WTB- Capcom CPS2 Battery Replacement

Adam C

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Ive come to realize that anything I put a soldering iron to, will undoubtedly break. I have a stack of CPS2 b boards here and they all need battery changes. Does anyone do this? Even better if its local so I can avoid shipping costs. Thanks!
 
Honestly, you should find an old broken radio or alarm clock open it up and practice soldering. It's not that hard and there's tutorials on youtube. It will save you a lot of money on shipping, especially if you have a stack of these.
 
like that guy said... you should just learn to do it yourself. If you want i'll do them for $5/board + cost of batteries. you pay shipping both ways.
 
Screw the battery change,just have them phoenixed and you will never have to change the battery again because you won't need it.
 
giving it the Phoenix treatment is relatively expensive, but without argument gives you more permanent results. :)

I did the batteries on my SFA2 and SFA3 boards and they didn't suicide on me. you really just power the game up and then you have a window of about 20 minutes to allegedly, according to CPSShock, about an hour to do the battery swap. just make sure you get the terminals right and you really can't mess it up.

you spend more time opening and screwing the casings back together and trying to seat the board real tight than anything else. :D
 
Screw the battery change,just have them phoenixed and you will never have to change the battery again because you won't need it.

I really don't think you should phoenix anything but dead boards. Original boards are few and far between. There are less and less of them every day due to suicide batteries mostly. Phoenixing is kinda expensive. It costs almost nothing for one battery every 5 years. Might as well try it first.

Also, if you're scared about it taking you a long time practice first on something else. An hour is a myth. I've heard stories about boards being without battery for over 24 hours. I personally have had a board die on me in around 30 minutes. I think part of it might have to do with the span of time since the last battery change. It should only take you around 5 minutes to remove and put on another battery.
 
Nothing feels better

The joy of achievement after a successful CPS2 battery replacement is rarely surpassed in the arcade world...ok maybe a successful cap kit is feels better. Anyways, the soder job that you are about to take on is pretty forgiving...there is really nothing arournd the battery terminals to mess up...just watch a youtube demo and you should feel confident enough...in fact I have now farmed all my CPS3 battery replacements in my 5 year old son.
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