Thanks, MrHope. I tried the reset during powerup, but got nothing. I've been reading up on some stuff and I found schematics online. I'll open her up again this weekend, so maybe I'll have some more intelligent observations and questions next week. I'm also saving some cardboard, thinking I might ha...

Thanks Stab. However when I actually crawled under and looked, I realized it actually doesn't use a wall wart. I have some other Alesis rack stuff that does, so seeing those Alesis warts plugged into the power strip threw me. Oh well, eliminates that possibility at least.

Thanks for the info, Maschinengeist. Would they be soldered in? Does the Qsynth have any kind of internal battery? I saw a battery for later Alesis synths on eBay and it got me thinking that IF it had a battery, it could certainly be gone after 12 years. And if it died, it simply would have lost eve...

I replaced the one fuse I saw when I pulled it apart, but there may be others (maybe on the other side of one of the boards. Guess I need to pull them to see the other sides. Yes, it does use a wall wart, I'll switch it out with a different one in case this one's gone bad. Thanks for the replies, I'...

I have an original Alesis QSynth + Piano, circa 1995-6. Has always worked fine. I power it up the other day and the display is lit, but no characters. No sound, no kind of response from anything. I opened it up, no obvious loose connections, burnt boards or anything. Any suggestions as to what might...