Repair & Schematics
Sega Saturn

FRAM Upgrade (Sega Saturn)

1min

If you want to swap out your SRAM and coin cell battery that holds game saves for a permanent FRAM solution requiring no battery and never losing saves, you can purchase our FRAM chip.

The FRAM chip requires two basic changes:

  • Lift VCC (pin 28) and connect it to the system 5V rail, instead of the coin cell battery rail.
  • Lift !OE (pin 22) and ground it. This is because the SRAM is active high, and FRAM is active low.

So, in order to install the FRAM do the following:

  • Remove the old battery, and SRAM chip marked either UPD43257B or UM62257M.
  • Solder in the new FRAM chip
  • Lift pin 22 (!OE) and solder the leg of the IC to ground.
  • Lift pin 28 (VCC) and solder the leg of the IC to 5V.

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