Dell Vostro 1700 (Early 2009) - Manual (Page 155)

Adding and Replacing Parts
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NOTICE:
To help prevent damage to the system board, you must remove the battery
from the battery bay before you service the computer.
NOTICE:
To avoid damage to the computer, use only the battery designed for this
particular Dell computer. Do not use batteries designed for other Dell computers.
5 Turn the computer over.
6 Slide and click the battery release latches.
7 Slide the battery out of the battery bay.
8 Turn the computer top-side up, open the display, and press the power
button to ground the system board.
9 Remove any installed cards from the ExpressCard slot (see "Removing an
ExpressCard or Blank" on page 87) and the 8-in-1 memory card reader (see
"Removing a Memory Card or Blank" on page 90).
Hard Drive
Depending on the configuration you ordered, your computer may have two
hard drives: a primary hard drive and an optional secondary hard drive.
CAUTION:
If you remove the hard drive from the computer when the drive is hot,
do not touch the metal housing of the hard drive.
1 battery 2 battery release latches (2)
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