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#1
The Newcomer's Forum / Re: Fixing my Crate
October 02, 2009, 08:12:31 AM
I didn't see any cracked solder the other day, I did check for that.  I'm used to looking for that stuff cause I do light repair on Xbox 360s sometimes.  I'm glad its working now though.  Thanks for the help guys, cause if it starts acting up again I will know where to start.  I love this amp!!
#2
The Newcomer's Forum / Re: Fixing my Crate
October 01, 2009, 02:49:28 PM
Well aparrently either this website is magical, or Enzo is magical, cause last night I played trouble free for about an hour before I was going to open it back up.  Decided not to after it worked so well.  Will keep testing it out though.
#3
The Newcomer's Forum / Re: Fixing my Crate
September 30, 2009, 08:29:51 AM
Thanks Enzo!  I did measure some of the jacks from the solder side like you said, just not every single contact point.  I'll take the meter home again tonight and see how that goes.  I may even take my solder iron home and reflow the jacks and the resistors. 

I'm pretty sure that the channel jumping and the level shifting problems are gone though.  The issue now is why is the left side speaker cutting out.  I'll definately check all that other stuff tonight as well though.
#4
The Newcomer's Forum / Fixing my Crate
September 29, 2009, 01:33:21 PM
Well I picked up a Crate G130CXL over the weekend.  It had problems with channel jumping, the volume cutting out to about 10% of what it should have been, and then back to loud.  I could tell right away that it had awesome tone and that I wanted to keep it and fix it if not too much.  After taking the head out and blowing all the dust out of it, I'm pretty sure thos two issues have been resolved as they have not come back.  Only one problem remains.  The left side speaker cuts in and out making a noticable difference in the volume.  I can plug it into the right side output and it works, but its not as loud a when its on its own left channel.  Its a stereo amp btw.  I have a DVOM, and a decent amount of electrical knowlegde of electronics as I am an automotive tech by trade, we just normally dont mess with circuit boards and stuff like this.  I'm not an electrical engineer, but I'm not and idiot either, so if I could get some guidance on where to start, I'm pretty sure I can fix it.  When I had the head apart I didnt see solder joints that looked too difficult to desolder and resolder if I need to replace parts.  I figure if I can mod an Xbox controller, this should be cake witha little help.... Haha!!