Replacing the battery in a one slot MVS (MV-1A)

Hi all,

I've had my MV-1A for a couple of weeks now and the (original coin cell type) battery seems to be working ok - high scores and soft-DIPs are maintained even when the board is powered off for a couple of days.

However, I've seen many posts strongly recommended replacing original batteries before they leak.

If I'm going to replace it, I'd rather use a rechargeble one if possible - any opinions on the Panasonic replacement VL2020 described in the article below?

https://retrogamingstuff.wordpress.com/2015/01/23/changing-the-backup-battery-on-neo-geo-mvs-1-slot/

Any one else using these in their one slot boards?

Robin

Yeah, they work well. Here's the ones I buy.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01JBGZ33C

I'm partial to these :
https://www.amazon.com/uxcell-CR2032-Button-Battery-Socket/dp/B00H8WM0E2

you pull the resistors like it says on JNX for your model board, and now battery replacement is garden variety. Nothing wrong with keeping the board stock, but nice to know it's easy to prep for storage.

they do make rechargeable coin cell batteries. i used a battery clip and just put one. no need to remove any thing else but the battery in the long run and for storage.