Hi
I have recently purchased a Casio CZ-1000. It´s in excellent condition, but I can´t use the RAM cartridge. When I push the "cartridge" button, the led´s indicator does not turn on, and either there is no message on the display saying "NOT READY - INSERT CARTRIDGE" as it should be. It´s completely dead.
Any suggestions, please??
Thanks
Casio CZ-1000: RAM´s cartridge slot does not work
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Re: Casio CZ-1000: RAM´s cartridge slot does not work
If it was an electrical problem tied to the keys then 7 or 8 other keys wouldn't work. If only the Cartridge button is not responding then it's very likely worn out contacts or some contaminate like pet hair or Pepsi Cola residue, etc.
Even if it was a bad trace then it would have to be in a very particular spot to knock out just the Cart button. That rules out bad joiner cables between PCBs as well.
To reiterate the cartridge loading/saving routine: Turn off memory protection, hold down WRITE and press CARTRIDGE and then (while still holding WRITE) press a number. If "---NOT READY---- | INSERT CARTRIDGE" does not appear then I'd almost 100% say you've got a physically bad Cartridge button (assuming that same write procedure works for internal memory).
Should be easy to fix with a little cleaning, or--worst case scenario--a little Caikote.
Even if it was a bad trace then it would have to be in a very particular spot to knock out just the Cart button. That rules out bad joiner cables between PCBs as well.
To reiterate the cartridge loading/saving routine: Turn off memory protection, hold down WRITE and press CARTRIDGE and then (while still holding WRITE) press a number. If "---NOT READY---- | INSERT CARTRIDGE" does not appear then I'd almost 100% say you've got a physically bad Cartridge button (assuming that same write procedure works for internal memory).
Should be easy to fix with a little cleaning, or--worst case scenario--a little Caikote.
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Re: Casio CZ-1000: RAM´s cartridge slot does not work
Thank you For the answer.Rasputin wrote:If it was an electrical problem tied to the keys then 7 or 8 other keys wouldn't work. If only the Cartridge button is not responding then it's very likely worn out contacts or some contaminate like pet hair or Pepsi Cola residue, etc.
Even if it was a bad trace then it would have to be in a very particular spot to knock out just the Cart button. That rules out bad joiner cables between PCBs as well.
To reiterate the cartridge loading/saving routine: Turn off memory protection, hold down WRITE and press CARTRIDGE and then (while still holding WRITE) press a number. If "---NOT READY---- | INSERT CARTRIDGE" does not appear then I'd almost 100% say you've got a physically bad Cartridge button (assuming that same write procedure works for internal memory).
Should be easy to fix with a little cleaning, or--worst case scenario--a little Caikote.
I opened the synth a few days ago and I noticed that the conector from the cartridge slot to the base board was unwired (unsoldered). It only needs to be soldered again.