Looking at replacing batteries...have you tried it?

[Retrozoa]

Yeah, you can't really just pop em out. First battery i replaced was on my JP terranigma cart, and it was like stamped in. Stupidly pulled it off with needlenose pliers(not something I'd recommend). Luckily, was still able to replace the battery with bricking the cart.

[Key-Glyph]

I replaced the battery in my GB Pokémon Gold cartridge without a soldering gun. I broke the metal wings off of each side of the battery by gripping them with metal tweezers and twisting for a while. Then I put the new battery in place and sealed it down with hot glue around the edges. I didn't glue it so much as caulked it, if that makes any sense. I used a mini-gluegun with a dual-temperature setting switched to LO.

It's been running fine for about five years now. Although the new battery is showing signs of losing juice, it's worked like a charm with no other problems.

You'll want to do it the right way like all these other guys are mentioning, but I was desperate and surprised by what could wind up working. Just be careful, because this thread discusses the potential for batteries to explode on you.

[BRIK]

I replaced the battery in my GB Pokémon Gold cartridge without a soldering gun. I broke the metal wings off of each side of the battery by gripping them with metal tweezers and twisting for a while. Then I put the new battery in place and sealed it down with hot glue around the edges. I didn't glue it so much as caulked it, if that makes any sense. I used a mini-gluegun with a dual-temperature setting switched to LO.

It's been running fine for about five years now. Although the new battery is showing signs of losing juice, it's worked like a charm with no other problems.

You'll want to do it the right way like all these other guys are mentioning, but I was desperate and surprised by what could wind up working. Just be careful, because this thread discusses the potential for batteries to explode on you.

Funny, I replaced a battery in a Pokemon Gold cart yesterday
I did kind of the same thing as you, except I just popped the spot welds off the battery on both sides with a flat headed screwdriver, slid in a new battery and then just fastened it down with electrical tape. I would have liked to solder it in, but of course there is the whole exploding thing.
For reference I followed this helpful video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsROHA7RUCQ

[Key-Glyph]

Funny, I replaced a battery in a Pokemon Gold cart yesterday
I did kind of the same thing as you, except I just popped the spot welds off the battery on both sides with a flat headed screwdriver, slid in a new battery and then just fastened it down with electrical tape. I would have liked to solder it in, but of course there is the whole exploding thing.
For reference I followed this helpful video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsROHA7RUCQ

Niiiice. What an even simpler alternative!

Highfive.

[Hobie-wan]

For reference I followed this helpful video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsROHA7RUCQ

That will work in a pinch, but it isn't nearly as good as a properly soldered battery. If the cart gets warm because it's been left in the car or it sitting on the window sill in the sun in your room, the electrical tape could loosen and things could move around. You also have to be careful with the tab that goes from the top of the battery to the bottom connection. The original battery has that yellow plastic ring to make sure that the tab can't short as it goes over the edge there.

[BRIK]

Highfive.

For reference I followed this helpful video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsROHA7RUCQ

That will work in a pinch, but it isn't nearly as good as a properly soldered battery. If the cart gets warm because it's been left in the car or it sitting on the window sill in the sun in your room, the electrical tape could loosen and things could move around. You also have to be careful with the tab that goes from the top of the battery to the bottom connection. The original battery has that yellow plastic ring to make sure that the tab can't short as it goes over the edge there.

I'll keep that mind. You can buy batteries that already have the tabs connected right?

[Hobie-wan]

I'll keep that mind. You can buy batteries that already have the tabs connected right?

They're a little harder to find, but yes. You can also fit a larger battery in some carts which will of course last longer.

[weaponepsilon]

Damn, who was it? Here or on benheck....There was someone who removed the batteries from carts and replaced them with non volite ram so batteries would never need replacing...

Searching...


Um... Yes. Found it.

http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php ... 64&start=0

[Hobie-wan]

Damn, who was it? Here or on benheck....There was someone who removed the batteries from carts and replaced them with non volite ram so batteries would never need replacing...

That would be pretty cool for NES and SNES games if an equivalent could be found. But as noted in that thread, Pokemon Gold, Silver, and surely others have a clock that the battery runs too. Even if you aren't a Pokemon player, you can tell the clock carts because they'll have a crystal for timekeeping. That's the little silver can under the tape in the top left corner of the board.

[marlowe221]

As a non-solderer, the electrical tape method looks infinitely safer to me. Keeping the carts in a relatively cool place is kinda par for the course anyway isn't it?

Could you take the yellow ring off the old battery and put it on the new one?