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Cleaning? How Do You Do?
wiggy:
Apples & oranges.
Polygon:
The only real reason to open the game to clean it would be if the contacts were quite corroded and you need to take Brasso or steel wool to them. Otherwise I don't see the point.
Dravenae:
--- Quote from: wiggy on May 21, 2013, 08:31:57 PM ---Huh?
Sorry man, I don't get what you're after. You wanna clean something that never needs to be cleaned? Cleaning the inside of a game that's sealed from the outside world makes no sense to me, and you can't expose the contacts any more than they already are.
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I'm not talking about the circuit board, I'm taking about the contact area. If you take a look at the contacts, you'll notice little black/dark grey pins running along side them, there not flush to the board so dirt can get stuck under them, and just below the contacts, there's little grooves that dirt can get into. I can't explain it any better than that to be honest man.
Fuck it, in all honesty it doesn't really matter, and I can't be bothered to explain it again, lol.
Polygon:
I see what you're saying. The contacts aren't flush with the PCB so there are groves between each contact and crud could collect in there.
Dravenae:
--- Quote from: Polygon on May 22, 2013, 12:27:30 PM ---I see what you're saying. The contacts aren't flush with the PCB so there are groves between each contact and crud could collect in there.
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This. With the games I bought new, this is a non issue, but with second hand games, and non collectors generally being grimey bastards, when I buy second hand, this becomes a problem. Its the same reason we all take apart our carts to give them a thorough cleaning, and it just bugs me that I can't do that with DS cartridges.
Polygon gets me! I like Polygon, I'd buy you a pint bro!