Korg MS2000 AC input - Gearslutz.com

20th July 2012	#1
trailsss Gear interested Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 1 Thread Starter	Korg MS2000 AC input Hello! I was hoping somebody here would be able to help me out. A buddy of mine recently accidentally stepped on the AC power chord to my MS2000 while it was in use. Nothing really happened but it loosened up the input to where it could move around a bit. After a couple days I starting having trouble turning it on, I'd have to wiggle the power cable around. Now it doesn't start up at all. I've opened it up and the input is definitely too loose from the board. I've tried to put it back into place by hand with it plugged in to see if it would work, I figured I could just solder it into place. But I haven't had luck with it and I'm not sure if I'm about to go soldering something with so much circuitry to close to it without really knowing what I'm doing. I feel like it's an easy fix, I just don't want to mess it up more. Anybody have any suggestions or similar experiences? Thank you!!

20th July 2012	#2
jchas Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,012	Before going too far I would double check that the power supply cable hasn't shorted out. A simple volt meter would work for that. Those cheap cables and cheaper connectors are notorious for breaking, especially if somone yanked or stepped on it like you said. If that's OK I would check the circuit board near the power plug with a magnifying glass to make sure no traces were damaged or the board cracked. If that looks ok, use the magnifying glass to see if the leads from the plug broke out of the solder or broke out of the plug. If it's the former you can easilly resolder it. If it's the latter you will need a new plug, or, if you're like me, you take the plug out altogether, cut the end off the power supply cable, push it through the hole and solder it directly to the board.

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