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Turn ‘Em On: Modern Nintendo Cartridges May Have A Limited Lifespan (hackaday.com)
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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Fair point. I was more concerned about dropping it in, and then catapulting a small metal disc into some very expensive electronics.

[–] plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago

Lots of electronics instructions tell you to leave it on, so you don’t lose your data when removing the CMOS, no one reads documentation or want to educate themselves on how batteries and circuits work.