Reserve Battery: Dell Latitude C540/C640 Service Manual
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Reserve Battery
Dell™ Latitude™ C540/C640 Service Manual
Removing the Reserve Battery
NOTICE:
The reserve battery provides power to the computer's RTC and
NVRAM when the computer is turned off. Removing the battery causes the
computer to lose the date and time information as well as all user-specified
parameters in the BIOS. If possible, copy the information before you remove
the reserve battery.
NOTICE:
Disconnect the computer and any attached devices from electrical
outlets, and remove any installed batteries.
NOTICE:
To avoid ESD, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by
touching an unpainted metal surface on the computer.
NOTICE:
Read "
Preparing to Work Inside the Computer
" before performing the
following procedure.
1. Remove the
hard drive
.
2. Remove the
keyboard
.
3. Disconnect the reserve battery cable from the reserve battery connector on the
system board.
4. Pry the reserve battery free from the EMI shield. The reserve battery is attached
to the EMI shield with a piece of adhesive tape.
5. Remove any remnants of the adhesive tape from the EMI shield.
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