Introduction
Use this guide to replace the battery in your Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 7th Gen Laptop.
For your safety, discharge the battery below 25% before disassembling your device. This reduces the risk of fire if the battery is accidentally damaged during the repair. If your battery is swollen, take appropriate precautions.
Tools
Parts
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Insert an opening pick at a 45˚ angle between the back cover and frame near the rear middle screw.
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Pry up on the pick to release the clips securing the back cover to the frame.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
For optimal performance, calibrate your newly installed battery after completing this guide.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Answers community for help.
9 comments
Thank you for the post! My laptop battery is totally dead, not charging at all at 0%, so I cannot disable the built-in battery. Since it immediately dies if unplugged, the built-in battery is automatically enabled while it’s turned on and plugged. Can I just let it unplugged and proceed?
Soo J -
You should still be able to access BIOS with the laptop plugged into its charger to disable the battery before unplugging it and removing it. However, if that does not work, just be careful not to bridge any of the pins the battery connects to on the motherboard and everything should still be fine.
The X1 g.7 has a known bug where internal battery stops working (won’t charge, or says battery not detected in windows). I have personally solved this problem on 4-5 laptops by disconnecting the battery (follow this guide until step 4) and then plugging it back in after ten seconds. In 90% of the cases this has solved the problem without battery replacement.
cesepan -
Yeah it's a hardware connection issue at least in my case. A light kick to the back of the laptop also works usually.
Thanks! This has been very helpful. Just followed the steps until removing the battery connector and putting it back. Issue sorted!
kj_only1 -
Just personally came across this issue on my son's laptop - your comment was a lifesaver
Opened up the X1 using the iFixit instructions and noted that the battery connector was not seated properly
I completely disconnected the connector, waited and then seated it back fully
Everything works now
We don't know how that connected would come loose like that though...not sure if it's going to happen again as the laptop gets jostled around in his backpack around campus
pinkoos -
After replacing battery in X1 Gen 7 battery indicator shows 100% (laptop plugged-in) and Lenovo recalibration function stays forever in Step 2 (drain battery down). If I unplug laptop, it immediately goes dark as if it has no battery and won’t boot. Plugging it in again and powering up everything works fine. In short, works when plugged in and doesn’t work when unplugged despite diagnostic saying battery is good. Any suggestions? Thanks.