So yesterday I fired up my audio recording setup to do some work (heh, "work"), and my MOTU 828 doesn't turn on. Swapped power cables, verified the voltage switch, etc. Nothing. Looked online. Nothing. It's Sunday, so of course I can't talk to anyone. Grr-ARRGH!
Today I talk to someone at MOTU, and he suggests I've probably blown a fuse. This is something I had guessed at myself, but with no documentation describing where such fuse is and how to get at it, I'm reluctant to take a screwdriver to the thing. Anyway, he's going to send me a couple fuses so I should be back in business soon (I'll be checking with some local shops as well since fuses are cheap & I hate to wait). He also described how to access the fuse.
What I don't get is why the process for replacing fuses isn't documented anywhere. Turns out it's a piece of cake to open the 828 up, and the fuse is really easy to get at. With the right documentation online I might have been able to take care of this myself yesterday and avoided a phone call to tech support.
Posted by Jason at September 22, 2003 09:50 AM