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# Battery Latch

Dell™ Latitude™ C400 Service Manual

Removing the Battery Latch

Replacing the Battery Latch

## Removing the Battery Latch

| NOTICE: Disconnect the computer and any attached devices from electrical outlets, and remove any installed batteries.

| NOTICE: To avoid ESD, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by touching an unpainted metal surface on the computer.

| NOTICE: Read "Preparing to Work Inside the Computer" before performing the following procedure.

1. Remove the PC Card or plastic blank, if present, from the PC Card slot.
2. Remove the hard drive.
3. Remove the keyboard.
4. Remove the display assembly.
5. Remove the palm rest.
6. Remove the wireless network adapter, if present.
7. Remove the modem daughter card, if present.
8. Remove all installed memory modules.
9. Remove the audio board.
10. Remove the system board.

Battery Latch Removal

1 | tension spring
2 | bottom case
3 | battery latch
4 | battery release-button tabs

| NOTICE: The tabs on the release button are plastic. When squeezing the tabs, be careful not to break them.

1. On the inside of the bottom case, use needle-nose pliers to gently squeeze the two release-button tabs together and push the tabs down through the hole, catching the release button on the outside of the bottom case.
2. To remove the battery latch, unhook the small tension spring located on the metal post next to the hard drive.

## Replacing the Battery Latch

1. With the inside of the bottom case facing up, place the battery latch in position.
2. Turn the bottom case over and align the slot in the battery latch with the release-button slot in the bottom case.
3. Holding the battery latch in place, press the release-button tabs through the underside of the bottom case and into the battery latch until the tabs snap into place.
4. Replace the tension spring.

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