Gaming Mega Man L and R hell.

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Like many others, the Mega Man series have caused us near completely broken L/R buttons. And I hear it's because of dust.

Why does the L and R buttons start working for a bit after you blow it? If it's dust, does that mean if I take off the cover, i can literally remove the dust and just put it back on? Since if it's dust, your L and R not working means that the dust just landed?
 
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ZPE said:
Does blowing actually work? It hasn't for me, the R button gets stuck and I'm sure it's because of wear and tear or maybe the spring.

I blew under the L and R buttons and it works - but only for a while.
 

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Whats Nintendo's problem with dust. My Wii can't read Dual-Layer discs anymore (Thank god for USB loading!).
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I am r4ymond said:
ZPE said:
Does blowing actually work? It hasn't for me, the R button gets stuck and I'm sure it's because of wear and tear or maybe the spring.

I blew under the L and R buttons and it works - but only for a while.

Perhaps I have a different issue then. @PyroSpark: You do know that you can change the control settings in game though right?
 

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You can also verify if it's only the triggers who are broken. In this case, maybe a replacement can fix the problem.
 

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So has my theory been tried before? (on the buttons that work by blowing?)

Edit: Yes, I know that. But a button's a button.
 

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PyroSpark said:
Like many others, the Mega Man series have caused us near completely broken L/R buttons. And I hear it's because of dust.

Why does the L and R buttons start working for a bit after you blow it? If it's dust, does that mean if I take off the cover, i can literally remove the dust and just put it back on? Since if it's dust, your L and R not working means that the dust just landed?
Technically, yes, but it's way easier to give it a good blow.
 

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Overlord Nadrian said:
PyroSpark said:
Like many others, the Mega Man series have caused us near completely broken L/R buttons. And I hear it's because of dust.

Why does the L and R buttons start working for a bit after you blow it? If it's dust, does that mean if I take off the cover, i can literally remove the dust and just put it back on? Since if it's dust, your L and R not working means that the dust just landed?
Technically, yes, but it's way easier to give it a good blow.

True but considering an hourly rate for that, a standard licensed repair would probably be cheaper.
 

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Since I already had this problem... Twice...
I need to put something to stuck the button...

Somebody should release a guide on how to open a DS (Fat, Lite and/or I) and show how to clean or fix the buttons since a lot of people can't afford all the trouble to send it to nintendo pay 50+ bucks etc etc
 

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N-TG said:
Since I already had this problem... Twice...
I need to put something to stuck the button...

Somebody should release a guide on how to open a DS (Fat, Lite and/or I) and show how to clean or fix the buttons since a lot of people can't afford all the trouble to send it to nintendo pay 50+ bucks etc etc

For the GBA, SP, and original DS, it's easy (if you have a soldering iron). Just desolder the existing buttons and solder some slain ole tact switches in there and cut off the extra two legs.
 

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