Hardware what is this thing inside a gba cart?

[blueagent004]

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- what's that little metallic thing inside the gba cart? is it a capacitor?

- if it is a capacitor, what type is it?

thanks for the help.

 

[Shadow#1]

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- what's that little metallic thing inside the gba cart? is it a capacitor?

- if it is a capacitor, what type is it?

thanks for the help.

Quortz crystal for clock

 

[blueagent004]

thanks! i always wondered why some gba carts have them while some don't, guess that's the reason why.

thanks again for your help!

 

[how_do_i_do_that]

That would be the crystal, what it does is set the frequency of the timer for the RTC chip next to it (the 8 legged chip to the right of it).