At wit's end with A3000

[dizzle]

Right, to give the whole story from the start; I bought a new battery from eBay, opened up the back and fitted it. All quite simple. The next day, I turned on the unit and found that there was something up with the sound through headphones. I opened up the unit again and tried to fix the problem. After virtually taking the entire thing apart, I found that it was a loose connection (one of those flat copper things that has about 15 individual connectors in it), so pushed it back in completely, and closed up the unit again. All was well until I hooked it up to the USB port to try to transfer some new tracks. It will still charge, but the computer isn't 'seeing' it when it's connected to the USB port, and the screen has stopped working all together. I've tried everything I can think of, save for going to the Sony service centre (as I'm too poor right now)

Does anyone have any useful input?

[Ascariss]

you should of probably sent if off to sony instead at the very start, saved up some cash then let them repair it, at home repair jobs, unless you know your electronics well, are not advisable.

[kino170878]

I have a very old Casio RZ1 sampling drum machine, which when I bought through ebay the drum pads were very loose and didn't respond as they should have. Seeing as it was totally obsolete I really had nothing to loose so I opened it up, carefully avoided the circuitry and somehow managed to keep the pads in place with sticky tape! It worked great in the end.

I personally would never have dared performing any type of surgery on an advanced piece of equipment like the Sony HDD players. Best to try the repair center even though the cost is high.

[dizzle]

I've looked at eBay, new and working units are £30 or so, which I think will probably be a lot cheaper than sending it to Sony.

[-V-]

I have had the Same problem.. but after some precision work.. its Alive again

first time was the worst.. but now I have opened it up like 5 times.. eaven did some "modding" like changed the LED lights

Open it up.. I mean totally disassembled it.. clean each part with alcohol and carefully put it back together..

the USB connector PCB is soldered on to the MainBoard.. so U have to DeSolder that..

oh.. and when reconnecting the cables ( "flat copper things" ) remember to open the clamps..

tweezers help a lot when putting it back together

and seriously.. be careful.. those cables are fragile and the components are afraid of static electricity..

I work in Electronics company.. so I have done stuff like that for years.. and it was still a damn pain in the A**

Edited December 13, 2007 by -V-