MPC60 I Copped On Ebay Already Had Memory Expansion Installe

I can't believe it. I won an Akai MPC60 off Ebay. When I got it I noticed the backlight was dead so I sent it right off to VST to be repaired. During the time it was being repaired I ordered the memory expansion from Forat and the operating system from Roger Linn(You can't upgrade the operating system without the memory). I just got the MPC60 back today. To my suprise when I opened the unit to install the upgrade I found that the MPC already had the memory expansion installed. WOW, I didn't have to buy the memory after all. I guess the previous owners installed it, but that's weird. There was no operating system upgrade. Oh Well, guess I'll keep the memory I purchased from Forat incase I come up on a MPC60II.

same thing happened to me with an s950... the expansion boards came loose, popped out of their sockets, and were lodged in the corner of the machine...


i didnt notice this either until opened her up to install the newly purchased pair of expansion boards...



im still sittin on those expansion boards and the upgraded s950... those expansion boards are rarer and rarer every year...

monogee wrote: During the time it was being repaired I ordered the memory expansion from Forat and the operating system from Roger Linn(You can't upgrade the operating system without the memory).

The memory has nothing to do with the OS, the OS and the SCSI are the 2 that are linked.
You can add the memory to any of the OS versions.

fobedafied wrote:same thing happened to me with an s950... the expansion boards came loose, popped out of their sockets, and were lodged in the corner of the machine...


i didnt notice this either until opened her up to install the newly purchased pair of expansion boards...



im still sittin on those expansion boards and the upgraded s950... those expansion boards are rarer and rarer every year...

same thing happened to me...there was also a dead mummified mouse in there

What did FOrat charge you to fix the backlight?

Was it the foil or the invertor?

It was both. It was $160 for the repair.

Deta!L wrote:there was also a dead mummified mouse in there

I don't think I wanna know how that happened

This why when I buy used stuff the first thing I do is open it up and clean it.
No telling what type of critters you are bringing in with stuff from someones space.

guess you should have checked your sample time first. Oh well, can't hurt to have spares these days or you could resell. Looks nice with the backlight and that sounds like a reasonable price for the repair. I like my white backlight I put in mine though - more contrast. I tried to replace the backlight in a 60II I bought for the scsi card and am going to flip but it didn't fix it so I'm waiting on an inverter.

Nice looking mpc - enjoy it.