Installing The Battery - Dell Latitude 9420 Service Manual

NOTE: The cables for the WLAN antennas are routed over the plastic bracket at the upper right corner and within the
routing guides along the bottom right side of the battery. You must be careful when unrouting the antenna cables from
their routing guides while they are still attached to the wireless card.
7. Disconnect the speaker cable from the connector on the system board and unroute the speaker cable from the routing
guides along the top side of the battery.
8. Peel off the piece of tape securing the speaker cable in place at the left side of the battery.
9. Unroute the speaker cables from the routing guides at the left and right side of the battery.
10. Remove the single (M1.6x3) screw and four (M2x4) screws that secures the battery to the plam-rest assembly.
11. Lift the battery away from the computer.

Installing the battery

Prerequisites
If you are replacing a component, remove the existing component before performing the installation procedure.
About this task
The following image indicates the location of the battery and provides a visual representation of the installation procedure.
NOTE: If battery was disconnected from system board for service, there will be a delay during system boot-up as the
system will undergo RTC battery reset.
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