Owners Manual

2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.

3. Remove the expansion-card riser.

Steps

1. Locate the battery socket, see System board connectors.

CAUTION: To avoid damage to the battery connector, you must firmly support the connector

while installing or removing a battery.

2. To eject the battery, press firmly on the edge of the positive side of the battery in the direction of the

arrow as shown in the figure here.

Figure 25. Replacing the system battery

1. positive side of battery 2. socket

3. To install a new system battery, hold the battery with the positive facing up and slide it under the

securing tabs.

4. Press the battery into the connector until it snaps into place.

Next steps

1. Install the expansion-card riser.

2. Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.

3. While booting, press F2 to enter the System Setup and ensure the battery is operating properly.

4. Enter the correct time and date in the System Setup Time and Date fields.

5. Close the System Setup page.

Hard-drive backplane

Dell XC430 system configuration supports 3.5-inch (x4) SAS/SATA backplane.