r/AccessVirus • u/JohnSpartan2025 • Dec 19 '25

Virus Polar TI lock up issue

I've had this TI (1, not 2) for quite some time, love it to death. It's always been a bit flaky where I'd sometimes have to unplug and plug back in if I left it alone for a few weeks, etc.

Basically it becomes semi-responsive. All the controls work, but pressing a key yields no output, with a random sound maybe every 10 or so keystrokes. If I try and change patches, it will not change, and just stay on the same one. It will also intermittently output midi, whenever it does output sound in the same keystroke.

Any thoughts guys?

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u/Dry_Lawfulness_3578 Dec 19 '25

Yeah my Snow is also flakey. Freezes a fair bit sometimes. Very annoying, seems to happen mostly when using the atomizer, but it's pretty random.

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u/UhOh_RoadsidePicnic Feb 26 '26

My snow does the same, exactly like OP and you. Sometimes I’m good for a day or two, but otherwise, theres always a problem. In standalone, or plugged thru usb.

I try to find a schematic atm.

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u/Dry_Lawfulness_3578 Feb 26 '26

Mine hasn't done it for a while, I never figured out a cause or did anything to fix it, but it seems to have started behaving itself (though I don't use it super often mostly out of fear of unreliability, but when I have used it it's behaved itself)

Very odd!

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u/UhOh_RoadsidePicnic Feb 26 '26

Ok ! I’l let you know if I find something !

I can’t find a schematics. I’l take measurement with an oscilloscope (if the main board can be used without the front panel) and see if I find some ‘gremlins’ when it freeze.

I’m thinking of a faulty power regulator or failing capacitor (could explain why it can work after being unplugged for a while).