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Your Best tips to preserve your consoles

  • 28-03-2015 8:02pm
    #1
    djsim101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 589 ✭✭✭


    This got me thinking, what tricks do we use to best look after your little plastic friends, besides not using them and keeping them in a box, that doesn't count.

    Just wondering, do ye hoover , dust regularly? My jaguar is acting up a bit lately and was wondering was it due to leaving the cart in the slot of weeks on end..

    Any thoughts?


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  • #2
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,679 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Formaldehyde....

    No wait, that's dead bodies....

    ERM, regular dusting and using a vacuum cleaner to get dust from inside as well.
    Not being afraid to replace consumable items, like laser assemblies and contact pads in controllers will also ensure a longer live for your stuff.

    Myrddin has links to sites that sell spares I think, perfect for keeping them all ticking like clockwork.


  • #3
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,906 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    If you've a lot of consoles/systems in storage make sure to power them up from time to time as they need that to survive the long years :)
    Also, don't leave batteries inside anything thats not going to be used for a long time.


  • #4
    salamanca22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,179 ✭✭✭salamanca22


    Vacuum cleaners create static charge when dust particles are rubbed against the tubing. This can cause a static spark to arc to some components on a pcb and cause some damage. I would always recommend using canned air instead of a vacuum cleaner or using a static free vacuum cleaner which are not cheap!

    The risk is low but it is still very much there.


  • #5
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    Steve X2 wrote: »
    If you've a lot of consoles/systems in storage make sure to power them up from time to time as they need that to survive the long years :)
    Also, don't leave batteries inside anything thats not going to be used for a long time.

    heard it's also a good idea to have two, then you only have to have each one out in the open half the time.


  • #6
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,906 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    the groutch wrote: »
    heard it's also a good idea to have two, then you only have to have each one out in the open half the time.

    You got that right :)


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  • #7
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,669 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    Play them as often as possible is my tip. Nothing lasts forever so enjoy them while you can. :)


  • #8
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,679 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Andrew76 wrote: »
    Play them as often as possible is my tip. Nothing lasts forever so enjoy them while you can. :)

    Here here!

    Play not display!


  • #9
    djsim101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 589 ✭✭✭djsim101


    Was reading there that PCB components generally should last in the region of 25 - 30 years. That means I haven't long left in my Atari \ C64. That makes me sad :-) I suppose cart based consoles should last a bit longer as they have no moving parts like disc based consoles.

    Fast forward 30 years and I wonder how many of us 1) are still around and 2) how many of our consoles (containing original parts) will still be working.

    As stated before, enjoy them while they are still working and buy multiple copies for spare parts just incase:)


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