cinhcet Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 chips and pcbs have arrived today, thank you very much.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 Received my boards and chips today, thank you TK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Phil Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 recieved in edmonton alberta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneakthief Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Got mine and installed it in my MIDIbox sneaquencer: http://sneak-thief.com/sneakyseq.html :)After searching for a nice case-mountable USB-jack, I settled on this reversible Neutrik USB Type-A / Type-B one:Re. Driver: I used the v1.07 of the windows 32 bit driver and all the ports were names were *so* long ("Ploytec USB Midi blah blah" or something) that the port numbers at the end of the name wouldn't show up in the Midi-Ox dialogue boxes ...and I couldn't rename them using the .inf file! I rolled back to v1.06 and everything worked perfect.Just Phil - greetings to Edmonchuck! Lived there for the first 27 years of my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 I gave up, as i butchered 3/4 of my gm5 chips trying to solder them to the boards.i may have 'big fingers' but it's definitely not THAT easy :(Any chance that ploytech could solder the chips to the boards directly ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nILS Posted October 17, 2009 Report Share Posted October 17, 2009 How did you "butcher" them? Chances are - they're not really dead. They can take quite a lot of abuse - I deliberately tried to kill one by soldering and desoldering it three times, trying different techniques, and it still works like a charm. You got some pics? Maybe we can help you find a way to fix them ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexinoodle Posted October 17, 2009 Report Share Posted October 17, 2009 nILS will tell you that i actually devastated a GM5 It's a long story but needless to say i put so much heat through it with the iron it should have been liquidI am not kidding now i was pulling my hair out after hours trying to get it to solder (Involvinga broken iron and everything, a true nightmare)However even after all these hours of frying the chip i eventually used a different ironAnd got it to take and the thing still works perfectly nowJust don't give up on these thingsA technique that i use now (And im sure people will laugh at this)Tin the pads on the boardTape the SMD in place using a piece of insulation tape then heat up a leg until you get a tackThen just solder it best you can and don't worry about excess solderThen use wick to clean it up and make sure there are no shortsHope this helps but all i want to do here is stress that these are doable even by a complete knuckle like meFlexiOh PS i have done a few more since and each one gets easier as you get more confident ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00dawg Posted October 17, 2009 Report Share Posted October 17, 2009 I thought the chips were pre-tinned such that, at least if you're soldering it down for the first time, you really don't need to use any more solder?Either way, from what I understand, taping the chip down is a very common, and useful, procedure :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK. Posted October 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Shipped 2009-10-21: joeribl jbaldwinroberts Vitaly Shipped today: roman01 einwang flip nsunier Best Regards, Thorsten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK. Posted November 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Shipped today: Furlao carpin Best Regards, Thorsten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpin Posted November 12, 2009 Report Share Posted November 12, 2009 Shipment arrived 11 november. Nice pcb board. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK. Posted November 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 Shipped today: kinrat eightbithustler Best Regards, Thorsten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furlao Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Shipment arrived 21 november. I :heart: you TK !!! Thank very much !. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0gmaz Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Shipped within 3 days thanks TK! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK. Posted December 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Shipped today: dnode suchoj Best Regards, Thorsten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK. Posted December 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Shipped today: zygis simonfloris Best Regards, Thorsten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonfloris Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Thanks a lot. I`m hoping to replace my Midisport with this. Great community! kind regards, Simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK. Posted December 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Fine :) And here the next ones: tomcody vcfool Simca Streusalz Dr_Nick Best Regards, Thorsten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janvanvolt Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 I have one -spare- GM5 with the Chip for "new year giveaway", first come first gets. only thing you need to pay is the postage. This is in true spirit of DIY and 2010 :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcfool Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 Received mine today. Thank you very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK. Posted January 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2010 Shipped today: schokobaer mortimer Spoth74 Breeze Best Regards, Thorsten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK. Posted January 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 Shipped today: schokobaer Gripp ieatmumble Shiro Best Regards, Thorsten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerbil Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 I followed the recommondations on tk_gm5_bulkorder and sent TK the following mail via forum mail: ------------------------------------------- GM5: 1 PCB: 1 Gerhard Zxxxx Wxxxxxxxstr. 112 90xxx Nürnberg Deutschland PayPal: no MyName@mymail.com -------------------------------------------- in return I've got: -------------------------------------------- Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender From: Mail Delivery System <Mailer-Daemon@server.twin-x.com> To: hxxx.cxxx@web.de --------------------------------------------------- ... --------------------------------------------------- Please note that MIDIbox Forum has no control over the contents of this message. --------------------------------------------------- Now I'd like to know what I've done wrong? Gerhard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK. Posted January 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 Strange - does it work when you are sending the mail via the messenger? Best Regards, Thorsten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerbil Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Strange - does it work when you are sending the mail via the messenger? Best Regards, Thorsten. I just tried it, please have a look if it arrived. Thanks Gerhard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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