

Refer to “ Repairing A Damaged Motherboard Trace”. Done! If you are still not getting any life out of the Maschine, then one of your USB ports 4 terminals or most likely a trace/track has been damaged on the mainboard and not making connection. Took me a while to realise what was going on and I ended up damaging the traces on the board from I soldering and unsoldering the port to troubleshoot! Test thoroughly by plugging the Maschine directly to your computer (not a USB hub) before screwing everything back togther.

I stuffed up and didn't realise solder was running through the whole, down the pin and then across to another pin making the short out. Try and use only the absolute minimum amount of solder for each pin.

Clean the area if required and solder the new USB port in place. Important!!! Be VERY slow with this process allowing the USB port to fall off almost by itself as you can easily damage the traces on the mainboard as I did! (see my trace repair instructions if this happens) 3. The 2 anchor points need to be straightened with pliers so they fit through the holes. You may need to update to the latest version. Install Native Instruments Controller Editor. Maschine software does not need to be running but to use your Maschine in MIDI mode, Maschine needs to be installed. Using Native Access, install Maschine software. Melt each solder point on the USB port and use the ‘solder sucker’ to “suck” the solder away from the joint. Before you start In order to get going, you need to: Download and install Native Access. No tricks to this, just 1 million screws.
