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Old 27th September 2012   #1
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Akai MPC2000XL electrical problems

bought off ebay. bare minimum spec and i havent installed anything either.

powered on for first time - LCD and lights come on, crackling sound from the power supply corner of the unit. dead.

try again - same again

try for third time - nothing. and nothing from now on


opened up and fuse appears to be fine and no signs of damage to any power supply boards(doesnt really mean much though eh?).

only concern is the top board which hosts the buttons and data dial looks like its sort of burnt in some way? or victim of acid. its brown with white outline. trying to get a loan of a camera to upload pics of this.

ive searched mpc-forums.com but none shed much light.

i replaced the fuse anyway and it came back to life in its prior struggle but continued to crackle away even after the lights died.

im just hoping somebody might have an inclination as to what might be going wrong that would cause this electrically just incase it can be something small and fixable before ordering a whole new PSU etc

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Try removing any ram and see if it can boot. A friend had a ram slot with a bent contact pin and similar behavior.

Honestly you should just return it and get you $$ if you can.
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nope.

same results.

thanks though
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here is the health of the top board





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I would just return it and buy a different one.
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im hoping i can do that fairly seamlessly
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You will be able to return it even if buyer listed it as no returns accepted. If the buyer tries to refuse, which hopefully they do not, it might take about a month of back and forth with eBay and seller. Just provide as much evidence as possible to eBay, such as these pictures. This is coming from someone that has had such an experience.
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Try reporting it through paypal and get the money back before he withdraws it.

Return it first, don;t try to fix it as it might mess up your claim.
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Looks like fluid was spilt into the case, and now the oxidization is killing it. defo get a refund
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return process under way
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Don't wait on this. Tell the seller what happened and question what happened. Request a refund. If he denies you have to file a case with eBay and they'll contact you asking for you to send evidence. Photos and videos. After 30 days they will make a judgement and if they find in your favor they will ask you to ship it back to the seller, eBay will pay for shipping. I've been through this before.
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Also if you don't file and return it before you won't have the evidence to prove it. You have to go through the process with eBay. If there is another way with PayPal I am unaware of then that's out of my knowledge.
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yeah ive started the ebay process. explained that it didnt power up and that i have photo evidence of moisture damage with no moisture damage to the packaging it was posted in and that ive tried twice to reason with the seller and been ignored


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