Dell Latitude D505: Removing a Battery
Removing a Battery: Dell Latitude D505
Table of contents
- System Information Guide
- Notes, Notices, and Cautions Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Contents
- CAUTION: Safety Instructions SAFETY: General
- SAFETY: Power SAFETY: Battery SAFETY: Air Travel
- SAFETY: EMC Instructions When Using Your Computer
- SAFETY: Ergonomic Computing Habits SAFETY: When Working Inside Your Computer SAFETY: Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge
- SAFETY: Battery Disposal
- Finding Information for Your Computer What are you looking for? Find It Here
- What are you looking for? Find It Here
- What are you looking for? Find It Here
- Setting Up Your Computer
- Open the computer display and press the power button to turn on the computer.
- About Your Computer Front View
- Left View Right View
- Back View Bottom View
- Removing a Battery
- Removing and Installing a Reserve Battery
- Installing a Battery
- Dell Diagnostics When to Use the Dell Diagnostics
- Dell Diagnostics Main Menu Option Function
- Tab Function
- Regulatory Notices

Removing a Battery
For more information about removing the second battery, see "Using the Module Bay" in your
online
User’s Guide.
CAUTION: Before performing these procedures, turn off the computer, disconnect it from the electrical
outlet, and disconnect the modem from the telephone wall jack.
NOTICE: If you choose to replace the battery with the computer in standby mode, you have up to
90 seconds to complete the battery replacement before the computer shuts down and loses any unsaved
data.
1
Ensure that the computer is turned off, disconnected from an electrical outlet, and
disconnected from the telephone wall jack.
2
If the computer is connected to a docking device (docked), undock it. See the documentation
that came with your docking device for instructions.
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3
Slide and hold the battery-bay latch release on the bottom of the computer, and then remove
the battery from the bay.
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