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  1. http://adiwan.tumblr.com/post/122665200824/ My flea market findings from this week.

    Sunday, 28-Jun-15 10:22:51 UTC from Choqok
    • @adiwan I'm actually kinda jealous, all I found past 6 months are a complete Gen1 XboX360 thingie, without games ( but with a controller ) and red ring of death for about 3 Euro. I am not sure if I should toss the XboX, or attempt to repair it, did I mention that Gen1 XboX 360's do not even have HDMI out ? ... Also I helped a friend clean his house, as a reward he dumped 4 servers on me, and 2 laptops, I have yet to check the servers, but the laptops are seriously in "gotta-whack to boot" condition... It kinda speaks to my inner nerd...

      Sunday, 28-Jun-15 11:21:06 UTC in context
    • @critialcloudkicker The 1st gen XBox 360 with RROD aren't worth a repair. You can use it to repair other, 2nd and 3rd gen, consoles, e.g. changing the disc drive or the case or faceplate. 3€ for RROD might not be such a bad deal (if you have the storage space for it).

      Sunday, 28-Jun-15 12:03:02 UTC in context
    • @adiwan *actually looks around* ... 2 servers are blocking the exit to my shower ( luckily I have 2 ), boxes everywhere, EVERYWHERE, I should really check on what I want to keep, and what I want to throw away. I "just" dumpsterdove ( ? ) myself a seemingly working set of band-hero drums... some cables look like they have been mauled by an angry wolverine ( but I could repair that ) ... I just found out that its the Playstation version, I do not have a playstation ... Should I just toss it ? ... I think I am sorta turning into a hoarder... I could just take it with me to Campzone and donate it to people who can use it... Or I can toss it and work my way to using the 2nd door on my shower again... Hmmm, choices... Good call on the XboX 360 though, the insides look like a bend PCB...

      Sunday, 28-Jun-15 12:10:20 UTC in context
    • @critialcloudkicker I never dumpster-dived. I don't even know where it's worth dumpster-diving. All remaining game stores are in the middle of the city and there are no visible dumpsters to dive into.

      Sunday, 28-Jun-15 12:14:00 UTC in context
    • @adiwan Boskalis ( nearby ) usually has usefull ( old ) ship components, mice, keyboards, sometimes a laptop. There are some appartment blocks where I frequent as goto-IT-guy, where I usually can find some neat things. And there used to be an IT-shop where I struck a deal to recycle the parts properly. Although in all honesty, I only got good karma and tons of PC screws from that gig

      Sunday, 28-Jun-15 12:21:05 UTC in context
    • @adiwan Oh, and gamestores usually have bananaty loot anyway. I somewhat hint at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6ipDPkcgqY for obvious reasons ( and it's a good video )

      Sunday, 28-Jun-15 12:24:36 UTC in context
    • @critialcloudkicker This video rips my heart apart.

      Sunday, 28-Jun-15 12:27:19 UTC in context
    • @adiwan Its really cringeworthy on my side aswell, but please note that that's in America. In America its actually feasable for retailers to get a new copy of things if they absolutely&permanently dispose of the original hardware/software-disk ... And yes I am sure that people like you and me would have a field day with a screwdriver and a soldering iron and enough shelfspace to actually put 2 dead humpty dumpties into 1 whole.

      Sunday, 28-Jun-15 12:30:03 UTC in context
    • @adiwan "I can splice this, good thing I've got electrical engineering" ... ... I do not have electrical engineering and I know how to do "basic" things, I am not even sure if you have an electrical engineering background and I am sure you could do it 1 handed and/or blindfolded

      Sunday, 28-Jun-15 12:34:57 UTC in context
    • @critialcloudkicker I'm not an engineer either but I can only do very basic stuff like opening a device and replacing cables or whole components. Splicing cables is a bit too much for me. I did it once with an OXBox controller to make it to work on PC. The OXBox controller cable is basically a USB cable with one more cable inside but isn't used. It was a hell of a work to splice the USB cable properly. Thanks to the help of my father it went fairly quickly. I have a dozen of broken Wiimotes on my shelf but there is no way to fix them. There is too much micro electronics in them that it's impossible to find the problem spot.

      Sunday, 28-Jun-15 12:42:36 UTC in context
    • @adiwan I actually had to look at https://youtu.be/et3yYdkMa1Q?t=150 to see what's inside of a wiimote... and hell-no, I am NOT touching that... Except maybe with the same method as in that video since I am not even halfway capable to read PCB's ... And that Alcohol on used toothbrush thing might actually work... or you can toss it.

      Sunday, 28-Jun-15 16:23:26 UTC in context
    • @critialcloudkicker Well... Brushing won't help for my broken wiimotes. I saw that some wiimotes have burnt or clearly missing components or have an battery acid damage. The rest look OK looking with my bare eyes. I managed to repair a few with the components of the broken ones, like replacing the battery contact thingies because they were dissolved by battery acid. One of them has a broken home button but my soldering iron is too big and the button is too small. And yeah... They are too complex to repair.

      Sunday, 28-Jun-15 16:44:27 UTC in context
    • @adiwan Ah, yea that makes sense. Also, you "can" repair a wiimote by brushing it, but that only "repairs"/"fixes" contact-errors... Like when enough guck acclimates beneath the pressure-contacts of the buttons.

      Sunday, 28-Jun-15 16:51:29 UTC in context
    • @critialcloudkicker Brushing may fix it only temporarily. Baking the PCB might be a better solution to repair soldering points. I admit I've never done that because it's too scary for me.

      Sunday, 28-Jun-15 16:59:37 UTC in context
    • @adiwan Hmm, I guess that works. I have only done Video Cards though, for things below the price point of 20 Euro's, I usually just toss em if they are not worth the trouble. Besides, when there is a guck buildup so that your controller ( wiimote, dualshock, weird clip on thing for your phone with buttons , does not matter ), I really doubt that baking it will help with that specific issue. I could be wrong, am I ?

      Sunday, 28-Jun-15 17:04:15 UTC in context