roryjr Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 If I pop the cart open to get it out, will it easily go back together? Help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 (edited) If I pop the cart open to get it out, will it easily go back together? Help. Probably old, but I'll answer anyway. All 1st party Atari carts have a Phillips screw underneath the label. You can feel around for a circular indent and that is where the screw is. Penetrate the label with a small phillips screwdriver to remove the screw. You will have to poke a hole in the pretty label as there is no other way to open the cart. A couple of 30+ years old Atari carts I've had to open in order to deep clean to get working again have a screw hole in the original label, but most were pretty ratty to start with. Edited October 2, 2013 by stardust4ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roryjr Posted October 2, 2013 Author Share Posted October 2, 2013 Thanks. I had posted this elsewhere and got an answer with pictures. The pictures were too late to keep the hole small, since I was desperate to get it out. I was trying to turn the square hole in the middle because I tore the smallest hole possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maiki Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) It happened to me today so I lost the label. Nevermid, I will make a better one myself, to fit the Junior console better. But those tutorials over here are absolutely confusing. I had to study some pictures and cart itself. Just press the shell with the label on one edge near the connector until it starts to separate and then gently use the flat screwdriver to separate along the whole one side. No squeezing, turning and forcing as described! The second side will come off without screwdriver. To put cartridge back start with the spring shell as seen on the picture. First install the spring, then the flap inside the connector frame and put this combo inside the shell fixing the spring to the flap as seen on the picture. Then install the board and close with the second shell it just clicks together easily. BTW to clean the label use isopropanol. I just comes off itself in a dozen of seconds. I was messing with hot water and all that and no luck even after half an hour. Isopropalon is the way. Edited January 27, 2017 by maiki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 An old fashioned big SD card has some advantages for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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