It lives!!!! Thank you Keith Courage

[tbone3969]

Don't get me wrong, there are some roaches I like for sure.   

[xelement5x]

I am also crazy paranoid about accidentally infesting my house so everything I get from thrifts and the like goes in the bottom of my freezer for a week or more just to be safe.  We really don't have roach problems out here thank god. 

[tbone3969]

I am also crazy paranoid about accidentally infesting my house so everything I get from thrifts and the like goes in the bottom of my freezer for a week or more just to be safe.  We really don't have roach problems out here thank god.

So freezing systems will not harm them?

[Necromancer]

Most electronics are fine as long as you let 'em warm up in a dry place before trying to use 'em.  Some LCDs, however, do not like the deep freeze.

[NightWolve]

Dude walked out. Never saw him again.

You'd never see me again if we were hanging out and you let a roach crawl onto me, sometimes you have to help a snoozing homie out null you should know that!

It all happened so fast.

And f*ck that guy anyway.

Good looking out, null! What a guy! That'll teach him not to fall asleep at somebody else's place!

[Lost Monkey]

I am also crazy paranoid about accidentally infesting my house so everything I get from thrifts and the like goes in the bottom of my freezer for a week or more just to be safe.  We really don't have roach problems out here thank god. 

Put them with your food.  Always works.... Eew!

[schweaty]

I am also crazy paranoid about accidentally infesting my house so everything I get from thrifts and the like goes in the bottom of my freezer for a week or more just to be safe.  We really don't have roach problems out here thank god.

So freezing systems will not harm them?

Don't freeze it.  You might get moisture on the board and moisture is a bad combo with electronics

[tbone3969]

I am also crazy paranoid about accidentally infesting my house so everything I get from thrifts and the like goes in the bottom of my freezer for a week or more just to be safe.  We really don't have roach problems out here thank god.

So freezing systems will not harm them?

Don't freeze it.  You might get moisture on the board and moisture is a bad combo with electronics

I just triple bagged it and mailed it out to Keith Courage.  He's willing to fix it.

[martinine]

That is such a find! I love handhelds, and I'm hoping to find an Express one day. Playing Nitro-Grafx on my DS just isn't cutting it anymore. The sound emulation is WAY off at best.

I hope you enjoy many hours of portable Turbo.

[synbiosfan]

I wouldn't send anything to a commercial company, not when there's so many talented peeps here that have more experience and will likely do a better job, especially if it ends up needing more than just caps.

I hear what you are saying but at the same time I feel bad about sending a system that has roaches in it to a member here.  If anyone wants to take a chance with this system I can pay via PayPal right away.  As you can see in the pics it is very clean inside.  The roach was tiny but it was there.  I figure a week in a sealed Ziploc bag should starve any of them.  To be continued.....

If you let the modder know about the roaches, they can decide on it. Opening it up outside and giving it a good cleaning shouldn't be too much trouble.

EDIT I missed KC is going to do it. Awesome!

[neopolss]

We usually take consoles outside to open when we clean them.  Most times though I can just smell the system and know.  It is a very distinct smell that now I can even catch a faint scent of.  We had one system at our store from a customer...

Ever watched "The Mummy" and see the scene when hundreds of scarabs come flooding out?  No exaggeration, it was exactly like that.  Gave me nightmares for weeks.

[ifkz]

I bought an ebay SNES (boxed Killer Instinct edition) that was infested inside, and the smell was worse than bad caps.  There were all dead, but corrosion had taken hold of the motherboard so I tossed it.  I did save the white case and cleaned it with some Dawn, boiling soapy water, and an old dishbrush.  That did it (and I was able to find a board for it later since the case was very nice after the cleaning).

From the pics it looks like you caught it early, no need to toss the system.

I have heard roaches are like lobsters, they are very sensitive to hot and cold.

In this case, I like the idea of a complete disassembly, clean the outer casing halves with hot water and Dawn.  Perhaps blow out the PCBs with canned air (or an air compressor) and leave them in an area sprayed with RAID?  It looks like you caught things very early on so there may be no further problems.

[neopolss]

No need for the raid.  Pull it apart and wash the shell, brush the pcb with a dry paint brush.

[xelement5x]

Most electronics are fine as long as you let 'em warm up in a dry place before trying to use 'em.  Some LCDs, however, do not like the deep freeze.

I've put electronics in the freezer before but not normally anything with a screen.  Like necro said, as long as I let it get back to room temperature and avoid quick temp changs to avoid condensation I have been fine. 

Oh, and no worries.  Everything I put in deep freeze gets bagged in advance before it's stuck in the freezer chest.  Yeah, sticking thrift finds next to my food would be gross.

[Gypsy]

We usually take consoles outside to open when we clean them.  Most times though I can just smell the system and know.  It is a very distinct smell that now I can even catch a faint scent of.  We had one system at our store from a customer...

Ever watched "The Mummy" and see the scene when hundreds of scarabs come flooding out?  No exaggeration, it was exactly like that.  Gave me nightmares for weeks.

My stomach twinged just reading this. What console was it?