Is it correct that Virus Ti has a soldered lithium backup battery inside?
If yes I ask myself why makers do not use a socket that makes replacement of these battery more easy.
Backup battery question
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Is it correct that Virus Ti has a soldered lithium backup battery inside?
If yes I ask myself why makers do not use a socket that makes replacement of these battery more easy.no.
marc
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No battery at all - that's good news.
So Virus TI uses flash memory to store all non volatile data? -
The manual refers to changing battery. But it could be a normal CR battery or something more advanced with a battery holder (instead of being soldered).
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There is a battery. You can change it. It is a CR2032 (if I recall correctly).
Does this picture clear things up?
[Blockierte Grafik: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2331/1804309620_b632d8c47c.jpg]Regarding the battery the TI1 and TI2 are the same.
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Read your manual. It says that you want your Virus TI's battery changed every about 4 years. Of course if you keep it standby most the time, with the power cable plugged in, you'll improve the battery's life. (And also you'll improve the life of any capacitor that's in the Virus. Caps like to be always powered.)
Edit: Timo beat me to it. Nice picture
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Edit: Timo beat me to it. Nice pictureStolen from the internet...
-timo
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Stolen from the internet...
simple google search
-timoWell your namesake (is it the correct term?) from Infekted had shown the insides of his Indigo before and another user showed us his Polar in the process of making a flippable panel...
I'm not going to open my Virus up until really needed. -
I'm sure the manual said something about having to send it in. So one of these you can change yourself?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Maxell…attery-Pack/dp/B000JJYZMG
that's a relief
is it easy to open up and do?
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I'm sure the manual said something about having to send it in. So one of these you can change yourself?
no, it doesn't. what is says though is: you should only change the battery yourself, if you're confident and skilled in opening electronic devices. if you can open a PC and put more RAM into it, you probably can exchange the battery yourself.
best, marc
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How would you know if it were necessary to change it?
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How would you know if it were necessary to change it?
Do a backup every time you have new important RAM patches, because the "symptoms" of your battery dying are patches getting corrupted or lost when the Virus is not powered (not in standby, unplugged. Also, just the RAM patches and possibly the machine's settings, as ROM is obviously non-volatile). Your battery's mileage may vary, the manual says about 4 years, but keeping your Virus in standby instead of unplugging it will prevent the battery from discharging at a fast rate.
On a side note, I own a Waldorf Micro Q, the first yellow model. It's about 10 years old now and its battery is fine.
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Do a backup every time you have new important RAM patches, because the "symptoms" of your battery dying are patches getting corrupted or lost when the Virus is not powered (not in standby, unplugged. Also, just the RAM patches and possibly the machine's settings, as ROM is obviously non-volatile). Your battery's mileage may vary, the manual says about 4 years, but keeping your Virus in standby instead of unplugging it will prevent the battery from discharging at a fast rate.
On a side note, I own a Waldorf Micro Q, the first yellow model. It's about 10 years old now and its battery is fine.
i recently sold a roland D-550 on ebay which i bought in 1985 or so. it was switched of for years. i think "those" batteries are far better than what the manufacturers guarantee.
best, marc
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When it's a bit old I'll change it just to make sure bad luck doesn't cause leakage. That would be worse than losing some patches.
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If the roms and settings are kept in volatile memory, then why the hell does it take so long to start up?
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If the roms and settings are kept in volatile memory, then why the hell does it take so long to start up?
Define "start up" and "long"
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If the roms and settings are kept in volatile memory, then why the hell does it take so long to start up?
because hardware needs to initialised, data transferred and all those things which have nothing to do with making music but booting up a computer. in this case, this would be 16 seconds.
best, marc
