Official Dreamcast Internal Battery Thread

[h8b1llg8ts]

My Dreamcast is not keeping the internal time anymore. But to be honest I only play it for about 15 minutes every month or so. I'm reading a couple of different facts about replacing battery, just letting it charge, and rechargable.

Can someone please post some truth here so we can get an exact answer on if I really need to open her up.

[MrPopo]

My understanding is that the original rechargable battery seems to be of bad quality, as mine refuses to hold a date even when I've kept my Dreamcast on overnight (was unlocking stuff in MvC2). I've seen that it is possible to substitute the coin-style battery with a couple of cylinder-types to match the voltage and amperage.

[bobbynewmarkiii]

I'm glad we have an Official forum for this.

I've been looking for one for years.

[skate323k137]

it can be replaced with a couple AAA rechargeables, but they have to be rechargeable, otherwise you'll damage normal batteries/your DC.

sometimes you can leave the system on to charge it but odds are that's not gonna cut it.

I just deal with not having the time for now, but i'll put in rechargeables one of these days.

[h8b1llg8ts]

I'm glad we have an Official forum for this.

I've been looking for one for years.

Har, har. Corrected