Hello all!
Was having trouble finding a community that could be knowledgeable on this, and was recommended on a discord to come here…
I have an original JP FE6 cartridge that has issues saving reliably. Over the past month and a half, it has wiped the save data on the cartridge, requiring me to start over (and run through normal mode again…)
I looked into it and understand FE6 used SRAM to save the game, s0o any interruption to the battery’s supply to the SRAM chip will wipe the save. What I don’t understand is the fact that after it wipes a svae, I can save again. It wiped ~~1.5 months ago, and so I had to start over. After ~50 hrs of gameplay, it wiped again… but is saving like normal.
I checked the battery with a multimeter and it’s outputting a consistent ~3.2 V; the minimum on some videos I watched was 1.8, so the battery doesn’t seem dead. The solder looked clean; it was first party and the cart never looked opened or tampered with so I don’t think that’s the issue.
Has anyone seen this before? Is there a more permanent fix? I recently purchased the GB Operator from Epilogue to upload my save data onto my laptop; if it happens again I can just upload my save and not have to replay normal mode again. Also, I really love ironmanning this game in my free time so this fix with duct tape is still a bit frustrating.
If you can point me to a more HW oriented community lmk, or if you have an answer lmk. I don’t want to solder the connections on the battery if I don’t have to!