Close Call

[Destructo2000]

So today I was riding my bike just listening to music on my GP2X. When I got home, I pulled it out of my pocket, but by accident, I only grabbed the headphone cable and this is what happened:

I had the headphone cable wrapped around the GP2X so it unraveled as the GP2X began to spin. Then when it reached the end of the headphone line, the cord pulled out and it fell about a foot and a half to the cement *ouch!*.

I instantly picked it up and plugged the cord back it to make sure it was ok, but the sound wasn't playing. I tried turned the screen back on, but it wouldn't come back up. SO I turned it off and then back on and it booted fine. I tried running some MP3's but the sound was crappy and I thought I had screwed up my 2X. However, after I unplugged the headphones, it worked fine. I got another pair of headfphones and the sound was good again. So as it turns out, I screwed up the headphone jack and not the 2X. I do have an ugly scratch on the back of it though. So the lesson of the day is, don't drop your 2X like me and get all freaked out.

 

[Auritribe]

So today I was riding my bike just listening to music on my GP2X. When I got home, I pulled it out of my pocket, but by accident, I only grabbed the headphone cable and this is what happened:

I had the headphone cable wrapped around the GP2X so it unraveled as the GP2X began to spin. Then when it reached the end of the headphone line, the cord pulled out and it fell about a foot and a half to the cement *ouch!*.

I instantly picked it up and plugged the cord back it to make sure it was ok, but the sound wasn't playing. I tried turned the screen back on, but it wouldn't come back up. SO I turned it off and then back on and it booted fine. I tried running some MP3's but the sound was crappy and I thought I had screwed up my 2X. However, after I unplugged the headphones, it worked fine. I got another pair of headfphones and the sound was good again. So as it turns out, I screwed up the headphone jack and not the 2X. I do have an ugly scratch on the back of it though. So the lesson of the day is, don't drop your 2X like me and get all freaked out.

If it was a PSP, you'd be crying right now.

Not that I hate the PSP or anything, just not very durable.

 

[rememberthe8bit]

Woah! h34r: Close call indeed!

Well, your GP2X survived, that's good.

 

[sam fisher]

the GP2x metallic components are made out of adamantium..... Too bad the head phone sockets pretty much made out of balsa wood...

 

[therealadmin]

Yeah I dropped mine like 2 feet down onto the couch (thank God) and now my batteries jiggle around and restart the damn thing :angry: . But then again I either bend the metal back that holds the batteries in or put a cut out piece of felt in their which works to. So I guess I'm lucky.

 

[Destructo2000]

the GP2x metallic components are made out of adamantium..... Too bad the head phone sockets pretty much made out of balsa wood...

No, I didn't mess up the socket, but the actual jack that's attached to my headphones.

 

[purple_goat]

your lucky!!
just today i bricked a psp *crying*

 

[thumpgun]

i nearly spilled a drink on mine while loading in some roms...missed it by an inch,,sad thing is it went flying over my keyboard and my pc crashed after a million things happened on the screen...had to reformat to get it to work wright , it seams to have deleted some files....and that was friday..tears....

 

[rememberthe8bit]

had to reformat to get it to work wright , it seams to have deleted some files....

That's typically what happens when you format a drive.

Best of luck with your 'new' computer.

 

[sam fisher]

the GP2x metallic components are made out of adamantium..... Too bad the head phone sockets pretty much made out of balsa wood...

No, I didn't mess up the socket, but the actual jack that's attached to my headphones.

I was just referring to the shdody soldering on the headphone socket

 

[LordFu]

I've dropped my 2x and my GBA many times. Luckily they're tough little buggers. I don't think a PSP would last a week with me. A friend of mine dropped his PSP onto his wood deck, and that was all it took to ruin it.