Boston, MA
Quoted from Black_Knight:I know that I am in the minority here but vram and remote holders are the most overrated mod around.
Just put batteries in and replace them once a year. If you are in the hobby you'll be in your machines frequently enough.
The batteries die and you lose your settings long before they start corroding.
If you are paranoid buy lithium batteries. They don't leak.
I disagree. Yanking the board and doing NVRAM on it is by far the best solution in my opinion. You have a chance to examine all the headers, you can spot any corrosion that someone who was not as diligent as you just replaced that batteries and ignored the real damage. And you don’t ever need to worry about batteries again. I think it’s the best solution helping the game last into the future. I consider myself the steward of my games. I want them to last for 100 years, and that small work now means the next owner, and the one after that will never face a corroded CPU from not changing those batteries.
