So I went On line and found a korg forum with a topic with ms2000 DSP error and lots of people had a similar fault. They suggested replacing the DSP with a new one. So I decided to buy a new one which was a bit of a mission because they are quite rare now...

I found a supplier on eBay of the DSP chip in the USA costing 12 UK pounds including delivery so I ordered one. After two weeks it arrived. Meanwhile I was looking at how to unsolder the old one and replace it with the new chip which wasn't looking like a good option for me to do this job with the cheap soldering iron I had to hand.

So I decided to find a company that could do the work for me. After an hour on google and a few telephone calls later I had found a company that does rework and circuit board repair. The guy even came to my work place picked the board and the new chip up and took back to his workshop to do the repairs. After a few days he brought back again. I checked the board over and the newly soldered DSP chip looked perfect.

I carefully reassembled the synthesiser then plugged in the audio jack cables to a mixer in the office sound system and then the power supply for the synth. At this point I was getting anxious to find out if it would work properly again...,

it works!!!! I'm so pleased that it works again! Restored to like new

Here's the DSP chip

Nerd

so many of us were hanging on thinking to ourselves I need to see a picture of that DSP chip... many thanks cable

Soldering that chip on is a lot easier than you think with the correct equipment .

I didn't have a decent enough equipment to do the job and I didn't want to fork out cash on a decent magnifying desk lamp