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Some shots of the disassembly process. A Phillips screwdriver, T6 bit and a steady hand are all that's needed to get this thing open.
I flipped up the board and immediately figured out what's going on. As you can see, the shaft of the A button is stuck inside a small hole in the rubber membrane. We'll need to put something small between the two to keep this from happening again in the future
Here's what I came up with: a very thin slice of electrical tape rolled into a cylinder. It fits snuggly in the A button hole and should provide some resistance for repeated button presses (I hope)
Now, let's get this thing put back together and see if there's been any improvement!