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Replacing the Main Battery
Tips & Tricks
If your notebook is connected to AC power, you can
replace the battery while the notebook is turned on.
Locating Components
Battery
Battery latch
Danger of explosion if the battery is incorrectly
replaced.
Replace only with a battery specifically
manufactured for your notebook. Recycle or
dispose of the battery as hazardous waste.
Warning
The battery used in this device may present a
fire or chemical burn hazard if mishandled. Do
not disassemble, heat above 212°F (100°C), or
incinerate.
Keep away from children.
To replace the main battery:
1 Disconnect your notebook from the optional port
replicator.
2 If your notebook is on and is connected to AC power,
go to Step 3.
- OR -
If your notebook is on and is not connected to AC
power, save your work and turn off your notebook.
3 Close the LCD panel.
Technical Support
See the label on the bottom of the notebook for Customer
Care Information. See your hardware guide for important
safety, regulatory, and legal information.
4 Turn your notebook over so the bottom is facing up.
5 Slide the battery lock to the unlocked position.
6 Slide the battery release latch.
Battery lock
7 Slide the battery out of the notebook.
8 Slide a battery into the notebook until it snaps into
9 Slide the battery lock to the locked position.
10 Turn your notebook over.
11 Reconnect the optional port replicator.
12 Open the LCD panel and press the power button.
Important
www.gateway.com
Replacing the Main Battery
place.
If the battery charge indicator does not turn blue
after three hours, contact Gateway Customer
Care at the Web address or telephone number
shown on the label on the bottom of your
notebook.
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Gateway, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
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