I bought a DEQ2496. It wouldn't save settings. Found the big old-style ROM chip had legs bent under and not going in the holes in the socket.
My buddy liked my DEQ2496, and bought one. His would randomly freeze/restart. I told him what to look for. He fixed it.
Both have been fine since (years). Not sure what the moral of this story is.
I'm told that Behringer quality control has improved, and, even in the bad old years, it must have been better than Schiit's, with its poorly soldered RCA cables (among other problems one can read about on other forums).
It failed again a few weeks ago, took it out of the digital path and life went on.
All lit up, but no play, and the display was just displaying all pixels on.
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Checked the price of a new one... $279... almost surprised they are still in production.
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Finally opened it a few days ago for a bout of Stare and Compare™.
The ROM looked ok. A little wigglejiggle changed nothing.
Poked around with a meter, and with nothing marked as a voltage test point, came to no conclusion except there didn't seem to be many volts running around.
Eventually recognized a possible BulgeTop™ cap in the power supply.
Ordered a part and waited patiently for the doorbell.
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Ding dong!!! Ding dong!!!
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Whipped out my Hakko iron, found some 50 year old solder in Dad's (RIP) Ham junk box, figured out how to operate the Hakko again (not used in in years), and treated myself to a good snort of molten lead vapors. Yeah!
Replaced the cap with an equivalent 16V 1000uf 105C. Stitched up the wounds.
Said a short prayer to the
Big Electron in the Sky. Pushed the button.
Looks like I'm back in business from the view on the Breakfast Table.
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