Cleaning the Mother Board.

[Atari Master]

Anyone know how to clean that green board inside the 2600 out?I wanted to clean it with a wet rag but I did't.

 

I just want to know cuz i'm gonna go in and try to fix it since it dosent work.

[DanBoris]

First, DON't use a wet (with water) rag.

 

You really don't need to do an over all cleaning of the board, there are certain key areas that need to be cleaned.

 

If it's just dusty blow it off 'manually', or with some canned air, or an air compressor. Next clean the cartridge slot with some alchohol. The best way I have seen suggested to do this is to wrap a tissue or paper towel around a thin piece of cardboard and wet that with alchohol.

 

Finally you can clean bad connections between the chips and thier sockets by very carefully removing and re-inserting each chip.

 

These tips will solve many problems with the 2600.

 

Dan

[liveinabin]

Ataris are pretty tough though, so you're unlikely to wreck it.

[Atari Master]

Mine must have never been to tough since it wont work at all.