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A Battery Replacement Success Story (SNES)
irvgotti452:
Don't forget you need the right tools for the right job.
Small soldering projects like this you need a 15-35watt (max) soldering iron, 60/40 rosin core solder, some flux or soldering paste (big difference maker in soldering but DO NOT INHALE that crap).
For desoldering: some desoldering wick (or braid) or you can use a desoldering iron with pump (should usually be sold at 35w range in radio-shack).
And most important of all keep the iron clean. I love to use on of these tip cleaners, (http://www.ebay.com/itm/271183421738?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649).
These are thing I use for my projects. Battery replacement (minus iron heat up time) just under 5 min ;D.
razielleonhart:
ok the biggest thing i need to know is will i lose my saves if i do this
Arseen:
--- Quote from: razielleonhart on February 10, 2014, 12:53:53 PM ---ok the biggest thing i need to know is will i lose my saves if i do this
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Yes.
I suggest you try to find thast retrode thing that lets you play SNES games from real carts on PC as I think that the ability to transfer save files aswell, right?
wiggy:
^^^ Yup!
--- Quote from: irvgotti452 on February 10, 2014, 11:41:34 AM ---Don't forget you need the right tools for the right job.
Small soldering projects like this you need a 15-35watt (max) soldering iron, 60/40 rosin core solder, some flux or soldering paste (big difference maker in soldering but DO NOT INHALE that crap).
For desoldering: some desoldering wick (or braid) or you can use a desoldering iron with pump (should usually be sold at 35w range in radio-shack).
And most important of all keep the iron clean. I love to use on of these tip cleaners, (http://www.ebay.com/itm/271183421738?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649).
These are thing I use for my projects. Battery replacement (minus iron heat up time) just under 5 min ;D.
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You don't need all of that for just doing batteries. Flux you can definitely do without as long as you're using lead/tin rosin core solder. If you're using lead-free, well stop using it because it sucks beyond belief and you'll need to heat that crap to like a thousand degrees before it starts to flow. No need for wick or desoldering iron in this instance. Put the tip to one of the battery leads, then just pull it out when the solder has melted. Repeat for the other leg.
Blumpkin:
Man, I really can't wait for the RetroN 5 so I don't need to worry about cart batteries anymore.