Throwing away broken game consoles

[Enternal]

Ive been hoping to source a broken cdx just for the top shell. Mine is fairly scuffed up , but works with matching power supply . I have been sitting on two broken 3dos. One goldstar one Panasonic in hopes that I can find someone that can fix both and take the goldstar as payment.

[wiseau]

Recently, I helped sort through and repair some broken retro and current gen console gaming items.  The "who" and the "where" are not what I want to focus on in this thread.  I made a few things work.  Some things I could not fix and it was hard seeing those things thrown away.

One day was a large plastic tub of broken loose SNES units with bad CPUs, I did not save about 10-12 units that were beyond my abilities to repair.  I do not have a hot air station, nor access to new surface mount CPUs, nor any space in my tiny home.  I still felt bad seeing these yellowed broken systems thrown away.  A local SNES collecting friend I know immediately gave me grief when I shared this story (they can be un-yellowed, saved for case swaps, etc..).

Next up...YLOD 60GB launch BC PS3s, a good six of those were tossed after having some hard drives and optical drives saved.  Before I arrived, I believe a lot of the same was done to some dead red ringed 360's.  Some of those were tossed as complete but loose consoles.

It all started to look like broken electronic waste after awhile.

I am sad inside as a collector, but grateful I did not bring (all) the junk home.  My fiancee is extra grateful.

Come to think about it, in the recent past I have seen stacks of loose Wiis, PS1s, original Xboxes at thrift stores and I do not care to take any of those home or attempt repairs on them.

When do you draw the line at taking in and storing junked console equipment and parts?

Shoulda just sold them off, even if all you got out of it was the shipping costs, it's better than having to destroy it.

[wilykat]

I used to buy mystery PSX but quit buying a few years ago.  I have around 30 right now and only 2 had problem reading discs.  I figure if I sit on this pile long enough I can sell it for about 10x what I paid (mostly $5, often with video cord and controllers)

Right now I have 2 other consoles that needs something.  A PS3 with YLoD and XBox360 with RRoD. Both has no video out.   Both were cheap.  $20 for PS3 with 80GB HD, the fat one with 2 controllers, and $30 for 360 with cables, 3 power supplies (dunno why) and 3 controllers, no HDD.

SO what to do with them? Could sell controllers, 360 cables and 360 power supplies.

[Enternal]

I used to buy mystery PSX but quit buying a few years ago.  I have around 30 right now and only 2 had problem reading discs.  I figure if I sit on this pile long enough I can sell it for about 10x what I paid (mostly $5, often with video cord and controllers)

Right now I have 2 other consoles that needs something.  A PS3 with YLoD and XBox360 with RRoD. Both has no video out.   Both were cheap.  $20 for PS3 with 80GB HD, the fat one with 2 controllers, and $30 for 360 with cables, 3 power supplies (dunno why) and 3 controllers, no HDD.

SO what to do with them? Could sell controllers, 360 cables and 360 power supplies.

I would just junk the 360, even if you fix the RROD the solder is brittle, the xclamp flexes the board causing issues, and the whole series of Fat 360 were just band aids fixing things along the way. Its just too unreliable to fix and resell, since it can have issues a few days after fixing. On the other hand if its for yourself, its real quick to pop the system and hit it with a heat gun. Outside of that its not worth the time to reball/re-solder the system while the slims are so cheap.

Out of all the people I knew with a fat 360, none of them have their original system. They either had to send it back to Microsoft or bought a slim when their warranty ran out. Even my own system which was a Falcon I babied, I kept it in a cool area, didn't go on gaming marathons with it and it still crapped out.

At flea markets, I have sellers try to push 360 on me all the time. I don't have interest in them anyway since I have a slim that I barely use now. If you or anyone else is in a similar situation you can learn how to check if its a Jasper fat 360. http://www.360-hq.com/xbox-tutorials-81.html#jasper afaik they are the last revisions to the fat design and will be the most durable against the RROD.

[xelement5x]

I used to buy mystery PSX but quit buying a few years ago.  I have around 30 right now and only 2 had problem reading discs.  I figure if I sit on this pile long enough I can sell it for about 10x what I paid (mostly $5, often with video cord and controllers)

Right now I have 2 other consoles that needs something.  A PS3 with YLoD and XBox360 with RRoD. Both has no video out.   Both were cheap.  $20 for PS3 with 80GB HD, the fat one with 2 controllers, and $30 for 360 with cables, 3 power supplies (dunno why) and 3 controllers, no HDD.

SO what to do with them? Could sell controllers, 360 cables and 360 power supplies.

I would just junk the 360, even if you fix the RROD the solder is brittle, the xclamp flexes the board causing issues, and the whole series of Fat 360 were just band aids fixing things along the way. Its just too unreliable to fix and resell, since it can have issues a few days after fixing. On the other hand if its for yourself, its real quick to pop the system and hit it with a heat gun. Outside of that its not worth the time to reball/re-solder the system while the slims are so cheap.

Out of all the people I knew with a fat 360, none of them have their original system. They either had to send it back to Microsoft or bought a slim when their warranty ran out. Even my own system which was a Falcon I babied, I kept it in a cool area, didn't go on gaming marathons with it and it still crapped out.

At flea markets, I have sellers try to push 360 on me all the time. I don't have interest in them anyway since I have a slim that I barely use now. If you or anyone else is in a similar situation you can learn how to check if its a Jasper fat 360. http://www.360-hq.com/xbox-tutorials-81.html#jasper afaik they are the last revisions to the fat design and will be the most durable against the RROD.

I had the same experience which was infuriating since I managed to keep it alive just long enough to fall out the MS warranty window