THIS-IS-CRITICAL-I DESPERATLY NEED SOME (EXPERT) ASSISTANCE

Okay here's what has happend my mpc was booting up and running at 18 MB of RAM and I have 2X16 MB's of RAM in the machine. So I disassembled my mpc 2000 and I was very careful because I do know what I am doing because I have been repairing electronics of all kinds for 7 years now mainly computers. But anyway, I ran into a problem specifically my problem was that while checking over the mpc itself as well as running some diagnostics, my mpc 2000 stopped powering on. The transformer on the power supply unit ticks twice and then it keeps on ticking twice over and over until it is that I turn it off by switching the power button off. Well after several hours I powered it on again, then It worked beautifully at 32 MB's of ram and everything is great. Until I reassembled it and got it all put back together, I power it on and then it starts the ticking again. So needles to say my akai mpc 2000 does not work right, and I need to use it TODAY and finish my mixtape album so please for the love of god help!.....

Emcee Mastamynd,

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER!

LIKE FOR REAL, I DO AND WILL APPRECIATE ANY ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER.......

Sounds like a short or maybe an earth problem. Sorry, can't help you more than that.

The issue could be a bad capacitor or regulator on the power supply. Do you hear the ticking when there is no load of the power supply?

Switchmode power supplies can do very bad things to equipment when they go bad. If you can't see anything obvious -- such burnt or damaged components, your best bet is to find a replacement power supply. If you can not troubleshoot your issue beyond hearing a "ticking" sound, then you should replace it instead of trying to fix it.

If time is so critical, and since you said you have extensive experience repairing computers, you should certainly be able to rig together some kind power supply to use in the meantime to finish your mixtape. The schematics for the MPC 2000XL are readily available in the forums so you should be able to undestand what voltages you need.

Of course, do this at your own risk and only if you are capable to do so.

Short of repairing the supply, And no offense, but if you think a transformer is clicking, you should not attempt repairs....

You could just buy a Power One for dirt cheap, compared to what anyone will charge for a MPC power supply.

Not gonna spend the time to crack the manual over here..... so get the manual, look up the PSU specs, order up a compatible supply from Mouser on the cheap..... you'll likely need to modify some cables or connections, but it'll get you there cheap!!

I dunno... maybe you should just buy a MPC PSU direct replacement