So, anyone else have a soundbox actually die on them? Booting my Turbo Cube and right after the NeXT Laser Printer whirs up I hear all sorts of crackling from the soundbox and then figured I better see if it still works. No sound from it now. Is it the speaker that goes in these or the electronics? I used the sound application and when I select record I see the bar escalate as I talk so I know the mic portion works but can't play back on it now.
So, is that the common death of a soundbox? :evil:
tj
Quote from: "NeXTsociety"So, anyone else have a soundbox actually die on them? Booting my Turbo Cube and right after the NeXT Laser Printer whirs up I hear all sorts of crackling from the soundbox and then figured I better see if it still works. No sound from it now. Is it the speaker that goes in these or the electronics? I used the sound application and when I select record I see the bar escalate as I talk so I know the mic portion works but can't play back on it now.
So, is that the common death of a soundbox? :evil:
tj
I've had a couple "die" like that over the years. Luckily I have some spare slabs so I just grab one of the spare soundboxes. When my "first" Mono Monitor died a couple of years ago, I was bummed. lol. It had been running faithfully since I first got it. One thing for sure though, when it died, it almost went up in flames! The smell in my computer room lasted for atleast 2-3 days. :shock: I didn't think it was ever going to go away. The slab is still running to this day just like my faithful work horse, a Turbo Color Slab along w/ it's 21" Monitor. :D I've had a couple of batteries dies, several hard drives & 1 or two dimms go bad, but the build quality of these systems are amazing. Take care.
Steve
Quote from: "kb7sqi"Quote from: "NeXTsociety"So, anyone else have a soundbox actually die on them? Booting my Turbo Cube and right after the NeXT Laser Printer whirs up I hear all sorts of crackling from the soundbox and then figured I better see if it still works. No sound from it now. Is it the speaker that goes in these or the electronics? I used the sound application and when I select record I see the bar escalate as I talk so I know the mic portion works but can't play back on it now.
So, is that the common death of a soundbox? :evil:
tj
I've had a couple "die" like that over the years. Luckily I have some spare slabs so I just grab one of the spare soundboxes. When my "first" Mono Monitor died a couple of years ago, I was bummed. lol. It had been running faithfully since I first got it. One thing for sure though, when it died, it almost went up in flames! The smell in my computer room lasted for atleast 2-3 days. :shock: I didn't think it was ever going to go away. The slab is still running to this day just like my faithful work horse, a Turbo Color Slab along w/ it's 21" Monitor. :D I've had a couple of batteries dies, several hard drives & 1 or two dimms go bad, but the build quality of these systems are amazing. Take care.
Steve
I stole my Turbo slabs soundbox also so I guess one of the days I need to buy another one. I had 3 but tore into one thinking to switch it to a non adb model but I sure scratched it up opening it up.
I need to find out the trick to open the soundbox without beating it all up. Plus I broke off one of the nuts that holds the cable in as they were glued in so tight.
tj