Pretty neat process, I’m not sure if I’ll do this with my cartridges though just because I don’t really play them often enough. Awesome video as always Kyle
Sweet! Also, seeing your solderwork make me more confident with my own end products(really not confident in my work😑), so a thanks for that and I own you a follow😄
Except what they aren't telling you is. Several games require the battery in order to boot. So without a battery on the board the game won't boot. Donkey Kong country 2 is known for this.
250 bucks for desoldering gun to work on game that cost $ 20 ??? :-D There cheaper way (since you don't need to preserve original chip): use nippers to cut pins from SRAM body, use soldering iron to remove pin one by one, use solder sucker to clean holes - and you done!
I have a Retro Freak and you can transfer your saves to a file, I also resoldered my batteries on all my carts to removable holders so you can easily swap the batteries in the future in seconds which I have had success not loosing save dats when I swapped the batteries.
Is there something like this available for N64? I bought a copy of Super Smash Bros, and a copy of Ocarina of Time that both appear to have faulty SRAM chips.
Good question! Not that I know of right now, but check out my N64 cartridge repair video to find out how to match N64 game cartridges together so you can swap chips from junk games of the same spec. Thanks for watching, and hope this helps! 🙂
Essentially, yes. I'm not super familiar with the Saturn Mod, but a logic IC is required for the SNES, as well as going from through hole to surface mount. These two reasons are why the board is needed.
Will RetroAmp also create an FRAM mod for N64 games that also use SRAM (not counting the Controller Pak), as it would be useful for games like: 1080' Snowboarding F-Zero X Harvest Moon 64 Pokémon Stadium (the first ever one released only in Japan, the others that were released in the US/Europe use Flash) The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Super Smash Bros. As of this day, I've only got 3 N64 games that uses SRAM (the last three actually and all Japanese versions).
Very cool vid, tho I would have done the SMDs totally different. The two components you sat in that red flux I wouldnt have just cleaned the pads with Chipquik, laid down some solder on the pads, then heated them as I put down the SMD. Maybe one side at a time. This may be the better way for smaller than the medium sized SMDs, thoIll admit some of the smallest SMDs require a bit different of methods. Interesting stuff!
For those that don't want to fork out for a Hakko, there is a low-cost way to remove a chip like that. Since you don't need it any more, you can simply cut all the legs off the chip and desolder them one by one.
that's true but the problem is getting the solder out of the hole can be a time-consuming process because desoldering braid and solder suckers give inconsistent results
The battery runs the clock and save circuits in the 2nd gen Pokemon games, so yes it would reset your save. But you can wire a battery in parallel while you replace the other. Or you can dump and reinstate your save with a Joey. Cheers!
Cool idea... but I just install coin battery holders into my SNES cartridges that allow a quick swap of the old battery, and they only cost about a dollar and take about a minute to install. A good quality 2032 should last nearly 2 decades, should be more than enough unless you're an immortal vampire.
