Cat peed on the neo geo-what to do?

[max 330 mega]

oh my god... i cant even imagine what i would do if a cat pissed on my neo.... im already protective enough of it anyway, and on top of that im not much of a cat lover.. all i can say, is that cat would be PWNED!

[alec]

Oh man, that sucks. Never leave your Neo Geo on the floor! Hopefully it will dry out and play ok. I've been playing Neo and my dog has walked into my room and walked near it. I yelled at the dog making sure she knows that I love her, but not as much as my Neo Geo.

Sadly itwas on the desk, next to the tv. The cats have walked by it hundreds of times in the two years it's sat there,I have no idea what prompted them to pee on it this time.

Well, the radio shack guy suggested I just leave it out in the sun to dry, so that's what I'm doing. I've got a picture as is, although the sound through the headphone jack has a terrible buzzing(though in the past, that's been because of the cords hooked into the tv, this time I don't think it is).

When I'm not playing my Neo Geo, I wrap it in bubble wrap and put it into a drawer in my night stand. If I had the original box I would put it in that though.

I hope your NEO is fixable, nothing is worse than a broken Neo Geo. I should know, I have a 4 slot MVS that doesn't play certain sound effects. Its totally driving me crazy. Its also my only MVS. If it worked properly I wouldn't even have an AES anymore. I've tried just about everything I can to fix it, but so far nothing has worked. It looks like I'm going to have to buy a new one.

BTW, leaving it in direct sunlight for a while might fade it a bit. I would be careful doing that, maybe I would put it somewhere in the shade or something.

[loopyeddie]

Dude, this shouldn't be a problem. As long as it is unplugged, you can totally wash it. Dunk it in the sink and scrub it. After you're done, dry it off with a towel, then maybe a hair dryer. The only thing bad that can happen is if you leave the water on it forever and it rusts or corrodes the traces. Everybody cleans arcade PCBs this way all the time.

[max 330 mega]

[quote="loopyeddie"]Dude, this shouldn't be a problem. As long as it is unplugged, you can totally wash it. Dunk it in the sink and scrub it. After you're done, dry it off with a towel, then maybe a hair dryer. The only thing bad that can happen is if you leave the water on it forever and it rusts or corrodes the traces. Everybody cleans arcade PCBs this way all the time.[/quote
this man speaks the truth, just rinse that shit off.

[odyeiop]

I say shoot the fucking cat. This is why I like dogs. No dog is gonna climb up something just to piss on it.

Booyah. =) Dogs are so much better than cats. Hell.. I'd say buy a dog and feed the cat to it.

[DKTheArcadeRat]

You could give it to me, I could clean it up and be a happy camper, but then you would be without a neo geo, but you would still have the games for it, so its not a total loss. (major run-on sentence right there, YAY ENGLISH CLASS)

Dave

[Nez]

While I dont advocate kitten murder, I do like poetic justice. Go piss on you cat and see how he likes it.



I hate cats BTW.

[Ed Oscuro]

I opened it up and patted it with a paper towel and got it with some compressed air, and that got it kind of working

obviously after a liquid spill you need to let things dry for a few days BEFORE running a current through them (all home electronics are designed to work just fine in a semi-humid environment, and it's rare that getting water on a device with no current running through it will damage it), seems reasonable to me but what do I know

also, in all truth unless there are parts on the board prone to rusting you can actually wash it in water, carefully, but make sure you get water out from under chips and pins (and keep it way away from any transformers/capacitors/etc. If you use a hair dryer, make sure the heat is low or off, too. Don't want to warp anything.

also, cat claw marks on games = i rape and kill said animal

(j/k, but I wouldn't leave anything out of boxes if I had cats)

[Emuaust]

reminds me of a great bmuper stick a friend has:

I Love Cats,............They make great Hats!

[Bluteg]

Time to invite your neighbors for BBQ!

[Daria]

Well, the radio shack guy suggested I just leave it out in the sun to dry, so that's what I'm doing.

That's a terrible suggestion if you haven't washed the piss out throughly first. Hot cat piss is NOT a pleasant smell. In fact if you don't get it out now your room is going to smell fragrently of amonia everytime the system heats up.

[djbeatmongrel]

My rabbit chewed through my dreamcast RF adapter once.

Your bunny must be friends with Anthony1.

bahaha. took me a sec to get what you meant by that

+1 to you good sir


anyways that really sucks, i have no advice on the subject matter

[XianXi]

Well, the radio shack guy suggested I just leave it out in the sun to dry, so that's what I'm doing.

Why the hell would you listen to someone at radio shack?

Like loopy said, dunk it in water and rinse it off, then pat it dry and DO NOT store it flat until it is dry. Let it dry for AT LEAST 5 days to be safe, if you can go longer without your Neo then wait a week. Before you power it back on use some compressed air in the crevices to see if there is any water trapped still.

If you plan to piss on your cat make sure he cant jump up and bite your wang.

[Moo Cow]

I have had my dog for 14 years and not once of those years has he bothered any of my video game stuffs except when he once stepped on one of my GBA game boxes on my bed.

Throw the cat out the window. Preferablly not from the 1st floor.

I've had my current batch of cats for two years, and they never even mess with my video games.
The first dog I ever had tore through SNES controllers, boxes, manuals, and countless goosebump books...
I've never had my cats piss on anything valuable (unless you consider cat litter valuable).
My best friend has three dogs, and one of his dogs can't even come inside because he pisses on everything. Everything. He's pissed couches, floors (countless times), etc. Whenever he gets excited, it runs free. One of the other dogs chews through any chords. Anything wirey. The third dog attacks toys that are bigger then it. In my experience, my cats are much better around my stuff then any dog. However, I do like dogs as well, I just don't allow them near anything I'd actually care about getting destroyed.

...and, what did he mean about Anthony1?

[badinsults]

Hahaha, I'm sorry, but this is the funniest thread I have ever seen created on the board.

[Cambot]

We had a bird that chewed the start and select buttons off of my NES controllers. The TV remote, as well. And the VCR remote. Pretty much anything small and rubber. She loved rubber.

[tom]

True story:
A friends dog pood on his XL computer, maybe he was a C-64 fan....

[ubersaurus]

Dude, this shouldn't be a problem. As long as it is unplugged, you can totally wash it. Dunk it in the sink and scrub it. After you're done, dry it off with a towel, then maybe a hair dryer. The only thing bad that can happen is if you leave the water on it forever and it rusts or corrodes the traces. Everybody cleans arcade PCBs this way all the time.

Wouldn't that zap it? I don't want to damage any internal bits that some sort of charge in it, like where the plug goes in or something.

What would I be scrubbing the board with, anyways?

The Neo Geo is working fine again after spending about an hour drying out in the sun. I've got it unplugged at the moment, until I figure out if I want to scrub it or not.

[jajaja]

True story:
A friends dog pood on his XL computer, maybe he was a C-64 fan....

hahaha, man thats 100 times worth. I've had a cat for 12 years myself, it never touched any of my videogames or anything else. She was very clean

[XianXi]

Dude, this shouldn't be a problem. As long as it is unplugged, you can totally wash it. Dunk it in the sink and scrub it. After you're done, dry it off with a towel, then maybe a hair dryer. The only thing bad that can happen is if you leave the water on it forever and it rusts or corrodes the traces. Everybody cleans arcade PCBs this way all the time.

Wouldn't that zap it? I don't want to damage any internal bits that some sort of charge in it, like where the plug goes in or something.

It would only zap it if you are retarded enough to wash it when its plugged in.