Let's repair every trace on this copy of Pokémon Ruby!
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
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Tweezers. These ones are a bit pricey and alternatives do exisit but I have yet to find better quality ones and can't recommend these enough for this type of work. www.techni-too...
Soldering station I use. I have swapped out the iron that ships with it. www.amazon.com...
Recommended soldering station alternative with out hot air gun www.amazon.com...
Solderwick www.amazon.com...
Flux www.amazon.com...
Eraser pencil www.amazon.com...
Conformal coating www.ellsworth....
Solder www.amazon.com...
30 gauge wire www.amazon.com...
Surgical blade with handle www.amazon.com...
The PCB holder I'm using is 3d printed and the files can be found here www.thingivers...
When you flippped the PCB with all the wires hanging out 🤣
Really like these overkill fixes.
It caught me off guard lol. There were so many wires that I had to drench the sponge just to be able to remove it. Even still it was a pain.
This isn't a repair, this is a remanufacture! When you casually said "remove all the components to see what kind of damage we're talking about" gobsmacked! And subscribed!
This was beyond blowing on the pins lol. Appreciate it :)
Difficult repair! The pictures and breakdown were great
I'm glad to hear that :) I was kinda bummed that I didn't film that one part so hearing that means a lot.
This repair was pointlessly cursed, but tbh I really loved it. Would be hilariously nice to have a game all repaired and wired up like this.
What an insane repair, i didnt even know this was possible, very good job
Thank you :) definitely pushing the limits lol
Watching this very video has helped me save a copy of Ruby! the + pad was completely gone, I would run a wire through the via to the end point, still not getting the battery working, until I watched your video, and saw that the + terminal also goes to "R9", attached it to there and wham!!! saveing is now possible :)
Thank you :)
Incredible work!
You have amazing patience.
Thank you! :) Only when it comes to PCB repairs lol
My man I am all for gameboy repair great job get a sub from me.
Thank you so much :)
Love gen 3 of Pokémon! Glad that this ruby is not lost. The amount of wires is hilarious though
A replacement pcb would have made a lot more sense but this was a lot more fun lol
idk wtf i just watched, or understand a thing about this, but this was legendary. seeing the game boot up an the music n shit just started playing mustve released some dopamine. good job.
love seeing the work put into saving this game, you put a lot of love and care into this and it shows :)
Thanks for that :)
I would definitely buy that game and throw it in a clear case to show off the awesome work😎😎
Clear case is a must! :)
Thank you so much man. I learned so much about soldering from watching your videos. I recently repaired my copy of Pokemon Ruby and even rediscovered my childhood save file. I could not have done it without you!
Great video! I love seeing someone going the extra mile for these games!
Amazing repair you did. It was crazy seeing all those wires sticking out the board when flipped it over.
Jesus, this repair is insane. Great work!
It definitely was lmao
I'm telling you, there was for sure a better way to troubleshoot this. Like getting a known working cart and replacing some of the main components, or at the very least checking for continuity. Maybe even comparing resistances between the traces on a working cart vs a non working cart.
Well yeah but that isn't the point of this video. This was started by saying how over the top it was. Obviously, a brand new PCB would be the way to go but again not the point. As far as troubleshooting goes I found almost every via to not have continuity so that's about where that ends.
Solderking soldered a wire to each of a PCB's vias
the absolute madman!
Been called worse ;)
hi-tier soldering you're KILLING it. maybe i shoulda expected as much, but i had no clue. hat's off to ya!
Gotta keep em guessing lol
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Happy birthday.
I ended up looking like some kind of patient on life support barely clinging to life lol. I didn't think something like this was possible.
🎶"Like a surgeon, cuttin' for the very first time, like a sur-ur-ur-geon...🎶 /weird al
Seriously, though, I find these videos very absorbing and oddly relaxing. Good work, my friend!
I sang that as I read it lmao. Thank you so much! :)
The pokemon nerd in me really wanted you to check what pokemon they had
Cool video. It's amazing what you can do.
Thank you! :) I just checked and they only have two. A level 24 Swellow and a level 21 Grovyle. Seems weird that there are only two but I could be missing something lol
@@Solder_king Interesting. Thanks for checking =)
It might be overkill for a game with so many viable copies still floating around in the market, but overkill is my favorite type of kill.
Your work is good and your joints show experience and skill, but with that much time into it, I feel like you could've made a whole new PCB in CAD.
I know the rush of one day projects though, so I get it!
Fun video!
Thanks! :) I made it clear in the beginning that this was complete overkill just for the sake of ridiculousness. I almost ordered a replacement pcb but these crazy repairs are a lot more fun than board swapping.
Thats some serious dedication. In cases like this I just replace the PCB with a newly manufactured one and move all the components to the new PCB.
The last remaining PCB of Pokemon Ruby.
I found your channel because of the game boy cart selector thing and this is so awesome man. Your channel is something that's right up my alley. Soldering and PCB repair pr0n
Geez, I couldn't picture myself going to that extent!
If you do, please share :)
incredible job, thanks for saving some more pokemon.
Currently dealing with a persistent dry battery error on my Ruby version despite changing the battery several times which led me to your videos! I now think it may be a broken trace. Would I need to reflow the board first to see if that works?
Hey what's up? I am in the same boat right now. We're you able to get it fixed?
Just found this channel and i already love it
Thank you so much! I'm thrilled to hear that :)
This is the kind of insane level repairs I enjoy doing. Not because it makes sense on any level, but just to see if I can do it.
EXACTLY! I can't seem to stress it enough that it's just for fun. lol
is that an alps keyboard i heard on the slideshow? sounds like a matias or something like that
Amazing job! This was worth subscribing to your channel. :)
i wonder what the original owner of this game would think aabout if she saw this. maybe some childhood memory trip about that unfinished save... we will never know (unless you have data on where you bought that or something.)
I would love to see that reaction!
Can you explain more of why you use 30 gauge wire and if a higher gauge can be used. pros and cons? thanks. love your vids
whoa, insane repair. nice work
Thank you :)
Would enameled magnet wire have worked better for this project to deal with height issues?
Maybe for a few traces but I don't have any on hand
I would probably have ordered a new pcb since the components were working :P But great repair none the less!
One word. Perseverance.
wild, love it
I was looking at that thumbnail and it hit me. 😱 those are all bodge wires. (SP?)
So many!
you, good sir, are a complete madman! *tips fedora*
I certainly try lol
You are a God
Simply insane
I've been called worse ;)
solderking doin the work!
this is insane bruh i would have a mental breakdown if i tried this
I almost had one when it didn't boot the first time lol
I know it's absolutely not the point of this video, but it feels like at some point, just buying a new pcb would be 100x easier. Still an amazing repair job and would definitely love to see that kind of board in a clear case.
Absolutely. If I had a dozen of these to repair or even 2 then I'd buy replacements but this was a fun one off
which tips did you use in the process of this video?
Great job, but I can't help thinking.. surely there were better, quicker and more efficient ways of fixing that game?
Oh there definitely was. Lol. The best option is to order a replacement pcb.
hey i am currently repairing a soap/water damaged saphire. the legs of the MX29L010TC-15 where gone from all the corodion . and some R and caps. you know any replacement chip that would fit and work as the ram.
i managed to save the flashchip. and i think i will find what the R and caps should be. but cant find the other chip (MX smt)to make it work
You may have to source a donor cart for that. I'm not sure if anything is actually manufactured at this point
@@Solder_king thanks for the answer .getting a pokemon donor coard is never cheap. and i dont think other dba games use that chip. if yes tell me.
I literally have a pokemon ruby copy that is old and has water damage could you fix it or do you know a company that could fix it? Willing to pay for your trouble.
Yes I can :) just shoot an email to solder_king@outlook.com
Checks the price of Pokémon Ruby online... yeah definitely worth to turn a broken one into frankestein's monster.
Lol
And let's flip the board over OMG THIS WAS A MISTAKE
I seriously didn't expect it lmao. I did that part over the course of two days so I forgot how many were there.
My problem is that the emerald version I have boots but save is corrupted
Did you rule out cold solderjoints?
I'm confused, why did you just solder some of those wires to just random places? Were they just ground wires?
None of them were random :) a good chunk were ground and vcc wires so there were a lot of groupings but all needed to be rejoined.
@@Solder_king that makes more sense, I assumed ground buy wanted to double check, been away from my iron for to long ig seems!
I wish I could do all this to my poor butchered copy of pokemon emerald.
I love/hate this. Subscribed. (from imgur with love)
That's exactly what I was aiming for lol
could you make a gba cartage with a rechargeable battery, and would it still have a 5-10 year lifespan
With what kind of battery?
You are insane bro.
Wouldn't have it any other way
Hello is there any way to get in contact with you?
You can email me at Solder_King@outlook.com :)
You mad man !
I have a strange copy of pokemon ruby that won't boot. I don't know where it originally came from. It was given to me by a friend many years ago before ruby was released. At best this is a early prototype of ruby with rough English translations and at worst it's just a bootleg copy of ruby that someone started to translate. I remember torchic had a name like fire chicken. If your interested in trying to repair it and dumping the cart to see if there is any valuable information like beta sprites please reply to this message.
I'd be interested to see what the cartridge looks like
megan doesn't know
I'd love to give it back lol
At this point you could have just got some pcbs made.
yeah but as I stated in the very beginning, this was over kill for the heck of it.
was this much work, i bet you could order a replacement board from pcbway
I could have but that honestly wasn't the point of this repair. As I said in the beginning this was overkill and mainly for the fun of it.