there is not simply one component that fails.This has to be world biggest mystery. Can human kind not figure out which electrical component on a main board fails when temps below room temperature of 20-22c. haha
haha im not falling for itp.s. yes you are right, I have been holding back the secret! Replace C126 and R14 and it will 100% work fine again...
I have manual and some know how.there is not simply one component that fails.
you need a service manual (and a bit of EXPERIENCE at this sort of thing)
i have often found bad solder connections and "feed throughs" from layer to layer on the boards.
damonc21 is probably the expert on these machines,
the most important question for mes how to keep the printheads functional while the boad is repaired/replaced?
man I asked you if you have repaired no power issue you said yes so I asked which parts(s) did you have to replace, instead of giving me a clear answer you went on about this and that lol. You either haven't fixed no power issue or you are holding back haha. At least AI doesn't say it knows the answer and then holds back lolIt's about as true as what AI has told you They have basically said replace 90% of the components on the board, which is fine, but still won't fix your problem
Not to mention these days the schematics companies supply often don't actually match the board :/. which just makes it even more annoying. Then you get ICs with a number on them that doesn't exist when you google it!As a former US Navy electronics technician from the days of tubes, I would say this. Back in the day, when each component was an individual part, and schematics had each individual part showing, troubleshooting electronics was a matter of skill and logic in determining which component was the faulty component. Today's electronics are a whole different ballgame, where a single chip on a board may contain many different circuits, which back in the day, would have been an entire chassis with discrete components. In addition, the chips showing in the schematics, which I believe Roland is the only company that actually supplies schematics, the chips are impossible to troubleshoot without knowing what signals and voltages are on what pins, and also the need for advanced equipment, such as IR cameras and an oscilloscope as damonCA21 has mentioned. The VP-540 mainboard is known to be a problematic board. You can check fuses and output transistors with a multimeter and look for bulging tops on capacitors, but beyond that, it's what we techs call "easter egging", which means you guess what part may be bad, without any real logic. It's not simple. Good luck!
There is no shortcut to doing actual troubleshooting.if your advice had led to a fix I would have sent you a 100. still not too late lol. inbox me maybe lol
Which ones were they?update: I found two sorted components, will order and install. see how it goes
Totally agree, I also have a degree in EE and circuit design and 9 times out of 10 it is slogging through the circuit and testing and diagnosingInteresting...
But it is, as the seasoned guys tell you. It could be a bad solder joint or even worse a crack in a PCB track or even mor likely in a layer to layer connection.
I hold a EE degree and even with a scope, it's just guesswork.
You can check the onboard voltage regulators and so on.
BTW the drivers for the heads are no MOSFETs, but bipolar transistors.
for the layer to layer connections, the best thing is to have the board put through one of those ovens the repair depots use for the nvidia chipsets that go intermittentInteresting...
But it is, as the seasoned guys tell you. It could be a bad solder joint or even worse a crack in a PCB track or even mor likely in a layer to layer connection.
I hold a EE degree and even with a scope, it's just guesswork.
You can check the onboard voltage regulators and so on.
BTW the drivers for the heads are no MOSFETs, but bipolar transistors.
every issue is different, you will have to do the following and find the fault on your boardWhich ones were they?