Introduction
You must disconnect or replace the coin cell battery in your Dell XPS 13 9380, this guide is for you!
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Use a Torx T5 driver to unscrew the eight screws securing the back panel.
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Use a spudger to pry up and loosen the back panel.
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Lift the back panel up slightly from the non-hinged edge.
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Pull the back panel away from the hinged edge, wiggling it back and forth to loosen the clips.
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When the back panel clips are free, remove the back panel.
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Disconnect the cable from the battery by pulling the connector towards the battery.
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Remove the four screws (M2 x 2) securing the battery.
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Remove the screw (M1.6 x 4) securing the battery.
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Remove the battery from its recess.
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1- Disconnect the coin cell battery cable from the motherboard
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2- Use a lever to remove the coin cell battery from the motherboard.
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To reassemble your device, follow the instructions in reverse order.
One comment
Note to anyone replacing this, the model is a ML-1220 3V rechargeable coin cell battery, you will need one with a Dell compatible connector or to solder said connector to battery that comes with preinstalled solder tabs.
You should be careful when removing the back panel as there also two clips on its back where the air ducts lie. If you are quick to remove it you may tear the air ducts which are quite (unreasonably) fragile given the fact they are plastic. I was unfortunate and I broke two of them so I had to use some duct tape as a minor gap would be visible between the back panel and the plastically covered air ducts. Other than that, it’s a pain to remove the back panel but not as difficult as it sounds.
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