Pokemon Silver Doesn't Save, Let's Fix That! | Tech Wave!

Подписаться 720 тыс.

Просмотров 125 тыс.

50% 1

Gameboy games that save data use a battery inside the cartridge to keep the data alive on the cart. In this case the battery inside the cartridge has died and will need to be replaced. This is a quick video showing how to replace that battery correctly using a soldering iron. This will erase any save data on the cart so I recommend doing this when you first get the game.
Gameboy Batteries W/ Bit (Aff Link): amzn.to/2G0XZ3E
Kingdom Hearts II Sora Figure Entry: gleam.io/u0wd0/sora-figure
Awesome Shirts! -
www.designbyhumans.com/shop/S...
Twitter: @SpawnWaveMedia
Consider Supporting Us On Patreon:
/ spawnwave
Reddit: / spawnwave
Follow Us On Twitch: / spawnwavemedia
Listen To Our Weekly Podcast: / spawn-wave
Music: www.bensound.com
Like Comment and Subscribe!
Thanks for watching!

Игры

Опубликовано:

29 июн 2024

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 356

@renerosales8529 2 года назад

3 years later and this video still coming in clutch. Thanks for the instructions!

@juliandacosta6841 2 года назад

The amazon link doesn't work anymore though

@shawnrich1230 Год назад

Yeah....don't want to mess mine up I'll take it somewhere to see if they can do it

@border056 6 лет назад

Pro tip: Even if your soldering iron is at the proper temp it will not properly melt the solder if the tip is not clean. Make sure you clean the tip of your iron with a sponge or a brass sponge. Also, make sure you clean off the left over Flux with isopropyl alcohol.

@JesseAndMike 6 лет назад

These types of videos are awesome! :D

@HYPERLEONE 5 лет назад

@5A1F bot probs

@MohammedMuhiUddin 5 лет назад

@5A1F its the only comment that got a heart like

@bobjoe562 6 лет назад

i remember changing my silvers battery when i was around 10 yrs old. I didn't know anything about soldering so i pried the tabs off the battery and stuck a new watch battery of the same size inbetween the tabs and used electric tape to hold it tight. I was a very lucky person i didn't break anything. It was my favorite gamboy game. played it to death.

@staffitup 2 года назад

This is still awesome to read. I just recovered my Pokemon collection and found Pokemon Blue and Silver. I have to change my battery on Pokemon Silver :D

@Biowolf626 2 года назад

My Pokémon yellow battery is still good, and blue. I can’t believe it

@savagemathorror4671 2 года назад

@@Biowolf626 My yellow still works too lol

@TheAkashicTraveller 2 года назад

@@savagemathorror4671 Same my yellow is good but my gold is dead. Wonder what's going on there. Does yellow's save just use less power?

@dan226343 2 года назад

@@TheAkashicTraveller yellow blue and red all good, silver gold and crystal gone. Weird.

@ElisPalace 4 года назад

I'm trying to play my Pokemon silver O found from when I was a kid and was wondering why it's not saving. Thankyou

@Mud2hunter 6 лет назад

Thanks for making this video. I remember having to do this 4 years ago to fix my cousin's crystal version and the only videos i could find at the time were these kids prying the arms off the battery, putting a new one in, and covering it in electric tape. Good to have a professional looking video now.

@springbreezegaming4017 Год назад

I'm so glad you made this video, even 4 years later this is helping people so much!! I can finally get my GameBoy games working again!! Well I mean the saves working again. 😅

@ElComanche 6 лет назад

Really love these types of videos. Love seeing the systems taken apart and games as well. Did you ever take apart a dream cast? I would love to see that video or see you do one.

@drzprimo10 5 лет назад

Dude thank you. You save my childhood game for 8mins and 34 sec. Now I need to order the proper tools to revive my GB Silver fun.

@DavrK 6 лет назад

Please make more of these videos! We love them so much!

@mailboxxy 2 года назад

I enjoyed watching you fix the save. :) Merry Christmas!

@Charlie-yb1or Год назад

Fantastic video! Found my old Pokemon games (Blue, Silver and Crystal) and not a single one could save properly. Fixed all three with the help from this video :) Thanks alot!

@johnodaz1273 6 лет назад

Excellent video Jon(SW). Very useful knowledge, good stuff man.

@ruxsack4021 6 лет назад

Awww Spawn, thank you for this video. It was a nice trip down nostalgia lane :)

@joshuacharette993 2 года назад

Thanks for taking the time to make this man.

@zigzag7100 Год назад

I just found my Silver version. It was my very first video game ever & I’m excited to replace the battery & play it again. Thanks for the help.

@murderousalex 6 лет назад

thanks a lot man, Tech Waves are awesome, hope you can eventually fix your old Switch and make a Tech Wave about it.

@eliasbelbah41 6 лет назад

Keep up the good job spawn , love your vids :3

@ghoulbusters6805 4 года назад

absolute life-saver (and game saver! lol). can't wait to try this for my copy of pokemon gold! Thanks, dude!

@bbird216 4 года назад

Thanks for the video - bought the tools I needed and fixed the game so I can share with my boy!

@Jihadbearzwithgunz 5 лет назад

Also becareful as to not overheat the battery as it could result in thermal run away. Awesome vid.

@bfapple 2 года назад

The only risk is if the iron temperature is >250C, or if somebody heats the tab for far too long.

@Jihadbearzwithgunz 2 года назад

@@bfapple yes this is true but I'm sure there are plenty of people that don't have much experience in soldering that will go in at max heat say 300°c and definitely end up causing this as it would only take holding it for a second or two to hit that why I still use leaded solder in most electronics as it has a much lower melting point I do have lead free for some applications.

@SehxualPanda 6 лет назад

We need ‘SpawnWave Fixes Sundays’!!

@keegansanders286 6 лет назад

SehxualPanda Thompson yes please

@Wolfram47 6 лет назад

My Sunday’s aren’t broken though.... it’s Monday’s that’s the problem /:

@bwrighteous 6 лет назад

Thank you for this. I have the Golden Sun collection, and they won't save. However, with your method, I can finally play those games on my ds lite again. Thanks for this!

@bfapple 2 года назад

GBA games don't use battery to retain the save. Are you sure they are legit carts?

@zidane6520 Год назад

@@bfapple some early GBA games did use batteries (Castlevania circle of the moon, for example), but golden sun definitely didn’t.

@bfapple Год назад

@@zidane6520 thought that Nintendo switched to flash storage (as opposed to RAM) for all GBA carts.

@zidane6520 Год назад

@@bfapple GBA carts can actually have four different types of save mechanisms: EEPROM chips , flash chip, battery saves, and ferroelectric RAM (FRAM)

@Fendera1 6 лет назад

I love videos like this

@GladeXD 6 лет назад

Tech Wave at its best!

@mrho_lin_wun5413 5 лет назад

great video's man, keep up the good work :)

@pouredinplacerubber 12 дней назад

Awesome man! I'm waiting on the battery for mine then I'll be good to go! Clutch AF!!!

@jaredt5127 2 года назад

Cant wait to learn how to fix my Gold! I was about to hunt down another copy. Now I have to find the other GameBoy I had been given

@ryanhellrung8748 6 лет назад

That is awesome! That is good for me to learn even more, as I am going to school for biomedical engineering technology.

@jorgealex8403 4 года назад

Spawn Wave! I'll do this on the Gold version! Funny thing is that my yellow version is 5 years older (20 in total) and it kept my game over the decades!

@AndrewO83 6 лет назад

Haha oh wow! My Pokemon Gold didn't save either but my problem was a little different. I looked into the connectors and I had something stuck on the pins which I think was the problem. I did go back and get it exchanged. But this is still an awesome vid Jon!

@vjallen75 6 лет назад

Mine won’t save either. I’m glad you posted a video of this. This is one of my fav games. My Chrystal file deleted too.

@Pelthail 6 лет назад

Thank you! My Link's Awakening doesn't save anymore and now this just saved me... literally.

@EpicLPer 6 лет назад

Fun Fact: I found one for 11 bucks on a flea market yesterday and the battery is still holding the save. Tho I will replace it too.

@SelecaoOfMidas 6 лет назад

EpicLPer Good idea.

@sinisterbamf 5 лет назад

My pokemon red, yellow, and blue still have their original batteries and somehow still work.

@bluefox12factsbeforefeelin58 3 года назад

@Dad_Shoes What happens when the battery dies. Does your saved game still exists just without the ability to saved? Or do u lose everything when the battery dies?

@bryanhauser2444 2 года назад

Just realized mine was dead today after getting excited to play through it again haha. Curious to give soldering a try.

@pro2gamer 6 лет назад

My Red and Yellow cartridges are *_still_* working perfectly somehow. The Blue one on the other hand........ Imma need this video...

@buttcracksniffer74 6 лет назад

Fulken if you wanna retain your saves and the battery still works but its like 10-15 yrs old replace the battery while the game is in the gameboy

@cube2fox 5 лет назад

@@buttcracksniffer74 Isn't this dangerous? There is voltage on it then, you could damage something.

@Longlius 5 лет назад

The batteries for Red, Blue, and Yellow actually outlast the Gold, Silver, and Crystal carts. GSC have an RTC circuit attached to keep time, which means their drain is much quicker. RBY will last around 20 years, but GSC will last only 10-15 years.

@Kiirabu197 5 лет назад

@@buttcracksniffer74 Does this really work?

@W3LSHDR4G0 4 года назад

My Pokémon blue doesn’t go through as a game :(

@catelynrose1983 Год назад

Thanks! I've got a Pokemon Gold experiencing the same issue. Now I can fix it!

@MetroidMan106 Год назад

I love loving in the future! Thank you for this video! I literally have Pokemon Silver and found it while moving out of parents and loaded it EMPTY FILE and wouldnt save I was like noooo but this will make it playable again yay

@skunkmeat 5 месяцев назад

sweet nice video, for some reason the way you did it helped a lot with getting over my bad soldering experiences hahaha

@idreesW 6 лет назад

hey spawn you had to give pokemon a good scrubbing with a qtip and alcohol to clean the pins, just to make it extra clean with a new battery 😀

@Link200767 6 лет назад

Idrees willz87 you can also use a eraser and clean the pins lightly but you need to remove the case first.

@Mikeybhoy14 2 года назад

Thanks for the help buddy!

@TheWelshSportsPodcast 8 месяцев назад

Defo gonna give this a go. Cheers dude 👍🏼

@briangant5439 6 лет назад

Nice video. I just did my donkey kong. I like to use soldering wick and suck the old solder right off the board. Eliminates the risk of solder splattering on other components.

@kiesarisunny13 Год назад

I didn’t know about this probably until I made my first save out of Elm’s lab, thankfully I found out about this before I got to far

@hooviridis8388 5 лет назад

There's a failsafe way of retaining your savefiles and it's rather cheap too, there's a device called the Monster Brain (it's normally a cheating device made exclusively for Pokémon) that can back up save files, and the way the memory is stored on the Monster Brain is through flash memory so you don't have to worry about the save deleting itself from the Monster Brain, it costs about $10, not sure which sites sell it though. It's pretty good to have if you need to back up your saves before the inevitable battery death or that one moment in which the battery shorts and somehow deletes your save file (I've seen that happen numerous times). Generally speaking, it's good to have one on hand, especially if you feel like your internal battery is about to die.

@josepshchavez4337 2 года назад

Do I need too replace battery in Pokémon sapphire ?. .

@dan226343 Год назад

@@josepshchavez4337 I can't find my GBA ones but they use the in game clocks too so probably.

@positivevibesyo 6 лет назад

Tool time with Spawn wave..(rubs hands together)

@blisterless 6 лет назад

This pretty much happened to my Pokémon Crystal a couple of years ago but I never got around to changing the battery.

@daEARTHWORMz 6 лет назад

This will help me fix my old pokemon gold that i've had forever.

@f3rns 6 лет назад

Nice, excellent video.

@TheTarrMan 5 лет назад

⚠️⚠️⚠️ When you're done you should use some rubbing alcohol and a q-tip to remove the leftover flux on the board. Flux is mildly acidic and over time will eat into the board. ⚠️⚠️⚠️

@taybee50 2 года назад

You look so healthy and natural in these older videos. Hope you're doing okay man

@TheInstinctWithinV2 6 месяцев назад

Gonna try this for fun even though you can easily emulate these games these days. Nothing quite beats the authentic feeling of having the little handheld in your hands, though. The resolution always looks wonky as well if it's not on a gameboy. Thanks for the little tutorial

@enthused7591 4 года назад

Harbor Freight has good soldering irons for Like $5. Works great. $8-$9 with the rosin core.

@MountSec 6 лет назад

Are you stalking me? First i sent my GC for repairs and you post a disassembly video, and now I just stumbled upon my old pokemon gold version xD

@eliassemaan7260 2 месяца назад

Appreciate the video. This worked for my silver.. for almost a week 😭

@coreysteady 9 месяцев назад

i love how you think oh this friendly fella is a bit over weight, then you realise that he is absolutely jacked

@batman8293 6 лет назад

This is why GameBoy Color should have cloud saves...

@bakonpancakz 6 лет назад

boi if you dont

@ReshiLuna 6 лет назад

Maybe he means vc Gameboy.

@AxelAlexK 6 лет назад

I know, what were they thinking leaving that feature out in the 90s? Shocking really!

@MiniBeas 6 лет назад

Can you review other types of game cartridges and how to replace the battery on those?

@pnwfool6043 6 лет назад

Pokemon yellow! Is the best. P.s. great video!

@BobBobson 5 лет назад

Yellow is the worst. You're guaranteed one useless pokemon for the first gym battle, plus, if you really are trying to catch them all, you need to catch a second one because you can't evolve him. He also takes up a slot better served by something like Zapdos, who outclasses it in every single stat.

@EliseoRocha 6 лет назад

I have my younger brothers Gold and it still saves well as my Crystal version. But I can’t find my Silver version so this will probably be useful for me later on when I finally track one down.

@skywardshield5477 6 лет назад

Actually did the same thing with the same game a few years ago.

@crow132 6 лет назад

hey spawn, what if you wanna change the batery before it is gone but you dont wanna lose your savefiles in the process?

@CusunoArch 6 лет назад

Surprisingly I have a Pokémon Silver cartridge from a flea market. A few years later, it stopped saving to the point I played it on my Gamebody Advance SP without turning it off (keeping it charged at night) back when I was a kid. Now I regret doing that because I think that was the reason why my GBA SP only lasts for a few minutes before it needs recharging again, plus its L and R buttons are broken, even though I barely used those (Plus, there are no L and R buttons required for GameBoy games)

@garethfairclough8715 3 года назад

15 years? Old Gold/Silver? Not a chance. Mine died after about 3 or 4 years! Red/Blue/Yellow? Now those lasted 15 years!

@hyalinecartilage2306 2 года назад

I've never used a solder before, is there a certain type of metal wire you have to use when replacing the battery?

@OneEyedKing 4 года назад

I changed my battery, it saves but the save gets randomly lost after some time. Maybe I don’t have enough salder on the board? The positive and negative part is in the right place.

@mianovak9700 2 года назад

Watched this video just trying to find the temperature to use lol, managed to fix Pokemon silver, links awakening DX and Pokemon emerald in a little over an hour and it was my first time soldering

@69metersbelow25 3 года назад

Spawn was so big here lol He lost so much weight.He looks like an old man here

@kennethlloydzuasula4078 6 лет назад

I have also that. It sucks when the internal battery dies, all your save data will be lost.

@igi-chan 2 года назад

1:23 This guy said “go to radioshack” XD 😂

@oozmakappa6415 6 лет назад

OH MY GOD. Silver was my first Pokemon game and I was not able to save on it. I finished the game multiple times as a kid but I had to leave my gameboy turned on.

@retropulse03 2 года назад

Just bought a Donkey Kong for GB that won't save. Here comes Spawn Wave from the past with the lifeline. W/e he did, he looks great these days.

@multiplemenace 6 лет назад

Learning. Ty

@ragnarok2unlimited 6 лет назад

dude do you think you could do a PS3 or 360 reballing for the next Tech Wave? i have always wondered how the PS3 and 360 gets the orange light and rings of dead fixed or well maybe that's too much to ask

@MastaLadbrokes Год назад

I melted a plastic pen on a candle and pressed it against the screw and used that as a screwdriver. Then I just taped on a new battery. Budget, but it works 😄

@indiansoljaa Год назад

God damn hill billy

@ser3038 11 месяцев назад

Might have to do that where could I buy a new battery

@tommasoceccarelli7443 4 года назад

What if I have just the battery and not also the "wings" that connect with the poles. Do I have to detach them from the old battery?

@Realmadridfan4ever1 4 года назад

Whats the best temperature the solder iron should be?

@kleung347 6 лет назад

This might be a stupid question but can I use the same flux and soder I use for soldering copper pipes together?

@anyaimlle 2 года назад

Nope

@certifiedmormon4393 4 года назад

I’m here in 2020 and wow what a different look.

@Symmotree 6 лет назад

Yeah this happened to my copy like 10 years ago. Have yet to fix it.

@seany1986 6 лет назад

Don't you just love the smell of molten rosin core solder? lol

@AxelAlexK 6 лет назад

My old pokemon gold cart needs to have this done, has the same issue.

@MasonOfLife 3 года назад

I’m guessing the battery just needs to be connected to the board in order for it to be accessed by the game? (I’m very new to computing and electronics)

@klousazo 6 лет назад

i did this a couple of years ago but y used a battery holder so when the battery dies u just pop out the old battery and replace it with a new one with out soldering ever again.

@elgigante2001 6 лет назад

Well the battery in Pokemon gold and silver drain a little faster then red and blue. I have my copy of red and the battery is still good, but the one from my copy of gold died and I had to change it. The reason is because gold and silver have a real time clock that uses more of the battery then red and blue. So expect the battery to last about 8 to 10 years not 15. Also make sure you get a quality tabbed battery that will also affect how long the battery lasts.

@kevboard 6 лет назад

yep, my PKMN yellow also still saves without issue

@MrPoeGhost 6 лет назад

Huh, that's a refreshingly simple process. I should try it out with my dead carts.

@MoonAtomic7 6 лет назад

Maybe my favorite game of all time. Def one I've played the most and it's strange because it's not as much story driven unlike my other favorite games. Ironically I hate Gen 5 and Black and White has the best story in the pokemon lore. I would also restart the game a bunch of times after I beat it, which is rare I found out but I loved the game too much.

@joshuawilloughby2696 6 лет назад

That was really cool

@RedRockin2000 10 месяцев назад

Hello, Spawn. I have all three of the gen 2 games (Gold, Silver and Crystal) and have replaced the battery in each of them. The results are that each of them save for a little while while playing through the game (either saving a set amount of times, or for a set amount of time), but end up wiping the saves automatically when playing long enough after turning the game off. Any ideas on further fixes? I would be eager to hear your thoughts.

@lexx396 6 лет назад

Thanks for making this vid, much appreciated.

@chaven2533 5 лет назад

Wish i wouldve seen this video a few months ago. Started a new game because my original one was gone from years ago. When i started playing a new game it would save succesfully as far as turning it off and on again throughout the first day. But then the next day it was gone. Same issue i assume?

@seren3462 2 года назад

This video is very old but do you know which soldering iron you bought or a specific link to look for one?

@BlueThePenguin 6 лет назад

You are my hero

@skyguysZ 6 лет назад

I wish I knew how to do this back then when I had crystal

@Mike01029 6 лет назад

Since Nintendo announced they won't make a revision any time soon and will instead focus on expansion hardware through USB C, I wonder it they'll make some form of the Wii U gamepad device for the Switch for certain games, like Mario maker Like in docked mode it would be Bluetooth or connected to the switch dock and it portable it would clip on and it would kinda look like a DS/3DS

@seanbuck2310 2 года назад

Thank you man

@josephomega9799 3 года назад

Does this help with also not being able to change the time?

@Snotnarok 5 лет назад

Did Nintendo cheap out on their battery backups? I'm confused, GB, GBC and even SNES games I've seen with dead batteries but I have a games on the Genesis from 93-94 that still have their save functionally working perfectly. I'm aware they will eventually fail but even 10 years ago my cousin's DKC save completely failed.