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| GamingTheSystems:
I once got a 2600 from a flea market. When I got it home I couldn't get it to work. I took it apart I found a few dead roaches along with a lot of dirt. The roaches looked like they died a long time ago. I cleaned everything up, and to my amazement, it powered on and worked great. |
| thecrypticodor:
I recently picked up a ColecoVision although not as disgusting as that PS3 was still pretty grody. It and the games included with it was $40 including the shipping. The only reason I bought it was for an included copy of Up N Down, which goes for $40+ easily just by itself. I didn't have any expectations that the console would be salvageable aside from it's controllers, and If it turned out to be unfixable than Up N Down alone would easily justify the purchase.The other three games included were mystery games which turned out to be all commons (Qbert, DK, SMURF) which is pretty much what I figured they'd be. The ebay listing picture One of the joysticks had a hole bunch of some kind of sticky crud inside it that was a dark purple color which I assume was ancient grape jelly that some kid somehow managed to cram inside it. The console was filthy and It must have been stored in a damp basement because a lot of the metal structures including the RF shielding and modulator had had quite a bit of rust on them. I sanded off all the rust off cleaned the motherboard and case and replaced all the electrolytic caps and re-flowed all the solder joints on the board. Cleaned and rebuilt the power switch ( a common point of failure for the CV) and It fired right up after all that. ;D The end result. I hated having to remove the service sticker but it was falling off and completely filthy and stained and just looked terrible so I just to removed it. Since I was already in there I also composite modified it. 8) |
| bikingjahuty:
I know someone who had live roaches come out of a N64 they purchased off of CL. Yeah, old gaming consoles and even games can be a haven for bugs. It is good to clean them out outside just in case they are infested or have dead bugs like your PS1. As someone said, PS1s are cheap and easy to find, so you did the right thing. If it were something like Sega CDX or 3DO I'd probably put the elbow grease into cleaning it, but still, not sure if could deal with roaches or bedbugs. . . |
| ffxik:
thecryticodor. That was one hell of a save. Looks brand new. |
| burningdoom:
--- Quote from: ffxik on January 05, 2014, 02:09:55 pm ---thecryticodor. That was one hell of a save. Looks brand new. --- End quote --- Indeed! :o |
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