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[[File:Dreamcast controller board rear view.png|645px|thumb|center|Rear view of a Dreamcast controller board; note the battery by default is a soldered-in ML2020, or sometimes a larger ML2450.]] | |||
The Dreamcast uses a soldered-in, rechargeable battery to store the console's time and date settings. The battery recharges whenever the console is powered on, takes about 2 hours to charge from empty to full, and should hold date and time settings for about 20 days.<ref>Page 12, "Rechargeable Battery": https://archive.org/details/DreamCast_Instruction_Manual_2000_Sega_US/page/n11/mode/2up</ref> The batteries on most all Dreamcast consoles should be totally dead by now, so one can desolder the original battery and replace it with a plastic battery holder to allow easy replacement of the ML2032 in the future. It is recommended '''not''' to use the LIR2032 battery type as the Dreamcast does not output the voltage necessary for it to properly and fully recharge. Specifically, the ML2032 (and ML2020 and ML2450) are 3V batteries,<ref>http://www.maxell.com.tw/images/uploads/2015/05/ML2032_DataSheet_table.pdf</ref><ref>https://na.industrial.panasonic.com/products/batteries/rechargeable-batteries/lineup/rechargeable-coin/series/90797/model/90809</ref><ref>Datasheets for the ML2450 seem to have fallen off the face of the Earth, but the one that came in my Japanese R7 Dreamcast was 3V.</ref> while the LIR2032 type is generally 3.6V or 3.7V.<ref>https://www.powerstream.com/p/Lir2032.pdf</ref> | |||
== Parts == | |||
* Standard vertical CR2032 battery holders such as these have the same footprint as the stock soldered-in battery: https://console5.com/store/vertical-holder-for-2032-batteries.html | |||
* ML2032 batteries can be found online from various places. | |||
== References == | |||
Revision as of 04:11, 11 February 2020
The Dreamcast uses a soldered-in, rechargeable battery to store the console's time and date settings. The battery recharges whenever the console is powered on, takes about 2 hours to charge from empty to full, and should hold date and time settings for about 20 days.[1] The batteries on most all Dreamcast consoles should be totally dead by now, so one can desolder the original battery and replace it with a plastic battery holder to allow easy replacement of the ML2032 in the future. It is recommended not to use the LIR2032 battery type as the Dreamcast does not output the voltage necessary for it to properly and fully recharge. Specifically, the ML2032 (and ML2020 and ML2450) are 3V batteries,[2][3][4] while the LIR2032 type is generally 3.6V or 3.7V.[5]
Parts
- Standard vertical CR2032 battery holders such as these have the same footprint as the stock soldered-in battery: https://console5.com/store/vertical-holder-for-2032-batteries.html
- ML2032 batteries can be found online from various places.
References
- ↑ Page 12, "Rechargeable Battery": https://archive.org/details/DreamCast_Instruction_Manual_2000_Sega_US/page/n11/mode/2up
- ↑ http://www.maxell.com.tw/images/uploads/2015/05/ML2032_DataSheet_table.pdf
- ↑ https://na.industrial.panasonic.com/products/batteries/rechargeable-batteries/lineup/rechargeable-coin/series/90797/model/90809
- ↑ Datasheets for the ML2450 seem to have fallen off the face of the Earth, but the one that came in my Japanese R7 Dreamcast was 3V.
- ↑ https://www.powerstream.com/p/Lir2032.pdf