Lynx screen attracting dust under the screen lid

[Atari_afternoon]

Sure, it´s no serious issue...yet terribly distracting, especially with games that have large bright spaces, like Alpine Games, Warbirds or Steel Talons.

 

I suspect the rubber band between screen and screen lid is not 100% tight (any more), and possibly the neon light makes the screen attract dust pretty easily. Even if it´s only 5 grains all in all, I find them so annoying I disassemble the Lynx and clean it away with a small microfibre cloth.

 

Done so twice already in the course of 12 months, today again and I already have 2 new little black dots in the middle of the screen again

 

Is there any solution for it? I could not find "Lynx screen attracting dust inside" any where here so I´ve started a new topic, and advice would be appreciated.

 

Does slipping the Lynx in and out of the pouchbag favour the screen collecting dust, maybe?

 

Or should I fill all the holes from inside with something like http://www.hmcelectronics.com/product/GE-Silicones/RTV108 , probably going to a PC repair shop asking for a tiny tube of something like this, or is this totally out of the question?

[zoltan]

I have exactly the same problem. Those damn dust pieces are so annoying. But are you sure that the problem is with the rubber band between screen and screen lid ? Because I thought that the main problem is the area around the sound volume and contrast changer wheel (those two little wheels on the top of the console that you can change the level of brightness and volume with). Because there are a pretty big gap around the wheels, I can even look inside a little bit, and that space looks more than enough for the dust to be able to penetrate in the console. My idea is to reduce those gaps to as small as the wheels still work but there will be no more space around them.

[Atari_afternoon]

Thank you for your reply.

But are you sure that the problem is with the rubber band between screen and screen lid ?

Not really sure. I imagined that if, then this would be the loophole.

 

Is there a reasonable way to make the spaces at the brightness and volume wheels as small as possible? Maybe some very soft rubber or foam inside?

 

Or would it be better to not use the Lynx pouchbag, with its frequent slipping in and out, which from my experience is a rather ususual way to keep any console stored, maybe this adds some electrostatics to the Lynx?

Edited December 18, 2011 by Atari_afternoon

[zoltan]

Well, I am thinking to use small pieces of foams inside the Lynx around the wheels, I hope it will work. But to be honest I have never taken apart the Lynx, I hope I won't damage it anywhere. You said that you have already taken apart it and cleaned it twice: is it possible to put the two rubber handles back perfectly, or they will never fit the same way as the do new?

About the pouch bag, maybe you are right but the thing is that I don't really have anything else to store my Lynx in and carry it around ( I have a big metal box for storing my other Lynx which is in perfect condition and I never use, but it is way to big to carry it with myself all the time) .

[Atari_afternoon]

The rubber bands need a few drops of glue, that´s all. No visible signs, and they hold back again perfectly. You only need to lift the first few and last centimetres to reach the screws below, not the whole rubber handles, yet they snap off easily and are as easily fitted back in (on a Lynx II).

Before the pouchbag I used a DVD carrying zip-case, roughly DIN A4-format, with the inlays for the DVDs cut out; now I use that for my GameGear

I would like the official Lynx carrying case but it´s always 2-3 times as expensive (with p+p) as the Lynx was.

 

Coincidentally, I´m having the same problem now with my PSP! Just my luck.

[A_Locomotive]

The rubber bands need a few drops of glue, that´s all. No visible signs, and they hold back again perfectly. You only need to lift the first few and last centimetres to reach the screws below, not the whole rubber handles, yet they snap off easily and are as easily fitted back in (on a Lynx II).

Before the pouchbag I used a DVD carrying zip-case, roughly DIN A4-format, with the inlays for the DVDs cut out; now I use that for my GameGear

I would like the official Lynx carrying case but it´s always 2-3 times as expensive (with p+p) as the Lynx was.

 

Coincidentally, I´m having the same problem now with my PSP! Just my luck.

 

The Lynx carrying cases are very nice and worth the money, got mine for I think $25 brand new. Its much smaller then it looks in photos and is very well padded.

 

Your getting dust behind the screen on your PSP? What sort of case do you have it in? Now I'm paranoid about mine. My original Nintendo DS has a huge problem with dust in the upper screen, sadly i have had no luck in finding a guide on taking it apart so I can clean it. :/

[+save2600]

Static charge can build up on those acrylic/plastic screens attracting even more dust. Maybe try cleaning the entire unit as well as both sides of the screen with something like Novus? Anti-static properties and with a microfiber cloth, should not scratch or otherwise mar your screen...

[Atari_afternoon]

Your getting dust behind the screen on your PSP? What sort of case do you have it in? Now I'm paranoid about mine. My original Nintendo DS has a huge problem with dust in the upper screen, sadly i have had no luck in finding a guide on taking it apart so I can clean it. :/

The aluminium case that´s padded inside - but I got the PSP second hand and the first owner already had that 5 pixel big grain of dust in the middle of the screen. I´m gradually getting used to it but I have already ordered a fitting screwdriver...

Right about the DS. With the first one I had that, too, but ultimately ignored it. Its upper screen does not seem to be able to be taken apart with hobbyinst´s means.

People tell me just to disregard it and not bother to open the PSP but why if it´s possible. Tutorials show how it´s done, it will take half an hour approximately and if it were not for 2 very tight screws I´d already have done it days ago.

 

Right about the antistatic fluid...I will definitely think of this. And whenever I come across a Lynx carrying case I´ll be happy to buy that, too

Edited December 22, 2011 by Atari_afternoon