PowerBook G3 Lombard PRAM Battery Replacement

ID: 42

Description: The time and date, as well as other settings,...

Steps:

  1. Turn the computer so that the ports are facing you.
  2. If the keyboard is locked, open the port cover and turn the keyboard locking screw until the keyboard is unlocked.
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  4. Pull the keyboard release tabs toward you and lift up on the keyboard until it pops free.
  5. Make sure you have removed the laptop battery and CD/DVD module from the expansion bays before proceeding.
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  7. Lift the keyboard out by pulling it up and away from you. Rest the keyboard, face down, on top of the trackpad.
  8. In order to replace the keyboard, you must first remove the modem.
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  10. Pull the battery cable directly up from the logic board.
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  12. Remove the battery from its holder by pulling up and to the left.
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