When I start my Sapphire game it says that the internal battery has run dry and the internal clock doesn't work. It still saves and everything.
Can this battery be replaced?
Can this battery be replaced?
RSE/FRLG "Internal Battery has Run Dry"
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Its not like it changes everything. This has happened to everyone I think. (Or at least if you got R/S when it first came out)
This may sound weird but I had ths before but after I connected it to pokemon colloseum it dissapeared.
actually, the berries aren't the only issue... if the clock doesn't work, you can't access the final level of Shoal Cave which is the only place where one can get Snorunt in gen 3... Of course, you can always catch one in Platinum...
The berry bit will actually automatically fix when you connect an R/S game to FRLG or Colosseum. It is basically a patch for the game that will make berries grow again even when the battery runs dry.
If you replace the battery, though...? I don't think it erases the save - that only applies to GSC if I remember correctly.
If you replace the battery, though...? I don't think it erases the save - that only applies to GSC if I remember correctly.
Hmm....Maybe I'll trying connecting it to Colosseum. I really like the clock events and the growing of berries... :/
DNA said:
A careful distinction I should point out, but the Berry Fix patch was for game defects that occurred in some early versions of Ruby and Sapphire, where the glitch would appear approximately one year (or 100 hours of gameplay) after the game was originally used, not due to the battery running dry, but rather an undiscovered software hiccup that generated the equivalent screen and effect in the games, hence it's fixable via miscellaneous bug fixes, none of this having anything to do with hardware (i.e. batteries). However, at this point some eight years later, it's likely that the battery is drained for real (on average, GSC batteries took around six years with a constantly running clock to drain in comparison), in which case the glitch fix won't work no matter the source.
And replacing the battery shouldn't damage the save file, because unlike RBGYGSC, that data is stored elsewhere in the cartridge, a practice adopted after realizing the unfortunate demise that came with linking the battery and the save storage chip/etc. electronically (meaning if the battery shorts or drains, anything receiving power from it shorts and drains as well). That being said, I'd use kid gloves when replacing the battery on a GBA cartridge; I've never done so myself, but microchips and such are things you definitely don't want to move around or damage even slightly, as the repercussions it'd have on other areas of the game's functionality could potentially be much worse or even render the game entirely unplayable.
I really do think it's the battery. When I start the game up that message saying the battery has run dry pops up everytime.
I'll give changing the battery a try. Thanks!
I'll give changing the battery a try. Thanks!
Ah the battery ran dry, mine just did too. It really doesn't make too much of a difference though. And it's not worth sacrificing my course on it just for that, so I'll find a way to get Coliseum or I'll deal with it haha.
I'm just glad the same thing that happened with Gold Silver and Crystal hasn't happened with Gen III games
I'm just glad the same thing that happened with Gold Silver and Crystal hasn't happened with Gen III games
Well I changed the battery and everything seems to be working okay...I was pretty nervous because I thought my saved game would get erased but it's still there!
My battery in Sapphire ran dry too! It never bothered me, all it says is that time-based events won't occur, and there are very few in Generation III games. As long as I can still play the game, it doesn't bother me
I had this problem also.I see you have the problem solved but what worked for me.I didn't play the game for 5 years.
True story.
True story.