Having just been getting back into OT, my damn machine has decided to lock up every time I turn it on. It boots as usual, but never gets to the point of the loading bar when accessing the CF. The CF led is brightly lit as if its trying to access the card but… nothing, it looks like its started up as normal but the machine is completely unresponsive, buttons, knobs all disabled, all I can do is turn the machine off.
If I boot into test mode, it all looks ok. If I boot into demo mode, I get the same locked up result. Interestingly, demo mode without the card inserted does work so I’m hoping the CF has corrupted. Well, I say ‘hoping’ but it seems I’ve lost my projects and samples. Its the stock card, and isn’t actually branded, its got a sticker on it with ‘Octacard’ or something similar printed on it.
I don’t have a CF reader for the computer, so I have no idea if I can access the card or not, but the OT is clearly unable to read from it. Also, the OT has been nowhere near a computer for some time, it was connected to an iPad earlier today, but just via MIDI out, not via USB.
By posting here, I’m hoping someone may have some insight, or perhaps a trick to revive the card, or at least rescue the content. Or perhaps my OT is borked, I’ll see what support say…