This looks like a good first project when you’re just starting soldering! I would have appreciated seeing you remove the old solder/posts from those holes.
Just FYI... maybe these were not available until recently but Maxwell ML2032 is a rechargable 3.0v battery and is possibly a better suited replacement. What do you think??
My favorite repair /mod for a system. It is fast and easy and those battery holders are such a perfect fit. I have never had a problem desoldering the battery on the DC. I have done it to 5 machines so far my self .One of witch had a dead battery the other's it was just such a simple job I did it as a preemptive. Great video and thank you for emphasizing use a RECHARGEABLE battery.
Thanks so much for this video. I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed fiddling with circuit boards in community college... thanks to you my Dreamcast is keeping time like a champ now!
awesome video! yo uadded more detail than other videos I've seen of this, the links to where you buy the battery and the battery holder, and also some important tips when soldering! PLUS... the background NFS III (or high stakes not sure) menu music... haha you brought back so many teenager memories!! I used to love just staying in the manu to listen to the music
Any idea about how long these replacement batteries should last before needing another change? Also what would be the difference with a LR2450 coin cell?
Very cool, thanks wheelman. I wish it was as easy as my Sega Saturn, just remove back piece and pop in your new CR2032... but still not bad at all. Quick question, what is that little monitor you have, I see lots of engineers/developers have one on their work station so they dont have to pull consoles, etc back to the big TV or monitor which is always in other rooms in the house to test basic things out. I'd like to get one for my working/soldering area.
Nice, never thought to try them outside of consoles in cars, should check my local Goodwill. One more tyro question wheelman, I never used flux the few times I soldered head units/gameboy screens/ or my guitar pickups. Is applying that flux before always give the best possible solder? I never knew about it, should order that on Amazon also with the battery and holder?
its necessary in some situations. mostly when you need to solder large/thick joints, the existing joint is corroded, or the solder otherwise wont flow into the joint very well. usually solder wire has a flux core which saves you from having to apply flux manually all the time, but having a container of flux on hand is a good idea
Thanks for making this video and posting the amazon links (They still work). The battery holder works like a champ. Thank you for helping me fix the date/time issue with my Dreamcast. I do appreciate it. Now, I am about to setup my DreamPi so that I can play games onliine with the dreamcast again : )
why did they make it so complicated? Sega Saturn was easy to change, just opened the back compartment and popped out the bad battery and put in a new one. but that also had battery for the internal memory and the clock
I'm collecting alot of my childhood consoles and games,but I'm on a generation kick now and I'm trying to complete my 6th gen with the addition of the Dreamcast,now I know chances are I will have to change the battery,and I solder at work but it's on pipe as I am a plumber,but for a newbie to soldering on consoles what's the chances of messing up that board the battery tray is connected to? What flux and solder should I use? I take consoles apart a thoroughly clean them but I've never had to solder one,lucked up and got a v.1.6 Xbox so I don't have to change capacitor on it. Any help or suggestions would be nice.
Great tutorial man, I went through this entire process yesterday but now i got a few new issues. The boot animation is gone, fan is always on (can't recall if it was always like that) and my backup games don't last more than 30 seconds and then it kicks me out of the game back to the menu ( I noticed boot up animation does appear after the backup game loads). Official games work just fine. Any idea what could it be? The only difference with what you did is that I didn't leave on for 3 hours, not sure if that makes any difference.
+Michael Vega Fan staying on is normal. if backup kick you back to dashboard, then the dreamcast is probably having a hard time reading the disc or the lid switch is acting goofy. the boot animation wont play on startup if the date/time is not set so you may have to let the battery charge for a few hours first
thewheelman282 First of all, thanks for the tips! I'm glad about the fan as I totally forgot it was always on. Weird thing is reading the official games just fine. I came from work and turn it on, left it on for around 3.5 hours, then turn it off for almost 2 and the animation worked again. Tried the backup and now is not even detecting it so I turn it off and again the boot up animation was gone again. Date/time are correct so I'm not sure what's going on now. Any advise?
if i remember correctly, if you turn it on with the lid open, the animation doesnt play, but i could be mistaken. if its not reading your backups then its probably time to clean the drive assembly. start with cleaning the lens assembly from hair and dust. gently wipe the lens with 91% alcohol and a cotton swap. if you have to, you can use compressed air to VERY GENTLY blow dust out from underneath the lens where the laser shines. you have to be extremely careful doing that though
Great video buddy I was wondering how about a video about dreamcast mod example region free chip it will be awesome they are few in TH-cam but bad quality and they don't explain good wish you luck and think about it
So can you guys please help me I did this repair and fixing the reset problem at the same time Yesterday the Dreamcast Wont power on Now it powers on But the fan isn't working nor does it spin the disc Any Solutions?
No. He is saying that if you try to de-solder the original battery, it would take too long and too much heat to melt the solder. So its best to just clip the old battery off, then de-solder whats left of the pins.
+Sillyzombie666 is there any batteries that could be placed and last for much longer, if so which battery? and could someone make a video on jow to mod it. They also need to make a video for the Saturn on how to mod a better longer lasting battery in it.
you dont want a battery in for more than a few years because they tend to fail and leak inside. also the Saturn battery is not rechargeable, its not like you loose save info or any thing just the date and time.dude a few years is more than enough. by trying to change the battery and its capacity you could risk ruining your system.
This looks like a good first project when you’re just starting soldering!
I would have appreciated seeing you remove the old solder/posts from those holes.
Just FYI... maybe these were not available until recently but Maxwell ML2032 is a rechargable 3.0v battery and is possibly a better suited replacement. What do you think??
My favorite repair /mod for a system. It is fast and easy and those battery holders are such a perfect fit. I have never had a problem desoldering the battery on the DC. I have done it to 5 machines so far my self .One of witch had a dead battery the other's it was just such a simple job I did it as a preemptive. Great video and thank you for emphasizing use a RECHARGEABLE battery.
Thanks so much for this video. I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed fiddling with circuit boards in community college... thanks to you my Dreamcast is keeping time like a champ now!
thank you man, its been driving me nuts for a long time, just fixed my saturn battery and now i bought the parts to fix both my us and jp dreamcast
Greetings from the future!!
This video is boss...
good lookin out!!
DUDE!!!! Your video helped me sooooo much! Long live the DC!! Now I don’t have to be annoyed anymore lol
Great video, Looked on ebay and saw the parts are even cheaper on there then amazon, Will probably try this out on my dreamcast.
yes, I'd like to download the rechargeable battery =D
LoL, yeah I want to download it too
Same, how the hell do you download a battery? Lol
Idiot
awesome video! yo uadded more detail than other videos I've seen of this, the links to where you buy the battery and the battery holder, and also some important tips when soldering! PLUS... the background NFS III (or high stakes not sure) menu music... haha you brought back so many teenager memories!! I used to love just staying in the manu to listen to the music
Just did this to my DC thanks to this video. Thanks for the help!
Great video, loved the Mass Effect background music.
Any idea about how long these replacement batteries should last before needing another change? Also what would be the difference with a LR2450 coin cell?
Very cool, thanks wheelman. I wish it was as easy as my Sega Saturn, just remove back piece and pop in your new CR2032... but still not bad at all. Quick question, what is that little monitor you have, I see lots of engineers/developers have one on their work station so they dont have to pull consoles, etc back to the big TV or monitor which is always in other rooms in the house to test basic things out. I'd like to get one for my working/soldering area.
its the cheapest piece of junk i could find at my local thrift store. its just a car DVD player that has AV inputs
Nice, never thought to try them outside of consoles in cars, should check my local Goodwill. One more tyro question wheelman, I never used flux the few times I soldered head units/gameboy screens/ or my guitar pickups. Is applying that flux before always give the best possible solder? I never knew about it, should order that on Amazon also with the battery and holder?
its necessary in some situations. mostly when you need to solder large/thick joints, the existing joint is corroded, or the solder otherwise wont flow into the joint very well. usually solder wire has a flux core which saves you from having to apply flux manually all the time, but having a container of flux on hand is a good idea
I see, found some good liquid one on Amazon for 8$ so I'll add it to list to have for future in case, thanks for quick answer again!
no problem man
Thanks for making this video and posting the amazon links (They still work). The battery holder works like a champ. Thank you for helping me fix the date/time issue with my Dreamcast. I do appreciate it. Now, I am about to setup my DreamPi so that I can play games onliine with the dreamcast again : )
why did they make it so complicated? Sega Saturn was easy to change, just opened the back compartment and popped out the bad battery and put in a new one. but that also had battery for the internal memory and the clock
I'm collecting alot of my childhood consoles and games,but I'm on a generation kick now and I'm trying to complete my 6th gen with the addition of the Dreamcast,now I know chances are I will have to change the battery,and I solder at work but it's on pipe as I am a plumber,but for a newbie to soldering on consoles what's the chances of messing up that board the battery tray is connected to? What flux and solder should I use? I take consoles apart a thoroughly clean them but I've never had to solder one,lucked up and got a v.1.6 Xbox so I don't have to change capacitor on it. Any help or suggestions would be nice.
Superb video, I need to get mine done I just need to get some flux.👍
Why does that background music sound so dang familiar? What is it from? Sounds like something from the 90's
KEEVS , it's Upper Afterlife from Mass Effect 2
I knew it! Thanks
Thanks for a really nicely done video!
Any chance you can update the Battery link for the DC Battery, sorry it's not working
Great looking forward to see it I wanna do main too
You really know what you're doing, I'd never mess with my dreamcast like that. I would probably break it.
With the new holder, will I no longer need to solder every time the battery dies, and simply change batteries?
Boxer Blake , that's correct
Great video man! It really helped me out!
+Jake Wirkkala glad to hear it. thanks!
Great tutorial man, I went through this entire process yesterday but now i got a few new issues. The boot animation is gone, fan is always on (can't recall if it was always like that) and my backup games don't last more than 30 seconds and then it kicks me out of the game back to the menu ( I noticed boot up animation does appear after the backup game loads). Official games work just fine. Any idea what could it be? The only difference with what you did is that I didn't leave on for 3 hours, not sure if that makes any difference.
+Michael Vega Fan staying on is normal. if backup kick you back to dashboard, then the dreamcast is probably having a hard time reading the disc or the lid switch is acting goofy. the boot animation wont play on startup if the date/time is not set so you may have to let the battery charge for a few hours first
thewheelman282
First of all, thanks for the tips! I'm glad about the fan as I totally forgot it was always on. Weird thing is reading the official games just fine. I came from work and turn it on, left it on for around 3.5 hours, then turn it off for almost 2 and the animation worked again. Tried the backup and now is not even detecting it so I turn it off and again the boot up animation was gone again. Date/time are correct so I'm not sure what's going on now. Any advise?
if i remember correctly, if you turn it on with the lid open, the animation doesnt play, but i could be mistaken. if its not reading your backups then its probably time to clean the drive assembly. start with cleaning the lens assembly from hair and dust. gently wipe the lens with 91% alcohol and a cotton swap. if you have to, you can use compressed air to VERY GENTLY blow dust out from underneath the lens where the laser shines. you have to be extremely careful doing that though
thewheelman282
I´ll go through the process and see if I can get the issues fixed. I´ll comment back the results. Thanks!
Great video buddy I was wondering how about a video about dreamcast mod example region free chip it will be awesome they are few in TH-cam but bad quality and they don't explain good wish you luck and think about it
i actually have plans for this in a future video. i have all the parts. i just have to do it
Don't use the LIR2032, use the ML2032, that is the correct battery for the Dreamcast.
I used 2 double A batteries. Got a battery holder from radio shack.Cool vid tho.
Thanks for the video!! Cheers!
Hey btw my fan is metal too but it doesn't have a heat sink on it. Do you know if I could get that somewhere?
best bet would be online forum tbh
thewheelman282 Thanks I'll check out some more info on it.
Can I just run with out the clock battery?
Hay Bro great tutorial o replacing a dead Dreamcast battery Thanks I will sub you just for that, and by the way the links are still active
where can I buy the flux for solder iron
excellent video :)
I really can't seem to desolder the component.
So can you guys please help me
I did this repair and fixing the reset problem at the same time
Yesterday the Dreamcast Wont power on
Now it powers on
But the fan isn't working
nor does it spin the disc
Any Solutions?
You fucked up so
Can you make a tutorial of how to upgrade an original Xbox harddrive?
+SPARTNKiLL3R i could but theres so many videos already, its kinda pointless
Nice video btw......beeeeeeeeeeeeep
Been using a 2025 battery in my system, no issues, doesn't even get hot.
battery heatsink? so it gets hot?
No. He is saying that if you try to de-solder the original battery, it would take too long and too much heat to melt the solder. So its best to just clip the old battery off, then de-solder whats left of the pins.
heatsink? fan power wire.
Still better than Xbox clock capacitor
Cool video😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
I did that this to my dreamcast but the batteries just kept the clock working for a couple of days, then the clock get reset again.
Bad soldering probably
You really shouldn't have replaced a ML with a LIR. I mean, it will work but still.
woukd it work if we solder a AA battery.
no
+Sillyzombie666 is there any mods to place a longer lasting battery.
yeah you could but putting this one should last you a few years 5 or more without issue and if it died just buy a new one
+Sillyzombie666 is there any batteries that could be placed and last for much longer, if so which battery? and could someone make a video on jow to mod it.
They also need to make a video for the Saturn on how to mod a better longer lasting battery in it.
you dont want a battery in for more than a few years because they tend to fail and leak inside. also the Saturn battery is not rechargeable, its not like you loose save info or any thing just the date and time.dude a few years is more than enough. by trying to change the battery and its capacity you could risk ruining your system.
Is anyone selling these modded battery slots?
i havent seen them being sold before. but its so easy to fix, most people probably wouldnt pay for it
So where did you get it from?
Why did they make this that difficult if they knew one day it was going to die? I can’t Sauter and don’t have the tools
Hey man try asking your local shop to do it if you have one
Evan Jenkins I have quite a few stores near me I’ll try
who da fuck thought this was a good idea
Instructions not clear, soldered my foot to the control ports
whats the point of this when the dreamcast already uses a rechargeable battery, nevermind