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ooooh!.... just needs better protection i suppose. or better "over-rated" parts. 

its like wen i get in broken computers.... i end up stripping them rite back and never letting the pc win lol

it might be like amps and speakers.... the parts are rated just perfect for the use... when what they really need is head room. i.e not 1/4watt resistors but 1/2 watt ones... not a 70VA transformer but an 800VA one. little things. again im just thinking out loud. try rebuilding one of the working boards as a test with a few choise up-rated components.
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im sure ive got a board thats buggered under my stairs lol.... happy to post it to you if you wanna take a look.....
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... sure.... why not. post a quick pic up si i cant see what it plugs into as iv got bugger all test equip. but love a challange. just need to know if it plugs into steppers and the like as i could dummy load it on to one of my old cheap a$$ LED disco lights to see if it bursts into life......
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yes 2 stepper motors and one bulb..... its a basic board with 3 out put stages, 1 for each motor and 1 for the bulb....
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holy crap!!! ok kinda though the board was gonna be half that size lol... and theres alot of surface mount on there too....

ok i take it back.. shoot it... shoot it in the face!!

i'd need full on scmatics for that and a fair few days of testing and retesting... i see why youv just been throwing them out. very cluttered board. have you been running these via DMX?
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Only the 'X' version Ego's (4,5 and 6 iirc) were DMX controllable. The 1,2 and 3 were just sound to light and linkable with a mini jack lead.

From what I've heard the other big proplem with the Ego boards is that they're multilayer PCB's, so there's also a load of internal tracks its difficult to see what's going on with.
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Yup. They are crap. Skip them!
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I had a pair of Ego 3's and they both died after a couple of years of occasional use.
 
 
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have a look at the Lanta cubiod led light but nice output and bright
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