Today, the post officer brought me my brand new sealed Skeleton Saturn "This is Cool" Edt. But the battery was dead even it is sealed, and every time i change battery it continues asking me date/time..I tried 5 BRAND NEW Cells.. What is the problem, please someone help me! Btw. , the saturn is a masterpiece!!I felt in love with it !!
And you removed the little tab that's between the battery and the socket which prevents the battery from making a connection while boxed, right? -hl718
hmm, sounds like there's a connection break between the battery and board. Either that or the internal save memory is dead. That's unlikely though. Can you take a high resolution picture of the battery dock?
I swear I've read somewhere before about sometimes it helps if you leave a Sega Saturn on for 2 hours or something, that might help even though it's a new battery. =\ Worth a try I guess.
I had a problem like that. And with a new Saturn too. The pin under the battery place was not fixed in the maindboard. Try to move the battery socket up and down. If it moves, something can be wrong. If it's the case, all you need is a weld drop. (or drop of weld?) To test the contact, try putting a broken match pressing the battery down. It worked with me. And sorry for the engrish. If there's something you couldn't understand you can ask... =P
My saturn battery lasted about 7 years before it ran out of juice 1996-2003 now i can't find a bat that lasts more then 6 months before its dead.
In my saturn I put a replacement battery out of an old PC Mainboard, from the 2003 era. Did this about a year ago, and it still keeps data safe. Its really weird, any other just dies as quickly as you describe it. I cant keep my VMU's alive for a month even.
I have the exact same problem with my VMU. I'm still replacing them even though I don't use the battery power that often.
Once this problem is fixed, check this great thread: http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9053 "Sega Saturn 10 year battery FAQ"
Great topic! Thanks for sharing. Altough the information about the "unplugged" Saturn regarding the battery duration is a bit extreme. It's much more than nineteen days with the "good" (220mAh) batteries. I've experienced months, maybe a whole year, with a Saturn unplugged, with Maxell and Sony.
I seem to remember that my VMUs were staying ON after I shut the console off. Of course, I'd walk off and they'd drain away. I couldn't confirm this, as it was a long time ago and I obviously haven't bought any batteries for my VMUs in a long time. Someone want to check? Also, does anyone have any experience with those mega-cheap, bulk-packages of CR2032/CR2016s you can get on eBay and probably other places? I'm wondering if they're actually shit batteries... I certainly wouldn't put a cheap battery in my Saturn, but I would fill up VMUs! EDIT: Nevermind, I just read Assy's 10-year Saturn battery post and it told me they are worthless, as I expected.
I had the same issue with the vmu as well, annoying as hell. Always had to remember to shut it off or else the battery would die. Sad they never really took off.
Have had this same problem with my Saturn; it's eaten my batteries like candy, never crossed my mind to keep the system plugged in however. I keep getting asked the date/time on my original Xbox, too.
Letting the system connected to the wall outlet won't help. It's batteries lasted longer in the past because the system was being played more often than nowadays. If you resume the playtimes you had when the game was new (or just let it on for a while each day) the batteries will last more because no battery power is used while the system is on. The power switch breaks the power circuit completely as the Saturn has no "soft power" circuitry as the modern systems do. So Saturn has no "standby" mode. Same can be said about the Dreamcast, but on the Dreamcast case, a Sanyo NI-ML rechargeable cell is used for the clock.
