The RIGHT Way to Replace Gameboy Cart Batteries
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
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In this tutorial, I show you the PROPER way to replace the save batteries in your Gameboy and Gameboy Color game cartridges. There's a lot of misinformation and just plain awful so-called "tutorials" out there for this process already, so I decided to do my own and set the record straight once and for all.
I've got A LOT more Gameboy stuff on the way! :) I just needed to get this tutorial out of the way first. Enjoy, and let me know what you think!
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Hey all, check out my updated version of this tutorial here: ruclips.net/video/NyEXRXeuA5w/видео.html After reviewing my old video and giving it some thought, I've decided to redo it and give some better instruction, as well as correct my mistakes from THIS video. Cheers, and thanks for watching! 🙂
It is help full
Hey I wanna ask you some thing , so recently l gave my gb games to a technician, they fixed the battery’s of the game but it was the wrong battery he replaced a Different one (CR 2032 ) so it is not saving , now should I give it to him and tell him to put the right battery again or will that harm my gb game
I hope that this video goes to the top of the search results when people are searching to fix their games.
Thank you
Gilhelmi Wow, thanks so much! 😍 And thanks for the sub!
It is now! I searched and it was first result!
Thank you! I've got to buy some tools and get my carts working again
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@@l_R-ru1zd wit and it's r/woooosh
I recommend introducing fresh solder to the original solder beforehand, it's going to help with making it liquid way quicker cause You also introduce flux with the solder :) Also with a wick I always clean off the old solder.The problem with heating the solder for so long as You do is burning up all the flux which makes the solder less liquid. So I recommend having some extra flux at hand or a wick can also help in removing excess solder. Also tinning the tip of Your soldering iron helps for a cleaner result in general, but also using some alcohol to clean the tabs afterwards ensures You are left with nice clean pcb and joints. Thank You for making this video. Those solder less videos are really hard to watch!
Bálint Szabados Thanks for watching! :) I mentioned most of that in the video, but always good to have these tips in the comments as well. Thanks!
Yeah I Agree, It's really PAINFUL to watch videos that explain how to fix something without having to use a fucking solder gun. I can't stand NON-solder people and there need to just fix a ridiculously simple solution with a single piece of tape. And can you believe, that it works too? HOW INFURIATING.
@@chuckstieg It works, til they drop their game on the sidewalk and something gets knocked loose inside the cartridge.
@@scramblesthedeathdealer WRONG, with proper application of tape that shit closes up pretty tight. Nothing is moving around at all, no matter what happens to it. It's going to literally shatter from being dropped before the tape & battery position are compromised. Some people just get such a fucking hard-on from soldering anything they can't handle a more efficient and easier solution existing than soldering. I bet you solder your kid's report cards to your refrigerator too huh? magnets are so impractical.
Thanks for the tips
I'm really glad this wasn't clickbait, thanks man!
Useful too
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In order to replace battery, we must go skydiving first
Bro yeah 😭😭😭
LMFAO
Yeah, don't cut corners
What show is that a reference to?
You have to be able to walk before you can run!
"The best way I've found to replace Gameboy Cart Batteries" would be a better title, as the soldering technique leaves a bit to be desired.
No flux, pads not cleaned/wicked, tinning the new battery unnecessarily, soldering temp too low, too much solder, holding the iron on the joint too long, etc etc. Not insulting you, just pointing out some areas to work on and improve for future efforts..
Also, if the battery is not entirely dead and there are some save games still on the game, solder/clip in a battery in parallel to keep the save games until the old battery is replaced, then remove temp battery. A battery in parallel is safe and should not damage anything, as the voltage remains the same.
I was thinking that same things while watching this lol
Why don’t you do a remash and upload a better video? I’m not being facetious that would actually be pretty helpful
@@eriks8382 There are good soldering videos already. Here's a quick but good one for through hole soldering: ruclips.net/video/AqvHogekDI4/видео.html
8:45 and that's why you use flux :P
also using a hotter iron and/or removing the old (probably lead free) solder should prevent the tip dragging through molasses and let you actually melt the stuff. both your pads/traces and battery will thank you for being roasted slightly hotter for a way shorter time than trying to melt it halfway for ages.
Game Boy games were never lead free. Nintendo didn’t go RoHS-compliant until the Wii.
The factory flux is spent or cleaned off and the solder is also oxidized. Addinf fresh solder/flux will renew the factory solder but then you may have a bit too much. Any contaminates will float to the surface and typically comes off with your soldering iron tip after reflowing with flux and a clean tip.
A couple tips:
Nintendo’s PCBs are typically pretty robust but rotating the battery off of the pad that’s not fully melted like we see here on Link’s Awakening can tear pads off weaker PCBs. It’s best practice to just hold in place and nudge it every now and then until it releases completely.
On that note, you almost seem to be painting heat into the solder joints on a few of these. While it may feel like this is heating more evenly and spreading it around, heat conducts through the solder and metal well enough that you’d be better served by just flattening the iron for contacting the maximum surface area and then adding solder to bridge to places that aren’t readily melting.
I use ceramic-tile drink coasters as a work surface since I don’t want to melt my ESD mat or heat it inside a plastic shell. Just a suggestion. :)
Yeah, when i replaced my Pokémon batteries, I waited until the solder gave up the battery willingly
I've been able to fit 2025s in all carts, just need to trim the leads a bit. I'm guilty of popping the top tab off the old battery with a screwdriver before desoldering. Gives me more control and I don't need to use tweezers. At this point I always replace the battery unless it's obviously been done recently and correctly. Great video.
questionmark576 To each their own - I did one that way too when I was back in middle school. So I'm guilty of it too! Of course, that was over 15 years ago when I had no idea how to solder, lolz! Thanks for your comment and for watching! :)
@@KyleAwsm I still desolder the old and solder the new one in, I just pop the tab off first. The welds are usually fairly weak. It's a lot easier to pull it off the board when the other side isn't holding it down.
questionmark576 I should have phrased my initial reply comment differently. I know what you meant. :) If I came off as snarky, I wasn't trying to! I'm just exhausted, lolz.
Excellent tutorial. Thank you. (I had just watched one using the knife and tape and KNEW that wasn't the way.) Well done.
Great video man but dude you need some lotion and cuticle cream! I have the same issue but those two things fixed the problem.
Just stop biting your nails like a toddler
I work in a workshop and my fingers look just a little better xD thats bcause i work with my hands.
Probably the best tutorial for game boy games here in RUclips, although for soldering skills I suggest you look elsewhere.
Really educational video. I liked how you repeated the process many times to help us understand how to do it. Thanks
You really should invest in some solder braid, or a "solder sucker" aka desoldering gun. It makes it much easier.
Omg thank you! I recently found like 40 gameboy games from my childhood that were in storage. I'm 21 btw. and I found my favorite game pokemon red. But about eight 8hrs in and after saving, I took a 1 hour break then when I went to open my save, it said "the file data has been destroyed!" And I was freaking out lol. So I googled and saw your video. Thank goodness I thought my game was broken forever haha. Least I now how to fix it. Thank you so much :) you definitely earned a sub today :)
Kayla Myers Wow, awesome!!! I'm glad I could help you experience some childhood nostalgia! 😊 Thank you so much for subscribing!
Got the tools and the batteries today! Changed the batteries from the 3 GB and 1 GBC games. Tested them and the saves works! The bad news is: You'll have to repeat all over again and the good news is, I'll be playing on the Super Game Boy (SNES) and the Game Boy Player (GCN). Thanks for the videos.
Most videos mention that you should use a soldering iron, but many people do not have a solder or the necessary skills to operate it like this. That is the reason why there are many videos of using screwdrivers to pry off the weld points from the battery. It simply isn't feasible for some people. Especially a little kid trying to revive "his dad's old game" and things like that.
Buddy you're a genius
I also hope you do the same, but with gba cartridges because some ones have the save battery like pokemon games and the first copies of metroid fusion and kirby
I agree with some of the other comments. You use wayyy too much solder here, If I used that much I would wick it back up before soldering the new battery back in place. I appreciate your efforts of trying to teach proper handling of electronics, however, gameboy carts are really resilient. They're a great way to learn, and if you want to do the job with no tools/minimal effort, thats on you. I've "tape repaired" numerous batteries before I felt comfortable soldering them in place. To be honest, I usually just use a hot iron, heat the solder and pop the tabs off, and just use the existing solder. As long as your tip is tinned and your iron is hot it should be almost effortless.
Just seems like an unnecessarily long video to cover something that could be covered in a few minutes.
As others have mentioned if you really wanted to show the "BEST WAY" that would be temporarily affixing another battery to preserve saves which may be in place already. Still, its good to show better practices for those who want to learn them instead of brute forcing the old tabs off and just taping back into place.
The very min I started watching this video I said this is going to be my video game guy .. thanks dude
This video will help me ton! After my kids got into pokemon (not sure how, maybe they saw it on Netflix), I told them how I used to play it when I was a little older than them (Red/Blue).
That led to nostalgia, buying a few GBA's with Ruby/Sapphire and not remembering how dark the GBA screen was, buying a DS2D with Sun for my daughter and a dsLite for my son so their eyes wouldn't get tired.
Anyway, here I am trying to replace the battery in my sons Ruby cartridge, as he can't save. Thanks for all the tips!
Pokemon Ruby doesn't need the battery for saves just for time based events
@@treeman73272 Well they're pretty important regardless. Besides, knock off cartridges will have the saving issue so it may be that he either bought cheaper easy to find aliexpress cartridges or got ripped off
@@Driv3r96 time based events aren't that important, unless you're actually trying to do something like get umbreon/Espeon or snowrunt which can only be found when the cave is low tide which is time based
@@treeman73272 Well yeah, but it may be important to someone trying to get the full experience. I wouldn't really enjoy playing it knowing my battery is dead, and besides berries stop growing too
I'm more concerned that their cart can't save despite being gba. Advance games didn't use the battery for save data which indicates the problem is bigger than a simple battery replacement. The flash memory itself could be damaged or run out of writes
Most hype music for a battery replacement video ever!
The battery in my Pokémon Gold cartridge is completely dead so thanks for making this tutorial
Mine still works for my Pokémon emerald game but the time functions don’t work.
@@FireheartSamurai Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald use sram to save so the battery dying doesn't erase your saves. You will need a new battery if you want the clock to work again
I did it the savage way, and it worked like a charm. I like your method too though
I have a soldering iron too lol >_
Wow man it is crazy how much better your video is than all the other ones. I watched two before this and thought "man those videos sucked... lets try ooooone mooooore..." I am glad I did.
Thanks man! Some people aren't happy with how much solder I use, and I also accidentally left a cart in a shell while soldering, but I am glad that this helped you! 😊 Cheers and blessings!
Just replaced the battery on my gold version the RIGHT way. Thanks for the step by step and repeating it a couple times on other games.
Very good video. I'd add that it's always nice to have some eye protection while applying heat near batteries. Didn't think about adding solder when desoldreing the old battery - definitely will give it a try next time!
I just ordered everything I need thanks for the video I can hear a loose battery in my cartilage.
Stew you might want to go to the hospital
I have watched this 10 times or more just to be sure xD, btw it worked
I've just recently discovered your channel and have been enjoying your tutorials. I especially appreciate how methodically and thoroughly you present them.
I have a recommendation for a future topic. Consider producing a soldering tutorial for an absolute beginner. This is one of those skills that many people are proficient at, but opinions on 'correct' procedure vary. The biggest benefit seems to be experience. I've never even held a soldering iron before and am too timid to even attempt a 'simple' battery repair without more tips. Anyway, thanks for producing such enjoyable content. Keep up the good work!
TopSpot123 Wow, thank you so much for such a kind compliment! I am glad that you enjoy watching my content so much! 🙂 And I'm actually one step ahead of you on that idea - I've been mulling it over for awhile and have been building different soldering scenarios and techniques in my head that I want to instruct people on, and I think I'm close to writing the outline for a script for such a video. All I can say is, stay tuned, because you will probably get exactly that kind of tutorial sooner rather than later! 😎 Thanks again for watching!
This channel deserves more attention
I'm really glad i'm not the only one that got irritated over the way people were replacing batteries, the original ifixit guide for replacing the battery used a knife to tear off the tabs, and some black tape to hold the new battery in place, it irritated me enough to write my own ifixit guide on how to actually replace it the right way.
Martin Refseth "HDR" Same here! And kudos, man - That's all we can do is keep on trying to get the right information out there! Thanks for your comment and for watching! :)
KyleAwsm thank you so much for your tutorial. Now I can replace the battery on all my pokemon games.
7:31 - Careful! That might’ve shorted positive and negative since the tweezers look like they were touching (or close to touching) the wall of the battery and the bottom tab.
You are doing the lords work here.
You make this look so easy. The soder goes every direction but the way I want it to, it takes me like 30 minutes to do this lol
Use some rosin paste flux on the pads first. 🙂 It will forever change the way you solder for the better. It did for me!
@@KyleAwsm I will try that next time! Thanks 👍
Personally I always use 2025 cells rather than replacing with 1616 just for longevity. Sometimes hard to get fitment right but I’ve never had any major issues yet
A clean fix, thank you for your tutorial on replacing a batteries on Gameboy game. Kids thought they were broken👍
Lol duuude i am terrible at soldering. But watching you i now realize I was doing it wrong. Thank you! In my Gold game I uaed a thin strip of duct tape to attach the contacts to the battery. Worked.
Thank you so much! I was able to replace batteries in Pokémon Blue and Gold.
Holy man you use a lot of solder, I would have deffinetly wicked some of that off
Thanks man, I apprciate you. Time to set some old pokemon games back into the wild.
Just an update. I was successful with procedure just as you taught us in this video.
Can you do a game boy advance version just for kicks? I'm sure its the same process
Robert Stacker Yes sir, already working on one! ;) You'll be seeing it (hopefully) within the next few weeks.
KyleAwsm I thought most gba games just used flash memory
@@palemacaroon4836They do. Batteries in those ones are used for time based events.
Dear I didn’t know that. I thought that they functioned similar to DS cartridges where they just had a flash chip
@@palemacaroon4836 Surprisingly, some even use core memory to store savegames (no joke). Aria of Sorrow is an example.
Thanks this one was the best ive found so far
the one and only video on the topic!
Thanks a lot Kyle!
Great video but shouldn't you be cleaning up/removing the old solder off of the battery contacts on the pcb?
Wouldn't it give you a cleaner end product instead of big pools that might be even harder to work with next time the battery needs replacing?
This is great and all, and not to be rude, but my dude... You need some lotion. I'm glad that finger dust didn't mess up the games.
dude this is such a great tut. i was cringing at the first i watched. why is this not more viewed!
Thank you! Check out my updated version of this video for even less cringe. 🙂 Link in the description. Thanks for watching!
To test the new battery, you could also try it in another Game Boy (/Color/Advance/SP), as the console will hold a residual charge for several minutes. Taking the game out helps to reduce and drain any local action in the new battery.
Hey Kyle, What soldering iron voltage would you recommend? I have an 40W, won't it damage the game?
Ana Ribeiro de Pina a good rule of thumb is to adjust your heat to where it’s just hot enough to melt the solder. you’ll know when it’s too low. there’s usually no reason to have it on full blast.
Awesome video. Very detailed and even shows you soldering.
So I went to a retro shop and paid to change the batteries on my Pokémon silver game. The battery didn’t work and it cost $25. For $27 I got ten batteries and a soldering kit. Not to mention I successfully changed the batteries on two Pokémon games. The video was a great help.
Great video brotha! I've just now gotten around to getting that game bit since my Pokemon Silver's battery is dead, and the battery is on the way!
I bought Pokemon crystal for $10 from a friend. Battery seems to be dead. Thanks for the helpful video.
Why not just solder in a battery holder so you just need to pop in a new coin battery later, pretty much the same process but you are also making it easier to replace the battery in the future.
I doubt that would fit, I could be wrong...
Thanks bro, just received the tools and batteries, fixed pokemon gold, very simple, thanks for the how to!
Really love how this video was made. Thanks for the help.
How long until it needs another battery change??? What’s the lifespan of that replacement batter? Thanks and sweet tutorial!
It’s funny that the Pokémon silver you have is taped up like that, that’s exactly how I had to do it years ago, internet was still pretty young and the tabbed batteries were not available, neither was the tool to take it apart, had to heat a pen up then shove it on the screw to mold it to the right shape
1:30 that smiling fox in the intro made my day. 😁
i mean...i tend to see lots of tutorials on replacing the battery...and good job on this tutorial as well...but it does not solve the main issue that people have...which is making your old save data work again...and there is actually no method to recover your old save data...for example if i complete a game and the battery dies, you can do this tutorial, replace it and then complete the game again, however if you put in a lot of work on that one save file...you might as well just not play at all...because its too much work that you've put into in that one save file...pokemon is a great example, and most of that work you just cannot replicate, like transferring pokemons from one game to another etc.
Unfortunately, because of the nature of how SRAM and other forms of volatile memory work, restoring old save data is impossible because the data no longer exists anywhere on the cartridge once the power source for that chip dies. For making a copy of existing data though, in case you want to preemptively replace a save battery (or use the save data in an emulator on a PC), check out my BennVenn Joey Gen3 and Joey Jr. Videos! Thanks for your comment. 👍🏻
Excellent video! Great resource for the first battery change. 👏👏
Thank you! Very helpful with great close-up video footage too. 👍
after doing this i didnt let the game cool down from the sotering and when i booted it up i got a black screen please wait a minute or 2 to let it cool off then start the game up for the save test :)
Thank you! Just did it my first time with your help
Thanks, this was very useful to replace my DK land 3 battery :D
i just came here after having a blade run through my finger from trying to replace a battery with a sharp tool , but thanks for the tip haha.
Ouch! Hope it heals quick! Cheers! 🙏🏻😎
@@KyleAwsm thanks ! and thanks for the video , really helped 🙏🏼
Thanks for the video, it was very educational.
Thanks a lot help out I got a copy off eBay that did not save just started soldering and this was a good test to see if I learned anything.
Thanks man, just started replacing these batteries and it has worked on all but one ( Pokemon Yellow?? )
Try redoing your solder, try to get the tabs to make direct contact with the board and then solder it, not having solder stuck in between the board and the tab. It’s also possible that the battery you replaced it with was dead on arrival, try another
You’re a legend! Just the video I needed
Thank you, I did this for a pokemon gold cartridge I got cheap because the battery was dead!
As I understand it, Game Boy and GBC carts typically use 2025 batteries, while 1616 is used more often for GBA carts.
That being said, you can substitute a 2025 for a 2032, it's the same size but tends to last longer. I don't think you can typically sub a 2032 in for a 1616 though.
that was quite the intro for a game boy tutorial
I couldn't even say how many times I've torn my hands and fingers open shoving flathead screwdrivers under those damn batteries when I first started out with this kind of stuff. I even destroyed a cart or two completely unnecessarily doing this. I know better these days, but still. It is so important to learn proper technique when working with electronics like this!
Dude! Nice job! Thank you for teaching me the ways. I really appreciate it! Awesome!
Thank you! Make sure to check out the updated tutorial video too! 🙂👍🏻 Thanks for watching!
Thank you for posting this !!! Pokemon Green Japan Import here i come !!
THE RIGHT WAY:
I melted a plastic pen on a candle and pressed it against the screw and used that as a screwdriver.
Then I just taped on a new battery.
Works great.
Another important thing to know is when screwing metal screws into plastic threading; you should turn the screw counter clockwise until it clicks into place of the threading before turning clockwise. Not doing that can ruin the plastic threading.
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this would work but I'm certified. You can only solder a board so many times. Instead of adding solder to remove tabs, simply cover in Flux and it will wet just as easily with half the contact time. You're spending way too much time heating the lands.
Use Flux liberally. When soldering the new tabs, heat tab and land for a second then feed solder rapidly until fully wet, pull away quick. If you're doing it right you should get it perfect in 4 seconds or less. Clean flux with brush and alcohol.
So I'm just wondering will this battery only last 10 years like the other one or will it last longer since it's newer
It might last shorter if it's low quality. Also 10 years is a lot.
Thank you for the tutorial, it worked great.
Useful too
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You saved me from returning pokemon crystal, silver and blue. I went on a hunt after modding my gameboy advance and wanted to get all these pokemon games back, and come to find out it won't save 😞
Me, watching a completely different video: The batteries in Gameboy games are failing? Oh no! I've ordered a couple of old games I had as a kid (should be arriving in the next day or two).
2 mins later: Oh cool. This video will tell me how to replace them.
13 mins 45 secs later: Uh huh... ok... I see... let me just quickly check this returns policy...
Another topic that really kind of bugs me is no one really tells you that you need to clean and prep the cartridge of all flux and residue and anything else before you install the battery. Otherwise you'll be pouring 1% water with 99% alcohol on live connections when the battery is live..
And Pokemon silver gold and crystal battery’s will run out faster than red blue and yellow just so everyone knows pretty sure it’s because of the clock and real time event in those games
Your iron seemed to not be hot enough. Also you should clean the old solder off the board after removing the battery, before putting the new battery on. Flux helps too.
Thanks - I've posted an updated tutorial: ruclips.net/video/NyEXRXeuA5w/видео.html
thank you very much for this tutorial, it is really very clear and I should be able to replace the batteries without too much difficulty thanks to this your guide. I wanted to ask you, can I possibly replace also the snes cartridge batteries using the same procedure? Thanks again!
This is cool and all but people don't typically have access to all the equipment you just stated so they much rather try their chances at easier and more accessible options try and make a video with a makeshift feel to it and disclaim to your viewers that there is a safer way to do it but with more equipment
Great video! Very informative!
You'll notice that in most consumer electronics that the solder is crap, its because its lead free. I'd suggest wicking away or using a desolder to remove the old solder, otherwise this is a pretty good guide.
It isn’t lead free here… it’s just that the factory flux was spent and/or cleaned off.
…and oxidized.
Thank you if I didnt see your video I would of done it the unsafe way.
Great tutorial! Thank you.
Lmao I just watched the guy with the exacto knife and was cringing the whole time
Jackson same lmao. When he just yanks it up 😂😂
from him blatantly doing it wrong or from the alternate timeline where his knife slipped?
Well done sir!!
thanks this will help me in the future
Very nice walkthrough! How is your Gameboy color backlit?
This is a brilliant tutorial! I know this is an older video of yours, but Holy crap is it great, and easy to follow! I just bought two Pokemon games, and I am excited to actually be able to play them, thanks to this!
I put a copy of Ken Griffey Jr’s Major League Baseball in the freezer to see if it would help with removing old rental stickers and it made the SRAM battery pop off the metal tabs. It sheered cleanly right at the spot welds leaving two perfectly unbent tabs. Unfortunately, I couldn’t repeat this with Game Boy carts when I tried. :( I was all ready to make a DIY spot welder with nails and a car battery if the trick continued to work. :) I tested with two different copies of Pokémon Red from different manufacturing batches so they had two different batteries from Nintendo. Didn’t work for either of them. :(