Xerxes troubleshooting help sought

Posted by: Bob Edwards on 04 June 2003

Hi all.

I recently picked up a used (duh!) Roksan Xerxes for my office system. It arrived in very good cosmetic condition and was packed very well. I today received the SME IV arm I had acquired for it. So I installed a cartridge, mounted the arm, put the Xerxes together, turned on the power supply, and nothing happened. The power supply light comes on but the motor does not turn.

I have removed the cover from the power supply and don't see any obviously fried components. I have not yet tried to remove the baseboard to check all the motor wiring, but will do that later.

Question: Has anyone else experienced the same and what was it? Any tricky parts I should check?

Thanks in advance.

Bob

Posted on: 04 June 2003 by hi fi fo fum

try to spin the motor with your fingers then turn the power on

Posted on: 04 June 2003 by Justin

I would add that you should touch the motor spindle why it is on and see if it is vibrating. Check to see if the motor is experiencing a malfunction. You should be able to spin it easily, though it should feel a tiny bit like a stepped volume pot (the magnets).

Judd

Posted on: 05 June 2003 by quickie

Bob,
Is it an original Xerxes with the Class A XPS 2 P/S?
They run very hot,so it could just be a dry joint on one of the large ceramic resistors,although the Transistors/IC's can fail.
If your go to the Vinyl Engine,there is a download for the XPS 2 on how to fix them,I managed to get two of my three supplys working with the help of this.

Cheers,
Paul.

Posted on: 06 June 2003 by Bob Edwards

Thanks all.

The motor, when the supply is turned on, does feel like it is cogging ever so slightly--it is definitely trying to move but cannot.

Tried starting the platter by hand, that doesn't work. All the motor wires appear OK. Looks like I either need a new motor or something is wrong with the supply.

Anyone tried the Origin Live DC motor with the Xerxes?

Best,

Bob

Posted on: 06 June 2003 by quickie

Anyone tried the Origin Live DC motor with the Xerxes?

See reply a couple of weeks back to your original post.

Paul.

Posted on: 06 June 2003 by joongul

Does the motor run when the belt is undone? If so, you might want to level the motor and platter simultaneously - my roksan had occasional start problem which was cured by levelling.