ESX pads hard to trigger

supermel74 · Post by **supermel74** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:02 pm

Ok. The white plastic piece detaches from the green main board, correct?

sohatyi · Post by **sohatyi** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:04 pm

I think there's an inner to the ribbon connector that just pops out

supermel74 · Post by **supermel74** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:11 pm

Ok. Just to make sure I know what you mean. You're saying I pull the small ribbon out from inside the white connector?

sohatyi · Post by **sohatyi** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:13 pm

Pull gently, I think it kind of pops out. Don't force it

supermel74 · Post by **supermel74** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:27 pm

It doesn't seem like it wants to come out and I think I almost tore it. I can get to the contacts by just gently standing the board on it's side though so I'm not going to press my luck trying to remove it any further. One more question and then I should be good. What are the contact points exactly? Is it the gold traces around where the buttons go?

sohatyi · Post by **sohatyi** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:25 pm

Yes, the gold squiggles are the contacts.

supermel74 · Post by **supermel74** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:29 pm

Awesome. Thanks for all the helpful posts. I haven't got the contact stuff yet but when it's all said and done I'll post the results.

sohatyi · Post by **sohatyi** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:06 pm

Just to be clear, you paint the underside of the buttons, not the contacts on the motherboard.

supermel74 · Post by **supermel74** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 11:15 pm

Gotcha

Sclr · Post by **Sclr** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:00 am

Might as well Swab the gold contacts with some contact cleaner while you are at it. Caigs contact cleaner or radio shack tv contact cleaner. Light amount on a qtip.

sohatyi · Post by **sohatyi** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:12 am

Sclr wrote:Might as well Swab the gold contacts with some contact cleaner while you are at it. Caigs contact cleaner or radio shack tv contact cleaner. Light amount on a qtip.

Yes, from experience, it really is worthwhile. The coating that's on the stock buttons rubs away onto the contacts and coats them in a bit of a film. A gentle cleaning in the way you suggested brought off quite a bit of unwanted gunk.