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- Lithium ion Battery
Replacing the Battery
With the purchase of an additional battery, you can have a fully charged spare to swap with one that is not
charged. There are two ways to swap batteries, cold-swapping and hot-swapping:
Cold-swapping Batteries
To cold-swap batteries in your battery bay follow these easy steps:
1
Have a charged battery ready to install.
2
Shut down your notebook and disconnect the AC adapter.
3
Turn the system over so the bottom is facing up, oriented as in Figure 22.
4
While pressing the battery lock, slide the battery bay release latch to the left to unlatch it. Lift the battery out of
the bay using the notch adjacent to the release latch to lift it.
5
Insert a new battery into the bay, and press it down so that the latches click into place.
6
Plug in the AC adapter and turn the power on.
Hot-swapping Batteries
To hot-swap batteries in your battery bay follow these easy steps:
1
Plug an AC Adapter into the system and connect it to a power outlet.
2
Follow steps 3 and 4 in “Cold Swapping Batteries”.
B
E
SURE
TO
PLUG
IN
AN
AC A
DAPTER
PRIOR
TO
REMOVING
THE
BATTERY
.
T
HERE
IS
NO
BRIDGE
BATTERY
PRESENT
TO
SUPPORT
THE
SYSTEM
WHILE
THE
BATTERY
IS
BEING
REPLACED
. I
F
YOU
DO
NOT
USE
AN
AC A
DAPTER
YOU
WILL
LOSE
ANY
UNSAVED
FILES
.
I
F
THE
L
ITHIUM
ION
BATTERY
CONNECTOR
IS
NOT
FULLY
SEATED
,
YOU
MAY
NOT
BE
ABLE
TO
USE
YOUR
NOTEBOOK
OR
CHARGE
YOUR
BATTERY
.
