Swapping out eproms is easy. Just get a $3 eprom
puller tool and be careful not to bend or break the
pins. Turn off the machine first, although 'hot
swapping' is ok in a live environment.

I sell a lot of eproms for the linn on ebay if you are
interested. My 909 and 808 sets are popular. I think
the LinnDrum is the best machine made!

I'll check on that ic.
craig

--- barrydalive23 <barrydalive@...> wrote:

> hey craig thanks for the response. Yeah, I contacted
> forat a while
> back and explained some of the problems to them. He
> said hed be
> happy to look at it, however, i live in virginia,
> and i figured the
> cost of shipping it out to him in california and the
> cost of labour
> would be twice as much as I even paid for the thing
> ($200). So Ive
> been just trying to survive without hi-hat for the
> time being.
> Also, unfortunately, Im not very savvy to the
> electronics in a linn
> drum (or electronics in general), so I wouldn't know
> an envelope ic
> from a ham sandwich, which is something I should
> like to remedy.
> Anyhow, let me know if you remember anything else
> about when you had
> this particular problem.
> Oh, and while Im on the subject, can you swap out
> eproms that dont
> have ZIF sockets (the blue things) already
> installed? The warning
> on the inside of the machine says to take it to a
> linn dealer, but I
> have an old sheet of directions from a dmx that says
> you can gently
> lift them out with a screwdriver....
>
> thanks again,
> andrew
> --- In Linndrum@yahoogroups.com, Craig Clements
> <cbclements@y...>
> wrote:
> > I had the same problem. I believe I swapped out an
> > envelope ic that went bad. I had to desolder it
> from
> > the main board and that sucked. Otherwise it
> worked
> > out fine. I can't remember the ic off hand will
> check
> > tonight when I get home.
> > Also, bruce from Forat could help you out too.
> They
> > are really awesome.
> >
> > craig
> >
> >
> >
> > --- barrydalive23 <barrydalive@h...> wrote:
> >
> > > hi everyone. probably a strange problem, but all
> the
> > > hi-hat noises on
> > > my linn are the open hi-hat noise. This is very
> > > frustrating because
> > > ive been having to use cabasa as my hi-hats
> because
> > > constant open hi-
> > > hat sounds super cheesy in a song. Anyone have
> any
> > > suggestions on
> > > what this may be or what to try and do to remedy
> > > this problem? Any
> > > advice would be helpful.
> > >
> > > thanks
> > > andrew
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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