Reply to Midifighter PCB Fail FAQ

We have experienced and heard accounts of a few Midi Fighter PCB's (circuit boards) failing from both the MF MK1 and MF MK1.2 production runs.

Often when it fails, the MF is no longer recognized as a USB device by the computer and generally odd LED behavior results upon startup (usually all LEDs are on or none at all but it doesn't go through the LED snaking intro).

This thread is meant to offer a few options to try to fix your Midi Fighter yourself if you experience issues and also to gather information to help us solve these issues for the future.

Things to try if you believe your MF may have died:

• Try using a different USB cable
• Try using a different USB port
• Try using a different computer
• Make sure nothing is shorting out the "Reset" or "Boot" pin holes
• Try re-flashing the MF PCB, for info on how to see http://www.djranking s.com/community /showthread.php?t=11511
• If you are unable to enter boot mode (by holding four corner buttons before plugging in USB) and you are trying to re-flash your PCB, you may need to enter boot mode manually. For more info, see http://www.djranking s.com/community /showthread.php?t=15654
• If you can't get into Boot mode with the method listed above, please try one last method to manually get your Midi Fighter pcb into boot mode and re-flash. We have found that this saves the majority of all "faulty" Midi Fighter pcb's. http://www.djranking s.com/community /showthread.php?t=17824

If nothing seems to work and you are convinced that your Midi Fighter is dead then please call us or send an email to orders@djranking s.com and we will take care of you.