Difficulty

Very easy

Steps

6

Time Required

                          3 minutes

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Before opening your laptop, make sure it is powered off.
  • Remove the ten 3.3 mm screws from the base cover using a T5 Torx screwdriver.

Before opening your laptop, make sure it is powered off.

Remove the ten 3.3 mm screws from the base cover using a T5 Torx screwdriver.

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Step 2

  • Slide the plastic opening tool between the base cover and the frame to pry open the computer.
  • Slowly go around the entire perimeter of the computer until all edges are loose.
  • Make sure the plastic opening tool doesn’t go too far into the device.

Slide the plastic opening tool between the base cover and the frame to pry open the computer.

Slowly go around the entire perimeter of the computer until all edges are loose.

Make sure the plastic opening tool doesn’t go too far into the device.

Step 3

  • Remove the panel and place it in a safe location.

Remove the panel and place it in a safe location.

Step 4

  • Remove the six 3.5 mm screws surrounding the battery using a Phillips 00 screwdriver.

Remove the six 3.5 mm screws surrounding the battery using a Phillips 00 screwdriver.

Step 5

  • Using either tweezers or your fingers, disconnect the black battery cable by pinching either side of the connector and pulling towards the battery.

Using either tweezers or your fingers, disconnect the black battery cable by pinching either side of the connector and pulling towards the battery.

Step 6

  • Carefully lift and remove the battery.

Carefully lift and remove the battery.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.

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barri.smith - Feb 19, 2017

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Very good and very easy to understand

Raewyn Dowd - Jun 8, 2017

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Your really good love watching how you take apart Samsung S5 me I want to take out my mother board

and replace it with a motherboard that recognizes Optus and also download the firmware which it cannot do right now

had it repaired stuffed the phone right up so not sure if I can do this as good as you have the tools

Abi Alexander - Jul 1, 2017

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does this same process work for a lonovo yoga pro 2?

Hong K. Nguyen - Feb 11, 2020

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Awesome and simple! Thank you!

Erika Mackintosh - Oct 22, 2020

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I have changed my battery and it won’t turn on. I followed all the steps and the changing light won’t even light up. My laptop with the old battery was working (only when connected). Not sure what to do next?

Erika