Hi AJ,
do you know if you had the latest o.s. 2.1
http://www.korgpa.com/pa_root/en/products/pa800_soft.html?en
though strangely enough, I think I have 2.2 but not sure where I downloaded it?

You actually do start the process with the keyboard switched off. Might make matters worse, Suppose depends how desperate you are & you would want to check if it nulls some sort of warranty.

I tried it, didn't help. As I said, my screen went dark, but I knew it wasn't totally dead, in certain light I could see shadows of the icons.
I had no choice but to replace.
[quote=Bluezplayer]Hi Rikki. Nice to talk with you again. I want to reload the OS, but I cannot even do that because the screen is frozen. It is completely unresponsive. The tech treated it as though it was a mechanical problem, something to do with poor connections or some kind of dust or other substance on contacts for the display, but I have my doubts that this is the issue at all. That would make no sense, unless it was a display model or somehow re-packaged as a new board.
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best wishes
Rikki 🧸

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