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Reserve Battery

Dell™ Inspiron™ 8500 Service Manual

CAUTION: Before working inside your Dell™ computer, read the safety instructions in your Owner's Manual.

NOTICE: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by periodically touching an unpainted metal surface (such as the back panel) on the computer.

1. Follow the instructions in "Preparing to Work Inside the Computer."
   
   
2. Remove the battery.
   
   
3. Depress the battery latch and rotate it out to remove the reserve battery cover.
   
   

1	reserve battery cover

4. Pull the reserve battery straight out of the computer base.
   
   
5. Disconnect the reserve battery cable connector from the speaker connector.
   
   

1	speaker connector
2	reserve battery

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