Thebatterynormallyrequiresnochargingormaintenancethroughoutitslife;however,nobatterylasts
forever.Ifthebatteryfails,thedate,time,andcongurationinformation(includingpasswords)arelost.An
errormessageisdisplayedwhenyouturnonthecomputer.
Refertothe“Lithiumcoincellbatterynotice”intheSafety,Warranty,andSetupGuideforinformationabout
replacinganddisposingofthebattery.
Toreplacethebattery,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthecomputeranddisconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets.
2.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage83.
3.Locatethebattery.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage74.
4.Removetheoldbattery.
Figure20.Removingtheoldbattery
5.Installanewbattery.
Figure21.Installinganewbattery
6.Reinstallthecomputercoverandconnectthecables.See“Completingthepartsreplacement”on
page118
.
Note:Whenthecomputeristurnedonforthersttimeafterreplacingthebattery,anerrormessage
mightbedisplayed.Thisisnormalafterreplacingthebattery.
7.Turnonthecomputerandallattacheddevices.
8.UsetheSetupUtilityprogramtosetthedate,time,andanypasswords.SeeChapter6“UsingtheSetup
Utilityprogram”onpage57
.
9.Tocompletetheinstallationorreplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage118.
Replacingtheprimaryharddiskdrive
Attention:
Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Importantsafetyinformation”
onpage1
.
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacetheprimaryharddiskdrive.
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