Lenovo ThinkPad L430 - Page 84

Note:Ifanunauthorizedbatteryisinstalled,thefollowingmessagewillbedisplayed:
“Thebatteryinstalledisnotsupportedbythissystemandwillnotcharge.Pleasereplacethebattery
withthecorrectLenovobatteryforthissystem.”
Readthefollowingprerequisitesbeforeyoureplacethebattery.
Prerequisitesfortheprocedure
DANGER
Iftherechargeablebatterypackisincorrectlyreplaced,thereisdangerofanexplosion.Thebattery
packcontainsasmallamountofharmfulsubstances.Toavoidpossibleinjury:
•ReplaceonlywithabatteryofthetyperecommendedbyLenovo.
•Keepthebatterypackawayfromre.
•Donotexposeittoexcessiveheat.
•Donotexposeittowaterorrain.
•Donotshort-circuitit.
•Donotdrop,crush,puncture,orsubjecttostrongforces.Batteryabuseormishandlingcan
causethebatterytooverheat,whichcancausegassesorameto“vent”fromthebattery
packorcoincell.
Toreplacethebattery,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthecomputer.Thendisconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcablesfromthecomputer.
2.Closethecomputerdisplay,andturnthecomputerover.
3.Unlockthebatterylatchbyslidingittotheunlockedposition
1 .Holdingthelatchintheunlocked
position,thenremovethebattery.
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