User's Guide

Chapter 3 Using your Tablet PC 35
Removing and replacing the battery
You can remove the battery to check the remaining power, or to replace it with a fully
charged battery.
To remove the battery
1. Ensure that the Tablet PC is plugged in or turned off.
2. Turn the Tablet PC over so that the back side is up.
3. Slide the locking latch toward the center of the battery to unlock it.
4. Slide the spring-loaded latch toward the center of the battery and hold it while you
remove the battery.
To replace the battery
1. Slide the spring-loaded latch toward the center of the battery and hold it while you
insert the battery down into the Tablet PC.
2. Release the spring-loaded latch.
3. Slide the locking latch toward the outside of the battery to lock it.
Swapping the battery
You can swap the standard battery while the system is on, with or without having the
Tablet PC plugged in to AC power.
To swap batteries
1. Put the computer in Hibernate or Standby mode (page 33).
• With Standby, the Tablet PC will maintain your system for up to 30 seconds while you
swap the battery. You may have less than 30 seconds if you have many applications
running.
• With Hibernate, you will have as long as you need to swap the battery.
2. Remove the battery (page 35).
3. Insert the new battery (page 35).
Important: Use only Motion Computing L-Series batteries.
Locking latch
Spring-loaded
Slide latches toward the center
latch