CPAP on the fritz :(

[Corey_Schmitz]

Hello, Im Corey and I just joined here this morning. 3:30am. Unfortunately my CPAP decided to wake me up an hour ago beep beep beeping like crazy and now it says Service Required on the screen and my pressure button wont stop blinking. I called the ppl and theyr gnna check my warranty in the morning and see if Im under the 2 years (I doubt it), if not Ill be referred to a repairs place outside of town. Hopefully my insurance will cover it, cus I sure cant afford to pay out of pocket. SO I just thought Id say hello and wish everyone a good morning and thanks for having me! #CPAP4Life #NeverSleepWithoutIt #ApneaIssues

[grayghost4]

Welcome, Corey ... If you look at the bottom of the blower unit (take the water tank out of the humidifier first). You will see a REF ### ... is the middle digit a 5 or 6 ?
this will tell which machine you have . Then we may be able to give advice.

[dadbar]

I have a Respironics machine that flashed the same warning recently while I was on a trip. On a whim I removed the memory card and the unit suddenly worked fine.

[Sir NoddinOff]

If it really comes down to a repair, try these folks:
http://www.acbio.com

I've used them and so have lots of others here at CPAPtalk.

[yaconsult]

As grayghost said, we need to know if it's a REF 550 or REF 560. The 550 is famous for a similar sounding problem caused by a screw they removed holding down the circuit board and if this is the case, you can easily fix it yourself. There are at least a couple of threads on this forum showing how to do it - with pictures. If it's a model 560, then it's some other problem.

[palerider]

As grayghost said, we need to know if it's a REF 550 or REF 560. The 550 is famous for a similar sounding problem caused by a screw they removed holding down the circuit board and if this is the case, you can easily fix it yourself. There are at least a couple of threads on this forum showing how to do it - with pictures. If it's a model 560, then it's some other problem.

uh, it wasn't "a screw they removed"... it's just the design of the machine.

you can't "remove" something in an earlier model that exists in a later model.

[WRX03]

They way to tell is some company with the service software to look at the error codes. It could be a simple software update, queue full; actually anything.

[Sir NoddinOff]

Try reading this...pretty sure there's a discussion of PR error codes...maybe a list:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=94458&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Also;
search.php?keywords=error+codes

Gotta log off now. Good luck.

[Sir NoddinOff]

uh, it wasn't "a screw they removed"... it's just the design of the machine.

you can't "remove" something in an earlier model that exists in a later model.

That being said: The 'hole' for the screw was built into the PC board but ultimately no screw was inserted when the machine went into final assembly! Just guessing but, the board designers (probably based in Japan etc) told PR there needs to be a screw in this middle hole of this large PC board to stabilize it, especially since there are pressure sensors from the air manifold mounted right on the board. The PR folks probably said "Nah, we are going to save three cents per board by leaving that screw out." That snafu cost PR a lot of money plus a ding in their reputation.

[palerider]

uh, it wasn't "a screw they removed"... it's just the design of the machine.

you can't "remove" something in an earlier model that exists in a later model.

That being said: The 'hole' for the screw was built into the PC board but ultimately no screw was inserted when the machine went into final assembly! Just guessing but, the board designers (probably based in Japan etc) told PR there needs to be a screw in this middle hole of this large PC board to stabilize it, especially since there are pressure sensors from the air manifold mounted right on the board. The PR folks probably said "Nah, we are going to save three cents per board by leaving that screw out." That snafu cost PR a lot of money plus a ding in their reputation.

absolutely.

having been inside a couple respironics machines, and a few resmeds, I'm not impressed by the engineering quality of respironics.... nup.