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Latitude 9430/Latitude 9430 2-in-1 Service Manual

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Removing the battery

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
    NOTE Ensure that your computer is in Service Mode. For more information see, step 6 in Before working inside your computer.
  2. Remove the SD card.
  3. Remove the SIM card tray.
  4. Remove the base cover.
  5. Remove the WWAN card.
NOTE If battery was disconnected from system board for service, there will be a delay during system boot-up as the system will undergo RTC battery reset.

About this task

The following images indicate the location of the battery and provide a visual representation of the removal procedure.

Removing the 4-cell battery

Steps

  1. Peel off the two pieces of tape securing the gray WWAN antenna cable in place at the bottom side of CPU shielding cover and unroute the wireless antenna cables from the routing guides on the system board and the routing guides along the top side of the battery.
  2. Peel off the piece of tape securing the WLAN antenna cables in place at the top side of the battery.
  3. Loosen the single captive screw securing the WLAN bracket to the system board.
  4. Lift the WLAN bracket off the system board.
  5. Disconnect the antenna cables connected to the WLAN module.
  6. Unroute the WLAN antenna cables and blue WWAN antenna cable from the metal clips on the system board and the routing guides along the sides of the battery.
    NOTE The cables for the WLAN antennas are routed over the plastic bracket at the upper right corner and within the routing guides along the bottom right side of the battery. You must be careful when unrouting the antenna cables from their routing guides while they are still attached to the wireless card.
  7. Disconnect the speaker cable from the connector on the system board and unroute the speaker cable from the routing guides along the top side of the battery.
  8. Peel off the piece of tape securing the speaker cable in place at the left side of the battery.
  9. Unroute the speaker cables from the routing guides at the left and right side of the battery.
  10. Remove the single (M1.6x3) screw and four (M2x4) screws that secures the battery to the plam-rest assembly.
  11. Lift the battery away from the computer.

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