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Atari 5200 Entertainment System Power Button Replacement

Device	Atari 5200
Difficulty	Easy
Time	15 - 20 minutes
Steps	4

This guide is by Alan Abelson on iFixit and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0. ByteRot mirrors it for non-commercial preservation: formatting changed and photos resized for old browsers; full-size photos and the text are on the FTP in /DOCS/REPAIR. Original guide >>

If your Atari Entertainment System has a power button that needs to be repaired, this guide will take you step-by-step on how to gain access to the power button in order to repair it.

Tools: Phillips #0 Screwdriver

Parts: Replacement Atari Power Button

Step 1

• Gently flip the Atari Entertainment System over. You'll see 7 screws holding the system together. Use a philips head screw driver to remove all seven screws.
• Pictured above is the Atari 5200 upside down. The orange edited circles over all 7 screws.

Step 2

• Gently flip the Atari Entertainment System over to the front side. Remove the top.

Step 3

• There are orange objects on the side of the system's top, pinch them.
• CAUTION: If the triangles cannot be gripped, push the power button on the opposite side. This will lift the triangle to give access to easier grip.

Step 4

• The Power button can now be removed/clean/replaced.
• CAUTION: Be sure to keep an eye on the spring.

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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