48 - 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 21.
4
Press the two battery release latches away from each other. The battery will pop out of the bay slightly, allowing
you to lift it out of the bay.
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
.
