I've had my M5 for years and years and for the first few it worked fine.
Then suddenly the power issues began, screen flickering / sound cutting out / just as always described by everyone else.
I took all the screws out and sanded down all the areas suggested in other posts and...blimey... it started working properly again...
The euphoria was short lived and 6 months or so later the issue reappeared.
The M5 had been collecting dust on a shelf for years, never wanting to throw it away but not being able to use it....
Then I found this article (the one we're reading) and took my M5 apart for one final go!
I managed to clear the glue off the ribbons (using a small knife, carfeully!) and then pulled the ribbons so they disconnected.
I don't have magnify-vision so there's no chance I could take each wire apart and check the connection individually, however using long nose pliers to push the wires down flush(er) and then reusing the mini knife to scrape away the little bits of plastic misplaced by the wires connecting (*this'll make sense when your doing it) HAS WORKED!
I put the ribbon connectors back together, tested the pedal and it stays on all the time, no power issues at all...
It's nice to have this pedal back on my pedal board.
THANKS FOR THE FIX! The only one that actually worked.
