STICH666 Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Well I just opened my Halo Edition Xbox that I bought from my friend and it's loaded with dead cockroaches and a dried yellow substance that smells like chlorine (you guessed it). I'm gonna post some pics once I find my camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamerz Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Well I just opened my Halo Edition Xbox that I bought from my friend and it's loaded with dead cockroaches and a dried yellow substance that smells like chlorine (you guessed it). I'm gonna post some pics once I find my camera. Ummm...pics not nessessary...we can take your word for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOTHCLAWZ Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I found some sticky stuff on the bottom of my [PAL] DOOM SNES cartridge once, but other than that I take too much good care of my stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I haven't found much nasty stuff in consoles, but the nastiest thing I found in a classic electronic device was when I picked up a 1025 printer at a flea market back in the early 90s, brought it home, and cleaned it only to find a mummified fried chicken wing with BBQ sauce on it. Bleh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STICH666 Posted April 26, 2009 Author Share Posted April 26, 2009 (edited) I haven't found much nasty stuff in consoles, but the nastiest thing I found in a classic electronic device was when I picked up a 1025 printer at a flea market back in the early 90s, brought it home, and cleaned it only to find a mummified fried chicken wing with BBQ sauce on it. Bleh! Nasty!! How bad did it smell and what color did it turn. Edited April 26, 2009 by STICH666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Just recently I opened up a Genesis 2 console to check it out and stuff, and someone had puked inside it. Very nasty, and it was all dried and caked over the mainboard-- I decided not to try to fix that one. Smelled like bile and had turned hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuppicide Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Not console, but computer. Someone brought a computer into Best Buy for repair with dead cockroaches. It was under warranty, but they sent it back saying they won't touch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickled_Pink Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Had to open my ST once to clean out cat puke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdement Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Just recently I opened up a Genesis 2 console to check it out and stuff, and someone had puked inside it. Very nasty, and it was all dried and caked over the mainboard-- I decided not to try to fix that one. Smelled like bile and had turned hard. I came very close to vomiting on my Genesis way back then. I missed though, so it's not mine. This happened shortly after the scene in "Alien" where it burst through the guy's chest. My friend never let me live that down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 (edited) Well, at work (not a console...) I found a half eaten milk-bone dog biscuit inside a PC Guy at my last job tells a story of how he forgot a sandwich in a PC Edited April 26, 2009 by Inky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaytonaUSA Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Spider webs and spider eggs are very common in abandoned systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 The nastiest console I have seen is a PS1 I got for its laser unit. It's got grime in most, if not all, the vents. By far, though, I've seen nastier stuff: Mario Golf for Game Boy color - Soda pop spilled into cart and the board was stuck to the back case by the pop. I cleaned it all up and it worked, and I still have it. Mortal Kombat 1 for Game Gear - I opened this and was greeted by two dead worm like creatures. They had orange and black stripes running lengthwise, and each was about half an inch long. They weren't earthworms, but they might have been baby millipedes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coleconut Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Not 100% on topic but reminds me of back in about 1990 when I got my first job in IT. Someone's PC at work was misbehaving so we opened 'er up to find a mouse nest in it. Word started to spread with other users so our glorious team leader went out and bought a powerful vaccuum and advertised that our swat team would come around and do a thorough cleaning of everyone's PC. First customer, my colleague opened up the PC and merrily vaccuumed up a half-dozen jumpers off the motherboard. Were talking some noname clone XT or 286 machine here, no docs, no idea where the jumpers came from, how many, etc. Toast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeropolis79 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 I got a second hand N64 once as a spare but it kept rattling so after I dug out my 'computer repair' toolkit, I opened it up and found £20 in one pound coins! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STICH666 Posted April 28, 2009 Author Share Posted April 28, 2009 (edited) I got a second hand N64 once as a spare but it kept rattling so after I dug out my 'computer repair' toolkit, I opened it up and found £20 in one pound coins! :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: Who did you get it from? Edited April 28, 2009 by STICH666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeropolis79 Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Got it over the car boot sale for £4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Cleaning old school computer keyboards is pretty nasty. I've avoided worse stuff thankfully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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