Changing An SNES Game Battery

[shawn]

I changed the battery in a Pokemon Gold last night. When I tried to run it took about a dozen tries to get past the opening and get into a game. But now it seems to work just fine. When I tried my Red the first time, on the new battery, it took about 6 tries to get into it.

Mozgus, all I can think is that the cart you tried to change the battery in was on it's last legs and changing the battery just finished it off . Your 15 watt iron should not have had that big of an effect on it unless it was held on the contacts for a long time. And by a long time I mean a couple of minutes staight. And by that time you would have burned the PWB.

sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

[shawn]

Hey Mozgus.

I just thought of something. Did you solder the leads back onto the battery?

[jjgames]

My Earthbound game was no longer saving so I followed some of the steps given in this guide but changed a few things around to make it even easier. I made a video for anyone to check out if you want to see step-by-step directions for how to change the battery.

http://www.jjgames.com/page/replace-snes-battery

The big difference is I used battery BR2032-1F2 which means you can use the same battery on NES, SNES, and Gameboy Color games and you don't have to take off the legs on the battery (the dangerous, hard part). The battery comes with legs attached.

I hope this helps some people.

[jackspicer]

I love this guys idea on how to open carts, paying 10.00$ for the tool he Builds his own tool...You take a small plastic rod (or similar object) and heat the tip with a lighter. Once it's squishy, quickly apply it to the screw. Let it cool down. Once removed, it will have the perfect shape to remove this type of screws

it's under Cartridge cleaning http://www.raphnet.net/electronique/nes ... mod_en.php

[jjgames]

I love this guys idea on how to open carts, paying 10.00$ for the tool he Builds his own tool...You take a small plastic rod (or similar object) and heat the tip with a lighter. Once it's squishy, quickly apply it to the screw. Let it cool down. Once removed, it will have the perfect shape to remove this type of screws

That is a great idea. I am going to try that next time I need to open a cartridge.