What's a good price to pay for a battery for a VMU?

[VillageIdiot]

I went to Radio Shack on the weekend to look for batteries for my VMU's. They're 5 bucks a piece, that seems expensive. I've got one working now with batteries I pulled out of some old motherboards I had lying around. I saw a while ago on eBay someone who was selling a pack of 20 batteries for 8 bucks U.S. Is that a good deal?

[Veggita2099]

I went to Radio Shack on the weekend to look for batteries for my VMU's. They're 5 bucks a piece, that seems expensive. I've got one working now with batteries I pulled out of some old motherboards I had lying around. I saw a while ago on eBay someone who was selling a pack of 20 batteries for 8 bucks U.S. Is that a good deal?

$8 for 20 VMU batteries is really cheap. I think there about $3 or $4 at Wal-mart. I never deal with Radio Shack unless there the only ones that has a item I want. Radio Shack is always overpriced on just about everything.

[tomheroes]

I bought a package of 50 batteries off ebay (was something like $20.00) and they work great! Now I have enough for a long time, which is good as I have about 12 VMUs (keep picking them up at used game store for a $1.00 each)

[ZrEo0]

if you take out the battery, it keeps the saves right?


and my VMU beeps, whats that mean?

[Chaniyth]

VMU beep = low or no battery.

[|darc|]

if you take out the battery, it keeps the saves right?

Yes.

[someoneElse]

Keep the little battery tabs, if not, make some. The batteries will drain even when the VMU is in Sleep mode. I keep the tabs in, and go into the Dreamcast system menu and syncrinize all the VMU clocks with the system, pull the tabs and remove the VMU. That way you don't have to reset the VMU clock by hand after you remove it.

And as for it beeping at you all the time with no battery/tabbed battery, you can always make a Mute switch ...