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Visual inspection with a good quality stereo microscope, with gentle prodding, can sometimes reveal a tiny break in a track, joint, or component. Sadly that's a piece of equipment I do not own. The main board has some vias that don't make contact with the outside layers, suggesting it is probably a ...

PostPosted: Sun Oct 27, 2024 7:24 pm Post subject: Interesting. Freezer spray can sometimes be used to good effect when searching for bad solder joints. A bit of localised heat from a narrow nozzle on a hot air rework station might also help, in some cases. That's a good point. I applied freezer ...

Here's an update with some new developments: Working with the assumption that it might be a bad solder joint/trace/connection, I put the original CM3+ back on the main board, did some gentle bending and warping, and whaddayaknow... it booted up again! Pretty consistently too. On a side note, it ...

Ha, yeah if Dan would like to chime in, I'm sure he'd know better than any of us what might be going on... :D I agree that power and physical damage is a good place to start. Especially since it's been intermittent and getting worse. As mentioned, power is verified good (both by measuring the ...

Hi all, I have a sick wavestate (original) that was purchased 2nd hand. I was never quite rock solid, always occasionally froze mid-play or occasionally wouldn't boot up. Lately it's become more unreliable and rarely boots up at all, freezing on the "Korg wavestate" splash screen. I have a good bit ...