Adding and Replacing Parts 139
NOTICE: To help prevent damage to the system board, you must remove the battery
from the battery bay before you service the computer.
NOTE: To avoid damage to the computer, use only the battery designed for this
particular Dell computer. Do not use batteries designed for other Dell computers.
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Turn the computer over.
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Slide and click the battery release latches.
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Slide the battery out of the battery bay.
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Turn the computer top-side up, open the display, and press the power
button to ground the system board.
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Remove any installed cards from the ExpressCard slot (see "Removing an
ExpressCard or Blank" on page 79) and the 8-in-1 memory card reader (see
"Removing a Memory Card or Blank" on page 83).
Hard Drive
CAUTION: If you remove the hard drive from the computer when the drive is hot,
do not touch the metal housing of the hard drive.
CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the
safety instructions in the Product Information Guide.
1 battery 2 battery release latch (2)
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