How to install a CR1616 Battery Holder in your Game Boy or Game Boy Color Game Carts

This video shows how to install a CR1616 Battery Holder into Game Boy & Game Boy Color game carts that require a save battery. The advantage to using a battery holder is that you only need to solder once and then when the battery needs to be replaced you just remove the old battery and install a new battery. Additionally it allows people to use any battery they choose, so you are not stuck using cheap CR1616 tab battery that don't last.
My original post about this repair can be found at www.tzirf.com/nintendo-consol...
You can purchase the CR1616 Battery Holder shown in this video at the following link: www.amazon.com/CR1616-Battery...
THIS IS NOT AN AFFILIATE LINK.
For additional resources & guides you can visit my website www.tzirf.com. It is a forum based website where I post all the repairs I am working on so that the resources are there for others to do the same repairs. If you are working on a repair and want to share it, or need help with your repair I encourage you to join and make a post.
0:01 Intro
1:12 Removing bad CR1616
4:30 Cleaning PCB
5:30 Installing CR1616 Battery Holder
8:55 Installing CR1616 Battery
9:30 Verifying with multimeter
10:15 Showing battery holder/battery fit inside the shell like it should
10:58 Testing Super Mario Land 2
14:30 Showing the battery is working to keep the save file
15:01 Outro
Music by: Bensound
License code: MM34IWYVTGEBZQQ9

[@KTcomics]

might do this myself. thanks for the tutorial.

[@sammydavis3796]

Love the video bro please keep them coming

[@niplob]

Step 1: Don't!
Lost my pokemon yellow save file after I dropped the cartridge, battery holders suck. You don't lose your savefiles after a drop when the battery is soldered in directly and they keep the save file for 10+ years

[@Tzirf]

You are correct some of the holders will not keep the battery in place if the cartridge is dropped. I personally prefer the tabbed batteries. Cheers