[tg]

does anyone know how to open the case of an m-audio microtrack 24/96?
I'd rather seek advice from someone who's done it than start damaging
my microtrack by experimenting. It looks tricky. Thanks for any help.
(ps: I want to try and change the battery myself)

[Steve Maki]

On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 23:32:00 -0000, "tg" wrote:

does anyone know how to open the case of an m-audio microtrack 24/96?
I'd rather seek advice from someone who's done it than start damaging
my microtrack by experimenting. It looks tricky. Thanks for any help.
(ps: I want to try and change the battery myself)

I've done it - it's not difficult, although because the cover simply pries
off, you'll likely end up with a couple of tiny nicks in the plastic. The
following url gave me enough confidence to do it.

Steve Maki

http://www.nauta-rcs.it/Instruments/...prepare_UK.htm

[sirion]

On Feb 6, 4:32*pm, "tg" wrote:
does anyone know how to open the case of an m-audio microtrack 24/96?
I'd rather seek advice from someone who's done it than start damaging
my microtrack by experimenting. It looks tricky. Thanks for any help.
(ps: I want to try and change the battery myself)

It's a huge pain. I've been working on it all day so far and I may
have broken my microphone input and junked my machine. If you want to
do it anyways, you need to pry off the back with a thin flat-head
screwdriver. There are 4 clips on each corner and several clips on
the side. The battery is stuck to the back board with double-sided
tape. The back board is then held on with two screws and is very
tightly wedged in against the front board CF slot such that you kind
of have to wedge it out and stress the input ports. The battery then
needs to be soldered to the front board, and then you need to get the
back board back on. I've been also trying to replace a broken front
board, so maybe you'll have more luck than I, but this is definitely
not really designed to be opened for repair access. I suspect they
probably make a shortcut and use the old battery's leads so they dont
even have to remove the back board. Now that I think of it, that
would be a clever workaround that would make it a doable job, though
you will likely make your case a bit ugly while prying it open.

Wish me luck getting my microphone input working again. :P

[Richard Crowley]

"sirion" wrote ...
"tg" wrote:
does anyone know how to open the case of an
m-audio microtrack 24/96?
I'd rather seek advice from someone who's done
it than start damaging my microtrack by experimenting.
It looks tricky. Thanks for any help.
(ps: I want to try and change the battery myself)

you need to pry off the back with a thin flat-head
screwdriver. There are 4 clips on each corner and
several clips on the side.
....
though you will likely make your case a bit ugly
while prying it open.

You might want to check out the case opening
kits that are now sold for use on iPods . They have
some specialied little tools to pry open those cases.
iPods also require prying (or "prizing" as they say
in the UK) the case open to replace the battery.

[Arny Krueger]

"tg" wrote in message


does anyone know how to open the case of an m-audio
microtrack 24/96? I'd rather seek advice from someone
who's done it than start damaging my microtrack by
experimenting. It looks tricky. Thanks for any help. (ps:
I want to try and change the battery myself)

Over the weekend I was in the local Lowes, and picked up the EverReady
mini-USB battery pack/charger for under $20. I've tested it out, and my
Microtrack I boots and runs with it, just fine. One of these days I'll run
the built-in battery down, and see how long it runs on two AA cells.