Akai Force Forum: Everything relating to the Akai Force, the iconic 64 pad, clip-based standalone sampler/groovebox from Akai.
By AndyRAW Fri Dec 20, 2024 6:00 pm
Hi,

Does anyone know the location of the CMOS battery in the Force? My battery has died (clock falls behind when not connected to wi-fi and sometimes it generates plugin auth errors when wi-fi is connected). I would like to avoid the delay of going to a service centre.

I have had a look at disassembly, and getting the back plate off looks doable. If the battery is accessible from there then I will give it a try.
By gilesjuk Fri Dec 20, 2024 8:10 pm
On the underside of the main processor board on one of the corners. The board with the power socket, ethernet socket etc on it.
By Zack Zerox Mon Jan 13, 2025 8:44 pm
I'm getting an error popup every time I boot the Force up now: error 400, about activating plugins and the system clock being inaccurate.

It's annoying but the plugins still work.

Is this the same (battery) issue?

I should probably get in to Akai about it.
By B-Wise Mon Jan 13, 2025 9:13 pm
Zack Zerox wrote:I'm getting an error popup every time I boot the Force up now: error 400, about activating plugins and the system clock being inaccurate.

It's annoying but the plugins still work.

Is this the same (battery) issue?

I should probably get in to Akai about it.

I only get these issues if my wifi if off on the Force. Do you have the Force wifi on?