View Full Version : My $38.00 XBox Anyone else have something similar happen?
FooFighter
02-13-2005, 07:57 PM
So today I 'm driving through my neighborhood on the way home when I pass a house that has its garbage cans out by the street. Next to the garbage cans on the sidewalk is an x-box. :eek 2:
Now I'm not normally a dumpster diver, but it is an X-Box!!!
Anyway I stop and pick it up and it is clean and in good shape. It has the power cable the rca connectors and the reciever for the remote control plugged into it. There were no controllers or a remote.
I get it home and hook it up and it works great except for the typical disk read error and the DVD tray sticks shut. I opened up the DVD and gave it a good cleaning to no avail.
So today I ordered a new DVD drive on E-Bay for $38.00 shipped . Thus my $38.00 XBox :D
Anyone else ever had a similar thing happen?
MegaDrive20XX
02-13-2005, 08:00 PM
Which proves to this day...."One man's trash, is another man's treasure!"
Congrats on the find! :)
Slate
02-13-2005, 08:01 PM
I rescued A Gameboy from a dumpster- Turns out all that was wrong with it was that it was rained on. It needed drained. it works great now!
VACRMH
02-13-2005, 08:01 PM
Yep! Last summer while my dad and I went yard sale hopping he spotted something small and white on the road.
"It's a dreamcast! Stop."
Sure enough, bare bones dreamcast... although it doesn't work very well... maybe I should look into fixing it.
PDorr3
02-13-2005, 08:18 PM
"It's a dreamcast! Stop."
that is hilarious LOL
tholly
02-13-2005, 08:37 PM
"It's a dreamcast! Stop."
.....and then we got rear ended for slamming on our breaks on a busy road and a free DC that doesn't work great that we could have got for $20 at EB cost us $2000 in car repairs.....sweet....
dreamcaster
02-13-2005, 08:38 PM
"It's a dreamcast! Stop."
that is hilarious LOL
*dreamcaster considers making an "I Brake for Dreamcasts" bumper sticker*
VACRMH
02-13-2005, 08:42 PM
"It's a dreamcast! Stop."
.....and then we got rear ended for slamming on our breaks on a busy road and a free DC that doesn't work great that we could have got for $20 at EB cost us $2000 in car repairs.....sweet....
It was a side street with no one around... :roll:
tholly
02-13-2005, 08:43 PM
"It's a dreamcast! Stop."
.....and then we got rear ended for slamming on our breaks on a busy road and a free DC that doesn't work great that we could have got for $20 at EB cost us $2000 in car repairs.....sweet....
It was a side street with no one around... :roll:
i figured...i was just expanding on your story a little bit....you know....making it a little more interesting
VACRMH
02-13-2005, 08:45 PM
"It's a dreamcast! Stop."
.....and then we got rear ended for slamming on our breaks on a busy road and a free DC that doesn't work great that we could have got for $20 at EB cost us $2000 in car repairs.....sweet....
It was a side street with no one around... :roll:
i figured...i was just expanding on your story a little bit....you know....making it a little more interesting
Understandable :D
Now if it was a NeoGeo... I might have stopped on a crowded street... :evil:
tholly
02-13-2005, 08:46 PM
"It's a dreamcast! Stop."
.....and then we got rear ended for slamming on our breaks on a busy road and a free DC that doesn't work great that we could have got for $20 at EB cost us $2000 in car repairs.....sweet....
It was a side street with no one around... :roll:
i figured...i was just expanding on your story a little bit....you know....making it a little more interesting
Understandable :D
Now if it was a NeoGeo... I might have stopped on a crowded street... :evil:
shit....for a Neo Geo id stop on an expressway during rush hour and cross all 4 lanes (on foot)
Videogamerdaryll
02-14-2005, 12:09 AM
So today I 'm driving through my neighborhood on the way home when I pass a house that has its garbage cans out by the street. Next to the garbage cans on the sidewalk is an x-box. :eek 2:
Now I'm not normally a dumpster diver, but it is an X-Box!!!
Anyway I stop and pick it up and it is clean and in good shape. It has the power cable the rca connectors and the reciever for the remote control plugged into it. There were no controllers or a remote.
I get it home and hook it up and it works great except for the typical disk read error and the DVD tray sticks shut. I opened up the DVD and gave it a good cleaning to no avail.
So today I ordered a new DVD drive on E-Bay for $38.00 shipped . Thus my $38.00 XBox :D
Anyone else ever had a similar thing happen?
I find stuff all the time..A few months ago I found A 5200/games and controllers sitting a top my neighbors put out garbage.. x_x
I've bought one of those new DVD drives on E-Bay for $38.00 shipped ..and it worked out GREAT!!!
Dangerboy
02-14-2005, 12:47 AM
"It's a dreamcast! Stop."
.....and then we got rear ended for slamming on our breaks on a busy road and a free DC that doesn't work great that we could have got for $20 at EB cost us $2000 in car repairs.....sweet....
It was a side street with no one around... :roll:
i figured...i was just expanding on your story a little bit....you know....making it a little more interesting
Understandable :D
Now if it was a NeoGeo... I might have stopped on a crowded street... :evil:
shit....for a Neo Geo id stop on an expressway during rush hour and cross all 4 lanes (on foot)
All those quote boxes lined up like that suddenly make me want to play robotron 2084....
Jibbajaba
02-14-2005, 12:53 AM
"It's a dreamcast! Stop."
.....and then we got rear ended for slamming on our breaks on a busy road and a free DC that doesn't work great that we could have got for $20 at EB cost us $2000 in car repairs.....sweet....
It was a side street with no one around... :roll:
i figured...i was just expanding on your story a little bit....you know....making it a little more interesting
Understandable :D
Now if it was a NeoGeo... I might have stopped on a crowded street... :evil:
shit....for a Neo Geo id stop on an expressway during rush hour and cross all 4 lanes (on foot)
All those quote boxes lined up like that suddenly make me want to play robotron 2084....
How about now?
Chris
I found a stack of about 26 Laserdiscs and an sealed S-video cable on top of someones garbage cans a little while ago. Now I have a reason to get a LaserActive.
FooFighter
02-14-2005, 01:19 AM
I've bought one of those new DVD drives on E-Bay for $38.00 shipped ..and it worked out GREAT!!!
Yea Daryll, I searched the forums and saw that. I bought it from the same place. I have dealt with you before so I knew I could trust your opinion. :)
Thanks for the tip.
tholly
02-14-2005, 01:45 AM
"It's a dreamcast! Stop."
.....and then we got rear ended for slamming on our breaks on a busy road and a free DC that doesn't work great that we could have got for $20 at EB cost us $2000 in car repairs.....sweet....
It was a side street with no one around... :roll:
i figured...i was just expanding on your story a little bit....you know....making it a little more interesting
Understandable :D
Now if it was a NeoGeo... I might have stopped on a crowded street... :evil:
shit....for a Neo Geo id stop on an expressway during rush hour and cross all 4 lanes (on foot)
All those quote boxes lined up like that suddenly make me want to play robotron 2084....
How about now?
Chris
nope...not then...but def. now
qbertandernie
02-14-2005, 01:50 AM
i found a model 1 genesis in an alley once. it was during a light rain and it was upside down near a puddle. this was when i was first into collecting, so i was thinking 'hey free genesis!'
i took it home and let it sit for a few days to dry out, and there was mud caked on it and everything, but astonishingly the damn thing worked!
i remember hearing about someone(from here maybe?) who found a genesis on the roof of a building...if only our acquired systems could talk...
dreamcaster
02-14-2005, 04:00 AM
My first Game Gear used to be my cousin's. My grandad found it (along with four games) in their bin and promptly gave it to me.
It worked perfectly! :D
Until some years later a faulty power adapter short circuited it. :(
chadtower
02-14-2005, 10:57 AM
A guy down the street from me had a stack of Dreamcasts in his driveway for some reason... I spotted them riding around the block on bikes with my kids. Two weeks later we go back, and they're still there. Another week later, we go back, and they're in thousands of pieces on the road. Some kids must have decided to bust them up.
slip81
02-14-2005, 11:25 AM
Nice find
Videogamerdaryll
02-14-2005, 11:50 AM
I've bought one of those new DVD drives on E-Bay for $38.00 shipped ..and it worked out GREAT!!!
Yea Daryll, I searched the forums and saw that. I bought it from the same place. I have dealt with you before so I knew I could trust your opinion. :)
Thanks for the tip.
Sweet!...Nice find on that Xbox my friend.. :-P
NotE:..you will need a special tool to open the Xbox.
Not sure if I noted that in that thread.
Predatorxs
02-14-2005, 05:34 PM
Great find with the xbox! i hope it works out for ya, with the new drive... if it had been a dreamcast i would have put my foot down, and done my best to smash it to bits. HAHAHAHAhhahhahahhaha LOL
http://www.xs.dsl.pipex.com/avator/ms_ufo.gif..XS
Slate
02-14-2005, 06:07 PM
It's no wonder the Rarity of dreamcst systems is a 3, with everyone smashing them witha baseball bat.. :hmm:
Cauterize
02-14-2005, 06:11 PM
*dreamcaster considers making an "I Brake for Dreamcasts" bumper sticker*
I would so buy that!
Vectorman0
02-14-2005, 06:11 PM
I've bought one of those new DVD drives on E-Bay for $38.00 shipped ..and it worked out GREAT!!!
Yea Daryll, I searched the forums and saw that. I bought it from the same place. I have dealt with you before so I knew I could trust your opinion. :)
Thanks for the tip.
Sweet!...Nice find on that Xbox my friend.. :-P
NotE:..you will need a special tool to open the Xbox.
Not sure if I noted that in that thread.
I would suggest getting a set of torx bits, or a multibit driver type thing, as there are a few different sized ones you will be dealing with. I think Torx 10 and 15, but I can't remember.