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Acer Aspire 5 A515-46-R3UB Battery Replacement

Introduction

This guide shows you how to replace the battery in your Acer Aspire 5 A515-46-R3UB. The Acer Aspire 5 comes with a 48Wh 3-cell Li-ion battery, which provides users with 10 hours of battery life. After so many charging cycles it will start to become less effective. You may encounter a time when your battery won't hold a charge anymore and it could be that it has come to the end of its lifecycle.

Before you begin replacing your battery, ensure that your laptop has a battery issue. You can identify a battery problem if your laptop is overheating, continues to die, or has trouble holding charge. For other troubleshooting issues, take a look at the Acer Aspire 5 A515-46-R3UB Troubleshooting page.

Before you start the repair, turn off your laptop and unplug the charger.

What you need

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    • Use a JIS #1 screwdriver to remove eleven 6.7 mm screws from the bottom cover.

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    • Use an opening tool and picks to pry the bottom cover from the laptop.

    • Work your way around the perimeter to release any clips before you remove the bottom case.

    • Remove the bottom case.

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    • Remove the two pieces of tape from the battery and the battery connector.

    • Save the tape for reassembly.

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    • Use the plastic opening tool to carefully push on each side of the connector and remove it from the socket.

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    • Lift up the battery and remove it from the bottom case of the laptop.

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Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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