Hi Datablues,

First of all, Congratulations on receiving a BRAND new PSR2000 replacement. WOW !

If what you're saying is true (50% chip replacement failure rate), I'm quickly beginning to think that this whole chip update scenerio is going to be a huge 'can of worms' for Yamaha. I had thought of taking my keyboard (for the chip replacement) to a local authorized Yamaha repair center, but they warned me that Yamaha may (end up) not covering the entire upgrade expense so required (to protect themselves from possibly getting stuck with the bill from Yamaha) that I put down a deposit. They said they had experienced problems like this in the past.

Datablues, with your news of the risk & difficulty of replacing this 'permanently soldered in chip (afterall, it was never designed to be removed, because it was supposed to be flashROM upgradeable in the first place), I'm wondering now, how many indepentantly owned repair stores would even be willing now to take on such a risky (50% failure rate) project. At this point, it seems the safest bet would be to ship our keyboards back to Yamaha and have THEM deal with it. Now I wished I had kept the original keyboard box.

I'm sure Yamaha is realizing this might end up a huge financial disaster for them, especially because the PSR2000's price point is so low to begin with.

[This message has been edited by Scottyee (edited 02-08-2002).]