I recently bought a TurboDuo, and I've been a little put off by reading about all the problems that commonly occur with this system. It's gotten me thinking about taking steps to preserve some of my other rapidly aging systems. Stuff like the Atari 2600 essentially lasts forever as long as the contacts don't rust... but anything with moving parts like a CD drive is going to die a whole hell of a lot faster. So does anyone perform any regular maintenance on their systems?
Seems to me that it would be a good idea to open them up regularly to clean the lens and grease the rails that the lens slides on, as well as any other gears or screws that drive it... but how often should this be done? Maybe ever 5 years or so? What kind of cleaning supplies work best for this?
--Zero