I can’t believe that I was searching “how to fix SMD pad” and you just made a video on how to fix EXACTLY the same board I’m working on and EXACTLY the capacitor same pad that broke on me. Haha! But in my case, both pads broke cause of oxidation. Thanks for the video!

Needs a game boy version, if that's even possible.

Hi, Great video! But I noticed a possible issue that I don't see anyone mentioned. The new battery is "reversed" from the original, meaning when you install it, you must bring the negative pin from the outside ring of the board flush into contact with the positive center of the board. All it takes is a scratch in the green solder mask beneath the battery to make a complete short circuit! Any thoughts on the risk of this? Thanks

So I took my sad card out, and it worked. But when I put it back in it messed up. How do I fix that?

This video is brilliant and guided me (soldering for the first time) through a job I would have never have taken on otherwise. Thank you!

Im guessing their are no battery mounts to prevent resoldering again? with how tight of a form factor it is?

Will this erase your Pokemon Game if you replace the battery? Or will this just affect the games clock?

I have a pokemon red game that has never had the ability to save since my brother bought it when we were kids. I want to attempt to fix it, and this really helped me understand the steps to do so. I've also never used a soldering iron before, so wish me luck!

Yeah but how'd you know where the trace was. I couldn't see it in this video. Tribal knowledge?

I dropped my 3DS XL and it turns on but nothing comes on the screen and the volume it just is on until it dies I don't know what to do but I really need help with this I have mine right next to me right now

NO WAY BRO YOU ACCTUALLY FIGURED IT OUT 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Brilliant stuff. My heart sank when I turned on the Game Boy I had as a kid to see a ton of lines missing. All fixed now thanks to this video!

THANK YOU SO MUCH, now it works just fine

When I was little, I heard the exploit of shaking your 3DS to get free play Coins so I did that and one of the chips fell off. Now, my 2d is like this

Bit late to the party but would it not be better to get a cr1616 battery holder in stead of a tabbed battery?

Nice!!! Good stuff. Thank you! Ya fingers were quite distracting but kept me watching 😂

you dont need flux. i been soldering for 15 years without. when i do try it i notice it doenst do anything other than get the board messy. heat transfers perfectly fine without it. you just need to know how to use your tools properly.

I'm no slouch when it comes to soldering and electronics, but this is, without a doubt, the most thorough tutorial I've seen on both the batteries AND the fake cart epidemic that's been going on for over a decade. Absolutely fantastic job, good sir!!

The little circular plastic peice popped out which way does it go back on and I’m scared to over tightening it

Just checking in to say this video was very helpful for me! Got my DMG-01 fixed right up! Thanks a lot!

My 3dsxl has this issue except the blue light stays on but the screens dont boot. Should i still try this or leave it be and find another solution?

Glad cartridges don't have battery save states today. Yikes. 🤯 How many people lost all their rare Pokémon?!

Bro i have same but in 🖤🖤 colour not even transparent 😊😊

highly recommend buying sockets and good batteries instead of the yellow pretabbed ones. those are notoriously iffy with longevity(easily dying within a year or two)

Fun fact even if you replace the battery on a GBA Pokémon game it won’t go back to the way it was before. Almost all of the events won’t Work. growing berries seeing mirage island the berrie master won’t work anymore because the original game battery has a RTC. The only events I’m aware of working are timed evolutions for certain Pokémon. Ruby emerald sapphire. These are the games effected by it. Fire red leaf green are not

So awesome ill use this when i replace mine not for years though as i bought them already newly replaced

I took out my old gameboy camera and turned it on to find all the pictures I took 25+ years ago are gone, pictures of my grandparents, cousins, friends faces gone 😢 will this work to recover all those lost photos?

What size tri wing screwdriver do you need?

i wonder if this applies to gomeboy/gameboy color bootlegs (newer ones) as the gold repro i have sorta looks exactly like my sapphire repro internally (other than small diffrences)

could i glue the tags to a custom figure after i scan them? Im thinking of making my own figures for splatoon :) im just worried the glue may mess them up

looks like is $40 now

I honestly thought the screen was a goner until I watched this. Thank you!

I didn’t even knew they had batterys-

I'm a bit late to the party but how hot is your soldering iron when using desolder braid ? It looks so easy when you do it, but mine just keep sticking to the PCB with the solder ><'

Oooh im going to check my romhack bootlegs to see if they have similar soldering points for the battery

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My 3ds XL only showed the charging light, not even the blue light but THIS VIDEO BROUGHT IT BACK TO LIFE 🖤 Thank you so much for the super comprehensive fix guide!! The way mine got working again was by removing game cartridge, sd card, disconnecting wifi and infrared components AND disconnect the Cameras. Then I connected everything back EXCEPT the Camera and it freaking worked!!!!

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How to make a ps2 game ?

Finally, someone showing the correct way. Thanks!

respect and good video

I noticed there were two official versions of the Metroid fusion pcb. One with an internal battery, and the other with a flash memory chip. I had eBay sellers unscrew and open the carts for me and send pics of the pcb to me before purchasing. Until I found a Metroid fusion with no save battery. Obviously there are also fakes out there which have that glob of silicone.

Oh man I was always doing that through the rubber and with that special one I was about to give up but man you showed me that the iron is not gonna destroy the ribbon directly... now it works properly, thanks a lot

didnt see the release date on this vid, kekw. they 40$ now (and worth every penny ) but dang i got catfished :D

is there a certain type of soldering flux you would recommend to use for this? I'm going to replace the battery in a wario land cartridge i got and have never done something like this before.

Does anyone know if you can do this on a New 2ds XL? and also whenever my light turns off it makes a little pop sound

What a stupid, self-glorifying introduction. I’m going back to Retro Repair videos.

Omg this is so cool! I definitely need to try this!

Since I’m to scared to open up my PS3 and try to fix the clock problem, it felt like a good idea to see if maybe I could practice and try to repair some of my game boy Cariges since they kinda don’t work and since there small for my DS....but after this it makes me resize EVEN MORE that...I’m not a repairer and have no idea what this stuff is and probably would mess it up anyways, starting to feel stuck on how to fix when I know I can’t and I really want to sell some but I can’t if they don’t work probably...so I’m pretty lost. But this I guess is progress of kinda learning?

I am brand new to soldering and I learned quite a bit from you explaining your mistakes. Thank you!