Difficulty
Easy
Steps
5
Time Required
10 minutes
- Bottom Cover 3 steps
- Battery 2 steps
Bullets!
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Introduction
The 4-cell battery on the Aspire R7 is not externally accessible and requires a small amount of disassembly in order to replace it.
Parts
No parts required.
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Shut down the laptop and disconnect the power cord
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Turn the laptop over
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Remove the (6) visible 10mm T-7 screws
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Remove the (4) visible 6mm T-7 screws
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Use the blue plastic opening tool to carefully remove the rubber pad which covers the two remaining screws
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Remove the remaining (2) 10mm T-7 screws
Step 2 is missing the 1 (10mm T-7 ) screw that is under a rubber pad in the bottom middle of the laptop. The picture shows this pad and screw already missing. Note the silver color instead of the black color of the rest of the bottom of the laptop.
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Carefully lift the cover upwards
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Locate the battery ribbon connector
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Remove the ribbon cable attaching the battery to the motherboard by carefully pulling it outwards
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Remove the three 4.5mm #00 Phillips screws attaching the battery to the motherboard
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Push the 4 retaining clips away from the battery
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Carefully lift the battery from the motherboard
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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