Sega Dreamcast is Disgusting! Asolutely Gross!

At least this one is.

The guy who sold me this Dreamcast was a masochist. I got it via Ebay, plugged it it, turned it on, and nothing.

Feeling seriously dejected ($40 wasted will do that to you), I viciously tear it apart to try to find the problem.

...

Turns out the console had a couple bugs.


Little roachy thingies on the bottom case.


All those brown flecks on the CD drive metal? Larvae stains.


Found these puppies on the power source' s heat shield. That' s just the big stuff, all those specks on the napkin beneath it are bug bits too.

And this is after I' d scrubbed the majority of the whole bugs, larvae, legs, shed bug skin and dry blood off of the damn thing, and tried to scratch the corrosion off of the A/V pins.

Oh, and did I mention, the guy smoked?[:' (]

Ok, but have you got it working?

Ewwwwwwww nasty!

Send the bugs back to him.

Sort of. First I got it to power up, that was a small achievement. After a smidgen of tweaking I got response from the laser, so now it' s all down to the A/V port. I' m getting laser movement, the drive servo that spins the disk is functioning now, and If I can get that port scraped down, or replaced, then I should get a signal to the TV.

I' m honestly just considering picking up another one though, those seriously were the best pictures I had to offer of that entire box. It' s pretty skanky.

I have 3 Dreamcasts if you' re interested?

Amazing little beasties.. I have the Phoenix down to keep them ALL alive.

There are two rules to success:

1. Never tell all you know.

Aw man that sucks! I am not surprised that the guy smokes, as slobs (which this guy obviously was) usually do smoke. So you get the privilege of smelling his lovely environment via your new Dreamcast as well.

If you think it might be the connectors on the AV port, you can try taking some very fine sandpaper and rubbing it over the pins. Then clean them with alcohol.

that' s freakin' disgusting. remember to leave that guy some negative feedback as well as a pipe bomb

Since a got my Wii, Im guessing thats how my 360 would look like.

Since a got my Wii, Im guessing thats how my 360 would look like.

Because you are a slob who misstreats his equipment, smokes and lets creep live in it? Good going! Another brilliant comment by the always lame F3

ORIGINAL: f3hunter

Since a got my Wii, Im guessing thats how my 360 would look like.

Terrorist.

Look on the bright side. At least you got the bugs free.

ORIGINAL: f3hunter

Since a got my Wii, Im guessing thats how my 360 would look like.

Yeah, you shot yourself in the foot a bit with that one.

There are two rules to success:

1. Never tell all you know.

f3...

-Oh my God, you killed Kenny!
-You bastard!

Thats fucking disgusting! You should send that back and get your money back Eddie! Had he good feedback Eddie?

Since a got my Wii, Im guessing thats how my 360 would look like.

it' s confirmed, your house is infested with roaches

$40 bucks is too much to play for all that horror... MAKE HIM PAY and collect ya $40 bucks back. Poor Dreamcast

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Since a got my Wii, Im guessing thats how my 360 would look like.

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***We can' t lol at that comment because it hurts us so much, our fanboyism won' t let us******

Cheer up miserable gits.. it was a JOKE!!!!.

Hahahaha, well at least your no longer being an idiot.

Did you like my Kenny gif?!

That was a joke too.

But yeah, seriously, i have knives and i know how to use them...

But yeah, seriously, i have knives and i know how to use them...

ROFL...

What the hell is that supposed to mean??.. Thats the kind of thing little divvy chavs say.

Divvy!

Hahahaha, you div!

I' m going to start using that. I haven' t heard or seen that used for freaking ages. Probably not since school. Div!

o...k. dude.

Sherman!

What the fuck are you doing here?

I have 3 Dreamcasts if you' re interested?

Thanks for the offer bud, but PAL vs. NTSC rears it' s ugly head again.

Aw man that sucks! I am not surprised that the guy smokes, as slobs (which this guy obviously was) usually do smoke. So you get the privilege of smelling his lovely environment via your new Dreamcast as well.

Yeah, actually Joe, that was the first tip-off that the thing was bunk. I opened it up & smelled smoke, & something else kinda stanky. (Later found to be humidity+dead bugs. That shouldn' t smell that bad!)

If you think it might be the connectors on the AV port, you can try taking some very fine sandpaper and rubbing it over the pins. Then clean them with alcohol.

That' s what I tried after I tore apart/cleaned it. It worked on about 5 of the pins, but it seems to be structural with certain ones, you file down to where the rust stops & you hit plastic. Hopefully those are the useless ones used for uber-scart or something obscure. Not really in the mood to look up pin config on my DC.

Thats fucking disgusting! You should send that back and get your money back Eddie! Had he good feedback Eddie?
that' s freakin' disgusting. remember to leave that guy some negative feedback as well as a pipe bomb

Already did one, too bad I can' t get on Ebay to finish the job. And that' s the funny thing, he had 99.2% positive after 600 or so transactions. I' ll post his response to my angry feedback & letter if I can find it.

Hahahaha, you div!

I' m going to start using that. I haven' t heard or seen that used for freaking ages. Probably not since school. Div!

WTF are you talking about?

ORIGINAL: Eddie_the_Hated

Hahahaha, you div!

I' m going to start using that. I haven' t heard or seen that used for freaking ages. Probably not since school. Div!

WTF are you talking about?

DIV

Thats the kind of thing little divvy chavs say.

What does divvy chavs mean?

I dont want to celebrate, I want to sell you hate.

Glad it' s a British thing then. Thought I wasn' t keeping up with you kids & your hip jives!

no if u want 2 b hip u need 2 talk like this. all the kool kidz do it lol.

Joe, That talkzerz is teh wackzorz.

WTF.
I' m not british nor am i a kid. I dont get it?!

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Explain it to us in teraflops floating-point perspective & innovation buzzwords, then we' ll all understand.

I worked on it a bit more today, & it seems that the parts I need are more expensive than getting a new Dreamcast. Soooo, I' ll be sanding it, priming it & using it as a proving ground for my new(ish) 360 case mod. ' Aint nothin' like roaches in your consumer electronics to get you going on a project eh?

' Aint nothin' like roaches in your consumer electronics to get you going on a project eh?

You sure said it!

Sometimes I wish I where as Lucky as you.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

It' s actually coming along fairly well now. If it gets warmer (AKA, into the thirties) I might go out and shoot it with some primer, but the way things are looking, I' m going to have to find somewhere heated.

Wow, Eddie, first the PS3 dissection, now this. I am impressed. How long have you been working on consoles?

Old topic, but I feel obligated to reply!

About 2 1/2 years. Harware/Casemodding at least.

Thats disgusting.

If the Wii was only capable of 480i, it would have to be deinterlace it. - Emotep

Learn to use proper English. - Emotep

I have an American kid failing Geography. - Emotep

Nasty

Free protein.

I hope my Dreamcast Comes like that! Ebay too!

Heres hoping.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

Sad part was, I never sent him the pipe-bomb you guys suggested.

Sadder part was I could see this poor dreamcast in some rickety bayou house getting roach infected while Clem & Earl went off to find chicks at the family reunion.

Edit: Dustin19-85 = [:' (]

Never... ever... buy from this guy.