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NORD LEAD 2X START UP / POWER ON ISSUES /DEAD?

Postby brut9 » 21 Dec 2021, 23:04

Hello All,
Newbie hobby producer here, with limited knowledge. asking for a bit of help and or advice.

Currently, my Nord Lead 2x has been really acting up when I try to power it on. I get random LEDS and readouts in the patch panel screen.
if I try to unplug and re-power it on, I get a completely different configuration of LEDS. Nothing will work on the synth, its completely unresponsive and does not produce any sound.

but, oddly enough, once every rare blue mood ( VERY RARE) it will power on and work perfectly, then if i turn it of, it all breaks again...

I currently have nothing plugged into the synth with the exception of headphones, no midi and no out cables. Very simple setup.

I have attached a few pic for reference.

I'm not sure if i have a broken synth that needs repair, or needs a reboot(?) or something else?

Any advice you could share would be mush appreciated!

Thanks in advance!
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Re: NORD LEAD 2X START UP / POWER ON ISSUES /DEAD?

Postby maxpiano » 25 Dec 2021, 10:35

Hi, to me it looks like something HW-related is not working properly there, since you say that sometimes it also boots up properly; so I'd take it to assistance (unless you can do it yourself) and I would suggest to first check the power supply section (a problem there may cause the main processor to not always startup properly because its 3.3V supply is not stable)
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Re: NORD LEAD 2X START UP / POWER ON ISSUES /DEAD?

Postby Flateric815 » 20 Jan 2022, 08:23

brut9 wrote:Hello All,
Newbie hobby producer here, with limited knowledge. asking for a bit of help and or advice.

Currently, my Nord Lead 2x has been really acting up when I try to power it on. I get random LEDS and readouts in the patch panel screen.
if I try to unplug and re-power it on, I get a completely different configuration of LEDS. Nothing will work on the synth, its completely unresponsive and does not produce any sound.

but, oddly enough, once every rare blue mood ( VERY RARE) it will power on and work perfectly, then if i turn it of, it all breaks again...

I currently have nothing plugged into the synth with the exception of headphones, no midi and no out cables. Very simple setup.

I have attached a few pic for reference.

I'm not sure if i have a broken synth that needs repair, or needs a reboot(?) or something else?

Any advice you could share would be mush appreciated!

Thanks in advance!


Looks like something has shorted out your components. If you're comfortable working on it and have a multimeter I'd open it up and check for damaged components or traces. Check the ribbon cable connectors are clean and reseat them. Let me know if you resolve it, I also happen to have some issues with my 2x.
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