By Wal Martian
Wed Mar 16, 2016 9:37 pm
Hey guys I've mostly used the 2K until recently this year I got my first 3K with internal zip and OS 3.11. She worked great at first, until recently I opened her up to install a new backlight. When I opened the case I noticed there is a metal spacer stand with felt on top next to the zip drive which was bent all the way down. I bent it back into position, installed the light and closed it up. Since that I noticed alot of lag with the basic operation of the unit (scrolling to add tracks, rec+play start, arrow keys etc.) all had a half second lag which was not there before. I assumed this was because the metal piece was too tall and adding pressure to the top plate and maybe causing the problem. I opened it back up and bent the metal thing back down, but it's still lagging. I have video of me using it before the backlight install and I just tap the rec+play start and the metronome clicks instantly. Now there is lag as if the play all tact switch and all my arrow keys are failing, it's very frustrating. Anyone ran into this issue before?
Going to have to open her up again tonight.
After installing, the brand new backlight was intermittent so I opened it back up for the second time. What happened was the metal stand off thing which is a factory part from Akai got hooked on the small brownish circuit board under the pad sensor enclosure. The lid got kinda stuck while opening, but I forced it like an idiot and didn't think anything of it. 
That is when the lag started and when the back light would cut in and out when I moved the MIDI out cables, and here's why:
The crack ran over about 8 traces, but they were still connected for a while. I was still able to make beats and use the MPC but there was still the odd lag when jumping around with the arrow buttons and turning the data encoder. Fast forward a few weeks I get my new Vailixi 3.5 Eproms and I install them. After I closed it back up my right sample input stopped working and none of my pads worked. This is why:
the right sample input works, pad selection works in the mixer screen, and the blacklight lights. The difference in the responsiveness is staggering, I'm surprised I was still able to make a few beats with the board cracked like that. The only issue now is my pads are not triggering assigned sounds. I can play samples with the soft keys. or my midi keyboards. I can use step edit to sequence sounds but hitting the pad in the main screen or sound assign screen does not play. Going to keep working on it, I can still do everything I need to with my MIDI keyboard for now.
