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Found my old Game Boy Camera and the pictures are a mess
I dug my old Game Boy Camera out of a box last weekend, the one that snaps onto the original brick Game Boy. I was so excited to show my kids the weird little pictures I took back in high school. But when I turned it on, every single image was just a garbled mess of random pixels. A friend who still fixes old consoles told me the internal battery that saves the pictures is definitely dead, it's a common issue after 20+ years. He said I could try replacing the CR1616 battery myself with some basic soldering, but warned that if the battery leaked it might have already damaged the board. I'm pretty handy but I've never worked on something this small before. Has anyone here successfully swapped out the battery in one of these without wrecking it? I'd hate to lose all those old photos for good.
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hall.charles6d ago
It's totally doable with a steady hand. I've done a few and the hardest part is just getting the old battery off cleanly. Just go slow and use a good bit of flux.
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