1. Not old. Vintage. :)

Most liked posts in thread: GameCube battery replacement

  1. by Paul "Mclaneinc" Irvine
    Paul "Mclaneinc" Irvine

    Paul "Mclaneinc" Irvine Captain

    Blog Posts:
    3
    It's deffo something people should give thought to, as Richie says, leaking batteries are a nightmare, remember it's pure acid, it rots the board VERY quickly. Must admit, I don't remember seeing a battery on the PS3 motherboard, but then again, the one I have is a very early model and much of the board etc is totally different from later PS3's. Maybe they are using caps to hold charge. Might have a 2nd look.

    But yeah, a little pictorial of showing what to look for and maybe a link to the usual replacements, pretty sure they are almost universal. Nice one Richie, I've seen some pretty awful Amiga boards that had battery leak, just eats the VIA's, copper is it's favourite nosh as well as any metal.
     
    Andy Barr and nysavant like this.
  2. by Vyper68
    Vyper68

    Vyper68 Chief Officer

    Blog Posts:
    2
    Here are some photos of the process step by step. Had to do a bit of fettling to get the battery holder to fit flush but got there in the end. Time and date are held correctly now so should be good for another Twenty odd years. Need to look at the SD card solutions for the GameCube at some point.

    [​IMG]
    [​IMG]
    [​IMG]
    [​IMG]
    [​IMG]
    [​IMG]
     
    nysavant and Andy Barr like this.
  3. by nysavant
    nysavant

    nysavant Chief Officer

    Blog Posts:
    2
    Don't have any plans to ever but a GameCube but that still sounds like a nice little mod to do, week done Richie.

    Any other retro projects on the go at the moment? I'm still loving the C16 but am using the 9pin joystick adaptor instead of the standard CBM joystick. That and the SD2IEC make for a great setup.
     
    Andy Barr likes this.
  4. by Andy Barr
    Andy Barr

    Andy Barr Captain

    Blog Posts:
    0
    Great, thorough and neat effective work there, Rich.

    Big thumbs up from this end.

    I've never seen a Gamecube oop n running but impressed by your job of work all the same.

    Another cool console and bit of retro kit saved for another couple of decades of arcade action.

    Great work, pal.