Zoyx Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Where is the best place to get refurbish kits for Atari 5200 controllers? An old 5200 fell into my lap, and of course the controllers don't work. Is there a way to refurb without a kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sub(Function(:)) Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Maybe best electronics: http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/5200.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyx Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 I was hoping to avoid Best... not the most user friendly site. But if that's all there is... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1500 Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 You don't like the 1994 cutting edge interactive digital media experience that is Best Electronics? Ask Official Ninja on here. He refurbed one of my controllers and it works great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBrian Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 There is a guy on ebay from I think Indiana that sells the kits . They cost a bit more though . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyx Posted June 21, 2014 Author Share Posted June 21, 2014 Ordered a couple kits off of ebay... hopefully it works out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1500 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Tell me how it works out, I still have 2 broken controllers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadeJunkie Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 I just ordered and installed a new flex board from eBay.... saved my controller... def worth the money! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 The refurbished controllers with gold contacts work great, the real problem are the harnesses... they have shitty wiring which can cause functionality problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohoki Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 you can often dissassemble them and clean the contacts and verify the cable with an ohm meter/continuity tester rub the buttons on some paper to clean them and clean the flex circuit with an eraser or fine sandpaper (600 grit and above) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyx Posted July 20, 2014 Author Share Posted July 20, 2014 you can often dissassemble them and clean the contacts and verify the cable with an ohm meter/continuity tester rub the buttons on some paper to clean them and clean the flex circuit with an eraser or fine sandpaper (600 grit and above) Good tips! BTW, i received a couple refurb kits... just haven't gotten around to installing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Oh and... if the cable does turn out to have bad traces and what not, you can buy replacement cables from best electronics... but they are NOS cables with the same crap wiring. I hope to see some newly manufactured 5200 harnesses some day. I suppose the Neo-Geo/5200 cable extenders that are sold on ebay could be used to make a new harness for the 5200 controller too, but it would probably be a bit of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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