M3-m reboots itself - solved

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M3-m reboots itself - solved

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I was on vacation for about a month. I turned off all my equipment in my homestudio. Now when play some busy combi sound with KARMA, the M3-m reboots itself.

Any suggestions how to resolve the issue?
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I was going to play a gig far from home (from my other Keys) and my M3 started constanatly rebooting. Luckly a musician friend in the audience lent me a keyboard to use instead.

I had to replace the voltage regulator inside the machine. I haven't had a problem since. If you know that it is not the voltage in the wall... then this is likely a voltage regulator issue.
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Thanks... I will look into that.
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OK, I opened the M3-m. Looks like the EXB-RADIAS plug was loose. I plugged everything back, and now it's working fine!

thanks.
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YAMAHA W5 + TRITON proX (exb MOSS / exb PCM01 / exb PCM05 / exb SCSI / 64Mo) + M3-73 No.000187 v2.0 (exb Radias v2.0 / exb M256) + DOEPFER LMK2+
AKAI DPS16 + MINDPRINT Envoice + ART Dual MP + RODE NT1000
BEHRINGER DDX3216 + 4 MACKIE SRM350 + 2 MACKIE SWA1501 (+ PEAVEY KB300 )
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OK.... it turns out it was not really the RADIAS board, but the USB. If I have plugged in the USB stick, it reboots after playing KARMA for 2-3 seconds....
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Well... as jazlover said, it was the power adapter. So I ordered a new power adapter KA-300, opened up M3-m and replaced the adapter. Problem solved, nice and bright display and buttons, and much stronger sound.
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