Overuse of 303?

[DavyCrockett]

Hows it goin everybody Im new to the forum and also new to the 303. I recieved the 303 off ebay about 3 days ago and have been using alot ever since then. Heres the problem

I was pretty deep on this one beat just messing around creating a pattern and all of a sudden it stops and 3 red lights blink and now almost half my samples play for about 2 seconds then have a loud pop or click noise afterwards and it just continues that way.... The only thing I could guess it might would be overuse but that kinda blows has anybody else had this problem and or know how I can get my samples back to normal?

[tape smoke]

nope, i left my 303 505 and 404 on for years using it all the time,

you should initilize your card and re install your Operating system.

[sleepy eyes]

that happened with my 303 when I had one, it broke later on. Idk what was wrong with it but it broke cause I turned it off and on twice when the memory card corrupted. Careful and have fun

[DavyCrockett]

wow thanks for the quick response, and I really hope my shit doesnt break like sleepy eyes Im using a 128 mb card so just incase Im switching back to my old 32mb card. I have a card reader too is it possible to update the o.s by downloading off the web then putting on the card. then loading back into the sp?

[DavyCrockett]

Also sleepy eyes how long was it until the 303 died I'm considering returning it on eBay

[sleepy eyes]

probably a little less than a month, but im sure it would have kept goin if i didnt blow its capacitators and shit

[tape smoke]

it looks like your problem may be your 128 card, the 303 was designed for 64 MB, i would recommend switch to the 32 MB card asap, before you break her.

[Euclid Ov Oåklånd]

They just do that sometimes

[Mowgli]

Yeah I've had the same exact problem but it's gone away now. I thought it might have something to do with the card being too full but who knows. I wouldn't sweat it that much