MPC 3000 crashes

hi there,

i have a big problem ..

my mpc 3000 sporadically dies .
sometimes it takes 30 minutes sometimes it takes 10 minutes.
the screen goes black , all the lights are on , then the screen goes out block by block.
it takes a couple of minutes before the mpc will boot again.

has anyone heard of this problem or any idea what the problem could be

p's !

iggy wrote:hi there,

Yo...

iggy wrote:i have a big problem ..

Not that big.

iggy wrote:my mpc 3000 sporadically dies .

Seen this plenty of times.

iggy wrote:sometimes it takes 30 minutes sometimes it takes 10 minutes.
the screen goes black , all the lights are on , then the screen goes out block by block.
it takes a couple of minutes before the mpc will boot again.

Sounds like failure in the power supply stages.

Thermal stress related.

iggy wrote:has anyone heard of this problem or any idea what the problem could be

Yes.

Most likely dry joints, cracked solder, failing main voltage regulator or a combination of all points.

Has happened on machines down here, mine and others.

iggy wrote:p's !

Good luck.

Rohan

It reminded me of this post I found in the 60 bible. Page 3 or 4?


[quote=]!Hey guys , glad that i 'm back.I had this problem with my 60 last week , as you may already know.


''''I was playin around with my 60 when suddenly out of the blue ,the screen started to fill with random letters , all mixed up and no sense.I shut off the mpc.I open it again and now the whole LCD was black.I mean the LCD was full of dark blocks with a frame of light at the sides.I shut the 60 and restart it many times.Most of the times the LCD was just dark blocks but some times a series of letters that don't make any sense appeared(as if someone from outer space was trying to tell me something Very Happy )'''''


''''Additionally i check for the cables to see if the are all good connected and they seem to be ok.To conclude i started up the 60 with a floppy in it , in order to autoload it.There was a slight floppy drive movement but no loading hapened.It seems that it isn't just the screen that crashed but the whole system.I don't know maybe the 60 passed away? Crying or Very sad''''


The thing is i found a great tech that was able to fix it.The problem was the ribbon cable that transfers data to the LCD.With the movement of the LCD (front to back) it got bad or loosen connections that caused the 60 to malfunction.
The tech is '' AUDIO & VISION '' - telephone : 210 6919931.

[/quote]

Hope it helps.

oke thanks guys !

i'm trying to get someone to look at it.
if i know what the problem was i will post it here.

the mpc needs 120v and had been running it's whole life on 115v .
could that be the problem ?

No, those voltages are ranges of what is acceptable. Most North American devices accept power from 90 to 125V and work fine.