[Coco] Opening and cleaning an FD-501 controller.

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 25 January 2008, William Schaub wrote:
>Darren A. wrote:
>>> I have an FD-501 controller that has been sitting in a garage for a
>>> couple of years, upon taking a close look at it it looks like its a bit
>>> dirty, I would like to open it up and clean it off before trying to use
>>> it.  I do also have a J&M controller but its still in St. Louis so that
>>> wont do me much good.  any tips for safely opening the cart and cleaning
>>> off the crud without damaging the unit would be quite helpful.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Typically, all you need to do is gently rub the contacts with a clean
>> pencil eraser. The FD-501 has gold contacts, so they shouldn't have very
>> much crud on them. I doubt it would be necessary, but  using a can of
>> compressed air to blow away any accumulated dust is also an option.
>>
>> Be sure to discharge any static electriciy on your body before handling
>> the controller board.
>>
>> Darren
>
>Canned air is fine. however how do I get teh card out of the plastic
>shell without breaking the shell?, also it looks like something may have
>dripped inside of it through one of the vents...
>
>at least as far as i can see from the outside anyway.
>
The assembly screw is under the label.
>
>
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