Steps
1. Place the battery on the palm-rest and keyboard assembly and align the screw holes on the battery with the screw holes on
the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
2. Tighten the three captive screws to secure the battery in place.
3. Connect the battery cable to the system board.
Next steps
1. Install the base cover.
2. Follow the procedure in after working inside your computer.
Battery cable
Removing the battery cable
Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in before working inside your computer.
2. Remove the base cover.
3. Remove the 3-cell battery or 4-cell battery.
NOTE:
If battery is disconnected from system board for service, then there is a delay during system boot as the system
undergoes RTC battery reset.
28 Removing and installing components