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Trio STEALTH-9 Battery Replacement

Introduction

Here, you will be working with live wires on a power source! Be very careful when you desolder them, and make sure you don't let the leads touch!

What you need

  1. Trio STEALTH-9 Battery Replacement, Back Cover: step 1, image 1 of 1

    • Remove the two Phillips #00 screws on the side of the tablet.

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  2. Trio STEALTH-9 Battery Replacement: step 2, image 1 of 1

    • Take one of the plastic opening tools and wedge it in the middle of the tablet, starting on the USB Port side.

    • Holding the tool in place, take one of the 6 plastic opening picks and slide it across the opening you made with the opening tool.

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  3. Trio STEALTH-9 Battery Replacement: step 3, image 1 of 1

    • Continue going around the tablet sides with the plastic pick, being sure that you are maintaining the openings you made with either your hand or the opening tool.

    • You will notice some popping as you go around with the pick. Don't worry, this is completely normal.

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  5. Trio STEALTH-9 Battery Replacement: step 4, image 1 of 1

    • Remove the back cover of the tablet to reveal the internals.

    • To replace, pinch each of the ends together until all four sides are closed.

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  6. Trio STEALTH-9 Battery Replacement, Battery: step 5, image 1 of 1

    • With the cover removed, slowly pull the electrical tape away as shown.

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  7. Trio STEALTH-9 Battery Replacement: step 6, image 1 of 1

    • Slowly pull the Battery away from the tablet frame.

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  8. Trio STEALTH-9 Battery Replacement: step 7, image 1 of 1

    • Prepare your Soldering Iron and Removal Tools.

    • Contact the iron with each of the battery leads, and pull the lead away from the board.

    • Remove any excess solder as needed.

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  9. Trio STEALTH-9 Battery Replacement: step 8, image 1 of 1

    • To replace your battery, you must reinsert the Battery leads into the Motherboard, being sure that the Red wire goes into the + (positive) terminal and the Black wire goes into the - (negative) terminal.

    • Apply heat and solder to each lead individually.

    • Remove any excess solder if flooding occurs.

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Conclusion

To replace the battery, you must re-solder the leads on the battery into the motherboard. You MUST make sure that the leads were in the correct order as when you started.

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Is it possible that the wiring to the battery just became loose and I could use these same directions and reconnect or solder (or do both?) The existing battery ?

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