Blank boot up screen news...

[addicted2tech]

Not that i want to spread bad news but today i spoke the 'virus expert' at the dealer i got my ti from about my constant blank boot up screen.

He basically said that all the ti s that have got this problem are being sent back to access as they themselves have admitted its a genuine hardware fault.

Read into this what you will, i simply thought those with the same boot up problem might like to know.

Cheers

[dr. orange]

how many times did you have a blank boot up screen?

[addicted2tech]

everytime i turned it off at the wall switch/plug and turned it back on. i know most people only get it once in a while, the bloke hadnt heard of one that did it all the time. Shame, other than that the synth was rock solid. Like a lot of people here, it just made me uneasy about the thing. It looks as thoughmy fears have been confirmed. :(

[ToneCre8]

I feared this was going to be the case even though some insist that it is strictly due to buggy code. Like you, I have this problem everytime I unplug it or put it to sleep.

[diy]

I used to have blank displays with older os but with 1.0.9 everytime boots fine.

[Elektrobolt]

I have never encountered this problem.

My Virus TI is connected to a surge protective, filtered power strip with 24 outlets (Middle Atlantic racks, for anyone interested) that is always off power when not in use.

(Virus TI version 1.09)

[Hollowcell]

My Virus TI is connected to a surge protective, filtered power strip with 24 outlets (Middle Atlantic racks, for anyone interested) that is always off power when not in use.

Bandaid solution #57.

The TI is a sensative little flower isn't it. :D

[ToneCre8]

My Virus TI is connected to a surge protective, filtered power strip with 24 outlets (Middle Atlantic racks, for anyone interested) that is always off power when not in use.

Bandaid solution #57.

The TI is a sensative little flower isn't it. :D

Actually it isn't a solution just a coincidence mine is connected (and the only device at the moment) to a furman power conditioner as well. Still exhibits the same problem.

[Elektrobolt]

My Virus TI is connected to a surge protective, filtered power strip with 24 outlets (Middle Atlantic racks, for anyone interested) that is always off power when not in use.

Bandaid solution #57.

The TI is a sensative little flower isn't it. :D

WHAT!?! This has nothing to do with the Virus at all. I have ALL my electronic devices connected to this type of "bandaid solution"; so should anyone! After all, it is just electronics, not invincible tanks. Even cars have had their electronic circuits protected by fuses for a long time. Most appliances (even working on regular circuits) have auto-breakers (fuses) built-in.

So my point is that this is a common problem with the power networks. You'd be surprised how the power in electrical grids fluctuate! In some parts of the world (talking from experience) the difference between high and low voltage has been outside accepted ranges of some of my devices (luckily some are more resilient to "flux") so I have had to acquire quite a few power supply units (PSU).

I still operate about half my devices on PSU's (some just because of their need to "shutdown" properly; like Windows). That way when the city goes blackout, I can save and shutdown, without loosing my mind and my hair.

Some people ask how reliable a device is for live use... I ask how many circuit protectors and PSU's do you have?

I understand that most people are worried about live because it is different than a studio. However, a common problem with live sessions is that the way power is supplied (with all kinds of extension, split and join boxes) THAT is often the definition of the power problem. If you use a conditioner and a PSU per every few units, you are pretty much in the studio, with stable power and WITH power. Many people don't even THINK about that.

[Hollowcell]

I shouldn't have jumped at you Electrobolt as I'm actually running a conditioner as well.

It's just the number of posts are increasing with workarounds to help the TIs run smoothly, and I assumed you had brought up the PSU/conditioner topic as a way to help the "blank screen" issue.

After all the subject heading does read "Blank boot up screen news..."

Maybe you misread the subject right?

[Elektrobolt]

I shouldn't have jumped at you Electrobolt as I'm actually running a conditioner as well.

It's just the number of posts are increasing with workarounds to help the TIs run smoothly, and I assumed you had brought up the PSU/conditioner topic as a way to help the "blank screen" issue.

After all the subject heading does read "Blank boot up screen news..."

Maybe you misread the subject right?

Always someone else; my point was simply that my TI is always off power when not in use, and I have not experienced any blank screens and as so, it seem obvious that no solution/workaround was declared. Alas not so...

[The girl next door]

Always someone else; my point was simply that my TI is always off power when not in use, and I have not experienced any blank screens and as so, it seem obvious that no solution/workaround was declared. Alas not so...
I never had a Blank Screen....My power supply is always off while not in use :roll:

[Tarekith]

I had the blank screen a couple times with older OS's, but haven't seen it yet with the latest.

[Mister Orange]

Me too. Same as Tarakith. Haven't seen a blank screen for months.

This might explain why Access have been slow to realise there is a hardware fault in some units, since so many synths had this fault cleared with a software upgrade.

Mr O

[Smag]

My first Ti had this problem EVERY time it booted up, I took it back and changed it for another and not had this problem once.

[Drammy]

And were these two TI's running the same version of the OS?

If so, that is pretty damning evidence that there is a faulty batch.

[ToneCre8]

And were these two TI's running the same version of the OS?

If so, that is pretty damning evidence that there is a faulty batch.

Well I'm running the latest OS and I'm still having this problem.

[steamyb]

Official Access Response

Thank you for your mail. Somebody else came up with the same thing. I definitely can deny any
officical "callback" concerning this. Access is aware of the problem but there definitely is NO callback
action in progress at all. This is simply a rumor and a wrong statement from a shop or a user. Not
sure where this rumor has its beginning.

[Drammy]

And were these two TI's running the same version of the OS?

If so, that is pretty damning evidence that there is a faulty batch.

Well I'm running the latest OS and I'm still having this problem.

thanks for that.