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[some12b]

I'm really at the end of my rope, not only I've search the korgforum vastly; I've searched blogs, youtube, other forums, and I haven't found a single conclusive answer to the questions:

WHICH ARE THE CAPACITORS THAT FAIL IN THE M50?
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED ON THE BOARD?

Not a Pic or a circuit diagram or a video; the only thing close to an answer is the post made by alfredokiwi in

http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=52474&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30

Changing a capacitor is fairly simple (I even found a video in youtube). And I have no idea why does everyone insist in paying $100+ to a tech guy for something that you can easily do? It's almost ridiculous. I'm not cheap, is just that I would like to do it myself, BECAUSE IT'S NOT HARD.

So I'm putting up this new topic to see if anyone cares, if it helps to rock Korg's boat in product suport beyond warranty coverage.

I'm tired of reading the same BS: If not under warranty, pay a tech. Frankly, I don't even care if anyone reads this, I just want to shake Korg into posting the answer. I know that they don't have anything to do with this forum, but somebody has to know the answers.

If anyone cares post something, so we may do something...

[Stargazer]

Great idea. Also, the above mentioned post says a few words about passive cooling. It would be nice to have some definitive directions in the cooling area for those that still have M50's in working order, to preserve the freezing.

[kikedeolivos]

Guys, we are musicians, not technicians. We should be making MUSIC not replacing faulty capacitors by ourselves.

We shouldn't be tampering with our gear, that's why there's "engineers" that should figure out EVERYTHING before they release a product to the market. They made a mistake? Come to the clear and solve the problem for the user base and admit it: WE MADE A MISTAKE, We weren't aware of faulty components.

Korg people lurked and posted on this site to support the sale of a product, in this case, the M50. When problems started to arise, they VANISHED. They are salespeople, nothing else.
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[kimu]

well... i do not know any big organisation in the business that release DIY procedures for their gears even when there is a wide spreaded fault.

i will appreciate more korg providing for free repair for this problem

[3nglenn]

Yes I agree with the above concerns. I just purchased an M50 a couple months ago and this came to my attention. Guess I should have researched this model more than what I did. Don't get me wrong it's working fine right now, but....

[kimu]

consider that probably the failure is related to first batches of production.
i expect that the newest M50 won't suffer of freezing problem

[Stargazer]

[Alp]

The problem with electrolytic capacitors (like those that get replaced when the M-50 freezes) is that they eventually dry out or leak. They then have to be replaced.

If you have to replace your capacitors (electrolytic) you want to put in the best, quality caps you can. Might add a couple of years between repairs.

BTW, I have M50 (61 key) serial number 006414. Purchased about 2010, fall.
I had to have the caps changed a few months after I bought it.

if someone posted pictures of where these caps are, and someone tried to do the job themselves and made things worse, who's fault is it?

Alp

[michelkeijzers]

Strange, I have my M50 also for about 3 years and never had to replace anything.
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