roland S330 sampler crashing/rebooting

squatski · 21st September 2011

Please help.
I've been using this s330 for a little while now and every now and again say after 45m-1hr it will reboot for no reason. I know it's an old sampler now but I've got older roland tech that's still going.
I'm wondering if it's heat I got it right at the top of the rack above an akai s950 and a whole bunch of other stuff. I don't think it's a wobbly power lead on the back. anyone know. It's making me upset

by the way I don't have to be using it for it to reboot I could just be sat here doing nothing and it will do it by its self so maybe that's a clue ??

Jidis · 21st September 2011

Squatski-

As ancient as those things are now, it probably needs to get in for a tune up. Electrolytic caps might start drying and screwing up even in well preserved gear after all that time (25 years??), or there could be some cold solder joints or something. For what it's worth, the one thing I loved most about my S-550 was that it *never* screwed up or misbehaved. Used to run it for days on end, and I think it had one single incident I might have called a crash in several years of use. That was a very solid generation of Roland gear.

Take Care

Caramel · 21st September 2011

I had my Roland w30(same series) basically powered on for over a decade. No problems. It still works.

21st September 2011	#1
squatski Lives for gear Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 573 Thread Starter	roland S330 sampler crashing/rebooting Please help. I've been using this s330 for a little while now and every now and again say after 45m-1hr it will reboot for no reason. I know it's an old sampler now but I've got older roland tech that's still going. I'm wondering if it's heat I got it right at the top of the rack above an akai s950 and a whole bunch of other stuff. I don't think it's a wobbly power lead on the back. anyone know. It's making me upset by the way I don't have to be using it for it to reboot I could just be sat here doing nothing and it will do it by its self so maybe that's a clue ??

21st September 2011	#2
Jidis Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,030	Squatski- As ancient as those things are now, it probably needs to get in for a tune up. Electrolytic caps might start drying and screwing up even in well preserved gear after all that time (25 years??), or there could be some cold solder joints or something. For what it's worth, the one thing I loved most about my S-550 was that it never screwed up or misbehaved. Used to run it for days on end, and I think it had one single incident I might have called a crash in several years of use. That was a very solid generation of Roland gear. Take Care __________________ "One of the biggest hurdles we face is that an orangutan can snap an iPad like you or I could rip cardboard"

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21st September 2011	#3
Caramel Gear maniac Joined: Oct 2009 Location: Cape Town Posts: 264 1 Review written	I had my Roland w30(same series) basically powered on for over a decade. No problems. It still works.