When I turn on my gameboy sp it says the internal battery has run dry and clock-based events will no longer occur. will this fix my problem?
611197
No. I Googled the error message you mention here. This replacement battery is the one for the GameBoy itself; the rechargeable one. The error message appears to be associated with the game pack you are playing. Is is a Pokemon game? It uses it's own battery that needs to be replaced. You'll have to open it up to do this.See this link: http://www.gamefaqs.com/gba/471243-pokemon-ruby-version/answers/77561-internal-batteryI hope this helps. Good luck.
611198
No, that is the battery within the game cartridge, which is a watch battery.
611199
No. That message is referring to the battery inside of the game cartridge, not the battery of the system itself.
1239740
I had this same issue and I removed the CMOS battery and power for a couple of minutes and then it worked. I hope it works for you too.
251567
I agree. Send it back. Mine has been perfect. Changed the battery once and it works great.
257841
I had this problem after replacing my 5-year-old (dead) battery a while back. First, I checked the wheels to see if they turned easily and found them a little sticky so I cranked them back and forth a few times; then I pushed the "day" and "minute" buttons above the center to reset, and voila! Works like a charm.
360768
Left mine playing its games until it was "Dead" flat. Rapid charged it via usb until it said it was full and then reset the time and date. Its behaved perfectly since!!! Odd but it seems to have worked! Good luck to all :0)
1592373
It comes with a phillips screw driver and should fit. I don't know if all gameboy sps have a phillip screw. Sometimes where it is made it might have different screws. If it doesn't fot you should try and return it.
1579025
Good question! I just took the batteries out of my H2n, and connected a standard 5v charger to the USB port and YES, it ran normally in this mode. It did ask me to set the date/time, and I expect it would do this every time I plugged it in.
1757793
Yes I just now tested this by deliberately allowing the battery to run down low enough to cause an automatic power down of the player. When I plugged it back in to charge it back up, I found that the clock hadn't lost its time, and the radio stations were still stored. Clearly the player shuts down with enough power to maintain the settings when the battery gets critically low.
2283258
There is battery back-up for a specified number of hours. I use the prerecorded message that came with the device. So far when the power has gone out, all I have to do is reset the time and date.
156189
Check your game boy battery if it is marked with CR1616. I don't have game boy.
2018121
Hi Tim, The battery might need to be replaced. If that does not work, you may want to return the board for a new one. Hope this helps. sea
1747262
I have had a unit for quite a few years. I thought my battery had died and replacements were expensive. Started looking at just getting a new unit. Then I put the battery back in and it has worked fine for what has now been a couple more years. Don't know what happened, might have been a connection problem????
891617
It could just be the product. Sometimes I have the same issue with mine. Over time the connection between the battery and stand has become less consistent in keeping a steady charge. I spend a little too much time trying to find a "sweet spot" where my controllers will stay docked and charged. Maybe contacting Energizer for warranty information would be a good move.
1287359
I am sorry to report that something must have changed with production since June of 2013. I performed the exact same test that V.Bolinder did, and mine is dead. I opened it to see if, as others have mentioned, the panel was not attached. Oddly enough, it is soldered onto the board just fine. IN my opinion, the battery is not a rechargeable button cell. I am going to purchase some rechargeables of this size and replace, see if that works.
1589966
it might have gotten damaged while getting shipped to you. Or you just need to take a qtip and clean out the cartridge with it and then clean the inside of the game boy wher you slide the game cartridge in and then try it. If that doesn't work then just blow into the cartridge and into the gambol and try again. Just keep doing that until it works because they intend to have problems like that and always have.
258012
Yes clock still works thru power failure. The batteries should be fairly new for clock to run for an extended period of time.
1644663
Same solution as HnKJay. My update of the Innotab fixed a few problems including the date issue. Our child's Innotab would occasionally complain about inserting an SD card (even with one in it), or not go past the boot screen, or not turn on at all. Once it did boot up and the update took place... then after three days... no issues. But I'll wait and see if this was a long term fix applied. And ditto to buying rechargeable batteries. The backlighting, touch-screen and sound gobble up the power from 4 AA batteries within a day.