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NSNick
Posts: 1442/3875 |
Originally posted by drjayphd
See kids, this is why all y'all need to be careful with your systems. Only consoles I had which are unplayable were my Genesis and SNES.
Why are they unplayable? Well, someone kinda broke into our house ten years ago and STOLE them, soo... 
Well, they weren't unplayable, then. Just unplayable to you.  |
HyperLamer
Posts: 2374/8210 |
Exactly, while wet they get massive short circuits which can ruin things by sending too much power to the wrong place. Though I think if you like soak it, the water can actually eat away at the circuit panels. Also if it gets into the chips you're pretty screwed.
I've always found that smacking something just hard enough to jiggle the innards tends to make it work. Dunno why but it works. (Messes up moving parts sometimes though; my computer crashed from it once.  ) Of course with Nintendo products that's a pretty damn hard smack.
Interesting thing about the CD player, it wasn't actually very damaged despite being literally half-full of water. Like I picked it up and I could hear it sloshing around inside. The water had shorted out the buttons, so it was actually playing when I found it, seemed to work just fine. Of course after that soaking the buttons didn't work right, so it would rarely turn on and if it did they wouldn't do the right things. Eventually it got to a really weird state where it would turn on, but then turn off a second later, but if I held the batteries in tight it would run for a good 20 minutes or so. |
Alastor the Stylish
Posts: 3364/7620 |
If I'm wrong about any of the following, please correct me, k? My understanding is as such: The reason it dies in water is because running it while it's wet causes the electricity to arc through the water since the resistance is less than the wire. Because of this, signals are rerouted or blocked so while it's wet it won't function. Additionally, the pressure from the electricity not running the "correct" route stresses the wires and causes many of them to cease function, causing parts of the system to not work from that point on, or worse, causing the system to cease function altogether. Of course, if it's not on while it's wet then none of this happens so there's no problem. |
drjayphd
Posts: 771/1477 |
See kids, this is why all y'all need to be careful with your systems. Only consoles I had which are unplayable were my Genesis and SNES.
Why are they unplayable? Well, someone kinda broke into our house ten years ago and STOLE them, soo... |
alte Hexe
Posts: 1905/5458 |
Let my GBA dry out, the baby actually looks better.
The screens contrast is kind of better looking now, the colours are more vivid. I'd like to thank physical abuse for fixing my GBA. |
NSNick
Posts: 1437/3875 |
Originally posted by Tarale
Hardware can survive water -- but NOT if you power it on while it's still wet. Maybe that might've been one of the things that upset this
I've heard of stories of pots of coffee being accidentally spilled into the back of monitors. Unplugged the monitor, let it dry out for a week or so, somewhere dry, plug it back in, it's fine -- although it makes a lovely roasting coffee smell for a bit after startup.
Aye, I ran a GB game through the washer in my jeans pocket once. Just let it dry for a good week or two and bam- good as new. |
Alastor the Stylish
Posts: 3346/7620 |
Unlucky? Then why do all my old NES games with battery saves still work :x |
Dracoon
Posts: 1902/3727 |
You are all unlucky, the only thing i lost was a PSX because it sucked. I still have a sega genisis and a whole lot of other systems that I don't use. (Even though I did take out my 64 to play Ogre Battler 64 again.) |
Setzer
Posts: 96/532 |
Don't feel bad ziff, we've all had our fair share of lost gaming systems :'( *pulls out his list*
I lost my sega genesis due to a hammer... um, accident? 
my dog pissed in my SNES
I threw my GB across the room, when it hit the wall the screen shattered, and so did the case.
I had an N64 get "pepsi'ed"
but that's about it, the most tragic was the SNES ;~; imagine losing your only system at a young age, it's just heartbreaking  so look at the bright side, it didn't get pissed on =D |
Smallhacker
Posts: 1052/2273 |
I dropped my GameBoy Color into the floor too many times. It caused a really crappy sound quality. Luckily my bro had one which I used instead. |
Emptyeye
Posts: 1062/2273 |
I remember, in an old issue of NP, there was a picture of a Game Boy that went through a fire or something. O.o It wasn't in a playable condition or anything like that, but if you looked at the picture closely, it did in fact continue to load games fine (I believe the buttons were melted, though, and the screen was warped too).
In short, Nintendo has always been known for durable products. |
Tarale
Posts: 907/2720 |
Hardware can survive water -- but NOT if you power it on while it's still wet. Maybe that might've been one of the things that upset this
I've heard of stories of pots of coffee being accidentally spilled into the back of monitors. Unplugged the monitor, let it dry out for a week or so, somewhere dry, plug it back in, it's fine -- although it makes a lovely roasting coffee smell for a bit after startup. |
oniblade
Posts: 139/183 |
I remember one lady sent a letter into nintendo power 3 years ago, and she told about how her son accidentally left his gameboy out in the yard, where it was rained on, chewed on by a dog, and runover with a lawn mower, when they found it, it still worked o_0 they even published a picture of it...
i had a gameboy pocket, and when a kid and me were fighting over it(the same day i got it too) it fell to the ground, it worked but the road took a huge chunk out of the corner...
having it break isnt as bad as leaving it in a public area(mall, resturant, park etc)
well, maybe it is, mine isnt broken so i wouldnt know. |
Alastor the Stylish
Posts: 3279/7620 |
What will kill a gameboy though, is stepping on the screen. It will be fricking DEAD. I wish I wasn't speaking from experience here =/' |
Black Lord
Posts: 102/453 |
well I wouldn't be surprised if you got it working again Ziff, I remember i dropped my original GB into a sink full of water and after a week or so it works...
and GBA/ SP's are very durable... I stepped on my SP (not intentionally) and it didn't break... over 200 lbs of force there... |
KATW
Posts: 2201/3959 |
Theres only one statement that sums up this topic.
Technology=durable Misuse of technology=even more durable...
Youd think most of these things would implode  (Sarcasm)
Fortunately for me, the worst that has happened is my battery back for my gameboy went broken... nothing a little tape cant fix  |
alitnil
Posts: 194/290 |
although no real attachment is involved owning a TI-83 calculator, I still dropped 80 or more bucks on it back in high school.
years later back in college, I had just filled up our five gallon water jug at the grocery store (necessary when living in Arizona) and placed it in the back seat of my car. my book bag was in the passanger seat up front containing the calculator.
well, stupid me took a sharp turning forcing the water jug to spill in the back seat. this freaked me out and thus I slammed on the breaks. this, however, made the bookbag slide forward off the seat and onto the floor where inturn the flooding back seat water also decided to go.
ruined calculator 
several days later in anger, I slammed it on the ground. picked it up and turned it on.
fixed calculator  |
Alastor the Stylish
Posts: 3267/7620 |
Oh everything works after going through the washer. I seriously have yet to encounter anything that hasn't. Even my not waterproof watch worked after I got a new battery for it. |
Ran-chan
Posts: 5743/12781 |
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Ailure
Posts: 6533/11162 |
I'm so overly paranoid about my GBA SP, I handle it as it would explode.
Well, I did drop a wireless phone into a glass of water. Drying it with a towel then letting it airdry for a few days did the trick. I took the battery out.
Why don't you take out the battery (to avoid short circuit), then try to let it be for a few days? There might still be hope... unless the screen is really that fucked.  |
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