[color=red]Thanks for the tips! I was about to just throw away my Pokemon Silver, but I read this! Thanks again!

Thanks! This is fantastic. I've always wanted to know to do this so I can replace my battery in silver when it dies

lol i found that my silver still saves (i didn't change the battery) but my gold will not save i'll try this out thx

dude same thing for my gold and silver

i will try this out

for some reason my silver (that still saves) whont give the option to switch pokemon in a battle and as for my gold..................... i was going to battle RED... but ...but...but...*breaks down screaming and crying on the floor pounding the floor with my fists* ................it wouldn't save and i couldn't continue *crying again ..... the neibhors call the vets because they think their's a dying animal*

yah, thats what happened to mine and I have been wondering what to do. Thanks

YES! There is finally a solution! I must try this now. Maybe I can get my Dad to surgically remove the battery. I'm not that great at the whole "careful" thing... Thanks!

THank you, finally i can revive my old red, yellow, gold, and crystal, as while as others (like loz la, sml2, and donkey kong land
Those good old games.

How long do the new batteries last, do you think?

Thank you very very much.
my gold bbreak but now I can play it again.
Thank you again

I had a quick question/comment about batteries that had to be repaired:
Is it related to game play time? I know I had to replace my Silver's battery when it neared 500 hours. My Blue and Yellow are still working today although both have less than 100 hours and older than Silver. Crystal has about 130 hours. Anyone remember their hours before it had to be fixed?

The cartridge itself. (sorry bout the long delay. i got Ike'd)

Ok, so the battery degrades after about 6 or 7 years, but is that since manufacture or since first use? There are some factory sealed copies still around, and I already fixed my silver. I'd like Gold but don't want to have to go through doing this again. Anyone?

How to make a special screw driver to open your game cartridges

I was getting sick and tired of unscrewing the little Nazi screws on the back of my gameboy games to change the battery in them. so I made a special screwdriver to make it a lot easier to unscrew them. all you need is a quarter inch wide Flathead screw driver, a Dremel (rotary tool), a metal cutting attachment, and a metal grinding attachment. First you need to grind the flathead of the screwdriver to the thickness of 4 pieces of paper. Now you need the cutting attachment to cut the center of the of the flathead to the width of the inner part of the screw, and use trial and error until it gets a good grip of the screw. now use the grinding attachment to grind the sides of the flat head to where it won't scrape the cartridge. Now it will take a lot of trial and error to get this to fit and work right.

P.S. i made that screwdriver in the first post.
P.S.S. if your retarded and hurt yourself doing this i'm not responsible

Great guide, I could probably fix my Gold version now. But I wouldn't risk destroying it!

Sorry about bringing this thread back.

What stops the battery in emerald from going out?
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Ooh thanks for the tip! My friend gave me his Gold version that didn't save for my birthday in August, 2008 (yeah, real old by then) and I want it to save soooo bad!
But, I have a question: If the file saved when the battery worked, and you haven't played it in like 10 years and you put in a new battery, will it still play on your saved file, or will it create a whole new file?

Question: Is there any way for me to transfer energy from one battery to the one in there if it still works? My friend has a Silver version, with a LOT of Lv 100 PkMn and I don't want her to lose it all. Thx.

No... sorry. You could tell her to trade to another game if possible. That's the only way I see.