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I got a MTM on Ebay.  It powers up (LED comes on) but the LCD dose not light up or have any kind of read out on it.  Tha battery has leaked and the fuzz (battery acid?) has moved on to a few of the resistors that are close to it.  Please see photo link below.  I can trigger my SDS7 via a pad through the MTM.  Is this a fix I can try to pull off?  Or should I get my money back?  I pay around $200 USD.

Thanks for any help bringing this 1980's monster back to life.

http://s156.photobucket.com/albums/t15/midiizer/?action=view¤t=IMG_1167.jpg

lcd on mine didn't either - try wiggling lcd's connection. there is no
backlight.

started working fine afterwards.



On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 6:56 PM, midiizer <midiizer@...> wrote:

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> I got a MTM on Ebay. It powers up (LED comes on) but the LCD dose not light
> up or have any kind of read out on it. Tha battery has leaked and the fuzz
> (battery acid?) has moved on to a few of the resistors that are close to it.
> Please see photo link below. I can trigger my SDS7 via a pad through the
> MTM. Is this a fix I can try to pull off? Or should I get my money back? I
> pay around $200 USD.
>
> Thanks for any help bringing this 1980's monster back to life.
>
>
> http://s156.photobucket.com/albums/t15/midiizer/?action=view�t=IMG_1167.jpg
>
>  
>


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midiizer skrev:
> I got a MTM on Ebay. It powers up (LED comes on) but the LCD dose not 
> light up or have any kind of read out on it. Tha battery has leaked and 
> the fuzz (battery acid?) has moved on to a few of the resistors that are 
> close to it. Please see photo link below. I can trigger my SDS7 via a 
> pad through the MTM. Is this a fix I can try to pull off? Or should I 
> get my money back? I pay around $200 USD.
> 
> Thanks for any help bringing this 1980's monster back to life.

I'd try a refund first. If that doesn't work I'd feel happy that it 
seems to have damaged mostly resistors. The IC's looks in a lot better 
shape and resistors are a lot easier both to replace and solder in 
place. This battery leakage, however, mustn't be the villain for the 
display non-functioning. So, go for the refund and spend the cash on 
some other MTM that should surface sooner or later. If possible, that 
is... I know that Ebay can be a dread.

Which reminds me that I should check the insides of my yet unopened MTM. :-o

-- 
electronically yours, jesper - still awaiting his second MTM

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