By Ldizzy
Mon Mar 09, 2009 3:13 am
Hi,
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Its with tremendous regret and a lot of anxiety that i realize, tonight, that my mpc 3000 wont work. here<s the exact symptoms :
POWER ON SCREEN :
1) The mpc powers-on most correctly,
2) it starts with loading the current Zip disk (it has an integrated zip drive)... an operation i cant cancel, for the soft keys dont work...
3) It also displays the correct version name (3.11)
THE PLAY/RECORD SCREEN
4) It brings me to the Play/Record screen... and the cursor appears next to the BPM setting slot, blinking, as usual...
5) yet... No buttons work...
STUFF THAT DOESNT WORK :
Whether its on the power-on screen or on the play-record screen, NO BUTTON SEEM TO WORK... I tried them one by one...
-COMMANDS dont work
-CURSOR doesnt work
- DATA ENTRY neither
- KNOB wont work neither..
- REAL TIME wont work
- Play rec wont work
EVEN THE PAD BANK, FULL LEVEL, 16 LEVELS.. AND THE SOFT KEYS wont work...
STUFF THAT DOES WORK
the display contrast and stereo volume knob work (on the latter : i hear more hiss when i push it to its limit... so i guess it works...)... i cant evaluate for the rec level..Also, I cant seem to evaluate if the pads still work... simply cause i cant load any sound, or go to any menu that displays the pads names..
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PERSONAL DIAGNOSIS
My diagnosis : im no electrician.. i know nothing about this stuff but it seems like a mechanical/physical/electrical problem more then a <<bug>> to me... i may be wrong...
Important notice : i didnt power the machine for about 3 or 4 weeks... it remained stored at its usual place... yet it was UNPLUGGED... it didnt fall.. i didnt spill stuff in it... my room is a bit moisty, since its in a basement... but seriously, its not that bad.. i have a lot of electronic stuff down here and nothing seems to rust off or anything...
ive had my mpc 3k (3.11) since 2003 maybe 2004... and ive used it a lot.. it served me well and it didnt bug or break or freeze at all...
I really know nothing about electronics... and i come from a small town... where there are soime basic business electricians... but i dont necessarily trust the idea of giving it to them without contacting my favorite mpc community members first... i know some of u guys could help with such a problem... i have to precise im kinda really short on business... its no joke... and i know i might have to pay for repair but i simply want to avoid the first answer from being <<rent a car and cruise to FORAT NYC...>>... im really willing to do it if its the last thing i can do tho...
i come back from a long and desperate journey from questioning myself about my musical ambitions and i finally felt like i could get back to it so... it really... sucks right now
i know u guys are trustworthy .. im just wishing for the most u can help me with... feel free to ask any further question .. as usual..
Thanks a lot
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Its with tremendous regret and a lot of anxiety that i realize, tonight, that my mpc 3000 wont work. here<s the exact symptoms :
POWER ON SCREEN :
1) The mpc powers-on most correctly,
2) it starts with loading the current Zip disk (it has an integrated zip drive)... an operation i cant cancel, for the soft keys dont work...
3) It also displays the correct version name (3.11)
THE PLAY/RECORD SCREEN
4) It brings me to the Play/Record screen... and the cursor appears next to the BPM setting slot, blinking, as usual...
5) yet... No buttons work...
STUFF THAT DOESNT WORK :
Whether its on the power-on screen or on the play-record screen, NO BUTTON SEEM TO WORK... I tried them one by one...
-COMMANDS dont work
-CURSOR doesnt work
- DATA ENTRY neither
- KNOB wont work neither..
- REAL TIME wont work
- Play rec wont work
EVEN THE PAD BANK, FULL LEVEL, 16 LEVELS.. AND THE SOFT KEYS wont work...
STUFF THAT DOES WORK
the display contrast and stereo volume knob work (on the latter : i hear more hiss when i push it to its limit... so i guess it works...)... i cant evaluate for the rec level..Also, I cant seem to evaluate if the pads still work... simply cause i cant load any sound, or go to any menu that displays the pads names..
--------------------------------
PERSONAL DIAGNOSIS
My diagnosis : im no electrician.. i know nothing about this stuff but it seems like a mechanical/physical/electrical problem more then a <<bug>> to me... i may be wrong...
Important notice : i didnt power the machine for about 3 or 4 weeks... it remained stored at its usual place... yet it was UNPLUGGED... it didnt fall.. i didnt spill stuff in it... my room is a bit moisty, since its in a basement... but seriously, its not that bad.. i have a lot of electronic stuff down here and nothing seems to rust off or anything...
ive had my mpc 3k (3.11) since 2003 maybe 2004... and ive used it a lot.. it served me well and it didnt bug or break or freeze at all...
I really know nothing about electronics... and i come from a small town... where there are soime basic business electricians... but i dont necessarily trust the idea of giving it to them without contacting my favorite mpc community members first... i know some of u guys could help with such a problem... i have to precise im kinda really short on business... its no joke... and i know i might have to pay for repair but i simply want to avoid the first answer from being <<rent a car and cruise to FORAT NYC...>>... im really willing to do it if its the last thing i can do tho...
i come back from a long and desperate journey from questioning myself about my musical ambitions and i finally felt like i could get back to it so... it really... sucks right now
i know u guys are trustworthy .. im just wishing for the most u can help me with... feel free to ask any further question .. as usual..
Thanks a lot
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