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Replacing a Game Boy Color Game's battery - Easiest & Cheapest Method?
Arseen:
I thought you'd need battery with spiked legs.
AppleQueso:
--- Quote from: Arseen on April 23, 2012, 02:58:16 PM ---I thought you'd need battery with spiked legs.
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that's a tabbed battery, it's fine
--- Quote from: wiggy on April 23, 2012, 02:51:45 PM ---This is what you need.
http://parts.digikey.com/ca/1/117634-battery-lithium-coin-3v-w-tab-cr-1616-f2n.html
Are you proficient at soldering? If not, I wouldn't tackle this. The battery is very sensitive to heat, too much and it'll pop. You have to be very quick so that you don't damage it.
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...maybe if you're trying to solder directly onto the battery itself. You shouldn't be touching anything except the ends of those tabs.
If you've never soldiered anything before... yeah I'd probably not mess with it until you get some practice. You don't need to be an expert to replace a battery though, it's pretty easy.
wiggy:
Of course it seems easy to someone who has experience.
Those legs are thin. They heat up almost instantly. It should be stressed that this isn't like soldering one piece of wire to another. You need to tap that joint quickly, not rest on it for a bit. I'd use a 30W iron for this, just so you can get the solder molten quickly. A 15W might leave you sitting on the joint for a bit waiting for the solder to heat up.
AO007:
--- Quote from: wiggy on April 23, 2012, 02:51:45 PM ---This is what you need.
http://parts.digikey.com/ca/1/117634-battery-lithium-coin-3v-w-tab-cr-1616-f2n.html
Are you proficient at soldering? If not, I wouldn't tackle this. The battery is very sensitive to heat, too much and it'll pop. You have to be very quick so that you don't damage it.
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*sigh* unfortunately, non.
Maybe one day it will just work again... miracle do happen right?
UncleBob:
Buying a new cart isn't that good of an answer either - depending on the game, if the carts were manufactured at the same time, they'll have the same battery, all going dead at the same time.
IF you can find an old Electronics repair shop, they'll probably replace it for you on the cheap. Bonus if the place was formally a Nintendo Repair Center.