Cannot lower M3 module

AlexMc · Post by **AlexMc** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 9:13 am

I know I did lower the module in the past, but now it seems like a distant dream. Following the brief description in the 'keyboard assembly' supplement I cannot lower the module as described. No mater how I "lightly press in on the screw A" while "gently lifting the module with the handle (?)" it will now lower. I find nothing that looks like a 'handle' except the metal protrusion over the MIDI and USB ports. I guess that's it.
Any clarification on this? Any added tip on how to get the module lowered?
This assembly to hold up the module has always seemed to be unnecessarily complex when a simple metal prop on a hinge
would have sufficed.

r12 · Post by **r12** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 9:31 am

maybe the rubber under the module is a "little sticky"
you may have to push stronger on it to get it free...

AlexMc · Post by **AlexMc** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 9:54 am

R12, thanks a million. That was it exactly. Lifted under the 'sticky' rubber with a screwdriver and it closed easily. Cleaned the spot with some mild soap and it's good to go. Here I am in the dry southwest and still it got sticky.

MRANDERSON · Post by **MRANDERSON** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:43 am

Ditto to everything AlexMc said above but I still can not lower the module...nor know what the rubber under the module is referring to...nor how it might become sticky. I've had to lower it twice maybe within the 8 years I've owned the Korg m3, but for some reason this time around ...I am totally stumped ..and can not figure this out for the life of me. Bummed because I have delayed over a week with a shop in Hollywood waiting for me to drop it off for a fix to the LCD screen. Maybe it's time to retire it altogether. Maybe someone lost a finger trying to lower the module is why they discontinued it. HELP!???!! ...a video of this would be awesome!! Wishful thinking.
I'm sooooooooooooooo pissed about this. I've attempted over 2 hours every night this week trying to lower this thing for transport. I can't believe there is no KORG rep or Stephen Kay himself haven't addressed this in any other forum. HUGE NOTE to self about Korg products. This is ridiculous!!

FLASH-FORWARD 3 Hours later as I refused to give up...
I did it...but it wasn't easy...and I'm going to youtube on how I did it.
The time wasted on this I can never get back but I will post the video in the hopes that it will help someone else in the nearest future. Peace. ..and Thanks to AlexMc and R12! you guys rock!!

billbaker · Post by **billbaker** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 1:53 pm

Mr. Anderson,

Stephen Kay is software not hardware. Be righteously mad at Korg over the poor engineering. They deserve it. But bad karma (pun...ouch!) directed at the celebrated Mr. K is wasted.

Also, this is not a "Korg" official site. Nobody here but us... some with the same problems and some sharing solutions. Korg's presence here, if any, is purely altruistic, optional, and unofficial. Stephen, on the other hand is pretty free with advice and troubleshooting KARMA issues, regardless of platform.

Suggested alternative scenario: "Hey guys, sorry to be brining it with no case, but I couldn't for the life of me get the %@$#%* module to lower. Maybe you could take a look at that when you replace the screen."

BB

AlexMc · Post by **AlexMc** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 8:27 pm

On lowering the M3 module. Try a flat head screwdriver under the base of the prop. There is a type of rubber material there that can stick and stop it from easily slipping under the module to close. Just get the screwdriver head in as far as possible and lift upward with it to loosen it.
If it's sticking so bad as to be immovable I don't know if WD40 would be advisable to spray in there, but that might work. Maybe someone else can advise on it's use with this material.

lotty1 · Post by **lotty1** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 9:10 pm

r12 wrote:maybe the rubber under the module is a "little sticky"
you may have to push stronger on it to get it free...

Thank you I had the same problem

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