Weird oil leaking from electronics device?

[Tony Scharf]

Just as a follow up, the unit was powered up but it doesnt work.  It
doesnt output CV and if you turn on any gate step, the sequencer stops
moving and gets locked on that step.

I have a friend in Chicago who is going to look at it when I get it
back.  We think a cap in the power supply might have popped, so that
the unit isnt getting the proper voltage.

*sigh*.

Tony

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Tony Scharf <noisetheorem at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, I am completely stumped by this. Maybe some of the electronics
> gurus on the bar can help figure out what it is.
>
> I shipped an Oberkorn mkIII sequencer that I sold to someone.   It was
> in packed very carefully and shipped via FedEx from Chicago to NYC.
>
> When opened, the guy found a screw in the front panel had fallen out,
> and there was this weird oil substance on one side of it (near where
> the screw came out).  The packaging all looked good, and it wasnt on
> the bubble wrap it was packed in.   It came from INSIDE the unit.
>
> Here are some pictures he took:
>
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1994658/Oberkorn3.jpeg
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1994658/Oberkorn4.jpeg
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1994658/Oberkorn5.jpeg
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1994658/Oberkorn6.jpeg
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1994658/Oberkorn7.jpeg
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1994658/Oberkorn8.jpeg
>
> I have done deals with this guy before, and I am pretty sure he
> wouldnt be pulling my leg on this.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what this fluid could be?  He hasn't powered
> the unit up yet, so we don't know if anything was damaged. Everything
> *looks* ok inside..
>
> Any bright ideas from the bar?
>
> Tony
>
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