Another Member Sees One Of These, Bug infested Xbox.... Options

[Paperstack.1]

One of my friends calls me about his Xbox not working at all. He tells me that it doesn't power up anymore. I tell him to bring it over so I can take a look at it and try to fix the problem

Well, he dropped it off, I open it up, not expecting to see this:

What is this? Roach poop?


As soon as I took off the top shell, one of 'em fell out to the side


This is so disgusting! What the hell is that!?


Haha I accidently screwed one of them into the hole


Kinda sad to see one of these live a short life....


What makes matters worse is that i'm terrified of roaches. Now, every few minutes i brush myself everytime I get a small itch thinking that one of these things are on me.

I told my friend that I couldn't work on his Xbox until he cleaned it out his self, smell and all

EDIT: Resized pics from 2816 x 2112 resolution to 640 x 480

This post has been edited by Paperstack.1: Jun 2 2007, 05:15 AM

[capboy210]

Ugh, I hate roaches too. We used to have them in our house all the time in north carolina.

I will admit I'm not fond of poop or bugs or a combination of both. I would wear gloves while modding that thing!

I would just get a new case. The case is litterally shitty. and you can get a case way better than that for dirt cheap on the BST. Mmmm fried roaches .

This post has been edited by capboy210: Jun 2 2007, 06:32 AM

[ScrewinGates]

dude i had a guy give me a couple broke xboxes once and they looked just like that.next thing you know i had a contract with terminex.those things lay eggs that just wait to hatch.get rid of that shit asap dude or youll have roaches quick.they are a real pain in the ass to get rid of.
screwingates
p.s.im pretty sure that poop is the eggs

This post has been edited by ScrewinGates: Jun 2 2007, 07:00 AM

[En0]

Damn thats wicked sick...capboy true that..i lived in chadbourn NC (southern NC 25 mins from myrtle)
and we had roaches..after seein that shit i would have garbage bagged it up and told my boy come get this mess...

[Heet]

Hahahaha I saw one of these too. The guys dvd was stuck up with roaches.

[thedustycelt]

I know Microsoft products have bugs, but this is out of control! Call Bill Gates!!!

[blame canada]

Yep, I've dealt with on as well that had like 5 or 6 earwigs (the thigns that look like miny lobsters but with pinchers on their ass). Thank god they were all stuck, fried to the PSU/mobo lol. And the guy wondered why his xbox was fragging (true story, wish I had a pic )

[lostboyz]

i bought some logitech controllers second hand, I opened up the receiver pod to add some LEDs and found a couple dead roaches. It was pretty interesting, wasnt expecting to see that.

[hoolio]

Holy Crap! I'm glad i live in UK and them things aint that common here!

[OCF]

Holy Crap! I'm glad i live in UK and them things aint that common here!

I Hear You

[MoonTar]

Holy crap, tell that guy to put his Xbox in a bubble once he cleans it out, to keep the roaches from coming back!

[someone_named_peter]

why the hell would roaches live in an xbox? your friend should use it without the case off and everything spread out as much as possible for a while so it's a nice, open space like roaches hate. and since he seems to know nothing about xbox, tell him not to touch the power supply while it's on.

and tell him not to play it with the case closed and shrink wrapped or whatever or hell fry it from overheating. remember, case off until they're gone (hopefully for good).

that is, if it ever powers up again.

This post has been edited by someone_named_peter: Jun 4 2007, 05:28 PM

[thedustycelt]

If his xbox looks like that, what does the rest of his house look like....

[jimbobjim]

I got hold of a crystal from gamestation once that had eggs and bugs between the metal shielding and the plastic. It was also full of cobwebs. It must have been sat in the drawer for a long time.

Another crystal I got was so nicotine stained it was yellow. God it smelt bad too.

Some people really don't know how to take care of stuff. Most consoles I come across nowadays are in a shit state.

[blue73]

Never seen a console infested before. I work with laptops and we had one come into work one time, from Germany (that wasn't meant as a a dig at Germany BTW, lovely place) teeming with the little beggars. All huddled around the grid array..Cosy and warm I guess.