Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

7

Time Required

                          15 minutes

Sections

2

  • Rear Panel
  • 1 step
  • Battery
  • 6 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Rear Panel
  • Before you begin, be sure to turn off your laptop.
  • Using a Torx T5 screwdriver, remove the ten 1/8 inch screws securing the back cover.
  • Remove the back cover.

Before you begin, be sure to turn off your laptop.

Using a Torx T5 screwdriver, remove the ten 1/8 inch screws securing the back cover.

Remove the back cover.

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Step 2

              Battery
  • Remove the seven screws holding the battery in place using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Remove the seven screws holding the battery in place using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Step 3

  • Unlock the ZIF connectors securing the right ribbon cable.
  • To unlock a ZIF connector, use an opening tool or your fingernail to flip up the small, hinged locking flap.
  • Carefully pull the two ribbon cables out of their sockets.

Unlock the ZIF connectors securing the right ribbon cable.

To unlock a ZIF connector, use an opening tool or your fingernail to flip up the small, hinged locking flap.

Carefully pull the two ribbon cables out of their sockets.

Step 4

  • Use an opening tool to unlock the ZIF connector securing the white ribbon over the battery.

Use an opening tool to unlock the ZIF connector securing the white ribbon over the battery.

Step 5

  • Carefully pull out the two connectors out of their sockets.
  • Pull parallel to the motherboard, not straight up.

Carefully pull out the two connectors out of their sockets.

Pull parallel to the motherboard, not straight up.

Step 6

  • Pull the wide battery connector towards the battery to disconnect it from the motherboard.
  • Pull parallel to the motherboard, not straight up.

Pull the wide battery connector towards the battery to disconnect it from the motherboard.

Step 7

  • Remove the battery from the laptop.

Remove the battery from the laptop.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

For optimal performance, after completing this guide, calibrate your newly installed battery.

Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.

Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Answers community for help.

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                    Nicole Schukow

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Erfan Moradi - Jan 18, 2021

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Hey Nicole, thank you for writing this fantastic guide. Do you have any recommendations for vendors or websites for this specific battery replacement?

Giorgi Kikuashvili - Apr 1, 2021

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My dudes, anyone can tell me what model is the RZ09-0102 battery connector and where to order the motherboard side?

A friends laptop got the connector melted moisture and I can’t identify this dense 30-pin oedipus.