circuit boards and parts in general for an MX-M453N

[Dave]

I was a Sharp Tech for 20 years, I have been out of the service field for some time. I work in an office with a large number of MX-M453N's. Overall they are pretty reliable machines. We have one machine that is giving us a problem and the tech is saying that parts are hard to get because the machine is 10 years old. I know there was an unofficial spiel like this back in the day but it wasn't really true. Does Sharp still has a board swap/repair service? Are PM parts and parts in general hard to get for an authorized dealer?(that is not on credit hold). I know i could probably fix this machine but my boss would get bent of shape if I was doing that and not my actual job. Thank you.

[guitar9199]

I've got several of the 453 series in the field, and I've not had issues with getting parts so far. Because of the age of the series, I don't imagine it will be too long though before we start getting "No Longer Available" notes from our distributor.

I know Hytec still does board repair...but once again after we hit the "NLA" timeframe, they'll stop doing them as well.

Good luck.

[Dave]

I've got several of the 453 series in the field, and I've not had issues with getting parts so far. Because of the age of the series, I don't imagine it will be too long though before we start getting "No Longer Available" notes from our distributor.

I know Hytec still does board repair...but once again after we hit the "NLA" timeframe, they'll stop doing them as well.

Good luck.

I forgot about Hytec, good to hear they are still in business. When I last worked for a Sharp dealer, we dealt directly with Sharp for our parts and board exchange. That was 2010 though. Thanks for your response.