WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.270 --> 00:00:01.830 In this lesson, I'm going to show you 2 00:00:01.830 --> 00:00:04.500 how to replace a battery inside of a laptop. 3 00:00:04.500 --> 00:00:07.020 Now, every laptop is going to be a little bit different. 4 00:00:07.020 --> 00:00:09.240 For example, some laptops have the ability 5 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:11.670 to change out the battery on the outside of the case 6 00:00:11.670 --> 00:00:13.770 such as that older Dell, that I showed you. 7 00:00:13.770 --> 00:00:16.830 But most of them now use an internal battery. 8 00:00:16.830 --> 00:00:18.660 And the reason for this is in the old days 9 00:00:18.660 --> 00:00:20.760 batteries only lasted two or three hours. 10 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:21.593 So it's pretty common 11 00:00:21.593 --> 00:00:23.700 for people to carry two or three batteries with them 12 00:00:23.700 --> 00:00:25.170 so they can make it through the day. 13 00:00:25.170 --> 00:00:27.330 But most modern laptops can now support 14 00:00:27.330 --> 00:00:29.070 a 10 to 12 hour battery life, 15 00:00:29.070 --> 00:00:30.510 depending on the model you're using. 16 00:00:30.510 --> 00:00:33.630 And some even have what's known as an all day battery life, 17 00:00:33.630 --> 00:00:36.180 that last anywhere from 18 to 24 hours. 18 00:00:36.180 --> 00:00:37.410 Unfortunately, over time though 19 00:00:37.410 --> 00:00:39.390 this battery does become worn 20 00:00:39.390 --> 00:00:41.280 and it can start to lose its charge. 21 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:43.290 So you might need to actually replace that battery 22 00:00:43.290 --> 00:00:46.110 with a newer one to give this laptop new life. 23 00:00:46.110 --> 00:00:47.130 In order to do that, 24 00:00:47.130 --> 00:00:48.870 you're first going to disassemble the laptop 25 00:00:48.870 --> 00:00:50.700 as you see here and have it open 26 00:00:50.700 --> 00:00:52.110 so you can start working on it. 27 00:00:52.110 --> 00:00:54.090 Then you'll locate where the battery is. 28 00:00:54.090 --> 00:00:55.860 You'll buy a replacement for that battery 29 00:00:55.860 --> 00:00:57.210 of the same make and model. 30 00:00:57.210 --> 00:01:00.120 And then you're going to unscrew this battery, unconnected it, 31 00:01:00.120 --> 00:01:01.890 and then replace it with the new one. 32 00:01:01.890 --> 00:01:04.080 I'm going to show you how to do that right now. 33 00:01:04.080 --> 00:01:04.913 All right. 34 00:01:04.913 --> 00:01:06.570 The first thing we need to do is grab our screwdriver 35 00:01:06.570 --> 00:01:09.300 and our ESD strap, and then we want to make sure we identify 36 00:01:09.300 --> 00:01:10.500 where the screw holes are. 37 00:01:10.500 --> 00:01:13.530 There's one here, one here, one here, 38 00:01:13.530 --> 00:01:15.390 one here, and one here. 39 00:01:15.390 --> 00:01:17.307 So it looks like we only have four screws. 40 00:01:17.307 --> 00:01:20.310 I'm going to go ahead and start here and unscrew this one. 41 00:01:20.310 --> 00:01:23.010 So I'm going ahead and I'm unscrewing all four screws 42 00:01:23.010 --> 00:01:24.330 and then they are small screws, 43 00:01:24.330 --> 00:01:26.220 so if you have trouble grabbing them, 44 00:01:26.220 --> 00:01:28.620 you can use a pair of tweezers to get them. 45 00:01:28.620 --> 00:01:30.210 That first one, I had a hard time grabbing. 46 00:01:30.210 --> 00:01:31.043 So I'm going to go back 47 00:01:31.043 --> 00:01:32.810 with a pair of tweezers to get that out. 48 00:01:33.810 --> 00:01:35.010 There we go. 49 00:01:35.010 --> 00:01:37.020 And because I'm doing this pretty quickly 50 00:01:37.020 --> 00:01:39.510 there's only going to be, it looks like there are five screws. 51 00:01:39.510 --> 00:01:42.390 I'm just going to lay them out on my board here 52 00:01:42.390 --> 00:01:44.160 in the position that I took them out. 53 00:01:44.160 --> 00:01:46.050 So that we'll know where they go back. 54 00:01:46.050 --> 00:01:48.510 Or again, I can use something like I did up here 55 00:01:48.510 --> 00:01:50.310 where I have my magnetic case 56 00:01:50.310 --> 00:01:52.560 that I can write on with a dry erase marker, 57 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:55.560 so you'll know exactly which screw goes in which place. 58 00:01:55.560 --> 00:01:58.170 But since we're going to be doing this fairly quickly 59 00:01:58.170 --> 00:02:01.440 I'm just going to make sure I put that into the right place. 60 00:02:01.440 --> 00:02:05.980 And this last one is going to come up here 61 00:02:12.210 --> 00:02:14.040 and we'll put that there, okay. 62 00:02:14.040 --> 00:02:15.180 So when I'm done 63 00:02:15.180 --> 00:02:17.760 that is essentially where my screws are going to be. 64 00:02:17.760 --> 00:02:19.890 It looks almost like an L shape. 65 00:02:19.890 --> 00:02:21.240 Now that I've gotten all the screws out 66 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:23.190 I want to make sure the battery will come loose. 67 00:02:23.190 --> 00:02:24.120 So I'm just going to put my fingers 68 00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:25.710 on the battery and give it a little wiggle 69 00:02:25.710 --> 00:02:27.060 and you'll notice it does come loose 70 00:02:27.060 --> 00:02:28.470 because I've gotten everything out 71 00:02:28.470 --> 00:02:30.360 but it is still connected someplace. 72 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:32.670 And it's underneath this little plastic shield. 73 00:02:32.670 --> 00:02:34.380 So I'm going to put the battery back down, 74 00:02:34.380 --> 00:02:37.110 I going to lift up this plastic shield off to the side 75 00:02:37.110 --> 00:02:40.290 and you can see that the battery plugs into this connector. 76 00:02:40.290 --> 00:02:43.590 To be able to unhook this, I'm simply going to use my tweezers 77 00:02:43.590 --> 00:02:45.060 and put it into place 78 00:02:45.060 --> 00:02:47.010 and just apply a little bit of pressure 79 00:02:48.120 --> 00:02:50.223 to be able to bring that back out. 80 00:02:53.670 --> 00:02:54.573 And there we go. 81 00:02:56.970 --> 00:02:57.960 Now I've gotten that out. 82 00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:00.390 I can take the whole battery and pull it out. 83 00:03:00.390 --> 00:03:02.550 And so you can see that battery is now out 84 00:03:02.550 --> 00:03:04.900 and we'll be able to replace it with a new one. 85 00:03:06.810 --> 00:03:09.110 All right, next, I'm going to grab a new battery. 86 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:11.310 And once I have my new battery 87 00:03:11.310 --> 00:03:13.380 I'm going to verify it is the same make and model, 88 00:03:13.380 --> 00:03:14.550 in this case, it is. 89 00:03:14.550 --> 00:03:16.830 I'm going to line it up into the proper position 90 00:03:16.830 --> 00:03:19.650 and I want to make sure I get that connector back in first. 91 00:03:19.650 --> 00:03:22.080 So I'm just going to line that up with my fingers 92 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:24.600 and I should be able to just push it in with my thumb. 93 00:03:24.600 --> 00:03:25.620 And if I can't do that 94 00:03:25.620 --> 00:03:28.320 I can always go back and use my tweezers. 95 00:03:28.320 --> 00:03:30.720 And in my case, I'm going to go ahead and use my tweezers 96 00:03:30.720 --> 00:03:33.120 because it wasn't working with my thumb. 97 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:35.160 And you'll notice you want to make sure you get that 98 00:03:35.160 --> 00:03:37.110 right in there all the way in, 99 00:03:37.110 --> 00:03:39.390 so that makes a good, solid connection. 100 00:03:39.390 --> 00:03:42.690 Once that happens, line the rest of the battery back up 101 00:03:42.690 --> 00:03:45.390 make sure your holes are in the right place. 102 00:03:45.390 --> 00:03:47.760 Put your little plastic shield back in place. 103 00:03:47.760 --> 00:03:49.770 There's a little bit of sticky glue on that. 104 00:03:49.770 --> 00:03:52.413 And then we'll just screw that battery back in. 105 00:03:55.410 --> 00:03:57.240 When you're screwing your battery back in 106 00:03:57.240 --> 00:04:00.190 make sure you're using the right screws in the right holes. 107 00:04:01.170 --> 00:04:03.090 This is why it's important to always label your parts 108 00:04:03.090 --> 00:04:05.880 as you're taking them out or do some sort of way like I did 109 00:04:05.880 --> 00:04:08.640 where you made basically a little diagram with your screws 110 00:04:08.640 --> 00:04:11.130 and then you'll be able to screw them all right back 111 00:04:11.130 --> 00:04:13.200 into the proper places. 112 00:04:13.200 --> 00:04:14.280 And once we're done with that 113 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:16.290 we will reassemble this laptop. 114 00:04:16.290 --> 00:04:18.870 We will make sure the battery is taking a charge 115 00:04:18.870 --> 00:04:21.180 and we'll make sure that the computer can be charged 116 00:04:21.180 --> 00:04:23.220 from that battery and it provides power 117 00:04:23.220 --> 00:04:25.230 from the battery back to the computer. 118 00:04:25.230 --> 00:04:27.120 Now, in my case, we're not going to do that right now 119 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:28.950 because we have other components we want to take out 120 00:04:28.950 --> 00:04:31.080 and replace in this section of the course. 121 00:04:31.080 --> 00:04:32.730 But if you were done with this repair 122 00:04:32.730 --> 00:04:34.710 you would be able to put the computer back together 123 00:04:34.710 --> 00:04:37.440 by reassembling it, putting the backing case back on, 124 00:04:37.440 --> 00:04:39.120 and to make sure that all of these screws 125 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:40.770 are being put right back into place 126 00:04:40.770 --> 00:04:42.780 to hold that plastic backing of the case 127 00:04:42.780 --> 00:04:43.920 into the proper position 128 00:04:43.920 --> 00:04:45.780 and making sure it won't go anywhere. 129 00:04:45.780 --> 00:04:46.680 Once that's done, 130 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:49.020 you can give the computer a laptop back to your end user 131 00:04:49.020 --> 00:04:51.323 and you'll be finished with that particular job.