Topic: Rattling hardware????

[ReallyScrued]

i dopped my power supply for my gamecube the other day, on carpet nothing very hard and not from very far up, i am 13 years old and VERY short, if 4'5 means anything. ( the power supply or w.e it is im taking about is the big rectangluar object in between the power cable and the cable that insrerts into the cube) anyway i picked it up and for no reason at all , i shook it. It rattled.....not a tiny piece in there that cuda broke off, the entire thing inside rattled. this is a wierd request, can u all shake ur power supplys to see if anything moves inside? also my friends' memory card has bits inside that rattle, is that normal? my memory cards are complete and no rattling. ca u all plz shake ur hardware?  thx

[Artimus]

If it works, it's good.

[HolyPaladin]

I had an NES game (Mega Man 3) that had something that rattled inside, but it basically worked fine.  The only reason that I say "basically" is because there is something odd that happens on the stage select screen where part of a row of pixels flickers oddly.  Much like Artimus said, I say not to worry about the rattle as long as it functions just fine.  What matters is whether it works or not.  I would rather that it didn't rattle, but rattling and working is better than not working at all.  The internal components might have came loose, which isn't necessarily good and may be cause of additional care in handling just to be on the safe side, but doesn't seem to demand replacement so long as it remains functional.

[ReallyScrued]

first of all, nes games were extreamly unpredictable.  Next is that i forgot to mention that the end of the electrical plug for the cube is burned, there small circular burns across the metal connectors.  Usually when i start up my cube, i dont let it go for hours, 6 average. Shud i give it breaks in between to ensure longivity? are the burns normal?  

[Uglydot]

Burns are not normal.  Take some freaking breaks, yeesh.

[Gamer Donkey]

I don't know if I'm the first to actually shake mine or not, but yes, it does make a slight rattling. It's been working fine since the GC's release so don't wory about it.

[A-A-R-O-N]

Any kind of burns on your AC adapter are not normal, and if I were you I would either take a break every two hours or try to swap the ac adapter with a good known spare. Check your GameCube manual to see if it lists how long you should run your console before powering it off.

Aaron  

[RickPowers]

Burn marks are indicative of a short circuit somewhere, and that sort of thing can cause a fire.  You can get replacement AC adapters at many stores (Intec makes one), or call Nintendo's customer service if it's still uinder warranty and see if they will replace it for free.

[PIAC]

have a look at this


a good demonstration of nintendos durability

[Big_Pimp]

Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Why did you do that?!  You should have let me have that Gamecube.

[PIAC]

yeah.. its kinda sad at the end :\ BUT its a good demonstration!

for anyone who cant be assed looking the guy drags a gamecube behind a car along a paved and then unpaved road, it gets pretty well hammered, plugs it back in and IT STILL WORKS! and the car wasn't exactly going slow either. its pretty damn amazing.

but then they proceed to take to it with a sledge hammer... and then fire