Introduction
This guide will tell MSI GT72 2QE Dominator Pro users how to replace a defective battery. It is a medium-level process that takes 15-20 minutes to complete.
For your safety, discharge your battery below 25% before disassembling your device. This reduces the risk of a dangerous thermal event if the battery is accidentally damaged during the repair. If your battery is swollen, take appropriate precautions.
What you need
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Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the seven 6mm screws from the bottom of the laptop.
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Lift and remove the bottom case off of the laptop.
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Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove one 4 mm screw and one 10 mm screw from each fan.
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Unplug both fans by gently disconnecting the fan connector from its motherboard socket. If you have trouble, gently wiggle the connector to loosen it.
For my laptop it seems to take a lot of force to unplug the fan cables, and I am worried about snapping them. Is there a specific trick or spot you have to press on the white connector piece?
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Unplug the battery cable.
needs to show how to remove the snap in plastic cover and remove subwoofer cables and remove cd/dvd drive before lifting snap in cover
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Remove 15 5mm Phillips #0 screws and remove inner case.
Sounds like this guy had a bad time. ^^^
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Use a card or other flat object to lift and remove the battery from the housing.
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Run MSI Battery Calibration to make sure the firmware can see the new batteries cycle high low voltages.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Hi,
on the steep 7, you forgot a screw : just above the orange part of the heat sink.
great guide otherwise :D
And another one near the bass speaker
Did it but I was left with one screw. Have no idea where it goes. But hey battery works and not complaining.
Anyone know where to find a GT72 Dominator battery?
I bought mine here: http://www.fr-batterie.com/
Thanks for this tutorial!
I used it to replace my GT72 2QD Dominator battery. It’s almost the same (yet, not a piece of cake).
Cameron -
It was a helpful tutorial but it wasn’t the best. Step 7 was one place where it went wrong. You also forgot to mention the connection to the light bars. Please update this. :(
Guys can u help me ??
Anyone facing a problem with the battery cable ?
I destroyed my hand to pull it but it just doesn't want to come out
The instrucitons work and thanks to “Assombrance Anderson” comments on two additional screws.
Mine bought from https://www.laptopbattery.com.sg.
Why do i have to disconnect the speaker and fans?
15 minutes??? Really. a am still stuck on getting the case off in step 7. I also could not find the 2 6mm Phillip screws to remove the SSD in step 4. In the same place that it shows the SSD in the tutorial there is a black plastic piece with 4 screws on it on top of the SSD card. I don’t think he is taking into consideration the differences in the difference year models.
Back to the case, why doesn’t he show anybody how to start getting it off. It is a difficult piece to get off, or even start to get off. What is the best way and the best place to begin getting that case off,
Thanks for the guide!!!
Computer is MSI GT72 “2QD” Dominator
The steps were easy to follow and with step 7 I used a flat head to gently remove it.
If you got the money, then have someone fix it otherwise it's real simple, just be gentle as you would with a lady.
My battery for MSI GT72 2qe dominator pro-211 is completely dead, Can i use it in this condition?, as it is hard for me to remove battery.
Thanks a lot for this amazing guide. It took me 1 hour to open the laptop and reach the battery but it took me 4 hours to assemble it back. I got stuck at reattaching the speaker cable on the left side. When I pulled the speaker cable on left side, its pressure lid also came out and I didn't realize that that pressure lid was suppose to pull up and not pull out.
another note is that the battery was glued to the internal cover and I had to pull the battery carefully.
Everything was working nicely when I started the laptop back and ran MSI battery calibration application. Cheers to another 4 years of life to this laptop I bought in 2014, running strong in Dec 2022
Instructions work for GT72VR 6RE perfectly! Took slightly longer than 15 minutes. I had to finagle the left and right speakers to work around the heat sinks during reassembly. Great guide!
