Fixing eBay Junk - Game Boy Advance Game - Game Won't Boot Up - Pokemon Ruby

I bought Pokemon Ruby for the Game Boy Advance off eBay in non-working condition. It took a few things to try and get this going, but ultimately it ended up being another bad trace.
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[@azman177]

Could have saved some time and just blew in to the cartridge.

[@cryptodevilgamer2511]

that's not how this work mate :P Blowing in a cartridge will moisture it and damage the cartridge over time, instead of fixing it. Moisture conducts electricity as we all know, so when blowing in a cartridge, it is possible, that by the moisture all the pins get conducted, and your game works again (Depending on the issue it self ofcourse) for a period of time, that is. after a while, the game will most likely short circuit itself. Then after a while, we are presented with videos like these :P and i like it :P They inspire me :)

[@skins4thewin]

Lol sure hope this was a joke.

[@Chrispy9393]

@@skins4thewin I think he was serious and I think he may just be a dip shit.

[@cryptodevilgamer2511]

mentalfloss.com/article/12589/did-blowing-nintendo-cartridges-really-help

[@azman177]

@@Chrispy9393 dead serious m8

[@brianmiller9004]

The DS says that an "option card" is inserted whenever you have something plugged in that isnt an actual game like a rumble pack or the guitar hero attachment. The solder bridge probably made it so the DS could tell that something was inserted but it couldnt tell what and assumed it was some kind of special accessory

[@pokeyrusher]

Its 4am, why am I here, why am I not asleep, why am I so interested to what happens to this game

[@leonblum816]

Same

[@jonathancox2298]

Cuz it's old af

[@dzejkic9505]

3:52 am

[@punchyneecaps2623]

Same

[@juandiegoguzman4189]

You re right!! Go fuck yourself!!!

[@Bepositive77]

Hi there. I am an electronics technician with experience in microsoldering. A few tips to help with future repairs. Re-flowing is almost never going to be the answer with these cartridges and could potentially damage the IC's. When using de-soldering braid you will save braid and time if you cut off a small piece and hold it with tweezers. This means the braid has a lower thermal mass and will reach the desired heat more quickly with less chance of burning your fingers. A quick look under a cheap microscope (or a macro lens on a cell phone camera) would have made this a much simpler job. Hope some part of this helps and good luck in future repairs.

[@rars0n]

Yeah, I don't like doing even easy solder jobs without my microscope. It just makes it so much easier to see tiny flaws.

[@kuestvire6776]

Just a few weeks ago i fixed a copy of pokemon red by re-flowing the rom, i don't have much experience with this kind of thing like you do, so maybe look for other things first but re-flowing is sometimes the fix needed.

[@RetroRepairs]

Yep, very often it's all that's needed if a simple cleaning doesnt work. Those boards are so slim, they bend and put stress on the rom and ram chips.

[@rars0n]

@@RetroRepairs It's also worth noting that thinner boards require a lot less heat, so there's less risk of damaging components. Unlike something like a PS4 motherboard, which is a HUGE heat sink and requires a ton of hot air to remove the HDMI port, for instance.

[@gbestwick]

@@RetroRepairs I own one of these microscopes, and it is amazing. It also works as a pc camera, or can output to a tv www.amazon.com/Opti-Tekscope-OT-M-Microscope-1920x1080p-resolution/dp/B01JKHJRPM/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=hdmi+microscope&qid=1556571860&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1

[@burntsn0w]

When I was like 5 I dropped my gameboy micro into a sink and after it dried out it was fine. Every time I see a video about wet electronics I think of my gb micro

[@LunarPurin]

Thank god, someone else respects the Micro. Definitely my favorite of the gba line...

[@burntsn0w]

@@LunarPurin the micro will always be my favorite

[@jussiviinamaki3726]

Micro is very under rated console, one of the best handheld to game on up to this day. Very comfy in hand and cool looking too!

[@tibs9149]

That was my favorite game boy, and the only one I didn't break when I was 6. By the way, I broke 7 game boys. I cherished my GB Micro, I paid for about 100 dollars in repairs. (Yes I loved it that much). I even got a traveling case with all my pokemon games. I also even bought about 10 skins for it. But then my idiot brother sold it 2 years ago for 15 bucks. That was the worst day of my life.

[@galiyam1]

Where i live they never sold that gameboy, only gameboy advance and advance sp.

[@philipjfrys]

The way you’re able to salvage things is incredible.

[@Cp-71]

1:13 "Let's grab my Gameboy and see what can we do here" GRABS DS

[@erifetihw]

It must be from growing up, I do the same thing without batting an eye. It's been gameboy for me since the original released as a kid.

[@RetroRepairs]

😄 the actual gameboy screen is crap, but now that ive got a modded gba, that'll be what i use going forward instead of the ds

[@PinkamenaDianePle]

I thought the same thing but then I thought maybe I was just stupid or something ~_~

[@dazed4days87]

You can't disrespect a trainer like that man. You're obligated once it's working to check out his progress and team that the washing machine took from him. Kept waiting to see it, but you just reset it every time.

[@befrugalwithus]

Amazing job, saved it from being junk. Great to see people who do this.

[@DeepFriedwater1]

this is awesome. you have inspired me to want to buy broken games and stuff to work on.

[@vladimir4526]

same lol

[@FluffyFaithGal]

Same here, I once fixed a broken VCR with superglue and scotch tape, worked (still works to this day) and have been fascinated by electronics ever since. Been too afraid to ever try anything this delicate. But like he said, it’s already broken, the worst thing can happen is it stays that way. I think I’m going to google a beginners kit lol

[@mrstation6905]

DeepFriedwater1 so how’s that going

[@newtom80]

I wish he would clean his bench more often during the "surgery".

[@imaginaryboy2000]

I wish he would clean his "bench" more often before his "surgeries"

[@nababsingh9617]

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[@newtom80]

@@nababsingh9617 which means what?

[@LunarRaevyn]

@@newtom80 its a keysmash its basically just lol or lmao but you just. Smash keys. Ncsdgnsjfjgsjgdgj

[@o.liveil7111]

Lunar Raevyn gay rights ldkdnfkffnjc

[@jameslamb7197]

This was the most amazing emotional rollercoaster I've ever been on.

[@bhaktisunshine2516]

Dude thank you for such a good introduction to the troubleshooting. You did a fantastic job of "thinking out loud" here. Big kudos

[@Mat_Croft]

You should have shown us the save... By the way, good video as always !

[@MrSantarex]

He said the battery is dead. The save is gone.

[@Mat_Croft]

@@MrSantarexIn the gba pokemon games the save is stocked on a chip. The battery is for the in game clock. The save was still there.

[@Xylotonic]

@@MrSantarex If you viewed the whole video he does a whole explanation that the game doesn't need the battery to save. Only to keep time.

[@alexthrone4624]

The save would have been wiped just cause he had to fix that bridge. I've wiped a few pokemon saves changing the batteries *i know its not the batteries that save the game*

[@RetroRepairs]

Save was not wiped

[@macoydiaz7747]

I appreciate the full walkthrough and not fixing some things off cam. Now I feel like I can fix all defective chips lol

[@ecw4life267]

Bro this was absolutely fascinating to see you repair this like no joke you got a new subscriber in me

[@hubertfrancis215]

I think a DS option pack is like the rumble pack. It wasn’t widely released. Nintendrew has a good video about it.

[@sadmac356]

Yeah that would be my guess too

[@brandonupchurch7628]

It could also be things like the ram expansion for the DS browser, Also the M3 GBA expansion pack and some other DS slot 2 flashcarts.

[@julieboruta]

Hubert Francis yes your half correct it’s anything that a ds game needs to have an gba add on like garter hero with the button add on. This is why the rumble pack is ds option pack because it’s an add on using gba slot.

[@Traivlin]

I think the DS detected that it was a Gameboy Advance cartridge, but didn't identify it as a game, so it defaults to DS option pack

[@_SixthDay_]

Those traces are so damn small I would never have the guts to put a wire on it. Props to you for getting it done. Love these videos been binging for about a week now.

[@TheBrokenPast]

Great video! Nice one on figuring out that tiny break in the trace. The best repairs are the ones that take a bit of detective work to figure out what's wrong; they're always the most satisfying when you get them figured out! I will be jealous though when you release your battery swap fix video. I'm still sitting at.......... 11 views on mine, lol. I'm sure that yours will do well. Looking forward to seeing it!

[@thalanoth]

~ EDIT ~ I see it now, sorry! here's a view lol

[@TheBrokenPast]

@@thalanoth Hey, thanks! :D

[@Tylerjrb]

If you ever wonder what battery it should be. They always say it on the pcb next to the + on the battery tab. Great fix by the way!

[@FidelCashflow13]

These Pokemon GBA Carts are getting increasingly rare to find. I'm so glad I kept my original 5

[@noahk3226]

I just got my 5th one about 2 weeks ago. My god, getting the full set took forever

[@NatetheNintendofan]

Don't get mad about me saying this but piracy the thing if you're poor you can't afford the game

[@noahk3226]

@@NatetheNintendofan with the rising prices of games, I don't think piracy is bad tbh. And to be fair, it does have perks. Ofc, I do have my preference towards original hardware, but emulation is fine with me. Probably can't say the same about others

[@RetroRepairs]

Id be shocked if you find those games at a flea market for cheap. People seem to know they're worth money now. Best case is maybe a yard sale of an older couple selling their adult kid's stuff to get room in their garage. I've found some really good nes deals that way

[@knudtson00000]

Good work on the "Measure twice, cut once" double check of that bad lead you found. Stellar.

[@nyxnyxnyxnyxnyx4401]

Guy taught me more about circuit boards than my whole Electronics 101 course in college.

[@joelellks4063]

Everyone else in the comments section seems to know what they're talking about... meanwhile I have no idea about any of this stuff but it's still super cool and amazing. It makes me wonder what's going on with my PKMN Gold cartridge. It turns on just fine... but the glitches...

[@antidote5125]

Jade Juniper I'd try cleaning the contacts with a q-tip to start.

[@joelellks4063]

@@antidote5125 It's definitely not the contacts. Trust me, I've had the cartridge for eight years. I've tried all of the easy remedies.

[@antidote5125]

Jade Juniper Oh, okay, sorry. Hope you get it figured out some day :-)

[@UberTheWolf]

Most likely Missingno. Pray for your sins.

[@tonyoik1012]

Well,glitches are more often than not, by-products of faulty circuits. If the glitches are multiple and persistent, then something is definitely wrong with either the board, or a basic component on it. I don't know much about GBA cartridge boards, but from my limited knowledge I will assume that those glitches originate from faults within the graphics chip of the board. If the chip is faulty, find a new one (good luck with that) or fix it yourself (which is impossible, since the transistors inside it are smaller than the eye can see)

[@jss636]

They sell tri wing at Walmart now! It's in a cell phone repair kit. Pretty cool.

[@Meechree]

Wow! Bridging that trace was super interesting to me, haha. I definitely learned something. Although, I still don’t know how to use a multimeter. It would be super helpful obviously. Well done!

[@keeysOST]

I've had my ruby version since I was 5 and after years of blowing on it I started seeing the effects of it. Decided to open it up and cleaned it. Looks like new now.

[@brandoncamarillomusic]

when i was in the navy we would use isopropyl alcohol to clean the computer system innards on our aircraft. interesting properties....

[@aisle9]

"Just gonna stick it in this hole, I think." Things She Said, 2019 Edition.

[@KISSbestfan]

Good stuff, but again I had this weird feeling, that I would screw this up myself. Such small spots for soldering. I have recently rescued a built-in games board from a dead Famicom clone. Unfortunately I still have to get myself soldering braid, so I can get rid of the solder blobs from the contacts. I find this really helpful, since I have never been using this myself, always being careful not to use too much solder..

[@gunbladelad7772]

For reference the DS option pak is the add-on cartridges for the DS which some games used - such as the DS memory expansion (used by the web browser DS card), DS Rumble Pak (Used by several games) or the Guitar Hero 4-button controller add-on for the DS and DS-Lite

[@linuxd]

This is incredible!!! I had no idea you could do this with circuitry. I gotta get on this. I've been fixing large machines for 5 years, I'd love to fix gaming consoles

[@boneafide]

hearing this guy say “so this got WET” is oddly satisfying to my 3 am brain

[@AGoodVibe]

This is my first video of yours I’m seeing, and I’m beyond impressed. Wow. You make me want to learn to solder!

[@stephenchitty5717]

Cool video! DS Option pack is the little add ons rather than games. Like the Guitar Hero thing. The DS wont know what it is but the related game will.

[@elvsrbad2]

Brave going for the fix on the water damaged game, glad it worked out. Thanks for another great video!

[@masterAilan777]

yeah but dude, I wanted to see where they were at on the pokedex situation... How many seen and caught? Could have stumbled on a gold mine here!

[@UnchainedGoku]

When the battery dies like it did here the save file gets wiped, there would be no save file to show.

[@RetroRepairs]

That's not how GBA games work. The battery only powers the internal clock

[@press_x_tojason]

@@UnchainedGoku It's like there was a contest to admit that you didn't watch the video.

[@TweeterMan287]

One day, your camera is going to make me barf.

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

hi

[@sirsavagethe21st56]

I thought this channel was dead 💀

[@RetroRepairs]

Nope, might have an occasional brief hiatus, but never dead

[@Krilium]

Letfordlay What? On his own video?

[@Letfordlay]

@@Krilium I was talking about TweeterMan287

[@PikaPerfect]

i'm shocked at how awful condition that was in, yet you still managed to revive it. kind of inspires me to do this stuff and then resell any duplicates i manage to fix lol great video!!

[@SS2LP]

PinaPerfect Wasn’t all that bad honestly, I’ve seen far worse. I’ve seen old computers with corrosion covering sizeable chunks of the board, it’s especially common if the computer was used in industrial environments to control equipment. Those chips were the worst part of you ask me.

[@timz84]

This was cool af! Never knew you could fix a cartridge! Love the video, Keep it up!

[@chipnip2283]

im getting a gba later this month so it helps to learn the most i can (becuase you never know what to expect from eBay).

[@6scar911]

This is some ASMR disguised as a repair video.

[@gamercadance8720]

I've always used a flathead screw driver on tri-wing screws. You don't necessarily need a screw driver specifically designed for tri-wing screws. A flathead screwdriver works perfectly fine, every time.

[@TheRoon04]

Definitely the best retro repair channel on KZbin you make everything look so easy that I could go out buy a set up and go to town lol. But you should do a video on what to look for when shopping on eBay

[@RetroRepairs]

But then everyone would vulture all my finds? But actually, i usually look for things such as "Nintendo not working" or "sega untested" and so on. Just have to check at the right time as the really cheap stuff disappears fast

[@TheRoon04]

RetroRepairs that is true didn’t think about that part best not show that lol but keep the videos coming ! Maybe throw in a mod on a system?

[@williamb223]

I've got a Metroid Fusion that's been through a washing machine and dryer that still functions to this day. The GBA SP that it was inserted in, though? 😥

[@rqyhae3340]

Where is the Game Boy Advance SP now?

[@williamb223]

@@rqyhae3340 Thrown away that same day all those years ago.

[@SukkaLastName]

GBA SP saved it

[@kaitie648]

Your SP sacrificed itself for Metroid Fusion.

[@AlexRonai]

F for the SP. What a hero.

[@LoneSpirit]

I've learn quite a bit from the video. So meticulous in finding the issue! Also, the solution is something I would have never considered. I've never soldered or have the equipment like checking the current or connections but this video is great!

[@mascarademermelada8746]

I never knew repairing electronics could be SO FUN, regreting my career choices right now. Looking forward for more videos like this :)

[@dtimbs84]

Unbelievable man. Great diagnostic. Although I think u knew it from the start and everything on the video was just content to make it longer lol. But either way, very impressive bro

[@Demkeys]

Came across your eBay Junk repairs videos recently. Great stuff man!

[@RetroPlus]

This is so educational, it was really satisfying seeing the game boot up

[@Evil_Chronic]

My Pokémon Ruby I bought from eBay does some weird color changing when I walk around. The green grass and trees get brighter when I walk, and then back to normal when I stand still. I opened it up, it looks clean however I think it may have been damaged when the seller soldered the new battery on. It’s the only thing I can think of, I cleaned the chip with alcohol like you did.

[@cullbear55]

That's weird. Either a connection needs to be reflowed, or it's at the point in the story where it's really sunny because of Groudon.

[@strijder4209]

Sick video! I just started collecting gameboy stuff, im 14 and i think its very interesting. Eventough i wasnt born yet i get a nostalgic feeling. Your videos are fun to watch!

[@RetroRepairs]

Thanks. The Game Boy Advance had alot of great titles, they also remade alot of original NES titles for the GBA. enjoy collecting!

[@Jonnynot1plate]

What temperature do you recommend when desoldering gameboy batteries. Also best temperature for desoldering anti-static balls on new ps2 slim lasers.

[@momfiethehunter504]

Standard unleaded solder temps are 300c so I guess 310 should do it

[@Tylerjrb]

300-350c. Not really a lot you can overheat or damage while desoldering as long as you are quick. Use leaded if you can. As well as flux which will keep the surface tension and stop the solder from peaking when you remove the tip. Best way i find is to use a large tip. I use a 2.4mm chisel type. Remove the battery one side at a time. Hold tab with tweezers, melt solder and lift up on the tab which will stop it from sticking back down. Remove old solder and tin the pads lightly. Fit the battery and melt into place. Then melt and add solder to each side with plenty flux, you can move the iron about a bit in the solder to fill the entire pad + tab nicely. You will also have to bend the tabs on the battery on gba carts as the rom chip is in the way.

[@josephnealescratchcards]

Love this type of videos as always and a awesome fix to my favourite game series

[@sdragon21]

Would you be willing to take a look at a genesis model 2 if I send it to you?? I’d be willing to give you enough money to buy a 6-pack.

[@weegle.]

5 freaking dollars to fix a 50$ console... are you out of your mind??

[@emhapz]

MonoType a good six-pack will cost you anywhere from 10-20 bucks

[@zachmartin1948]

More like 9 bucks for a 25 dollar consol, but either way no one is doing this much work for a 6 pack.

[@huojin01]

A good in depth look at fixing microchips on games.

[@VioletOutburst]

You are one dedicated s.o.b. jesus I would have given up 3 attemps ago :')! congratz

[@dtimbs84]

Dude....you put bill nye to shame. Unbelievably smart

[@tommy6934]

I enjoy watching your videos. I also like getting stuff and fix them. But can you please clean that mat off lol.

[@RetroRepairs]

I'm finally getting everything reorganized next week and moved back into a better workspace. For the last month, everything has been super cramped

[@SmeagolTheBeagle]

I have never seen this sort of thing before i have to say i am completely in awe

[@JPATCH677]

I just love watching repair videos just so fastinating and interesting.

[@sos9290]

I know nothing about electronics repairing yet having a look, but thanks man I learnt a lot, waiting to get to actually try fixing one of mine:" , do more of these game repair I've got a plenty of broken gameboy games and It would be great to learn more, great video 😢💖

[@megamanxx585]

Excuse me bro Temperature of reflow? I don't have any gba game but i like learn 😊

[@DarkAkuma]

I've tried to repair a similar issue before, with a Super GameBoy. Though it was about 4 broken circuit paths. I didn't finish the fix because these issues are caused in part by the cartridge shell were it presses up against the board (I figure something small and hard got in between and got pressed into it, severing the connection(s).) In my case I found that any such wires being added would be clamped down by the shell, if it could even be closed at all the wires would be aggravated the same way with basic wear and tear. Hope that's not the case for your Pokemon Ruby.

[@emasplatter5567]

How i fixed my pokemon ruby: I blown on the cartige and he started

[@stickmaker10111]

Due to the removal and unremoval of the cart, you scrape off the oxidation on the pins. This is why it works again, not you blowing it like you want money.

[@TheDantheman12121]

@@stickmaker10111 That is bullhsit.

[@sweetbabyrodney]

@@TheDantheman12121 yup, it's a placebo

[@TheDantheman12121]

@@sweetbabyrodney No it is not. It blows off dust and also the moisture creates a better connection.

[@TheDantheman12121]

The most amazing thing about this whole blowing vs not blowing debate is the people who say blowing does nothing are claiming to be able to prove a negative.

[@brenlowe2498]

Dude. Loved it! I learned quite a bit from this. Makes repairing my own games much easier. I wonder if the computer board method of baking your game board in the oven and lower temperatures would flow the connections as well?

[@RGmodsitalia]

Great bridge man,you are total a badass!

[@pokedude104]

I once dropped one of these in our yard into the snow without realizing it as a kid. I only realised after it had spent the better part of 4 months under a foot plus of snow when I found it in the mud in the spring, dried it off over a fan and cleaned the dirt out of it and it fired right up. These carts are damn near indestructible

[@scottytoast4108]

I really appreciate this content, genius fix.

[@Just_Shaun]

Hi I don’t know if you’ll be able to answer this query or even respond at all tbh but when it comes to the save data in Pokemon ruby sapphire and emerald will it ever die like with gold, silver, crystal and red blue and yellow, or will it stay unless damaged

[@RetroRepairs]

You should never lose your save unless the file gets corrupted somehow or it's physically damaged. This type of save does not require a battery to maintain a charge.

[@ivanmaric2536]

28:48 BEST PART OF THE VIDEO!!! Almost died laughing xD

[@Gambit771]

I love watching your videos of you fixing game carts. They are so relaxing even despite the way you say solder. 😛

[@j-k-l4756]

Fixing Liquid Damage with a liquid sounds fun to me :D

[@chaosdesigner123]

I wonder if it worked, if you just have made the bridge instead of the other cleaning parts. Very well done Video, i learned much about how an Advance-Cartridge is built, thanks mate!

[@mildgrooveon]

i caught that Canadian dollar clap back.

[@trevorkuhner3546]

Definitely a good informative video. One piece of criticism, maybe just a slight time lapse when you're scrubbing with alcohol since it could help shave down the length of the video.

[@feralfixations]

You should totally buy a plug n play console and fix it (:

[@skins4thewin]

Where did you get that flux pen? That looks more like clear noclean flux and not rosin flux as it says on the pen. I find noclean to be VASTLY superior to the brownish gooish rosin flux. Could you link me to where you bought that pen? Would be super helpful!

[@rars0n]

You don't want to use desoldering braid to remove solder bridges, you'll end up removing too much solder from the joints.

[@seber05]

Do you know what happens if you replace the battery but put the positive on the negative and the negative on the positive? I accidentally did that with my Pokémon emerald and now the game won’t start

[@MrClean-md9iz]

One time when i was young i jumped into the pool and right when i jumped i remembered some games in my pocket for the ds do i chucked them out of my pocket in air and they landed on concrete i saved my games.

[@DarkAmph]

I hear they won't break as long as they're not on while wet and they don't have a battery

[@RetroRepairs]

Correct, unless corrosion sets in, then it causes problems

[@andrewredican1413]

I don't have the first clue about fixing electronics, sodering, etc. I have over 200 hours of game time on an emerald cartridge that at some point froze up and then fails to boot up on GBA or the ds lite seems not to recognize the cartridge as having a game. This has given me hope. What basic equipment did you use? Do you have any recommendations for a noob like me? Looking through the semi-transparent cartidge I think I see the tiniest white smudge on the back of the circuit board that looks suspicious.

[@madysengarcia5153]

If I were to do this myself I would screw up my game more

[@NexusGas]

:o you did it!!! I thought for sure it wasn't going to work and I feel that many people in your position would have just labeled it as a lost cause.

[@hopper727rs]

22:20 my motto through high school

[@albertonunez7681]

Love your videos man they’re the best ! Can’t wait for more

[@Krivulda]

Do not go over the legs of a chip with a soldering iron from one end to the other. You can, and often will bend the legs sideways and they will not be making good contact anymore.

[@RetroRepairs]

No reason the legs would bend unless the solder isn't fully melted, or if I'm putting too much pressure.

[@Krivulda]

@@RetroRepairs That is exactly what I told myself and then burned my fingers really, really bad, so take this as a friendly heads up. You don't want to unsolder the chip, straighten the legs out and then put it back on the board. It is terrible work :D

[@Jajuan44]

Don't listen to @@Krivulda he knows nothing about this stuff. Keep doing what you've been doing, it works. 😉

[@Krivulda]

@@Jajuan44 Yeah, I do that for living for quite some years now and know nothing about it. Sure...

[@Krivulda]

Those are quite giant and hefty chips, so yeah, there is not much of a risk, but if you try to do this on some more delicate chip, you are sooo screwed... I am way beyond bad ideas like soaking board in alcohol, reflowing the whole board and stuff like that. That's learning process. Found out that it is bad and now I am trying to pass the knowledge to others without them causing damage. But nope, there is always some know-it-all, whi talks crap about that. Okay, go ahead, destroy some equipment with price tag containing four zeros and then say 'oopsie, I broke it' and 'should have listened to the guy'. Making something work is very far from making something work and look nice. And doing a crap job is worth nothing.

[@colorcomputerprograming602]

Glad to see you're back to making videos.

[@marioleon4128]

22:19 that’s what I tell my gf pretty much everyday

[@brizky3712]

Bro wtf🤣

[@musicvideoenhancer]

Sorry for ask but... it shouldn't be easier if you looked for broken connections first, before blowing hot air and stuff? Personally, I would left the hot air, cleaning, reflux, after looking for broken connections. Just asking, because I'm ignorant and don't know a logical reason to left the broken connection as an after though.

[@jamesgriffyn]

50 cents American. Oof, burned.

[@alanschlieper]

So, when you reflow the components with your soldering iron, how exactly are you doing that so that you don't just solder all the pins together? Because it certainly looks like that's what's happening.

[@RetroRepairs]

If you use flux and not too much solder, the solder will go where it needs to go rather than bridging pins. If you do get the odd bridge, you can fix it but just running your iron lengthwise down the pin.

[@tylerpruitt231]

"Oh boy, it got wet..." *Proceeds to wash it with alcohol*

[@RetroRepairs]

Yup. And?

[@joshua7015]

@@RetroRepairs Wtf how did you reply 4 minutes before Tyler made this comment??

[@RetroRepairs]

It's a little known secret, once you get 10,000 subs, Google gives you the keys to the internet, which allows for infinite possibilities. Either that or something screwy is going on with the timestamps.

[@joshua7015]

@@RetroRepairs Ah okay, btw my GBA SP has a problem. When I turn it on the power light flickers for a second and then goes off. You think a fuse might have blown?

[@RetroRepairs]

Can't rule it out, but could also be a dead battery. Might be an issue with the charging circuit. I'm not familiar with the sp symptoms well enough to say for sure

[@umdofevy]

Is it safe to leave that bridge wire loose in the middle, or could that potentially cause problems down the line?

[@momokolove]

i literally never see anything you're seeing

[@user-yu9pg1lo1u]

Okay so. I'm dying to know. I never got to beat my copy of sapphire, because I dropped it in the rain. Why I was carrying it in the rain I dunno, I was a dumb kid. And so something inside rattles. Last I checked it boots up, but doesn't actually save. Just curious if that sorta thing is salvageable cause I would really really like to finish that after all these years lol.

[@MrBearr.]

ya I think you just need to change the battery

[@user-yu9pg1lo1u]

@@MrBearr. I have no idea how that would fix it not saving?

[@MrBearr.]

@@user-yu9pg1lo1u The battery could have broken off and I’m pretty sure that it uses the battery to save.

[@RetroRepairs]

This game doesn't use a battery to save. The battery is only for time-based events. It is possible that something came loose which has damaged a trace or component. The game could play perfectly well, but can't save. It could be salvageable, but no idea what's actually wrong until you open it up and check it out

[@matthewdawkins]

"Go to town"

[@fabian180graus]

It really works, i'm amazed, guys. I've just fixed today a copy of pokemon blue, i re-soldered the area with paste for soldering just like that guy did and it worked, i got so happy! I recommend using flux for soldering instead of the paste tho, the paste can damage the board of the cartridge.

[@artu165]

$13 in monopoly money or $0.50 real money

[@9wattcat]

Hey, nice video! Btw what hot air station do you use and would you recommend it?