old battery just chilling there like it hasn’t been dead since 2002
desolder it while sweating profusely
pretty sure I heard Kirby whisper “do it”
solder in new battery
it’s crooked but stable, like my mental health
put the cart back together, boot it up
start new save, power off
turn it back on...
IT SAVED
Kirby now remembers
we’ve bonded through trauma
I am now the battery god
grats anon, working on LCD screen mods and soldering batteries are my only two real pants-shit moments with electronics projects
nice one OP
Top bad dreamland 2 is anus
well done anon
enjoy your gaemu
it’s crooked but stable, like my mental health
Lmao, goofy ass nigga. Have a good week, OP.
ANON GET O- oh shit sorry wrong game
Well done, friend.
Nice work
all that yellow goop
bro, is that organic flux? you did clean it up afterwards, right?
good work, anon
That is actually the before pic. Pic related is after.
The joints are ugly, but it was my first time soldering.
I'm glad nothing broke.
I like your Chocola mousepad Anon.
Coolest thread I've read on Anon Babble in weeks.
Nice job anon
How difficult was it when removing the old one?
Chunky solder. Needs more flux.
these battery issues are so ass, I remember my friend got a Pokémon Blue for his GBA in 2008 and the save battery was dead and didn't save.
There's got to be a more permeant solution to this shit that doesn't involve backing up a save on your computer.
I'd say that was the easiest part of the process.
Just a little bit of solder and a little bit of torque with plastic tweezers and it lifted right up.
fram but it's really not that big of a deal.
Thank you for the tip, anon.
I was worried about using too much since the flux I got was thicker than the stuff I was seeing in the tutorial videos, but I'll not hold back next time.
There's got to be a more permeant solution to this shit that doesn't involve backing up a save on your computer.
outside of new hardware I don't know what you could do.
Solder joints should be smooth, rounded. Chunky on top means chunky underneath.
So how long do the new batts last?
15-20 years
Honest to God just be proud. I am impressed if this is anyone's first attempt. Keep fixing shit, CMOS-kun
He needs slightly more heat and a tiny bit of flux.
Really just desolder more shit.
My fat GB died.
The Liquid Crystals in the screen literally melted because of the heat.
Same with my GBA screen.
My only old handheld that survived was my Neogeo Pocket for some reason.
Thanks Australian summers!
Flux will melt
Maybe don’t leave it out in the sun?
Put together an FPGBC recently and snatched up a few games off eBay.
Playing these old games really puts into perspective how whack modern gaming has become.
Playing pic related for the first time and having a blast~
This is soul you'll never experience with digital
Jesus that screen looks bad
I’m glad I got a chromatic
Heh, look at that ancient free mason symbolism which hasnt been used since the 90s. Thats great. We never see them do the checkered floor bit anymore. Im guessing their plan was a success. What we see now from the Illuminati is much harsher.
Trying too hard.
So is there a decent way to do this for GBA games? I wasn't aware until yesterday that there were games on the GBA that still used batteries for saves (always thought that retardation stopped with the jump from GB to GBA). Was telling an anon yesterday that he could probably put batteries in pic related and solder the wires (not on the battery contacts but to places on the pcb where the positive and negative connect to) and then de-solder and solder in a new battery if he wanted to keep his saves for Bomberman Tournament he never responded :(. It sucks because it's not like a GB game where you can take off the front of the cartridge, stick it in a GBA or SP and have the console power it while you do the soldering.
Why would you need that thing? Just buy a tri-wing, open up the GBA game, desolder the old battery, then solder in a new one. It's no different from GB games.
Anon wants to keep his save data and switch out the old battery with a new one. You can do the battery swap on GB carts while it's plugged into a powered GB since the battery sticks out at the top so you can preserve saves between batteries.
Not sure how you could do it on a GBA. It may be possible if you remove the back of the shell?
Sorry maybe I wasn't clear, I'm talking about doing it while keeping the old saves.
Oh. Well, you could load it in a DS with an R4, copy the save, take the game out and perform the battery swap, then plug it back in and load your save onto the game again.
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There's a pin compatible Fram for Pokemon that is a permanent solution (at least as far as your lifetime is concerned)
It's riddiculous that yiu need to solder to replace the battery. What was Nintendo thinking?
Never thought of that. That's a good solution. Definitely safer.
Good work!
I knew a guy back in college who did this as a business
that was 20 years ago
Maybe using a DSLite... but the "work area" is still too small
kirby knows what he is doing...
solder in new battery
Dude it's current year, people are doing FRAM mods for Game Boy games now
IDK
CR1616
DMG
you did a do!
Pointless
Use more temp next time, ok amount of flux; congratulations anon