gjasko Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Stupid human trick of the week: I was packing my PX-S3000 to take to rehearsal. (I've only taken it out a couple times) The dust cover was on the keyboard, as I put it in the case. When I was unpacking it, I found that I had left the thumb drive plugged in the back! Thumb drive was bent and my USB connection on the S3000 is trashed! ;-( Stupid mistake, packing for rehearsal too early in the day. Oh well, that will only happen to me once!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nethfel Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Ouch, that sucks. Are you able to use it at all (even at a wonky angle) or are the pins totally messed up? if you send it in I'd be curious how it goes for the repair (how long / how much). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjasko Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 Pins are messed up. I have an appointment to bring it in to an authorized shop in Portland, OR on Wednesday. They have a $100 minimum, so I'm guessing it will be around $100. Lesson learned. I've attached a 2-foot strip of orange survey tape to the new thumbdrive! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokeyman123 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Unfortunately, due to the design, this can easily happen-even worse with computers. Hard to find good thumb drives that do not stick out an inch or more. I doubt you'll do this again, but it could happen-lightning never strikes twice in the same place-but i don't wait there to find out! I thought the Casio recessed SD card slot in some of the Casios was a better idea-but it disappeared on the newer boards. Now I always remember to take out that thumb drive although the PX560 has a recessed area on top for the thumb drive-a much better idea, but i could still mangle it if i didn't think about it. I still remove it if I'm not using it. maybe the tech can check out a few other things internally-make sure everything is tight with connections, keys etc, doesn't have to be a total foobar. I've broken worse! Remember Monty Python's song-"Always Look On the Bright side of Life!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjasko Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share Posted August 28, 2020 PX-S3000 is home from the shop. Expensive lesson! $7.50 for the part. $170 for having the equipment to fix and knowing what to do with the part! I hope my misfortune will be a warning to others! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Glad you're back up and running. Please watch for protruding thumbs from now on. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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