2nd Gen Not Saving

Rochard E.

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    I have a copy of Gold that won't save. I can save it but i cannot have my GB off for more than 10 mins or the game will erase itself. Does anyone know what's wrong with it?
     
    The Internal Battery's run dry in your Gameboy, I don't think this can be fixed.. that battery is permanent is it not?
     
    I'm playing it on my GBASP but i've tried saving it on my GB and the same result happens.
     
    The best way to fix it is to send it back to Nintendo, although I'm not sure they still fix GBC games.
     
    same thing to my silver and crystal version (even before my red and blue versions which are still good) gold is fine though
     
    Yeah, chances are your internal battery has died. Not much you can do, unless you want to go through the long and difficult process of sending it back to Nintendo, but they don't make Game Boy games anymore, or are they likely to fix it.

    There's probably a way you can do it yourself, but it's very risky.

    You could just save yourself a hassle and buy a new one, I'm sure they're not that expensive.
     
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    No store sells GBC games here where I live. I doubt I can buy a brand new one.
     
    ok so... ive had this problem b4 and ive also fixed it b4.

    all games with internal memory have a battery, the more you play the game the more the battery looses life yeah i know common sense..

    anyway after a few years of intese playing your battery will die and you will get really upset and say my saved game is gone! wahhhhhh, and then you make a new save game and it will still not save. this is all common with a dead battery..

    to the important part! how to fix it. now unless you have a special screwdriver this is going to be a doozy. nintendo has there own patented screw techonology i guess, and these screws are like hexagonal or something practically impossible to get off.. so whats the next easiest thing when you dont have a "nintendo screwdriver" smashing plastic, or ripping the cartridge apart.

    along time ago my harvest moon battery died so, i ripped apart another game with internal memory something like mario world 2, and took the battery out from that game.. then ripped apart harvest moon. so now you must carefully remove the battery from the game you want to replace, and i mean very carefully. you see the 2 metal prongs the battery sits on, you must make sure they stay connected to the chip board. now take your fresh battery place it facing the same way as the old one between the 2 prongs.

    for this next part you will have to do some soldering, so youll need some solder. if you dont have any handy try using tinfoil, its always a safe alternative for poor people like me. now make sure the metal prongs are connected to the battery with solder (or tinfoil). now carefully put the chip back inside the cartridge shell, if you ripped it apart carefully the chip board should still fit inside and the cartridge should stay intact when you press it together with your fingers. now inset the rigged game with a fresh battery into your gameboy and now you can have a saved game...

    any questions feel free to ask away, sorry thats probably way to much to read just to fix a game cartridge.
     
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    just checked on ebay, pokemon red sold for 10$ AUS postage included and a pokemon gold sold for only 16$ AUS postage included. Now if you ask me THATS CHEAP!
     
    You could do all that complicated stuff that Jigglypeff said, or you could just buy a 3.8mm security bit from Ebay for 3 dollars and open it up without having to break anything or buy a whole new game. You can even buy a new battery at Walmart, it's just a standard button cell battery like in watches.
     
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