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2008-03-02 by euphoricdreams
Hello! Can anyone lend any expertise to me for a moment? The power jack on my CZ-101 has took a turn towards the flaky. I have to wiggle the connector/press it in the right direction for my CZ to power up. I was thinking about replacing it. I am an amateur at the soldering iron, is this a job that I could do myself? Is there a different fix beyond just replacing it? Thanks in advance, dave
2008-03-02 by Simon Beck
If you haven't been using a genuine Casio power supply, the slight difference in plug sizes (we're talking fractions of a millimeter!) can make for an unreliable connection or even damage the socket. I found this from experience, on my WK-3000. I had to have the socket replaced, and even then it only became 100% reliable when I finally (in desparation) forked out for a proper Casio power supply. Now it's rock-solid, but at a price. Simon
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2008-03-02 by Atom Smasher
On Sun, 2 Mar 2008, euphoricdreams wrote:
> Can anyone lend any expertise to me for a moment? The power jack on my
> CZ-101 has took a turn towards the flaky. I have to wiggle the
> connector/press it in the right direction for my CZ to power up. I was
> thinking about replacing it. I am an amateur at the soldering iron, is
> this a job that I could do myself? Is there a different fix beyond just
> replacing it?
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in my experience, the jack is probably just loose; the solder-connections
that hold it to the board are broken, but the jack is probably fine. you
should be able to open it up and just re-solder the jack.
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