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Expert help needed taking apart a Lynx I
Started by +Retrofit+11, Mar 15 2011 12:23 AM
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Posted Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:23 AM
I am new here to Atari age and a new Atari Lynx owner. I have an old Lynx 1 from ebay that has a beautiful screen display. However, the screen cover and body look like a 800 lb gorilla got a hold of it and ......... I wanted to take the cover (body) from a good looking non working Lynx 1 I have and use it for the beautiful screen display Lynx 1 I bought from ebay. Before I swap out the internals of the good Lynx into the good looking body of the dead Lynx I wanted some expert advise. I have seen pictures of it taken apart and it seems simple enough. *** One thing I did notice is that the red and white wires underneath the battery cover are soldered to the circuit board. Is there any way of disconnecting them. I Could use some EXPERT help and steps on the best way to take apart my Lynx 1 before actually opening it up. Please Help.
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Posted Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:03 AM
There really is not anything to know. You remove the 4 screws from the back and the lynx opens. Then you can move the guts over to the other unit.
Be careful of the 2 different types of lynx I units. There is one with a round joypad and one with a cross joypad. They dont really just swap over to each other as the main board has different clearance holes for the different types of joypads. I made it work by clipping off the pins on the joypad plastic but they are used to locate the rubber piece under the joypad. I use 2 tiny dabs of super glue to hold the rubber in the right place before i put it all back together.
Be careful of the 2 different types of lynx I units. There is one with a round joypad and one with a cross joypad. They dont really just swap over to each other as the main board has different clearance holes for the different types of joypads. I made it work by clipping off the pins on the joypad plastic but they are used to locate the rubber piece under the joypad. I use 2 tiny dabs of super glue to hold the rubber in the right place before i put it all back together.
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Posted Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:10 PM
Official Ninja, on Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:03 AM, said:
There really is not anything to know. You remove the 4 screws from the back and the lynx opens. Then you can move the guts over to the other unit.
Be careful of the 2 different types of lynx I units. There is one with a round joypad and one with a cross joypad. They dont really just swap over to each other as the main board has different clearance holes for the different types of joypads. I made it work by clipping off the pins on the joypad plastic but they are used to locate the rubber piece under the joypad. I use 2 tiny dabs of super glue to hold the rubber in the right place before i put it all back together.
Be careful of the 2 different types of lynx I units. There is one with a round joypad and one with a cross joypad. They dont really just swap over to each other as the main board has different clearance holes for the different types of joypads. I made it work by clipping off the pins on the joypad plastic but they are used to locate the rubber piece under the joypad. I use 2 tiny dabs of super glue to hold the rubber in the right place before i put it all back together.
**** What about the red and white battery wires that are soldered on to the Circuit board?? Are they easy to disconnect from the battery bay??? I will be working with the Lynx 1 model that both have the round joypad. Hit me back please and thanks.
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Posted Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:34 AM
+Retrofit+11, on Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:10 PM, said:
Official Ninja, on Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:03 AM, said:
There really is not anything to know. You remove the 4 screws from the back and the lynx opens. Then you can move the guts over to the other unit.
Be careful of the 2 different types of lynx I units. There is one with a round joypad and one with a cross joypad. They dont really just swap over to each other as the main board has different clearance holes for the different types of joypads. I made it work by clipping off the pins on the joypad plastic but they are used to locate the rubber piece under the joypad. I use 2 tiny dabs of super glue to hold the rubber in the right place before i put it all back together.
Be careful of the 2 different types of lynx I units. There is one with a round joypad and one with a cross joypad. They dont really just swap over to each other as the main board has different clearance holes for the different types of joypads. I made it work by clipping off the pins on the joypad plastic but they are used to locate the rubber piece under the joypad. I use 2 tiny dabs of super glue to hold the rubber in the right place before i put it all back together.
**** What about the red and white battery wires that are soldered on to the Circuit board?? Are they easy to disconnect from the battery bay??? I will be working with the Lynx 1 model that both have the round joypad. Hit me back please and thanks.
sorry for the delayed reply! That whole battery tray can be pulled off the back and moved to the other case.
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Posted Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:28 PM
Official Ninja, on Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:34 AM, said:
+Retrofit+11, on Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:10 PM, said:
Official Ninja, on Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:03 AM, said:
There really is not anything to know. You remove the 4 screws from the back and the lynx opens. Then you can move the guts over to the other unit.
Be careful of the 2 different types of lynx I units. There is one with a round joypad and one with a cross joypad. They dont really just swap over to each other as the main board has different clearance holes for the different types of joypads. I made it work by clipping off the pins on the joypad plastic but they are used to locate the rubber piece under the joypad. I use 2 tiny dabs of super glue to hold the rubber in the right place before i put it all back together.
Be careful of the 2 different types of lynx I units. There is one with a round joypad and one with a cross joypad. They dont really just swap over to each other as the main board has different clearance holes for the different types of joypads. I made it work by clipping off the pins on the joypad plastic but they are used to locate the rubber piece under the joypad. I use 2 tiny dabs of super glue to hold the rubber in the right place before i put it all back together.
**** What about the red and white battery wires that are soldered on to the Circuit board?? Are they easy to disconnect from the battery bay??? I will be working with the Lynx 1 model that both have the round joypad. Hit me back please and thanks.
sorry for the delayed reply! That whole battery tray can be pulled off the back and moved to the other case.
O.k. What if I wanted the new circuit board only inside the new case and wanted to use the better looking back. In other words, the battery tray that the awesome circuit board is attached to looks like garbage and I wanted to transfer the good circuit board into a new looking atari lynx case (Both back and front case).
***The red and white cables from the ugly beat up battery tray are soldered on to the good circuit board. Will I be able to disconnect these wires (AND HOW) in order to put the good circuit board into a beautiful battery tray and also front cover of the good looking Lynx I have. Thank u so much for responding and taking the time.. I Love the Atari Lynx.. Last time I had one was when I was 12yrs old.
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Posted Mon Mar 21, 2011 5:06 AM
+Retrofit+11, on Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:28 PM, said:
Official Ninja, on Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:34 AM, said:
+Retrofit+11, on Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:10 PM, said:
Official Ninja, on Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:03 AM, said:
There really is not anything to know. You remove the 4 screws from the back and the lynx opens. Then you can move the guts over to the other unit.
Be careful of the 2 different types of lynx I units. There is one with a round joypad and one with a cross joypad. They dont really just swap over to each other as the main board has different clearance holes for the different types of joypads. I made it work by clipping off the pins on the joypad plastic but they are used to locate the rubber piece under the joypad. I use 2 tiny dabs of super glue to hold the rubber in the right place before i put it all back together.
Be careful of the 2 different types of lynx I units. There is one with a round joypad and one with a cross joypad. They dont really just swap over to each other as the main board has different clearance holes for the different types of joypads. I made it work by clipping off the pins on the joypad plastic but they are used to locate the rubber piece under the joypad. I use 2 tiny dabs of super glue to hold the rubber in the right place before i put it all back together.
**** What about the red and white battery wires that are soldered on to the Circuit board?? Are they easy to disconnect from the battery bay??? I will be working with the Lynx 1 model that both have the round joypad. Hit me back please and thanks.
sorry for the delayed reply! That whole battery tray can be pulled off the back and moved to the other case.
O.k. What if I wanted the new circuit board only inside the new case and wanted to use the better looking back. In other words, the battery tray that the awesome circuit board is attached to looks like garbage and I wanted to transfer the good circuit board into a new looking atari lynx case (Both back and front case).
***The red and white cables from the ugly beat up battery tray are soldered on to the good circuit board. Will I be able to disconnect these wires (AND HOW) in order to put the good circuit board into a beautiful battery tray and also front cover of the good looking Lynx I have. Thank u so much for responding and taking the time.. I Love the Atari Lynx.. Last time I had one was when I was 12yrs old.
If you want to use a new battery tray you can simply unsolder the wires. Use an iron to heat the solder on the board and gently pull the wire out of the solder.
Then resolder the wires from the new tray in the same spots. Just make sure you put the right color wires where they are supposed to go.
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