How do you replace batteries in game boy / advance / ds cartridges?

[courtesi]

Once the battery gives up the ghost, how is it replaced? Or is it even possible to replace?

[Emehr]

I believe GBA & DS carts use flash memory.

[CGQuarterly]

I think you are right.

 

In the GB/GBC carts, you just need to open up the cart, remove the old battery and attach a new one. Kinda sucks though because the batteries aren't really meant to be replaced, so you have to kind of pry them out of there and then solder a new one in place, which is dangerous because you shouldn't really be holding a soldering iron to a battery.

[JB]

The GBA is a per-game issue

As I understand things, GBA carts can use static RAM, flash RAM, or EEPROM. SRAM needs a battery, the others don't.

[shadow460]

I think you are right.

 

In the GB/GBC carts, you just need to open up the cart, remove the old battery and attach a new one. Kinda sucks though because the batteries aren't really meant to be replaced, so you have to kind of pry them out of there and then solder a new one in place, which is dangerous because you shouldn't really be holding a soldering iron to a battery.

 

Actually, you gotta desolder the old battery's tabs from the board, then they come right off. You don't need to solder directly to the battery--that's either a spot welder (I've watched this be done) or a "stapler" of sorts that attatches the tabs.

From there, you solder the tabs back to the board (with the new battery attatched to 'em) and you're good to go.

[Uzumaki]

You can order batteries that has solder tabs prefastened on. And it'd be a lot better to get those than to get a plain battery and try to solder tabs on it. Don't solder it long enough, the solder and tab will come off. Do it too long, the battery goes boom.