A while ago I purchased a copy of Pokémon diamond from a flee market. I didn't test it out and discovered the save data on it was severely corrupted, and it gives me this error when I boots:
After some asking around on reddit, I've narrowed down to a hardware issue with the save flash chip. I'm not really sure about a few things though. For starters, which part of the motherboard is meant to be the save flash chip? I've chosen to take my cartridge apart to examine it, but I haven't been able to find any schematics of this game cartridge's motherboard anywhere online. Here's what mine looks like for reference:
Assuming the motherboard is legit, does anybody know where I can purchase a replacement chip?
After some asking around on reddit, I've narrowed down to a hardware issue with the save flash chip. I'm not really sure about a few things though. For starters, which part of the motherboard is meant to be the save flash chip? I've chosen to take my cartridge apart to examine it, but I haven't been able to find any schematics of this game cartridge's motherboard anywhere online. Here's what mine looks like for reference:
Assuming the motherboard is legit, does anybody know where I can purchase a replacement chip?