Funny. I've had Emerald dongled into my DSLite since it was out of the box, especially after finding out about the cloning. Only thing that wore out was the right hinge
Note that when you replace the battery in those games (Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald), it won't wipe out your data, but the game's internal clock gets reset and that can cause problems (depending on what you last did in the game). Oddly, GameFreak didn't have the foresight to implement a feature to manually adjust the clock for any reason (even though gen 2 allowed this if the clock ever somehow reset), so you will need a flashcart for GBA or DS that runs homebrew in order to adjust it with a custom program that can be found online. I did a battery swap on Ruby and used an R4 on an original DS to change the clock.
@@301nav Those fix the "berry glitch" in Ruby and Sapphire (Emerald didn't have this problem). I mean, if you had berries growing, or some other event was supposed to happen in a certain number of days, and the clock is reset, those things will be "trapped" for a long time, depending on how much time after you first started the game has passed when you triggered them. To remedy those issues, if they happen, you need to manually adjust the clock.
@@301nav if you don't believe the person who corrected you, try it yourself. I had it happen in emerald on a 6 month old save. 6 months later, time based events worked again. I have Colosseum and the berry glitch isn't present in emerald. Even if it was, I have a newer revision of sapphire without the berry glitch and there was no option to patch my bad emerald cart.
There actually is a built-in clock change debug menu, but it's a pain in the butt to access, so you need outside tools either way, just not necessarily a flash cart. If you have an Operator or similar device to backup/upload your save you can clear the right set of flags in PKHex and do a button combo on the title screen back on console (I cannot get it to work on emulator; not sure why not).
Conventional horror movies don't do it for me. Slashers, monsters, psychological stuff... nothing. A movie about a console killing cart? Fuckin' terrifying!
As someone who finds electronics repair utterly fascinating but know absolutely nothing about how to do it, this was super cool to watch! You’ve got yourself a new subscriber :) (Edited to say electronics as opposed to just consoles, especially since this is a cartridge repair!)
Really inspirational! As someone whos got a collection of dead and not so deadish games its interesting watching you work! Thanks for uploading this kind of thing. I've always had a kinda envy for people with welding skills it looks super cool.
@@beardalaxy I actually can break them even more. In the case of red and blue, it just doesn't save when the battery is dead. There is plenty I can do to make that a lot worse.
This was just beautiful to watch. I've never attempted anything like this and I can TELL you are very skilled. It doesn't hurt I was always a sucker for gen 3 and especially Emerald (to date some of the best end game content). So many memories. =)
Thank you very much for watching and commenting. I’ve repaired a ton of Gen 3 games but admittedly I’ve never played one. I fell out of Pokémon after Gen 2 up until the Gen 4 remakes. I really want to play Emerald soon.
Great repair and this didn't seem too hard. I would love to give this a shot one day as I have a soldering iron thing at my workplace, but I'm just worried I'd mess up because I have never done this sort of thing before. But you make it look so easy. Glad the end result was successful we gotta keep these pokemon games alive XD
I'm actually curious at what the damaged cartridge would've *done* to the system. I get that you didn't want to risk a good system, but perhaps for a followup, would you be willing to replicate the short, and test it in a sacrificial console?
@@imod.systemsCould you ask him to send you the blown consoles? Would both explore the damage that short did withouth sacrificing any other consoles and fix up two systems!
@@thepokerus4184 My guess from what I know about how cartridges work is that the short backcircuited power into one of the data pins and blew a protection fuse
People are naturally stupid. When they Love somthing It confirms it- And Volition is A Viral Mistress. Not Joking though (God) has a Sence of Humor on occations: I remember shiny Hunting Ho-oh On my old heart gold, when I found it my DS's Battery was Going to die. When I plugged it in It wouldn't charge for some reason, I blame (Ho-oh)
It gives me hope knowing that DIY disasters can be repaired! Last summer I bought some basic electrical soldering supplies so I could replace old batteries in my GBC cartridges. But I was very nervous and ended up making a mess with the solder, and then accidentally got some of the solder wick stuck to the solder when I tried to remove it, and then I burnt my finger, so that was a fun afternoon lol. I was worried I had destroyed my game completely but maybe it can be fixed after all? This was really cool to watch! It’s nice how much care and attention you put into your work.
Yeah it can be fixed just like this. I never heard of solder wick getting stuck but if you just get it hot enough it should melt the solder and come right off. Everyone says the secret is flux. Solder comes with some flux mixed into it. I've never used extra flux like in the video but people swear by it.
@@doughboywhineyou think they were born professional without ever trying or messing up ? I'm guessing you have no talents or hobbies because practicing is scary 😂
@@doughboywhine he needed the batteries replaced and believed in his abilities lol you're looking into this a bit too hard my guy. You've never tried to fix something broken in your house ? It's just like that lol. He didn't buy it broken to fuck around with he had something broken and tried to fix it it's not that crazy lol
You have insane skill. Working on electronics this small is so difficult. One wrong move like the original owner of this cartridge did and everything can fail.
Great video. I really appreciate the detailed approach and the good scope camera work. I’ve found that it is possible to shoehorn a GBC battery into a GBA cartridge. It was the only battery I had at the time. Lol
This is an awesome in-depth and well made video! I really enjoyed watching. This is the first time watching one of your videos for me, but maybe I'll have to stick around!
I can usually get it all out with a clean iron but at some point you have to stop overworking the board and just use a little wick. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Just something worth mentioning about changing a battery in a Pokemon Game. Changing the battery will not resume clock-based events on a save file where the battery had died. You MUST start a new game in order to have the clock resume. There is no way to restore the clock on a save file if the battery dies without other shenanigans like using a flash cart or maybe some cheating utilities.
That’s not entirely true. You can use a DS Lite and a homebrew app to reset the real time clock. You can also use a GBXCart, dump the save, reset the RTC flags using PKHEx and then reset the time in the game. I’m going to do a follow-up video because I’ve gotten a few comments like this now. You do not need to start a new game. I reset the clocks for all of my customers.
congrats on this vid goin big! i'm starting to get interested in this stuff thanks to youtube. really appreciate the explanations in detail - i learned a lot
My wife sold all of her childhood Nintendo stuff 13 years ago for desperate money in college. This past summer, she started recollecting all of the stuff she sold and been playing Gen 1 and Gen 2. I got her the GBxCart for Christmas to save all of her data because she's been spending like 50 hours on a game to collect the whole Pokedex for Pokemon. Yesterday, she finally played Crystal. She played an hour into it and saved. She turned the original Game Boy back on and noticed it didn't save. So I took the cartridge out to replace the battery. I've replaced 2 batteries in the past before but this time was different. For some reason, solder just splashed out and globbed over like 7+ pins on one of the chips near the battery. My heart sunk and I panicked. I used desolder wick to removed as much as as I could while carefully not desoldering the original pins. I nervously tested it on one of the GameBoys we have that already had a "start" button issue just in case. I turned it on and game worked perfectly with the new battery installed too!
Thanks for sharing your story and I’m glad your wife is starting to enjoy her childhood games again. You may have inadvertently fixed another issue with the board when you cleared the solder splash. The legs on the chip (headers) can sometimes work their way loose off of the pads. You may have fixed a loose connection. Awesome job
Could you fix a early prototype chip of Jungle Strike on the Super Nintendo? I've had it for years, and no one has managed to repair some of the bad legs on the chip.
Just as a very big note if someone is replacing their battery. From what I have heard some people had to start new games for the in-game clock to work properly unless maybe if you start a new game. I did come across the yt video where this shella explains that it is a coding thing and that you have to hack your game. If you don't you may miss out on secret base battles, daily events and such. I am not apart of any community so I haven't talked to someone about this to verify if it's true but I can probably find the video again if someone ask.
I’m going to do a follow-up video on this. You can use a device to dump your save and then reset the RTC flags using PKHEx. It would have been the same way a Nintendo service center would have done it if you sent it to them for repair. There’s actually a button combo you use at the start screen of the game to reset your clock after the flags are set. It’s not hacking of any sort
As a newbie solderer, watching your technique is mostly important to me in this vid. Also, watching this vid reminds me that I need to buy a multimeter as well, especially if I want to start changing my GBA game batteries 🔋 😅
Can I order this service? Back in 2010 my girlfriend gave me her SP and Emerald that had a bad battery that slowly leaked on the prongs underneath of them. I tried cleaning it but noticed with rubbing alcohol but noticed that some prongs fell off. It hasn't been working and I can't remember if I kept her file or remade it but I would love to play it again
I have this limited edition Majoras Mask 3ds. The paint is thinning and chipping and my child keeps getting ahold of it so somehow pieces have broken off the back and the R button doesn't work. You got anyone you could recommend me too?
Perhaps is possible fix the bootlegs that save on the rom itself too? They use a single chip for both rom and save and instead would be better split them.
Bootlegs are extremely dicey. They often use old stock / counterfeit flash chips. You can find them for a few bucks on AliExpress. If they're giving you a problem, just replace them. Honestly, I'd invest the money into an Everdrive and not have to worry about it.
@@imod.systems for pokèmon games the bootlegs aren't able to work with GC or DS dual slot functions. I made a Water Blue hack rom and cannot works and not even the everdrive could do it.
Hey man, just wondering if you plan on continuing doing videos. I really enjoyed your repairs and there is no other repair channel on YT that matches your style. Hope all is well with you!
DS games are tricky to work on. The shell is heat welded together and you have to destroy it to get the game out. I haven’t had success with repairing them. There’s nothing to the boards and most of the time the chip itself is bad.
@@imod.systems yeah i ordered a spare case so i could pop open the old one and clean the board. it was tricky to not totally destroy the original and i still have it. well if you ever come across a fix and would like to take a swing, im keeping that copy. it has a lot of sentimental value to me.
How bad is it getting a bit of solder on the edge connector? Unfortunately when changing out the battery i got little bit on 2 tabs of the edge connector but the game still plays
I’ve replaced a battery on a Wario 3 game twice now (I’ve tested the battery with a multimeter but only the 2nd time around and it gave me a good reading) and both times the game reverts to no save file once it’s turned off. Any idea what it could be?
I killed my DS Lite the same way but it wasn't on purpose, just a soldering mistake on my PK Sapphire :'(, surprisely my GBA SP didn't die... I did fix the soldering issue on the game and now it boots, but it just won't save anymore, even if it says it did. Maybe one of the capacitors blew? I don't know... I still miss my DS (I replaced the sus fuse but still won't turn on). Great video, mate!
i have a copy of emerald that doesn’t work at all. i should dig it out and try to fix it again. if all else fails i can use the shell for a cool flash cart
What do you do if you replace the battery to a Pokemon Emerald but it keeps saying that the battery has run dry. Battery is good. Have replaced the battery with a different working battery but same situation each time.
@@imod.systems Thank you for the reply. I will have to see where I got it done and can recheck it. Unfortunately they're only open 3 days a week and the main guy is not going to be there for the next couple weeks so I will have to wait a bit sadly. I myself don't really know how to do soldering do this myself yet. Sometime down the road but that's a ways away
I don't know where it is, much less if I'd actually be able to find it, but theoretically if I were to find a DS game that was important to me as a child that had the contacts chewed up/bent out of shape by a dog, would that be fixable?
Deoxit green is for plastic to metal contact, think of it kind of like a potentiometer. Red is for surface oxides on metal surfaces. Gold, which I use, is formulated for hard gold edge connectors.
Can you help me out with an internal battery problem? I changed it and the game still says the internal battery is empty, even though it's a new one. It's so frustrating
Is this a 3rd gen Pokemon game? If so, double check that you didn’t accidentally knock off R9 just above the positive battery pad. It’s very easy to do.
this game cart strangely did my original gba in, never wanted to start up again past boot screen after plugging this bad boy in, needless to say ive held resentment to this game all my life lol
I’ve recreated battery pads before. A little bit of copper tape cut to size and epoxied back to the board. Then you’d have to run jumpers to restore the connection. It’s doable
I really appreciate your help in getting my Emerald cartridge working again. My friends and my DS's will be missed.
Thank you so much for sending this over. I know this video was a long time in the making.
Can't you fix the ds
@@G.M.C2005Dimitri cheats death again.
You were right that it likely just blew a fuse. Those fuses are pretty easy to replace if you can solder small things.
Both the consoles may be repairable, would be interesting if he repaired the consoles too
Imagine overpaying for an Emerald cartridge and found out it killed your GBA and your DS lite. CreepyPasta horror story right there.
I had to google what a creepypasta was lol.
@@imod.systems say you weren't raised on the internet without saying you weren't raised on the internet (honestly, that's probably a good thing)
Funny. I've had Emerald dongled into my DSLite since it was out of the box, especially after finding out about the cloning. Only thing that wore out was the right hinge
@@jeshirekitenkatt1212as someone raised on the internet, I can confirm that is a good thing
I think it'd be a pretty hilarious punishment for giving into scalpers. 🤣 Paying hundreds when you could've just emulated that on a pacemaker.
Note that when you replace the battery in those games (Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald), it won't wipe out your data, but the game's internal clock gets reset and that can cause problems (depending on what you last did in the game). Oddly, GameFreak didn't have the foresight to implement a feature to manually adjust the clock for any reason (even though gen 2 allowed this if the clock ever somehow reset), so you will need a flashcart for GBA or DS that runs homebrew in order to adjust it with a custom program that can be found online. I did a battery swap on Ruby and used an R4 on an original DS to change the clock.
There are also official ways to fix it such as by connecting to FireRed/LeafGreen or Colloseum/XD
@@301nav Those fix the "berry glitch" in Ruby and Sapphire (Emerald didn't have this problem). I mean, if you had berries growing, or some other event was supposed to happen in a certain number of days, and the clock is reset, those things will be "trapped" for a long time, depending on how much time after you first started the game has passed when you triggered them. To remedy those issues, if they happen, you need to manually adjust the clock.
@@301nav if you don't believe the person who corrected you, try it yourself. I had it happen in emerald on a 6 month old save. 6 months later, time based events worked again. I have Colosseum and the berry glitch isn't present in emerald. Even if it was, I have a newer revision of sapphire without the berry glitch and there was no option to patch my bad emerald cart.
@@BeefJerkey hey so what if i change the battery and start a new game, will i still have to fix the clock somehow or will berrys grow and stuff.
There actually is a built-in clock change debug menu, but it's a pain in the butt to access, so you need outside tools either way, just not necessarily a flash cart. If you have an Operator or similar device to backup/upload your save you can clear the right set of flags in PKHex and do a button combo on the title screen back on console (I cannot get it to work on emulator; not sure why not).
The Console Killing Cartridge sounds like a horror movie item.
I’m glad that the owner tipped me off. It would have probably killed my game boy if I tested it before opening it.
It sounds like an scp
Conventional horror movies don't do it for me. Slashers, monsters, psychological stuff... nothing.
A movie about a console killing cart? Fuckin' terrifying!
It sounds like a stupid, crappy pasta. Or SCP.
Lets call it SCP 6969.
@@DontKnowDontCare6.9 6969 would be a weird conglomeration of Danny Sexbang, Ninja Brian, and all of TWRP. 🤣
As someone who finds electronics repair utterly fascinating but know absolutely nothing about how to do it, this was super cool to watch! You’ve got yourself a new subscriber :)
(Edited to say electronics as opposed to just consoles, especially since this is a cartridge repair!)
Thank you very much for watching and the nice comment.
That's the first step to learning it. This was a very easy thing to fix, just removing excess solder that someone put there.
you can do it!
Really inspirational! As someone whos got a collection of dead and not so deadish games its interesting watching you work! Thanks for uploading this kind of thing. I've always had a kinda envy for people with welding skills it looks super cool.
Working on games is a great way to start developing soldering skills. Thanks for watching and commenting
Well, if you've already got games that are dead, that's a great place to start. It's not like you can break them any more.
@@beardalaxy I actually can break them even more. In the case of red and blue, it just doesn't save when the battery is dead. There is plenty I can do to make that a lot worse.
This was just beautiful to watch. I've never attempted anything like this and I can TELL you are very skilled. It doesn't hurt I was always a sucker for gen 3 and especially Emerald (to date some of the best end game content). So many memories. =)
Thank you very much for watching and commenting. I’ve repaired a ton of Gen 3 games but admittedly I’ve never played one. I fell out of Pokémon after Gen 2 up until the Gen 4 remakes. I really want to play Emerald soon.
Awesome videos! If any new viewer is wondering if this guy is legit. 100%! So glad I found him to repair my games.
Thank you so much! It was my pleasure.
Agreed 👍 He helped me too!
Corey fixed my Raspberry Pi. If you got things that need fixing he is super fast and super friendly.
Thank you so much for sending it my way! I hope all is well.
Amazing repair, Corey! Thank you for another great video!
Thank you very much for the kind words, as always!
Great repair and this didn't seem too hard. I would love to give this a shot one day as I have a soldering iron thing at my workplace, but I'm just worried I'd mess up because
I have never done this sort of thing before. But you make it look so easy. Glad the end result was successful we gotta keep these pokemon games alive XD
You can buy soldering practice kits online. They run for $1-$2. I’d recommend buying a bunch of those and getting your practice in.
Soldiering is a great skill, definitely try it out! And seconding the practice kit suggestion, you dont want to burn something valuable.
This guy took care of a good amount of games for me. Very trustworthy and reputable
Thank you very much!
About a week ago, I watched The Truck Killing Bridge for the first time in ages. I forgot why, until I saw this video's title again today!
I'm actually curious at what the damaged cartridge would've *done* to the system. I get that you didn't want to risk a good system, but perhaps for a followup, would you be willing to replicate the short, and test it in a sacrificial console?
My guess is a blown fuse on the system. I didn’t know about it until I saw the note. I would have asked to see them.
@@imod.systemsCould you ask him to send you the blown consoles? Would both explore the damage that short did withouth sacrificing any other consoles and fix up two systems!
@@imod.systems You are 100% correct. When pins are shorted it send electricity/current where it shouldn't at blows the F1 fuse as a protection.
@@thepokerus4184 My guess from what I know about how cartridges work is that the short backcircuited power into one of the data pins and blew a protection fuse
I'm glad you got it to work! Its weird that it killed a couple of consoles
My guess is that it just blew the fuses on the other devices.
People are naturally stupid. When they Love somthing It confirms it- And Volition is A Viral Mistress.
Not Joking though (God) has a Sence of Humor on occations: I remember shiny Hunting Ho-oh On my old heart gold, when I found it my DS's Battery was Going to die. When I plugged it in It wouldn't charge for some reason, I blame (Ho-oh)
@@imod.systemsmore repair videos to do 🎉😂
The shorts prolly had some weird backcircuiting that blew fuses on the consoles
Most likely a power surge which in turn blew something in the motherboard like the fuse due to it being unable to handle the power.
MY compliments on how clean you worked on the cartridge!
WOW an absolute masterclass on saudering. Beautiful job working on these exotic and rare cartridges of historical significance. ❤️🔥
I would like that you explained why that bad chip would mess the console. Great video
I’d need the console to diagnose it and see what happened. My guess is that it just blew a fuse.
It gives me hope knowing that DIY disasters can be repaired! Last summer I bought some basic electrical soldering supplies so I could replace old batteries in my GBC cartridges. But I was very nervous and ended up making a mess with the solder, and then accidentally got some of the solder wick stuck to the solder when I tried to remove it, and then I burnt my finger, so that was a fun afternoon lol.
I was worried I had destroyed my game completely but maybe it can be fixed after all? This was really cool to watch! It’s nice how much care and attention you put into your work.
Yeah it can be fixed just like this. I never heard of solder wick getting stuck but if you just get it hot enough it should melt the solder and come right off.
Everyone says the secret is flux. Solder comes with some flux mixed into it. I've never used extra flux like in the video but people swear by it.
I suppose sometimes electronic surgery is best left to professionals
@@doughboywhineyou think they were born professional without ever trying or messing up ? I'm guessing you have no talents or hobbies because practicing is scary 😂
@@youngspaghettii I would try to practice first on something that does not cost hundreds of dollars, though I suppose it wasn't always that expensive
@@doughboywhine he needed the batteries replaced and believed in his abilities lol you're looking into this a bit too hard my guy. You've never tried to fix something broken in your house ? It's just like that lol. He didn't buy it broken to fuck around with he had something broken and tried to fix it it's not that crazy lol
I like how the glare on the Emerald box makes it look like Rayquaza's eyes are glowing.
Good work, no more console killing cartridge - instead a copy of Emerald to be enjoyed :)
Thank you! I still feel bad about those devices.
This video gives me so many clickspring vibe, i love it!
You have insane skill. Working on electronics this small is so difficult. One wrong move like the original owner of this cartridge did and everything can fail.
Thank you
dang he was almost there, even had the braid ready and everything, just needed some freaking flux! I knew it would work out! Good work on it!
There’s a lot of crap wick out there but you’re right, supplementary flux would have probably been the key.
I so suck at soldering. I mean, I try to do what you are doing at 8:24, but the solder just evaporates when touched.
That omnivice thing is SICK. I can’t believe I’ve never seen one before.
It’s amazing and it weighs a ton. It’s just expensive but if you do this stuff a lot, like I do, it’s worth it.
Great video. I really appreciate the detailed approach and the good scope camera work.
I’ve found that it is possible to shoehorn a GBC battery into a GBA cartridge. It was the only battery I had at the time. Lol
This is an awesome in-depth and well made video! I really enjoyed watching. This is the first time watching one of your videos for me, but maybe I'll have to stick around!
sometimes there is just too much solder on them pins for the drag tech to work. but usually a nice caterpillar motion can clear those bridges!
I can usually get it all out with a clean iron but at some point you have to stop overworking the board and just use a little wick. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@imod.systemsyeah, never underestimate how fast heat can travel through metal...
Just something worth mentioning about changing a battery in a Pokemon Game.
Changing the battery will not resume clock-based events on a save file where the battery had died. You MUST start a new game in order to have the clock resume. There is no way to restore the clock on a save file if the battery dies without other shenanigans like using a flash cart or maybe some cheating utilities.
That’s not entirely true. You can use a DS Lite and a homebrew app to reset the real time clock. You can also use a GBXCart, dump the save, reset the RTC flags using PKHEx and then reset the time in the game. I’m going to do a follow-up video because I’ve gotten a few comments like this now.
You do not need to start a new game. I reset the clocks for all of my customers.
congrats on this vid goin big! i'm starting to get interested in this stuff thanks to youtube. really appreciate the explanations in detail - i learned a lot
Thank you!
I really enjoyed that Geographer song. Nice choice!
My wife sold all of her childhood Nintendo stuff 13 years ago for desperate money in college. This past summer, she started recollecting all of the stuff she sold and been playing Gen 1 and Gen 2. I got her the GBxCart for Christmas to save all of her data because she's been spending like 50 hours on a game to collect the whole Pokedex for Pokemon. Yesterday, she finally played Crystal. She played an hour into it and saved. She turned the original Game Boy back on and noticed it didn't save. So I took the cartridge out to replace the battery. I've replaced 2 batteries in the past before but this time was different. For some reason, solder just splashed out and globbed over like 7+ pins on one of the chips near the battery. My heart sunk and I panicked. I used desolder wick to removed as much as as I could while carefully not desoldering the original pins. I nervously tested it on one of the GameBoys we have that already had a "start" button issue just in case. I turned it on and game worked perfectly with the new battery installed too!
Thanks for sharing your story and I’m glad your wife is starting to enjoy her childhood games again. You may have inadvertently fixed another issue with the board when you cleared the solder splash. The legs on the chip (headers) can sometimes work their way loose off of the pads. You may have fixed a loose connection. Awesome job
I just found you please keep making videos. They are so educational and helping me learn. Thank you!
Thanks. I plan on it.
Man, you are very good at what you do.
Thank you
Random recomendeation from yt but i really like the zoom in and explained parts. got me intersted in this .
Thank you!
exactly how i would have done it too excellent repair video!
Could you fix a early prototype chip of Jungle Strike on the Super Nintendo? I've had it for years, and no one has managed to repair some of the bad legs on the chip.
Nice work. It's nice to see sold soldering skills.
Thank you!
Corey my man, excellent work on this on haha!
Thank you very much
Just as a very big note if someone is replacing their battery. From what I have heard some people had to start new games for the in-game clock to work properly unless maybe if you start a new game. I did come across the yt video where this shella explains that it is a coding thing and that you have to hack your game. If you don't you may miss out on secret base battles, daily events and such. I am not apart of any community so I haven't talked to someone about this to verify if it's true but I can probably find the video again if someone ask.
I’m going to do a follow-up video on this. You can use a device to dump your save and then reset the RTC flags using PKHEx. It would have been the same way a Nintendo service center would have done it if you sent it to them for repair. There’s actually a button combo you use at the start screen of the game to reset your clock after the flags are set. It’s not hacking of any sort
I wonder if the consoles involved are repairable? It feels weird that happened since the GB/C/A are fairly robust by not having an OS, etc.
My guess is that it blew a fuse. Wish I would have known. I would have asked to look at it
As a newbie solderer, watching your technique is mostly important to me in this vid. Also, watching this vid reminds me that I need to buy a multimeter as well, especially if I want to start changing my GBA game batteries 🔋 😅
Excellent work, very impressive.
Thank you!
Lol your background music is my ringtone, I thought I was getting crazy here.
You have the most stable hands, when I solder i look like Micheal J Fox
Learn how to plant your hands on your work surface to stabilize them. I always have my hand / wrist anchored on something.
I know a lot of people add solder when replacing the batteries, but I've never had to do that. The existing solder always held up perfectly.
“Nice big long short” gave me a chuckle
I always wear ladies garden gloves while working on my electronics. Good job, it’s nice to know I’m not the only one.
Beautiful soldering work! Thanks for posting. What was the soldering tip you were using there?
I stick to knife tips
Can I order this service? Back in 2010 my girlfriend gave me her SP and Emerald that had a bad battery that slowly leaked on the prongs underneath of them. I tried cleaning it but noticed with rubbing alcohol but noticed that some prongs fell off. It hasn't been working and I can't remember if I kept her file or remade it but I would love to play it again
did you send him an email? bout to do one myself.
I have this limited edition Majoras Mask 3ds. The paint is thinning and chipping and my child keeps getting ahold of it so somehow pieces have broken off the back and the R button doesn't work. You got anyone you could recommend me too?
Great work as always, Corey!
Thank you so much my friend. 🍌
Amazing vid as always my friend! You are the master!
Thanks dude. Appreciate you.
Perhaps is possible fix the bootlegs that save on the rom itself too? They use a single chip for both rom and save and instead would be better split them.
Bootlegs are extremely dicey. They often use old stock / counterfeit flash chips. You can find them for a few bucks on AliExpress. If they're giving you a problem, just replace them. Honestly, I'd invest the money into an Everdrive and not have to worry about it.
@@imod.systems for pokèmon games the bootlegs aren't able to work with GC or DS dual slot functions. I made a Water Blue hack rom and cannot works and not even the everdrive could do it.
Just stumbled upon your channel- just subscribed.
Great content, keep it up!
Thank you!
Awesome vid. I'm just now wanting to get into soldering. I do computer repairs for a school and it's like the last thing I need to learn.
It’s a lot of fun! I’d recommend getting some DIY soldering practice kits. You can find them on eBay / AliExpress for literally $1 - $2
Hey Cory, are you till taking repair requests?
Did you choose the loud background music with a randomize button?
Hey man, just wondering if you plan on continuing doing videos. I really enjoyed your repairs and there is no other repair channel on YT that matches your style. Hope all is well with you!
Thank you, I appreciate it. I honestly wasn’t expecting it to do as well as it did and it got a bit overwhelming. I’m planning on doing more soon.
Would you be able to take extra solder off a gba motherboard I accidentally added some while soldering something else
I don't know why, but "nice, big, long short" made me laugh
Hey imod, ive got a pokemon platinum that is busted, do you think you could take a look? it says it cant access the save file.
DS games are tricky to work on. The shell is heat welded together and you have to destroy it to get the game out. I haven’t had success with repairing them. There’s nothing to the boards and most of the time the chip itself is bad.
@@imod.systems yeah i ordered a spare case so i could pop open the old one and clean the board. it was tricky to not totally destroy the original and i still have it. well if you ever come across a fix and would like to take a swing, im keeping that copy. it has a lot of sentimental value to me.
Do you share info to fix stuff? I have a copy of Ruby I need fixed and some older gens.
I dont know anything about soldering but that flux thing looks like magic
Flux is magic.
I like electrical shorts, they're comfy and easy to wear!
whats the song at 6:39 ?
1:33
Thank you for reawakening the juvenile side of my brain, Nintendo.
How bad is it getting a bit of solder on the edge connector? Unfortunately when changing out the battery i got little bit on 2 tabs of the edge connector but the game still plays
I’ve replaced a battery on a Wario 3 game twice now (I’ve tested the battery with a multimeter but only the 2nd time around and it gave me a good reading) and both times the game reverts to no save file once it’s turned off. Any idea what it could be?
Check pins 28 and 23 for voltage on the SRAM. 28 is Vdd in (power from battery) and 23 is CE (chip enable). Both should have power.
Nice soldering job, Can a person add a battery to the ones that are the reproduction cartridges?
Depends on the repro. You can on some.
Thank u for this, it was very well done and informative.
Thank you!
I killed my DS Lite the same way but it wasn't on purpose, just a soldering mistake on my PK Sapphire :'(, surprisely my GBA SP didn't die... I did fix the soldering issue on the game and now it boots, but it just won't save anymore, even if it says it did. Maybe one of the capacitors blew? I don't know... I still miss my DS (I replaced the sus fuse but still won't turn on). Great video, mate!
This was an interesting repair to watch.
i have a copy of emerald that doesn’t work at all. i should dig it out and try to fix it again. if all else fails i can use the shell for a cool flash cart
Really nice work! Very clean.
Thank you very much!
What do you do if R7 has been accidentally removed?
Fantastic repair! I love your vids. What is the clamping device you are using to hold the board in place?
That's the Hakko C1390C Omnivise. I'll add a link in the video description for it. Thanks for commenting and watching!
How come the save file was still there while the battery was dead - did the cartridge have NV RAM for save files *and* a battery for a clock?
EEPROM which is non volatile memory (nvram). It just uses the battery for real time clock events.
How come the game save didn't dissappear when the battery ran out? In the Gen 1/2 games didn't losing your battery mean you lost your save?
Gen 3 uses flash memory for saves. Doesn’t require a battery for saves like Gen 1 and 2. The battery is only used for real time clock in this game.
That first song that played made me think of the NeverEnding Story movie the whole time. 😊
thank you for helping me understand how to repair simple shorts
Thank you for watching and commenting
sim city music in the background, cant ever unhear it
What do you do if you replace the battery to a Pokemon Emerald but it keeps saying that the battery has run dry. Battery is good. Have replaced the battery with a different working battery but same situation each time.
Check and make sure you didn’t accidentally knock R9 off of the board. Very common. It’s located just above the positive battery tab.
@@imod.systems Thank you for the reply. I will have to see where I got it done and can recheck it.
Unfortunately they're only open 3 days a week and the main guy is not going to be there for the next couple weeks so I will have to wait a bit sadly.
I myself don't really know how to do soldering do this myself yet. Sometime down the road but that's a ways away
@@imod.systems is there a more direct way I might be able to message/dm you? Not sure how to do it on UA-cam.
@@imod.systems Did get it open. R9 still on the board.
I have a question what are all the tools you use to work on carts consoles like the round vice grips you used to hold the gba cart
Linked in the video description.
That first battery leg made me nervous. Probably just the camera angle but it looked like it was touching the rom's legs.
They do look like that sometimes but if you check to from an angle it’s good.
I don't know where it is, much less if I'd actually be able to find it, but theoretically if I were to find a DS game that was important to me as a child that had the contacts chewed up/bent out of shape by a dog, would that be fixable?
You’d probably have to find a donor board.
What is the difference between a deoxit red and the deoxit green?
Deoxit green is for plastic to metal contact, think of it kind of like a potentiometer. Red is for surface oxides on metal surfaces. Gold, which I use, is formulated for hard gold edge connectors.
A bit concerned that the battery would short the legs of the rom chip :/
It’s fine when you look at it from an angle. There’s enough clearance. I get how you feel though.
What is the song used in the very beginning of the video?
Not sure off hand. It was something from the UA-cam creator studio. I used it because it’s DRM free.
Pokémon Emerald was a GBA/SP killer? Mine's would constantly short out.
Hi I have a Pokémon emerald game that I replace the battery and I still get the dry battery message help please
Make sure that you didn’t float R9 away when you replaced the battery.
I don't get the first one, is it just that the DM doesn't read his stuff, or?
I’m not following what you’re asking.
I have an emerald cart with the same exact issue! How can I send it in to you?
Never seen any of your videos.. thank the UA-cam algorithm for a new subscriber 🎉
Thank you very much for that.
Just 2 questions: 😅 Name of the type of gloves you use and where to get them...
They’re ESD gloves I found on Amazon. There are a bunch of different ones.
Great video. Very fascinating.
Can you help me out with an internal battery problem? I changed it and the game still says the internal battery is empty, even though it's a new one. It's so frustrating
Is this a 3rd gen Pokemon game? If so, double check that you didn’t accidentally knock off R9 just above the positive battery pad. It’s very easy to do.
@@imod.systems somehow my answers aren't shown here 🙄
this game cart strangely did my original gba in, never wanted to start up again past boot screen after plugging this bad boy in, needless to say ive held resentment to this game all my life lol
Great video! What would happen if the battery contacts are missing? Is there anyway to add one?
I’ve recreated battery pads before. A little bit of copper tape cut to size and epoxied back to the board. Then you’d have to run jumpers to restore the connection. It’s doable