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MCE Remote...Broken?

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Antheus

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My MCE remote just randomly (unless someone in my apt spilled beer on it) stopped working the other day...i tried changing batteries (not new ones but ones that definitely worked) to no avail. Anyone have any idea of common problems? The remote won't light up, the receiver was working fine. If not anyone know how to RMA this thing? I looked all over microsoft's website and couldn't find anything, and newegg says it's RMA'd through the manufacturer. The remote is less than 6 months old so kinda a bummer =/
 
Hopefully Timmay!!! will post about this. This happened to his MCE remote a few months ago. We CAREFULLY took the remote apart, and adjust the connections for the batteries. I think something was out of place there. We just made sure everything was seated correctly, and presto, it worked again!
 
Short the batterie terminals side by side with a wire. There is a capacitor in the remote that needs to be cleared every once in a while.

I need to do it to mine once a month or so. It seems the older remotes are buggered.
 
how do i go about shorting the terminals? Could u possibly get me some pictures or explain it a bit more? The help is much appreciated.
 
Just take a paperclip or something metalic and short the terminals that the batteries connect to. It's a common issue, and usually happens when a button gets held down for an extended period of time. I read somewhere it's supose to be a safety feature so you don't run out your batteries.
 
And if it's a capacitor problem, it could be caused by static electricity. I had a digital pipette LCD go out on me at work (I'm a chemist), and the company who makes it told me to take out the battery and turn it on and off about 5 times to drain the capacitor, and it worked beautifully. They said it was due to static electricity, probably from my purple nitrile gloves.
 
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