Dude, just plugged my Korg in after a year of not using it, loads of buttons not working, googled cleaning micro korg, number one hit = this video! hey presto, bonza-bonza, super-bananas, two screwdrivers, a bottle of whisky & wish me luck yo!

Ha I wasn't ready for little cutie at the end with her cuteness! She is adorable! Bless your family and thank you for the video breakdown ✌🏼

Seriously, life-saving!!!! I was too scared to perform surgery on my precious microKORG, but seeing the innards made it much less intimidating, and watching your explanation was FANTASTIC! What - OK! Yeah!!!!!

Great vid; always helps seeing someone else do the dirty work of cracking a thing open to reassure you it's not gonna fuck anything up. I had a section of keys out, but surprisingly when I got it apart I didn't see much corrosion/dirt/etc in the contacts on that area. What I noticed instead was that the daughterboard was slightly bent, concave, and the rubber strips with the contacts weren't connecting with the conductive squares on the daughterboard -- guaranteed from years of getting pounded in a hot attic on a keyboard stand that didn't support the middle where it's bent. Still cleaned everything anyway, and reassembled by pulling some screws tighter than others (ends tighter than middle) in hopes that would level things out. Working so far, if that helps for anyone else... one more tip: you'll need to play all the keys soft to hard a few times after reassembly to get the suction back under the rubber strips. Thanks again OP!!

I could not get the major keys to work on my Korg. I found this video. I did exactly what the host told me to do. I also waited 4 hours for the contact cleaner to dry as the host mentioned. Worked perfect! Very thankful I crossed paths with his video.

Worlds needs more people like you, thank you so much! I used this method since you upload the video (4 years ago) there was not another video like this. Still working 💪🏻

"the work bench AKA my coffee table" classic! thanks for the video, I must have a slightly different/older version because the daughter board is a tan color on top instead of green. Same symptoms but I didn't have much visible corrosion like you did. Used some DeOxit cleaner and it works great now. I unplugged the battery cable so I could set the whole bottom part aside with the screws still resting in their places. Thanks again

man, this was sooo much help, have the same issue with my old rusty microkorg too..man thank you so much you were like a savior!

Thank you! My korg's dead keys came back to life thanks to your cool video. Props!

Thanks excellent video. I had one key that kept sending a high velocity signal even when pressed gently. This did the trick and it plays perfectly now. I cleaned the pcb contacts and the rubber contacts with switch cleaner first, then Isopropyl alcohol afterwards to remove any residue whatsoever. Nice one!

Thanks a lot mate ... First time I braved a fix ... Top video ... Korg sounds like a dream ... Peace

Thanks man, did everything you said and it worked like new. Awesome!

Found this video und resuscitated my synth! Thanks man!

The end was priceless. Thanks g!

most useful youtube video i have ever watched

I havent touched mine in awhile And my keys are doing the same thing This is alot of help thank you

This video was worth watching for your sense of humor alone... I'll use this to fix my m-KORG when I'm no longer drunk. Thanks!

Great video and...hysterical too...

Had a few sticky keys on my Microkorg. Hit up google. Found your video. Now I don't have any sticky keys. Thanks for the solution!

damn the "daddy fixed this" was a great ending. trying this when i get home today! thanks!!

awesome. i just pulled my microkorg out for the first time in about a year and two keys were dead af. i'll def give this a try

thank you ! it worked! you save my Microkorg!

thanks man, really helped me out!

So helpful brotha ! Your daughter was right on cue at the end too, lol.

Thanks! This did the trick.

Daddy fixed it! How cute! Thanks for the tip, will try this soon. In my case the outputs are busted too. So will try the same thing on those parts too, hope it gets fixed. God Bless!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH MAN. THIS VIDEO SAVED MY LIFE AND MY MICROKORG.

it's weird that i have a microkorg and one or two keys doesnt work, but i didnt search a tutorial to learn how to fix it, until today jajaj and u upload this video 5 days before jaja. cool, im on it.

Brother, thank you so much

Good job!

Doing this now thanks bro

just scored one of these badboys at my local thrift, price tag of 98 with all cables. a few keys not working, i did this step by step and everything works like new

This guy is the truth

thanks my dude. i was so afraid to open that fuckin thing up. so easy, i wish i didnt wait so long!

Hi, had a similar problem. A mass of keys not working. I did as you showed and fortunately it helped however I have a problem with presets that use a dynamic keyboard. Some keys then don't work or stutter. Is the dirt still to blame?

Hey thanks so much - this is very helpful. I got a microkorg a few months back and have been meaning to clean it up underneath. Maybe im just not used to this, but i seem to be having a problem disconnecting the ribbon cable and cant seem to get them to unlock. any tips? cheers

I just pulled mine out after years of not playing it and found that several of the keys won't work (you have to really mash them). I'll give this cleaning a go because there was nothing wrong with it before and all its been doing is laying dorment in a box.

VERY GOOOOOD

Good shit mate. Some of the program number pads don't respond well on mine either... is it possible to clean those too?

So I get to the board to remove the screws and the screws on on super tight to where I can’t remove them to get to those rubber strips. Don’t want to strip them. Any ideas how to get those off?

Do you think I could do this without unplugging the daughter board from the mother board, cleaning it by rubbing a cloth wet with contact cleaner? Or do you think it is eeally necessary to unplug it? Thanks!!

Did you ever have issues getting the contact strips to sit flush? For some reason my won’t .

hi,microkorg or micronova? i need a rugged and well done synth for lasting.thanks for your reply

You know where to clean the arp push button ?

Hey, wondering if anyone has any tips. I've followed this process 3/4 times and now all my keys work, big improvement from 14 broken keys, but some are registering so softly that I can't hear them (I know they're registering though, as they're showing in my DAW, but at like 2 velocity). Is there anything else I can do at this point?

I’m taking my korg Apart but the screws on the last 2 screws on the mother board are being stubborn and I don’t want to break it what can I do?

can i do this wthout contact cleaner? just like a wipe or something?

Having trouble getting those small screws keeping the daughter board in place. Bought a whole screwdriver set and theyre still not comjng out. Dont wanna accidentally strip the screws. Tips?

I tried it. I could't even get the screws on the green bit to budge. Any tips?

glad u make it a funny

Nearly a non-brainer, but nevertheless helpful 😎😎😎 Cheers to both of you, sorry, all the three of you (dogs included) 😌

osea nos ven la cara, en realidad es una tipoca placa electronica china que vale unos 2000 mil pesos mexicanos y plastico, en realidad a de vales unos 3000 pesos mexicanos y los venden entre los 10 mil y 18 mil pesos mexicanos

Dude just saved me $400 dollars ., 👏🏼😌

Yes, 100 percent worked!

All the screws on my daughter board seem to be stripped :/ anyone else have this problem/found a way to get around it?

I will try this tomorrow to test it once is dry my microkorg xl to then clean my girlfriend microkorg so many korgs in the house😅

good looks bro prob just saVED me 150 bucks

Ok ok, 6 hours of work later for a full ensamble again deep cleaning and in my case the same two keys that have no sound still have no sound at least I repair the arp button of my microkorg xl is quite annoying to put the gray pad that connect the keys to the electronic board. 😓 my girlfriend will definitely will learn to play with the keys that works 😂😂😂 Im on vacation now

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Dude most of my keys don’t work after 4 -5 yrs of storage