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Reserve Battery
CAUTION: Before you perform the following procedures, read and follow the safety instructions at the front of this document (see page 9).
NOTICE: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by periodically touching an unpainted metal surface (such as the back panel) on the computer.
NOTICE: To avoid damaging the system board, you must remove the main battery before you begin working inside the computer.
1Follow the procedures in "Before You Begin" (see page 99).
2Remove the center hinge cover (see page 113).
NOTE: You do not need to remove the left and right hinge covers.
3Remove the keyboard (see page 118).
4Disconnect the reserve battery cable connector from the system board.
5Lift the reserve battery clip slightly to disengage it from the fan chassis.
6Pull the reserve battery together with the clip straight out of the computer base.
reserve battery clip
reserve battery 
system board connector
