Roach infestation in an xbox

[The_EniGma]

I was browsing on XboxScene forums and found this

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=315316



That is a nasty infestation of roachs in an xbox, warning dont open if your eating otherwise open if you need to barf

That thread was a great laugh but it is the nastiest thing ive seen regarding to bugs and consoles.

[Oobgarm]

Nothing compared to finding Chee-tos in one's gaming system. Especially when they weren't there when you originally lent it out.

[The Manimal]

sick. i've had a box come in like that before....luckilly the item inside the box was in a plastic sealed container.

[joshnickerson]

*Insert snide Xbox joke here*
Freaky. And even more freaky to think about people who don't open their consoles ever... what could be inside...

[Mad Chemist]

That is a nasty infestation of roachs in an xbox, warning dont open if your eating otherwise open if you need to barf

That thread was a great laugh but it is the nastiest thing ive seen regarding to bugs and consoles.

I take it a lot of you guys don't open up used consoles when you purchase them? I do - as long as it won't destroy the consoles if I take them apart. Stuff I've found:

Roaches
Dirt daubers
Ants
Spiders (most commonly)
Spider eggs ... lots and lots of spider eggs
Remnants of various cola drinks
Ashes

I got an Atari XEGS one time that had all of the types of insect matter above in it. Took about two hours to clean it up, but you'd think it was new now. (Cost including light gun, keyboard, and original joystick - $5 at my hometown flea market. Guess my labor was free. )

[TRM]

haha, I looked at that while eating. Not too gross, there is much worse.

[Videogamerdaryll]

Too Late.....

[rbudrick]

Didn't somebody here find a pot roach in their system once?

-Rob

[SegaAges]

well, he had some bugs in his system, but it was still a hardware problem, not a software problem

[Daria]

Didn't somebody here find a pot roach in their system once?

-Rob

It was a game cartidge I think. :P

[Anexanhume]

That's quite literally where the term came from. Old computers used to have bugs in them...

[IcewynG]

Didn't somebody here find a pot roach in their system once?

-Rob

It was a game cartidge I think. :P

That's right...I remember it. It was a game cartridge... wasn't it stuck between the shell and the PCB, where you insert the cartridge in the game port??

That is some nasty stuff on that Xbox... Definitly makes you consider to open consoles and clean them up, just in case

[Videogamerdaryll]

Didn't somebody here find a pot roach in their system once?

-Rob

I remember reading once..one was found in that bottom hiding spot (box)(expansion port)..on a Nintendo..

[Emily]

haha, I looked at that while eating. Not too gross, there is much worse.

Me too But yeah not as nasty as what i prepared myslf for...

I opened up a super, and NES from my yucky little cousins, and found all sorts of food matter inside. They both had fruity pebbles inside the cartridge slot, and milk( or barf who really knows) encrusted and the inside of the casing. It had turned all brown...

[Emily]

Didn't somebody here find a pot roach in their system once?

-Rob

Sweeet deal

[Raedon]

The most common thing I've ever found in a system that was port of some living thing was spider eggs from years past. Almost always in a 2600.

Cable companies have this same sort of thing happen all the time with their digital boxes as they come and go. Most are built like a stereo amp with lots of holes and roaches love the heat I guess. If you ever get anything used that heats up you have to check for roaches including fridges etc.

[Raedon]

Didn't somebody here find a pot roach in their system once?

-Rob

I once found a boxed Power Pad that had a dried up old scanky bag of dust that used to be weed.

[Qixmaster]

if people would keep their rooms clean (clean up old dishes, old food) then we wouldn't have this problem. Roaches like dirty places. Clean the house and kill the roaches and they won't come back.

btw, i've found some pretty interesting stuff before, probably the funniest being a joint rolled up inside an N64 box that i purchased from a fellow DP'er (no i won't drop any names).

and when cleaning NES systems i always tend to find ones that have had beer split in/on them.

-Josh

[dreamcaster]

That is a nasty infestation of roachs in an xbox, warning dont open if your eating otherwise open if you need to barf

That thread was a great laugh but it is the nastiest thing ive seen regarding to bugs and consoles.

I take it a lot of you guys don't open up used consoles when you purchase them? I do - as long as it won't destroy the consoles if I take them apart. Stuff I've found:

When I can, I open up my consoles. However, thanks to a lack of a game-bit (and my refusal to spend $20+ on one of the things) my SNES, N64 and GCN will remain sealed forever! :P

And although my warranty long since expired on my PS2, I just can't bring myself to break that seal in the back.

This stuff is disgusting. The nastiest stuff I've found is a couple dead bugs in my Atari 2600 Jr and a spider complete with web inside my friend's Mega Drive.

By the way - how does one open an Xbox?

[Berserker]

Upon receiving my used copy of DOA: Beach Volleyball, I found one packet of Jergin's Hand Lotion, one tissue(folded up), and a cigarette.






















kidding.