TtTtom Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Hi, Recently my Hammond SK1 fails to boot. The PS is good and the keyboard receives power. All that appears on the LCD are dim squares in a row. I also tried a reset, no help. Does anyone have any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Does it play? Could be just the display. If not, it sounds like firmware failed. You can see if it will update from USB thumb drive: http://hammondorganco.com/support-3/downloads/system-downloads/ But Id contact them and bring it to a certified repair shop. http://hammondorganco.com/support-3/contact-our-customer-service-department/ Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TtTtom Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 It does not play. I will try to update f/w. I also contacted Hammond's customer service. Thanks for replying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TtTtom Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 Hi, So I'm unable to initialize my USB drive to place firmware/OS files on it to attempt an update. I see from this URL that five subdirectories are created: http://hammondorganco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/USING-THE-USB-PORT-120613-FINAL-WITH-LINKS-reduced.pdf Does the SK1 'format' the USB drive with a standard filesystem (ie DOS)? I'll need to do it outside of the SK1... Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoodyBluesKeys Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 The SK1 is rather selective in just what USB drives will work with it. I've had success with 2GB and 4GB drives from SanDisk (as long as they don't have SanDisk's software that creates two partitions on the drive), but large drives don't work well. Not sure just how large will work. The file system seems standard, and files can be copied to it with a PC, but it works best when the format is done on the Hammond. Howard Grand|Hamm SK1-73|Kurz PC2|PC2X|PC3|PC3X|PC361; QSC K10's HP DAW|Epi Les Paul & LP 5-str bass|iPad mini2 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenCV Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 You'll lose presets so if you don't regularly backup you'll be starting over, but you can try a factory reset, hold record down while powering up. HammondCV,M3,L101,C6,SK1,xk5,Farfisa Combo Compact,RolandVR09,JX8P,vk09,Sound Canvas,CrumarTraveler1,Rhodes suitcase73,Wurly200,HohnerD6,KorgMS20,CasioCZ-101,Yamaha CP25,TX7,mx61,CasioCZ-101,PX110 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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