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 Microkorg Nightmare, voltage fiasco |
 Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:37
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 25-Mar 04 From: London - UK Member No.: 39,333  |
Hello there,
I have just brought a microkorg back from Japan and, upon arrival, overly excited to use it, I plugged it in to my 240V UK socket using a shaving plug adaptor (Japan's voltage is 100-110V). Stupid I know. There was a spark and a little smoke and now the microkorg only briefly flashes the audio in and audio out leds when plugged in with a dedicated voltage converter. What I want to know is, have I completely destroyed my microkorg, or is it easily repairable? What 'blows' when there is too much voltage forced into the machine? Should I begin crying and looking for alternatives? I tried to contact Korg, but their email website is down (how bad is that?). I will phone them in due course but the premium rate number deterred me and I figured that this website always provides better advice anyway! Help! D. |
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 Wed 28 Sep 2005, 02:00
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 Moderator In Chief (MIC)  Group: Editors Posts: 15,189 Joined: 23-Dec 01 From: Paris - FR Member No.: 2,758 |
It depends all on how the DC input (I guess it's DC) is protected.
- There may be a fuse, then, you can hope it's only it. - If there's no fuse, it may be some chips like a voltage regulator at least which is blown, anyway it can have gone further too. As I don't have the experience of opening one, I can't tell you wich and if it's easy to do, be it the opening or the repair. Now the good thing is usually the damage is strictly localized on a few components, so it's not as if lightning had struck 
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Thu 29 Sep 2005, 01:28
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 25-Mar 04 From: London - UK Member No.: 39,333 |
Thank you for that.
Quite reassuring. I think I will do a bit of research, try and get onto Korg and report back! Fingers crossed. I really can't afford a new one! D. |
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 Fri 4 Nov 2005, 01:22
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 04-Nov 05 From: Los Alamitos - US Member No.: 72,083 |
Hey Same problem, did you figure out how to fix it?
Just got this microkorg, and it smells of burnt electronics, when I try it with batteries all I get is the input 1 input 2 lights then nothing. PLEASE any help on how to fix is apreciated. Thanks |
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