Oh dear. What have I done?

Atari

Atari

Atari

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Hi all,

To cut a long, silly story short:

I've accidently broken the wires on the power/reset switches for my Praetorian :( I tried to re-solder them, but made even more of a mess, resulting in physically breaking one of the contact legs on the reset switch.

Where woud I possibly be able to get a replacement from? I've checked the CM Parts Shop, and unfortunately, they've barely got any parts for the Praetorian /cry.

Any help is appreciated.
 
I would have done that, except one of the power switch leads has come loose. I'm actually scared to try and solder it back on.

Damned Akasa Paxmate. I only took my case apart to try and remove this terrible terrible stuff :o :p

Edit: Whilst I'm on the subject of Akasa Paxmate, I took some pics of the removal process to help anyone else with this stuff. It took me about 15 minutes to remove an area the size of the bottom of my Praetorian. I'll upload pics if anyone wants to see :)
 
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Yewen said:
If you cover postage both ways I will happily have a go at it for you. :)

If you want me to take a look at the switch I may be able to do something with it, or may have on about the place that has an issue with it not making contact every time, but better than nothing if I can find it. (small, so probably lost it!)

If you want me to take a look at either switch just drop me an email. :)
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Thanks very much, that's mighty generous of you Yewen :D I'll let you know in a few days, I've got a re-sit exam tomorrow so it probably won't be until Monday til I get an answer to you. I might even just sell the case in its current state and pickup something better.

Just been playing around with them, and it seems that the power switch has started to make the 'clicking' noise when it's pressed. The reset switch does it, but you have to push the metal pins back into the housing as best you can before it does it.
 
Yewen said:
Well if it needs a new home aswell just drop me an email. :p

Just post up or email me if you want me to and we can arrange something. :)

Good luck with the exam, don't spend all the time thinking about the reset switch...
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Haha I probably will end up doing just that. Or worse, drawing out detailed diagrams of what the problem is with the switch, and attempting to explain possible solutions for it. When I really should be writing some C++ code to draw a line across the screen :D

I've sent you a mail to your ocukmods.co.uk account :) .
 
The new Praetorian is ugly in comparison with the old one. The cooling might be better on it, but I prefer aesthetics to cooling. That's probably because I run an ancient rig in mine, so cooling doesn't even matter to me rofl :p .

Still contemplating selling this one though, I quite like the look of the V1000. Ideally, something small, but good to look at :D

Edit: CM got back to me via email, they've got the switches so I've asked Robby to send me a set over :D CM customer service ***.
 
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