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

[Darren A.]

> 
> 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.
> 

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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


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