kamakazi Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I created this tutorial for 5200 owners. I hope that it is useful. Current version doesn't include pictures. These will be added to a revision at a later date. How To Repair The 5200 Controllers.pdf If there are any errors please shoot a note. Enjoy! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svenski Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 I created this tutorial for 5200 owners. I hope that it is useful. Current version doesn't include pictures. These will be added to a revision at a later date. How To Repair The 5200 Controllers.pdf If there are any errors please shoot a note. Enjoy! Great guide, many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohoki Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 good info in there i've become pretty familiar with the innards there is one scenario i ran into if someone has opened the controller nearly always they break off the 2 pegs under the keypad and if they are broke chances are they probably messed up the pots too if one were to rotate the pots past their stops then they go slightly out of whack and you have to roate them the opposite way to try to recenter them its quite a fiddly task using missile command or star wars to get it back in order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamakazi Posted December 1, 2010 Author Share Posted December 1, 2010 You guys are welcome. Incidentally I discovered recently a revision of the flex circuit that I have not seen before. I'm not sure if this is an actually Atari-produced flex or an upgrade. The circuit has Rev 9, Atari and Logo, and 1982 date. However, the circuit is white with a trace that usually travels around the function buttons missing. I also noticed that the fire buttons have the three contact dots. Does anyone know of the flex circuit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_ Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 You guys are welcome. Incidentally I discovered recently a revision of the flex circuit that I have not seen before. I'm not sure if this is an actually Atari-produced flex or an upgrade. The circuit has Rev 9, Atari and Logo, and 1982 date. However, the circuit is white with a trace that usually travels around the function buttons missing. I also noticed that the fire buttons have the three contact dots. Does anyone know of the flex circuit? I've found white ones in some controllers, I don't have them readily available to check if the traces match what your describing. There are many different kinds of flex circuits. I think atari was really trying to get it to work, instead of design new inside for the controller. The 5200 stick is basically a TV remote as far as the buttons go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Great guide! Always nice to see a hobbyist doing something like this for the community! It will help greatly when you do the revision with pics. thos would help greatly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamakazi Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 I learned some new things as well that I will be putting in an updated version of this manual. Good news is my 3 week vacation from college is about to start after next week so I should have some time to start on the revision then. I am going to have to add information about gluing POTs as I ran into an issue with the horizontal POT wanting to remove itself...making the controller fail. I'm currently trying out what glues work best and so far...Tacky glue seems to be the most reliable but it does take a while to set. I'm going to try some Guerrilla Glue next as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slampam Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Using this repair book at age 12 I managed to mangle this controller. 5200 Repair1984.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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