If you are sure it is soldered and not in a socket, I myself would cut the battery leads loose from the mobo and then solder the replacement battery to the nubs left from cutting off the old battery.
afaik, dell laptops dont' have motherboard batteries- they use the full size batteries or AC power. if the laptop is left for a long time without either, it will reset the system clock. (I think it has a capacitor in it that it can draw from for short periods of time, so that the clock doesn't reset immediately if you take the batteries out.)
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afaik, dell laptops dont' have motherboard batteries- they use the full size batteries or AC power. if the laptop is left for a long time without either, it will reset the system clock. (I think it has a capacitor in it that it can draw from for short periods of time, so that the clock doesn't reset immediately if you take the batteries out.)
I could be wrong though.