Where is the charging resistor on this Neo Geo board?

[MrOldSchoolCool]

https://www.mvs-scans.com/index.php/MV1C

As you may know, the charging resistor has to be disabled when replacing the batteries on these old boards if you replace it with a non-rechargeable battery (and seems to be what everyone does). I cannot for the life of me locate the charging resistor on this particular board though. I'm guessing it must be a SMD (more common on later revisions such as this) but still cannot find it. Anyone who can spot it would be my hero.

[shmupsman]

It looks like there is not a rechargeable battery installed.
Therefore, there's no charging resistor.

This can be measured during operation.......

[MKL]

R36
https://ibb.co/rKp0vds8

[MrOldSchoolCool]

It looks like there is not a rechargeable battery installed.
Therefore, there's no charging resistor.

This can be measured during operation.......

If you read the notes at the top of that webpage, the battery just happened to be removed on this particular board before the picture was taken. Plus, I literally have this exact board and just removed a rechargeable battery from it haha. I just used this picture cuz it was so easily available online.

[MrOldSchoolCool]

R36
https://ibb.co/rKp0vds8

Thanks. I know it tends to be R36 on many of these Neo Geo boards, but that means the charging resistor is on the bottom of the board? That majorly sucks as it is way harder to get to and has some sticky black foam stuff covering it (not sure what it is called). For most of these boards it is somewhere obvious on the top of the board and easily removable. Dang.

[shmupsman]

You guys are right.

I just measured it on my board.
In operation, the battery actually gets charged—making it, in fact, a rechargeable battery.

[MrOldSchoolCool]

Now I'm finding information online that says I need to remove D5 and D6 in addition to R36.

[MKL]

You remove D5 and the battery will not be charged. That's all you need to do.

[MrOldSchoolCool]

You remove D5 and the battery will not be charged. That's all you need to do.

How come you said R36 before?

[MKL]

You remove D5 and the battery will not be charged. That's all you need to do.

How come you said R36 before?

Because you asked specifically for the resistor. And this is my last post here.

[MrOldSchoolCool]

You remove D5 and the battery will not be charged. That's all you need to do.

How come you said R36 before?

Because you asked specifically for the resistor. And this is my last post here.

Well, thank you for trying to help. If anyone else comes across this post looking for the same help, I've done more research and everything I've come across seems to be saying that both D5 and D6 need to be removed. Possibly R36 as well. I'm still looking into it.