Fixing eBay Junk - Game Boy Advance Game - Replace Battery - Pokemon Ruby
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- I picked up Pokemon Ruby recently in non-working condition. In my other video, I fix a trace which was causing it not to boot. Here, I show you how to replace the battery.
You will need:
Precision Tri-wing screwdriver
CR1616 battery with soldering tabs
Soldering iron
Solder
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Thanks for watching - Ігри
I very much appreciate that you put the battery back on, just so you could show how to take it off again.
Yeah haha he coulda just shown a clip from the prior video😆
He: desolders, buys the correct battery and resolders with care.
Me: yanks the battery from the tabs, puts a cr2032 in it and silver tape everything up.
Did it work?
@@Egonimo obviously yes btw if you do it correctly sorta like he did (person who commented)
@@Egonimo ive done it multiple times with the barbaric method of using razor blades to pry off the battery and taping the new one back in. works 100%, time based events work, berries grow, soft resetting for shinies works etc. of course you do want to take precaution as circuit boards are fragile and fucking up one little pin or connection will destroy it, however if you use common sense that shouldnt be an issue.
@@0ater you just cut the old battery out and put the new one with duct tape in?
@@Egonimo no, scotch/electric tape, duct tape too big and faulty
Shout out to RetroRepairs for all the helpful videos and content. Super easy to listen to and follow along with my own repairs. oddly enough I actually never used a solder before watching your videos. Thanks for 'teaching' me how to use one!
I wouldn't mind fixing just Nintendo 64 Consoles, yet I believe it would take me years to learn to fix them, I can tell you have done this for awhile. Congratulations, keep up the good work and GOD BLESS YOU!
Awesome. I saw the previous video and how you fixed the game first and now the internal battery, which i didnt even know the cartridge had a battery. You're awesome.
You inspired me to see if i could find any broken old games like you have. I live in NZ so the market is very small. I adverted on facebook. I got one reply so I asked the person for pics of what they claimed to have. Their description sounded very sus. They sent me photos so i did a reverse look up with google on the images and they were all pulled from the internet. The person did not even have their facts correct. They sent me a picture of a genisys and they were not even marketed or branded as genisys in austrilasia they were mega drive. Called them out on it and they blocked me.
Thanks for the vid! I just restored/replaced the batteries for all of my gen 3 GBA cartridges. Now I can relive my Jr. High days with full features.
Thanks so much for these videos. I watched several to learn what items I would need to do my own repairs, multimeter, soldering iron w/ flat tip, solder, wick, flux, side cutters etc. I used this particular video to do my first repair replacing the save battery in Zelda Link's Awakening. It works great.
These videos stopped popping up for a while, glad they're showing up again :)
The only battery replacement video that is actually helpful. Thanks
Thanks for another video. I'm even more encouraged to solder small stuff by now !
This was a great video to stumble upon since I've recently started getting into Gameboy again and some of the games I ordered I'm sure will need a battery when they arrive
Very informative throughout the steps. Thanks for the vid!
RTC events still won't occur, as the internal time counter needs time to catch up - this might take years to happen. You can fix existing save with ds homebrew, or just start a new game, where RTC will work.
or you can connect the copy to Firered/Leafgreen to patch the game into proper time instance
that or you can just restart the save file. when you set the clock, it resets it ingame
If you start a new game it fixes it
Very well done tutorial! the steps were made very clear and I appreciate that :) have a nice day
hey there! your videos are great, big life saver for these games. i found my old GBA cart of Metroid: Zero Mission and it doesn’t boot up anymore. i checked inside the cart and it had white dirt, i think it was water, i think. i cleaned it but on the back of the board, there was a black stain. i tried alcohol, the one you use but 70%, but the stain didn’t come off
I wanna know what pokemon are on it!
For scientific purposes
Same
@@cubingcomedy1296 something tells me it’s too late for that
@@codiwawi911 eh, maybe
Perfect m straight to the point no bs. Thank you sir !
Like if he should show the save !
On gen 3 pokemon games the batteries are for the clock, not the save
@@wastelandstation6168 There is still a save file on the cartridge. Has 73 hours on it.
I just started buying pokemon games with dead batteries on ebay. Man have I been doing it wrong. Granted, I've only replaced 8 batteries on GB and gbc games, but I am using some cheap solder and iron and I have never cleaned the iron...lol. Really glad I saw this video so I was able to learn some things.
Rosin Flux Core Solder 👌🏻
I always get it from my dad. It’s how I was taught how to solder.
Nice rtc battery replacement on video as always
I'm going to like!👍🏼 this video anyways because it was hard enough to get the video game working that is still a popular video game today.
Great video as always
Playing pokemon emerald with a fresh battery thanks to you!
Love the video, thank you so much
Great work!
Great video i love how games like this get a new life span.
What do you search for when looking for broken games on ebay? I can't seem to find any and this seems like a fun way to learn to solder.
This helped a lot. I kept telling myself, Thom, you’re so hetero and tough. You got this. And giving myself the hetero confidence always muddafuggin works. Anyway dropped you a like thank you friend
The Canadian gamer Louis Rossmann. #fluxgang
Hello and Greetings. I am a long time retro gamer and collector. Although I am not an expert at fixing retro games and consoles, I can pretty much fix things if I encounter an issue. I recently bought a GBA game, and can't get it to work. I have cleaned it thoroughly, reflowed the two main chips, as well as checked the continuity with a multimeter at all the points I could trace.
I was told by someone that they could it could be the two small FF 84 fuses on the left side of the board. Not sure what those are? I looked at pictures of the same game board from the same titled game and didn't see anything missing (at least not to my eyes). Could you please help me with this matter? I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks for your time and thoughts...
Respectfully, -Gunnar-
man i'm loving this show.
yes thanks for showing me how to void my warranty
:) i Dont think Nintendo will honor your warranty on this one
Does the flux have any chance of corroding SFD's on the board?
Can you use a solder sucker instead? Just curious
Anyone happen to know what size is needed for the tri wing screwdriver?
I can’t trust myself to do this correctly but thx for the tutorial😂
At how many degree do you use your desoldering wire? I got a 60 W Iron recently and at 320°C it takes literally forever to melt the solder through the wire 15 sec(?)). Making the wire so hot, that I would burn myself, if I hold it from more than 5 cm away.
I must do something wrong.. was very scared to break my game :(
Can you directly desolder the battery? Like, if I wanted to keep the metal tabs so I could just pressure fit a battery in it, could I?
I have no soddering expierence whatso ever i really want to try to learn to sodder etc.This job doesn't look recommended for a first timer or is it ok to do for a guy with no expierence?
also do i need a rubbermat like that?
And what other materials are needed or is recommended?
What is the solder wire diameter that you used in the video? And what effect would a soldering wire flux core of 2.2% or 2% have on the soldering, along with using the flux pen? Could it be done without the flux pen?
I use .8mm 60/40 rosin core solder. For through hole soldering, the flux in the solder is probably sufficient. For SMD applications like this, adding flux is a good idea. For a battery, you can get away with just the solder, as it's a big pad and you are just embedding the tab. Any smd chip soldering with tight legs should really use flux. Adding extra flux really makes it a lot easier.
Odd question, so I received a Pokemon emerald but one of the pads were removed along with the poorly soldered battery tabs. Is there anyway to fix that?
Unfortunately after changing my battery my copy of Emerald appears to be unable to boot. I'm not quite sure what's going on considering it booted fine for a test after before breaking about a day later. Wondering if I bridged a connection on the chip below somehow, going to yank the battery and see if a reflow fixes it.
hoping you or someone could help me: brand new to this and im about to change my first ever battery - which will be the first time ive ever soldered anything in my life. im having a really hard time finding the right info on which "grade" of solder i need for gameboy advance electronics, ie - 33/67 tin/lead or rosen core or etc etc. in essence: what grade/type solder should i buy to work on these games and gameboy advance electronics?
Hey, @RetroRepairs I know this video is a bit old, but would love some help!
What is the mm of the solder-removing wire you used? Is 3mm too small for typical Nintendo repairs?
For small carts like this, it's fine. But if you're doing anything bigger that uses through-hole soldering you might want something thicker
Great work. Show us the saved game please lol
Does anyone know if a cr2025 battery works in here? I have some and i dont't want to buy more
Good vid
Any one know the correct type of battery holder to use in a GBA game in order to do a easy battery swap? I am aware using an even smaller battery will reduce the already notoriously bad battery life of a GBA Pokemon game however I just like holders better since when the battery does need changing again almost any one can do it with ease.
Probably the best tutorial I've found tbqh... How long would the battery last typically? And where did you buy them?
they last about 5 minutes maybe 7 if you get lucky
@@williejoe5593 a whole 5-7 minutes? Wowee
@@dateintokyo perhaps less if you're not epic pooping farted
@@williejoe5593 got it bff thanks for the tip that won’t be a problem for me 👍🏻
@@dateintokyo well personally chief i wouldnt let them do that too me, but thats just me though.
Where did you get the batteries i keep finding them with tabs that are to short
Hello.
what should the temperature be set for these type of jobs?
I have a Gameboy advance cartridge for Starwars Lego 2 which has a battery in and hasn't saved for years.Im guessing this is why.I need to buy a new battery
The battery in my NES 8 bit Zelda gold casette game still works, how come..
I bought it new in 1991
Some last longer than others. If you store them properly, they can last a long time
“73 minutes… maybe hours” mannn if you can get 8 gym badges in Pokémon ruby only within 73 minutes you literally can bend space and time 💀😂 great tutorial tho man !
i have a Question. can i use cat5e individual wire to make connections like you do or do i need to buy specific wire? i have tried to find any info on this and cant find a thing. any help would be appreciated.
Yes, if they're stranded, that's perfectly fine and probably a similar size i used here. If it's solid wire, it will be kind of thick for alot of applications.
@@RetroRepairs Thank you! they are multi-copper stranded. i am modding a xbox and have a ton of cat5e and need to run 5 wires for bypass of the xcuter chip. thank you again!
Just be aware, the strands won't be insulated, so that might not work the way you need to. You might want some enameled wire which is insulated.
Hello friend, can you help me? In mine, when removing the solder and old battery, this solder came out of the positive part and the tin and new solder no longer stick to it, do you know how I can solve it? Thanks!
I followed your guide and tried my newly-soldered copy of Pokemon Sapphire in my DS, and now my DS won't turn on. When I plug in the charger the charge light goes on but then off in a second. Tried the DS battery in my GBA SP and it works and charges in there, so I don't think it's the battery.
So I'm guessing the GBA cartridge shorted something which I didn't even know was possible. Can anyone help me fix my DS? To hell with the Pokemon Sapphire death cartridge, it was just an extra I got at a thrift store. But I've had this DS since 2004, and would really hate to see it lost forever :(
Hey. I recently bought a pokemon sapphire and wanted to replace its battery since the message was popping up. I followed the exact steps of this video and was unsuccessful. The only difference between what I did and your method is I removed the original battery with its metal rods attached, removed the battery from those rods, soldered the new battery onto the original rods and soldered the original rods with the new battery attached back onto the circuit board. We did this since the battery I used did not have the rods pre attached and the battery was the correct way. It still comes up with the dead battery message. If you read this, if any ideas come to your mind on if this can be salvaged please let me know. Thankyou
I’d also like to add that we used a voltmeter to check if there was any electrical current and there was in fact 3 volts
Question... I probably would of tinned the tabs first. Is that not necessary?
Not for something this large. The flux helps with ensuring a good connection
Ok cheers i just a novice
It would be nice to see u repair a GameCube Controller
I've replaced bad analog sticks in a previous video. Check out the videos on my channel
Wait so gen 3 carts don't save using a battery?
Depends on the game. Most Games use an EEPROM or Flash RAM to save the Savedata which dont need a battery.
Only a handful of games use an SRAM for Savedata, which is why those games need a battery for constant current to hold on to the data.
It looks like I got some solder on the rom chip's teeth and it's bridging them-- any advice on how to clean it up?
Cover the legs in flux, then reflow it with an iron. Flux will help guide the solder into the legs of the ic.
You can use desoldering braid to remove excess if there's too much
Do you remember if there was a save file on the game cartridge and if so did replacing the battery delete the save file.
Yes there was a save file, and no replacing the battery doesn't affect it. Most GBA games (and other games of this generation like n64) don't require a battery for saving anymore. In this case, the battery is to maintain time of day in the cart for time based events
Does any brand of alcohol work as long as it’s 91%+
If a leg of a battery touches the romchip barely (not the pins, but the black casing or whatever) would that possibly destroy the romchip? My Emerald cart ended up dying on me after I had replaced its battery, tested it right after the replacement, it worked fine - but the next day the cart would boot into white screens and artifacted bootup screens. I think it died cause I power-cycled the fuck out of it trying to figure out what was wrong as I ended up experiencing the same issue on my Sapphire cart, which I know for a fact had a leg touch the chip as well - however I managed to save that one by removing the battery early. What's weird is that I'd start reexperiencing those issues on my Sapphire card after I'd made sure nothing was touching only for it to be fixed when I, again, removed the battery.
oddly enough my Ruby cart worked just fine.
I'm pretty decent at soldering so I know I didn't accidentally knock anything off.
I guess it's possible, the battery is 3v and sending current somewhere it shouldn't be could kill it. I wouldn't think it likely though, Id check for solder bridging first, you might have dripped solder on a couple of the pins
@@RetroRepairs Appreciate the response. I've still got no clue. If I clean the contacts with isopropyl, etc, the game is sometimes recognized, and others times shows up as a DS option pack, though it never manages to get past the GBA bios intro.
I've been looking for any bridged pins but I can't find any.
It's just so weird. The cart was working just fine before I replaced the battery. Never had any issues with it. Guess just heating the cart up caused all sorts of issues. At least I saved my Sapphire cart before it got yeeted.
Is there anything you can do to fix GBA games without batteries that have stopped saving?
Have to check all the traces and reflow the chips
You really soldered the battery back on just to remove it again for the video?
I don't recall. Possibly
How can i clean a melted balloon on the pins?
Freeze it then scrape it off? Kind of like how you get gum out of clothes
Time to wait 18 years to get time based events like berrys
I think a solder pump is a WAY better Tool to remove solder.
The problem for me is that it won’t let me save when I go to save it it will just say saving please wait will this fix it
The issue for you is either that your internal battery is dead or you have a reproduction cartridge. Only way to know if it's authentic is to open it up.
@@mattm2975 Okay thanks
How does it maintain the save data, without battery o.o
Newer types of ram chips. They just no longer require a constant charge like the old ones did
When I used to work for Game Crazy I would have people constantly asking for old Pokemon games, they would scavenge for mons' - one time a guy came in and paid me 100 bucks just to let him "look" though all the advance/ds cartridges. We never reset them at all. Like we cared too.
I need a ps4 fixed can you help me?
I installed a new battery but still get the error msg
It means that the battery din't get installed properly.
Try again.
12/8/20 the day I found out some gba game cartridges have a battery
Hey bro how long do these battery last?
It varies depending on how they're stored, but these have lasted around 20 years or more
If you buy cheap batteries that might be less
@@RetroRepairs GEEEZE thats crazy. Thanks for the fast reply. Any links to your preferred battery?
C2025 goes in smothly.
Make a video and show the save file please
I miss the intro music you had
Oversight on my part, it was late when i was putting this together and just realized it's not there. It'll be back
You should have showed the save!!
😃
Where do i find the battery
Ebay
@@RetroRepairs can I get a link I'm doing the exact same thing as you
Search for cr1616 gameboy advance. Either ebay or amazon. Make sure it has the wide tabs, not the pointy ones for through hole.
Something like this will work.
www.amazon.com/Game-Boy-Batteries-CR1616-Security-Pokemon/dp/B06XG4HHQ7/ref=mp_s_a_1_16?keywords=cr1616+gameboy&qid=1582304977&sr=8-16
@@RetroRepairs thank you I have the 1998 version of blue , yellow and the 2002 version of ruby so I'm going to replace all their batteries its about time I do that
Make sure you dispose of/recycle the old battery properly. :)
Re-upload? Swear I've seen this before. Maybe you just fix a lot of Pokémon games.
I fixed a different issue with this exact cartridge a few weeks ago, but I've done one other battery replacement on a sapphire cart i believe last year
@@RetroRepairs Probably blending the two together in my mind. Keep up the good work by the way. I really like these game repair channels for some reason. I don't repair games... I do have a lot of problems with my Nintendo DS Lite constantly having button failures. Probably due to humidity. If you did some videos about taking care of issues like that I'd appreciate it. I've done the basic teardown/cleaning, and even rubber pad replacement. I've fixed the L/R buttons, but the thing has faulty buttons every time I leave it alone for any period of time.
first man 🤘🤘🤘🤘👍👍👍👍👎👍👍
First
mate show us the save please!!
The save file is shown at the end, i don't go into it though
@@RetroRepairs Could you do a quick video to go into it? A little curious where this person left off
Fix gba games that won’t save the data
This is stupidly complicated. Who the fuck opens a $35 game and risks melting metal in it just to fix the clock that probably still doesn’t work?
Fixing the clock is really helpful in Pokémon. And the prices for these games are really high rn...
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