UPDATE: Duo-R CD Drive not dead. Bad controller port.

[rolins]

Does the screw look like a 6-pointed star but hollow in the center? Last time I opened a Duo-R I had to buy sercurity torx bits from Fry's Electronics - Torx Bits-Selector by Wiha.

Or this set.  It's dirt cheap, especially if you can pick it up locally.

Thanks for sharing never heard of this place. They even have unibits for $15, wow awesome definitely a must buy.

[Ninja Spirit]

Yikes! My soldering iron's a 30 watt! 


This is a cell phone pic of the screw, there's also a little piece sticking up in the middle.

Problem Number 2: (Video)
Art of Fighting crashes during the intro right after Ryo punches Jack. The LED light goes out right along with it. Yet when I open the CD Lid, the disc is still spinning at full speed. No abnormal noises or anything.
http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/Oldschoolage/?action=view&current=011709_184900.flv

Just a note about prob#2,

I've also had issues with AoF during the load screen where it can either (1) take an extraordinarily long time, (2) get stuck middle of loading, (3) the loading jump screen "jumps" back up to the right side, as if it's retrying to read (and thus leading back to problem 1).

I heard this particular problem from other users as well.

Yeah I also noticed that after Todo's silhouette comes off the screen, instead of going straight to the match, there's also an extra loading screen with a chibi Ryo running around

[rolins]

Yikes! It's a 30 watt! 

A 30watt iron will suffice, just don't leave it on the pcb for more than 2 sec at a time. If you can exchange it for a 15w or at least a 25w iron.

[Ninja Spirit]

Thanks for the help y'all, as easy as you guys say it is, I'm still a bit afraid.

Might as well learn now, cause I'm highly considering getting into building custom joysticks

[Platinumfungi]

A "Hollow Torx" (size 10) bit does the trick. That set Necromancer posted has it in there, among others, and really is a good variety set. I bought a set a few years back and now wonder how I ever did without them.

As per that soldering iron - for general everyday pcb work I'd recommend a 15W iron. A 30W will be nice to have when you need more heat to work on larger components though.