My Drum Machine is Dead

[Sunflower]

I have a Boss Dr Rhythm drum machine that is completely dead. It won't
light up with batteries or AC/DC converter. I stored it for several years
with the batteries in it. I seem to recall someone somewhere saying this
was bad for devices because the batteries leach/leak into the circuits or
something.
Does anyone have any advice on how to approach fixing it or what the
problem might be. I am obviously a novice.
Thanks much.

 

[Landon]

I have a Boss Dr Rhythm drum machine that is completely dead. It won't
light up with batteries or AC/DC converter. I stored it for several years
with the batteries in it. I seem to recall someone somewhere saying this
was bad for devices because the batteries leach/leak into the circuits or
something.
Does anyone have any advice on how to approach fixing it or what the
problem might be. I am obviously a novice.
Thanks much.

Hi,

Open the battey compartment, if the entire compartment has been eaten
and corroded by the battery acid from leaking batteries you MAY be able
to fix it.

If the compartment has not been eaten up by battery acid the problem
lies elsewhere.

Please reply back on what condition the battery compartment is.


-Landon

 

[Sunflower]

No. The compartment appears to be intact. No acid damage that I can see.

 

[Pat Ziegler]

I have a Boss Dr Rhythm drum machine that is completely dead. It won't
light up with batteries or AC/DC converter. I stored it for several years
with the batteries in it. I seem to recall someone somewhere saying this
was bad for devices because the batteries leach/leak into the circuits or
something.
Does anyone have any advice on how to approach fixing it or what the
problem might be. I am obviously a novice.
Thanks much.

Well, since it is dead and you really have nothing to loose, You might as
well open it up and have a look inside. If you are lucky you might find
something obvious like a wire broke of or some other physical damage or even
a blown fuse.

Other than that it would be difficult at best to try and trouble shoot over
a news group. Have you contacted Boss?

Any tech with a volt meter should be able to check the basics but if it has
componant problems you might be out of luck..


Pat Ziegler
WWW.WEISD.COM

 

[Alex Bird]

I have a Boss Dr Rhythm drum machine that is completely dead. It won't
light up with batteries or AC/DC converter. I stored it for several years
with the batteries in it.

You haven't used it for several years ? Have you perhaps forgotten how
to work it ? It has been known...

 

[Landon]

I have a Boss Dr Rhythm drum machine that is completely dead. It won't
light up with batteries or AC/DC converter. I stored it for several years
with the batteries in it. I seem to recall someone somewhere saying this
was bad for devices because the batteries leach/leak into the circuits or
something.
Does anyone have any advice on how to approach fixing it or what the
problem might be. I am obviously a novice.
Thanks much.

Since the battery compartment is intact and hasn't been attacked by the
battery acid you shouldn't have any physical damage to deal with.

As was already suggested by someone else go ahead and open the case,
follow the wires from the batteries and the jack that you plug the DC
adapter into to where ever they go, both sets of wires are going to have
something in common that is not letting the voltage though, it could
quite simply just be the fuse.

Also do what I do and look for something obvious, a part that exploded
and sent schrapnel all over the place, a burnt, cracked, or bulging
part, or something that glows or has goo coming out of it right in the
middle of the circuit board.

You may also have a voltage regulator that decided to die and/or put out
to low of voltage, or at some point the drum machine was accidently
dropped and made a little crack in the circuit board that is keeping the
voltage from getting through.

Good luck, get back to us on what you find.

 

[Jim Douglas]

Great, now get some real drums! Sorry, always hated those machines!

JimD - Real Drummer!

 

[Gareth Magennis]

Great, now get some real drums! Sorry, always hated those machines!

JimD - Real Drummer!

At least drum machines tend not to have alcohol problems. Unless you spill
some on them.


Gareth.