dethbydeseption | Posted 6/15/2006 6:13:40 PM
Well, I was bored this morning and thought: "I haven't played Pokemon Gold in a while." So I dug it out from under my bed, plugged it in to my GB and turned it on. Hmm no save file that's odd, oh well, I was gonna start a new game anyway. After awhile I save and quit so I can take a break. A little bit later I turn my gameboy back on. No save file!! I try a few times on both Gold and Silver. Same thing. So I search Google to see what my problem is. I find out that my internal battery has died!
But there is no way to fix it? Every site I go to says that my game is ruined, all I can do is buy a new one or send it off to Nintendo for repair!......wait a minute....Nintendo can repair it? I'm just as good if not better at fixing stuff than Nintendo, I bet I can fix it! And I did! Now you can too!
Things you need:
-Pokemon G/S
-New battery: CR2025 or DL2025
-really small needle nose pliers
-soldering iron/solder
-electrical tape
Ok here we go, I didn't know how to get images to work so just copy and paste the url's to your address bar.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/drdna/tools.jpg
First you have to take your cartrige apart. It only has one screw but it has a weird head. I used really small needle nose pliers to take it out.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/ ... eapart.jpg
Ok now that we have it apart lets take a look. There's the battery, notice how it has a yellow lining around the edge? Also take note on how the positive side is face down, we don't want to put the new battery in backwards. It's soldered to metal tabs on the top and bottom too. To get it out, I pulled on the tab firmly but gentle not to damage anything. It's a little difficult because you have to break the solder. You have to do this to the top and bottom.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/ ... attery.jpg
Ok, now the old dead battery is gone! Take a break and plug in your soldering iron.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/ ... rygone.jpg
And here's our new battery.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/ ... attery.jpg
I wrapped a small strip of electrical tape around the edge of the battery to imitate the yellow band. It prevents the battery from touching other parts in the cartridge.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/ ... attery.jpg
Now this was my first time soldering anything, but I think it turned out alright, and hey...it works! Now remember, postive side face down against the board! Solder the tabs on both sides and voila!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/ ... ldered.jpg
Put the board back in the cartridge. Careful, it's a pretty tight fit if you have no soldering skills like me. Put the screw back in the back of the cartridge, and enjoy! I don't know how long it will last, hopefully a couple years like the original battery. So far mine still works but it's only been a couple of hours. Well enjoy!
Joe
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I have seen many people complaining that their games are messed up, so I've posted this useful Gamefaq's topic. I hope it helps!
NOTE: you do not need a soldering iron. you can tape the battery to the tabs
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NOTE: when you do this your game will act like it is brand-new. You will NOT have your old file on the game. You WILL have to start from scratch.