I got a 6 slot neo geo i bought a few months ago, i havnt taken the motherboard out/nor looked at the battery or anything at all.... i would hate for it to leak acid all over the traces! I reckon it's time to take it out and change it... its quite dirty as well so give it a good clean, any tips when taking out a 6 slot motherboard? They are pretty big..
Can you just solder out the battery and leave it out? I dont care about not saving hiscores or any info/data... i just play it from time to time, so can you just take the battery out and turn it on and play it like normal, without the saving of hiscores? Any disadvantages apart from that when it comes to no battery in the MVS?
Cheers!
P.S i bought 7 faulty 1 slot motherboards from a guy, didnt pay much for them, good for parts i say, but the batteries have spewed acid near where the battery is located... it's a pitty, they had been stored in a shed for 4 ish years with batteries... all the traces are pretty eaten up, would be great to get atleast one of them working... I will upload some pictures of them tomorrow for you all to have a look at! Some give garbled graphics, some dont do anything at all.. those batteries are horrible things