is it possible the bulbs in the fixtures have gone past there Max hours. As this will put undue stress on the power supplying them and the pearl when the strike command is sent. If all the units are being struck together it could be putting the power supply feeding the units and the console under pr...

I have replaced the floppy drives in all our pearls and find that a standared floppy drive works fine. available from all computer shops for about €20. Sounds a bit extream, but their's noting to lose, try opening the flap on the front and either injecting some compressed air or holding a vacum cl...

Firstly, thanks for the replys Nick, great help.
What is the difference between the older type encoder and the newer optical type in operation. what can one do the other can't?
whats the difference between versions march 8th 2004 and 1.2 2004?

regarding the software upgrade, the desk has both optional memory slots filled, am I correct in thinking this is the extended ram? and it has the 2 wheels under the screen on the front panel, are these the optical encoders you refer to? I have installed build 8 march 12th 2004 software and it seems ...

Forgot to ask in the previous post, I'm also getting a full list of bus errors, "VIDEO af476" and "VIDEO af5b6". Don't have a video card installed, any ideas what's causing them?

I'm servicing an old pearl (prl069) for a client, having changed about 50 of the faders I'm finding on preset faders 21 when you bring it up full channel 22 seems to bleed up to about 10% and when you do the opposite, bring up channel 22 to full 21 goes to about 10%. Likewise on the two faders above...