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Hardware "coutour and dimensionality" [message #88404]

Sat, 21 July 2007 20:53

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Re: Hardware "coutour and dimensionality" [message #88405 is a reply to message #88404]

Sat, 21 July 2007 23:47

Martin Harrington

Messages: 560
Registered: September 2005

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Neil,
Thanks. It seems Mecs should be floating in so I
shouldn't need to borrow yours. Thanks a lot for your offer.
Tom
"Neil" <OIUOIU@OIU.com> wrote in message news:46f9f242$1@linux...

Tom, check the "For sale" section of the NG, since someone JUST
posted a bunch'o' Paris gear for sale, including MEC's - if
that doesn't work out for you I have ONE I can lend you, not
for sale, but can lend it to you for a short time if you're
willing to pay for shipoing both ways. Post

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Re: Hardware "coutour and dimensionality" [message #88407 is a reply to message #88405]

Sun, 22 July 2007 00:11

Messages: 1124
Registered: July 2005

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wn for the count.
> No word on the 10 modules that were onboard during
> the mishap.
>
> Anyone have a spare mec they can part with?
> Assamundo
>
>
> "Tom Bruhl" <arpegio@comcast.net> wrote in message =3D
>news:46f4fa9a@linux...
> I'll double check Aaron.
>
> Continuity is my middle name.
> "Aaron Allen" <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote in message =3D
>news:46f4e6c0@linux...
> Dude, if you have 3 toasted MEC's I think it VERY likely you =
had a
=3D
>bad cable that put the hurt on them all as you swapped around =
parts.=3D20
> "Tom Bruhl" <arpegio@comcast.net> wrote in message =3D
>news:46f472e2@linux...
> Intersted people,
> I know 3 fried mecs is unlikely. It's not confirmed until =
=3D
>Tuesday=3D20
> when I'll check the two that might 'still work'. The =
hardware =3D
>solution
> is seeming to be the most logical at this point. Here's why:
>
> I was working perfectly with 2 mecs loaded to the gills and a =
=3D
>442.
> I wanted one more mec and bought one from Deej. Mistakenly,
> I installed it without hiding my default project. Paris =
freaked
> and I went through days of turmoil looking to get back to =
where
> I was. Paris refused to boot with mecs and no 442 at that =
time.
>
> Next I built another comp to test eds and cables and the 442. =
=3D20
> Everything went fine. No probs. This seemed pr

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Re: Hardware "coutour and dimensionality" [message #88408 is a reply to message #88407]

Sun, 22 July 2007 00:28

Messages: 1124
Registered: July 2005

Senior Member

omising.
>
> Next I tried again in the studio with both computers and =
never =3D
>got a=3D20
> good Paris boot. Every time it wouldn't boot there was a Mec =
=3D
>attached.
> Even the 442 boots were flakey (no patchbay connections). I =
=3D
>didn't learn=3D20
> anything from this effort.
>
> 2 days ago I went to a techs place with the Paris comp, =
Deej's =3D
>mec
> and the 442. We used the mec throughout all testing until =
the =3D
>end.
> Fresh C drive, fresh Paris install.
> As soon as the 442 was introduced Paris booted. Likely the =
Deej
> mec is faulty but not necessarily.
>
> Today I went back to my original C drive (no default proj) =
and =3D
>Paris
> would not boot with my other Mec that is loaded to the gills. =
I
=3D
>deleted
> the Scherzo drivers, reloaded the new ones I just got, =3D
>uninstalled the
> subsystem and reloaded it. Once I changed to the 442 the =
system
=3D
>was fine.
>
> Let me rephrase "Paris would not boot" . . . Actually it =
would
=3D
>usually start
> up but no audio was available in the patchbay except with the =
=3D
>442.
>
> My take is that the introduction of DJ's mec (whether it =
worked
=3D
>or didn't,
> let's assume that it worked) was screwy probably by my own =
=3D
>doing. I
> removed it and later shorted a SCSI 2 cable at the Master Mec =
=3D
>sometime during that
> next week. There was smoke in the power supply area so I =
never
=3D
>tried that
> Mec again. My other mec was attached at that time. I now =
think
=3D
>it fried something
> in their too.
>
> I am trying DJs and my hopefully unfried mec at another =
studio =3D
>on Tuesday to confirm
> that neither works. If I'm wrong then we're back to =
software.
>
> It ain't over till it's over.
> Tom
>
>
>
> =3D20
> "Neil" <IOU@OIU.com> wrote in message =
news:46f46d03$1@linux...
>
> In all seriousness - THREE

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Re: Hardware "coutour and dimensionality" [message #88409 is a reply to message #88407]

Sun, 22 July 2007 00:29

erlilo

Messages: 405
Registered: June 2005

Senior Member

bad MEC's??? What's the real
> likelihood of that? Unless all 3 PSU's got hit hard with a
> voltage spike or something weird like that, is it really
> possible that ALL of his MECs went bad?
>
> Neil
>
>
>
> "DJ" <animix _ at _ animas _ dot _ net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >Tom,
> >
> >Do you think the one I sent was bad ? It was working fine =
=3D
>when I pulled
> =3D3D
> >it from the rack.=3D3D20
> >
> >I've noticed a few posts recently regarding errors. Maybe =
no
=3D
>more than =3D3D
> >usual, but it seemed like an unusually high number to me =
over
=3D
>the last =3D3D
> >few weeks. Errors I'm not familiar with. It will have been =
10
=3D
>years in =3D3D
> >November since Paris shipped. I wonder if the lifespan of =
=3D
>this hardware
> =3D3D
> >is starting to fade. TG for TheSoniq, I guess.
> >
> >Deej
> >
> > "Tom Bruhl" <arpegio@comcast.net> wrote in message =3D3D
> >news:46f44c75$1@linux...
> > 3 bad mecs.
> >
> > Hmmm?
> >
> > I'll know for a fact next Tuesday when there's
> > time to test a couple on another system.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Re: Hardware "coutour and dimensionality" [message #88412 is a reply to message #88408]

Sun, 22 July 2007 05:56

gene lennon
Messages: 565
Registered: July 2006

Senior Member

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Re: Hardware "coutour and dimensionality" [message #88415 is a reply to message #88404]

Sun, 22 July 2007 07:34

Paul Artola

Messages: 161
Registered: November 2005

Senior Member

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=3D
>I think it=3D20
> VERY likely you had a bad cable that put the hurt on them =3D
>all as you=3D20
> swapped around parts. </FONT></DIV>
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> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>Intersted =
people,</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>I know 3 fried mecs is =
=3D
>unlikely. It's=3D20
> not confirmed until Tuesday </FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>when I'll check the two =
=3D
></FONT><FONT=3D20
> face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>that might 'still work'. The =3D
>hardware=3D20
> solution</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>is seeming to be the =
most =3D
>logical at this=3D20
> point. Here's why:</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>I was working perfectly =
with 2
=3D
>mecs loaded=3D20
> to the gills and a 442.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>I wanted one more mec =
and =3D
>bought one from=3D20
> Deej. Mistakenly,</FONT><

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Re: Hardware "coutour and dimensionality" [message #88416 is a reply to message #88404]

Sun, 22 July 2007 07:52

neil[1]
Messages: 164
Registered: October 2006

Senior Member

;/DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>I installed it without =
hiding =3D
>my default=3D20
> project. Paris freaked</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>and I went through days =
of =3D
>turmoil looking=3D20
> to get back to where</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>I was. Paris refused to =
=3D
>boot with=3D20
> mecs and no 442 at that time.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>Next I built another =
comp to =3D
>test eds and=3D20
> cables and the 442. </FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>Everything went =
</FONT><FONT =3D
>face=3D3DArial=3D20
> size=3D3D2>fine. No probs. This seemed =3D
>promising.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>Next I tried again in =
the =3D
>studio with both=3D20
> computers and never got a </FONT></DIV>
>

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Re: Hardware "coutour and dimensionality" [message #88419 is a reply to message #88404]

Sun, 22 July 2007 08:53

LaMont
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Registered: October 2005

Senior Member

>it. Once I=3D20
> changed to the 442 the system was fine.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>Let me rephrase "Paris =
would =3D
>not boot" . .=3D20
> . Actually it would usually start</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>up but no audio was =
available =3D
>in the=3D20
> patchbay except with the 442.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>My take is that the =3D
>introduction of DJ's=3D20
> mec (whether it worked or didn't,</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>let's assume that it =
worked) =3D
></FONT><FONT=3D20
> face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>was screwy probably by my own =
doing. =3D
>
> I</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>removed it and later =
shorted a
=3D
>SCSI 2 cable=3D20
> at the Master Mec sometime during that</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>next week. There was =3D
>smoke in the=3D20
> power supply area so I never tried that</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>Mec again. My other =3D
>mec was=3D20
> attached at that time. I now th

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Re: Hardware "coutour and dimensionality" [message #88422 is a reply to message #88412]

Sun, 22 July 2007 09:42

Messages: 1124
Registered: July 2005

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>size=3D3D3D2>It was=3D20
> working fine when I pulled it<BR>=3D3D<BR>>from =3D
>the=3D3D20<BR>>rack.=3D20
> </FONT></DIV><BR>><DIV>&

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