Lenovo ThinkPad X260 Internal Battery Replacement

ID: 162940

Description: This is a simple guide designed to help extend...

Steps:

1. Make sure that the device is unplugged and turned off.
2. Flip the laptop from the front to the back.

3. Start by pinching the switches on either side of the battery outwards.
4. At the same time push the external battery, located in the back, upwards.
5. Remove the external battery from the laptop.

6. Loosen the eight 4.2 mm screws holding the back cover on using a Phillips #1 screwdriver.
7. These screws should be held in place by a small plastic washer which secures them to the cover and should not be loosened. This is illustrated in the third image.

8. Gently pull the cover off and set aside.
9. An iFixit opening tool may make it easier to gently remove the cover.

10. Detach the black battery connector using a pair of tweezers.

11. Remove the four 3.3 mm screws locking down the battery using a Phillips #1 screwdriver.

12. Carefully remove the internal battery unit from the laptop using an iFixit opening tool.
13. Pick up the battery and take it off the laptop frame.