They tuck under just fine. As long as you don't man-handle them. The only conclusion I can come up with is when they were looped out, they must've touched the board. Tucked under the panel there's no problem. Or, as we used to say back in the IBM PC days, it's cosmic rays for all the problems. Now they've proven it! LOL!
Tracy
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On Fri, 7/13/18, 'Paul D. DeRocco' pderocco@... [chromapolaris] <chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Subject: RE: [chromapolaris] RE: Polaris Later version Secondary board
To: chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, July 13, 2018, 3:10 PM
> From: Tracy
>
> I had the same freezing problem after installing the
new
> membrane. Found out that the tails on the right side
drooped
> too low and were touching the Output board. After I
tucked
> them up under the right side panel, no more problems.
No
> more freeze ups and she's singing like a birdie.
In my case,
> (no pun) the tails and the board may have been too
close.
> Could be slightly different specs on the top and the
case for
> different synths. Who knows. Nobody here seems to
want to
> answer me about this.
That's because none of us knows the answer. ;-)
Your observation of the tails touching the output board is
something that I never noticed. On the other hand, I never
had a problem with it. I can't see what's going on
when the unit is closed, but it would have to be bending
substantially around the edge of the board (which has no
metal) in order to contact the lead of some component
mounted near the edge of the board.
The newest batch of panels have the insulation on the tails
cut back. I did that so that if the ends of the tails are
ever damaged, they can be shortened. Perhaps that's why
no one had a problem before. That's probably why
it's now an issue. It's probably a good idea to tuck
them under, or put a piece of tape along the top edge of the
output board. Or just cut them shorter, although then you
lose the ability to cut them in the future if they're
ever damaged.