430 Dashboard gauge lights not working

Everything else in the car works, and all interior lights… Only the gauge lights aren’t working. I’ll admit, I haven’t driven the car in the dark in over a year, so who knows how long it’s been broken.

I checked the two fuses in the frunk, they’re fine. I’m fearing it’s most likely the light panel itself in the dash. I found a replacement on eBay and ordered it just in case - it wasn’t expensive, and I figure these things are getting harder to find anyway…

So my two questions are:
1. Anyone else have an idea on what to check for?
2. Assuming it’s the light panel itself, anyone have good instructions on removing the dash cluster?

 

Awesome, cool tip about the ol’ reboot. I’ll be sure to try that first.

I didn’t see much obvious variation from the listing themselves for the different CL panels. I found one listing for a F430 panel that was $200, and then a listing for the 360 which was $120 with the exact same model number. So I suspect if there’s a different one for the 360CS, that hopefully that’s the exception and not what I bought… Although honestly, at this point, I’d just like to know what speed I’m doing at night… I really don’t care about the illumination besides the functional aspect of not getting myself into trouble. Lol

Do you buy any chance know how many screws I’m looking for? I see two for the pod, and then the clips. But for the cluster itself… I think there are two above once the pod is off, and I’m assuming I’ll find two on the bottom somewhere? Any others?