth, that "Whirrrrrrt" sound only seems to appear once I turn the synth on after its been sitting for more than 10 or 15 minutes. For example, if I turn it on, I'll get the "Whirrrrtt" high pitched noise. If I turn it off and then on again, I do not get the noise. Has anyone got any ideas?
My option is to send it to a Wersi dealer in Lancaster, PA to have it looked at and hopefully fixed, but there's no saying how much that will run me. If it sounds like it's something simple I would consider taking it in to a local shop here (I haven't yet), but due to the lack of schematic detail for this synth and not to mention that it is quite a rare board, I'm afraid that it'll get mucked up even more.
Thanks in advance to those who have any ideas. It has to be one of the most sinking feelings when you've unloaded a chunk of change on something that you can't return only to have it die a week after you get it home.
Ryan.
