GBA SP.... it was a accident :(

[Xaddiline]

HELP!!!! I need it now! My little bro's GBA SP was in his pocket and it got put in the washer for about 3- 5 minutes and it's soaked and the is water inside the screen so I wanna know, is it ruined?!

 

[dastangman]

Well, first I would unscrew the thing...let the water out, then leave the thing sit for awhile with all it's internal parts just laying there for a few days...this will evaporate any moisture left over that hasn't already done damage, you may just get lucky...about 98% of the time, water will ruin an electornic device in some way, even rainwater could ruin it...I'm not really sure how a screen works on those things, i know newer ones the or at least DS uses LCD I THINK...I THINK, anyway, most of the time water will cause severe damage, in some cases tho the water gets trapped and is unable to reach areas where severe damage is possible, most likely ur most sever problem will be with the screen, it'll mess up the picture, the other thing, is that it will electoric itself basically and fry it's parts or whatever, although since it runs on batteries I don't know if that will happen...not to ruin any hopes or whatever, but i dropped my pocket pc in a dog dish (it was on the desk, the dish on the gorund) even the short amount of time it was in the dish was enough to ruin it, had to spend another 400 bucks to buy another one, which stunk cuz it cost 200 in the first place after rebates, so at least there is one good thing to come out of it, it will be cheaper now

 

[Fonzy]

let it sit fotr 5 weeks... let it dry

 

[Fatality]

Haha. This reminds me of when I went swimming with my GB Color in my trunks. It was fully submerged, heck it was filled to the brim with water. When I got out, water was inside it, so I shook the water out, and let it sit. Sure enouph, a day later after drying it worked fine, the same went for my Ghost Recon game for GBA. Dont worry about it, let it dry and it should work fine, just dont turn it on(untill it is dry). The reason why it wont work is probably not water damage, but because of electrical shorts. If worse comes to worse, call up Nintendo and they will replace it for free.

 

[Link]

Let it dry out for about a week, in the sun is the best. If this does not help, you can always call or e-mail Nintendo to ask their advise (go to www.nintendo.com)!! They may tell you to send it to them so they can fix it, Nintendo should do this for a low price too!! I love Nintendo!

 

[Link]

Haha. This reminds me of when I went swimming with my GB Color in my trunks. It was fully submerged, heck it was filled to the brim with water. When I got out, water was inside it, so I shook the water out, and let it sit. Sure enouph, a day later after drying it worked fine, the same went for my Ghost Recon game for GBA. Dont worry about it, let it dry and it should work fine, just dont turn it on(untill it is dry). The reason why it wont work is probably not water damage, but because of electrical shorts. If worse comes to worse, call up Nintendo and they will replace it for free.

If her warranty is still alive, yes!!

 

[dastangman]

I always get lifetime warranties, well sometimes, on stuff like this, my problem tho, is when i need to use the warranty i forget where my proof of purchase was and stuff, idk how nintendo finds out if you really bought it, but HOPEFULLY warranty will still be good

 

[PolskiKrol]

First you cry, then tell your little brother that the water gets him special cheats in yugioh or whatever you youngsters play these days.

 

[mcb1998au]

My son just got a GBA SP for Christmas and he would be so upset if anything happened to it. I can imagine how your little brother is feeling. Just be careful if/when you decide to plug it into mains power again.

 

[skysthelimit]

I'm sorry about the SP, but I would throw that PS2 in the water

 

[Xaddiline]

I'm sorry about the SP, but I would throw that PS2 in the water

Heh heh... I'm close to doing that (wonder what it would look like in the summer time when it's been in the pool for a few months )

 

[Silent_J]

I Finally got my gba sp 4 christmas and i've only let one other person play it, i'm so worried someone will break it or drool on it

 

[Caedmon]

Unfortunately, that's how the electronics industry works: build something that will either break or go obsolete in 3 years so that consumers have to fork out more cash for the best equipment. Gotta love corporate America.

 

[Xaddiline]

[glow=yellow] GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!!! [/glow]
IT WORKS!!!
[glow=plum] ~*XADDIE*~ [/glow]

 

[Caedmon]

Yay!

 

[Touring3D]

DON'T turn it on for a while. Let it dry out for a couple weeks or so.

 

[Fatality]

Already works Touring .