[Fixing the Select button]

I got it taken apart and cleaned. It seems to work too....then again it worked the other day for awhile as well so we'll see. Thanks for the help guys.

[Fixing the Select button]

Ok, got the 7800 open but I'm not sure exactly how to get the housing off without breaking anything. I took a pic of the button with my webcam if someone would be kind enough to draw on it to show me what to do.

 

 

It looks like the 4 dots hold the plastic down which sounds a little different than it was described although I always do a lot better with pictures anyway.

 

I'm just afraid I'll mess up something next to the button.

[Fixing the Select button]

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[5200 vs. 7800]

I guess I just don't understand why people say the 7800 controllers were good. When the 7800 first came out the controllers came with a 90 day warranty. I went through 3 or 4 sets before that warranty went out and mailed them all back. I finally gave up and bought third party controllers.

 

If the 5200 controllers were worse then they REALLY sucked.

[Fixing the Select button]

It works intermittently right now. Apparently I was reading the maintenance stuff at atari7800.com. How would I go about replacing the inner workings of the button?

 

Apparently I left it at the parents house this weekend when I visited. I'll have to look at it this weekend or something.

 

Thanks for the replies.

[Fixing the Select button]

I recently got my 7800 modded for the S-video and composite outputs. I hadn't played my machine for a long while before that. When I got it back and tried playing I noticed the select button doesnt' always work. It did this before I sent it off to OSG but I'd just forgotten about it. If I'd noticed I would have had the dude at OSG look at that too while he had it.

 

What can I do to fix it? I don't particularly feel like opening the thing up without a clear plan lined out. I saw a website that had a tutorial on cleaning your 7800 and it mentions what to do with the buttons but I'd rather get more specific than that if possible.

 

Thanks