Dell Inspiron 3800 System Reference Manual page 157

Power Sources: Dell Inspiron 3800 System Reference
9. Disconnect the reserve battery cable from the connector on the palmrest bracket.
10. Remove the reserve battery from the palmrest bracket:
a. Tear the reserve battery free from the foam pad.
b. Remove the remnants of the foam pad from the palmrest bracket.
NOTE: When you replace the reserve battery, first connect the reserve battery cable to the connector
on the palmrest bracket. Then position the reserve battery on the palmrest bracket to minimize slack in
the cable.
Bay Latch Assemblies
Figure 20. Bay Latch Assemblies
To remove the bay latch assemblies, perform the following steps:
1. Remove the main battery.
2. Remove the device from the media bay.
3. Remove the keyboard
4. Remove the display
5. Remove the palmrest
6. Remove the left bay-latch button from the outside of the bottom case assembly by carefully squeezing the snap tabs
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assembly.
assembly.
assembly.
1 Bay latches (2)
2 Springs (2)
3 Bottom case
assembly
4 Bay latch buttons (2)
5 Location of snap tabs
(2)
6 Sliders (2)