Servicing laptops that have integrated battery?

[kenzy9]

Normally when you upgrade RAM or touch anything internally you would need to remove the external battery block first.



What about nowadays integrated batteries are inside and usually need to take off the whole bottom panel.



I've seen "disassembly/upgrade" videos on Youtube where they don't even unplug the battery when they install RAM or new SSD,



Are those integrated batteries less susceptible to frying the motherboard?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

It would be no different than changing components in a desktop without unplugging it.

It can work, but it has added risk. Really you should just go throught the process of disconnecting the battery first.

I have reseated ram in a 5 year old toshiba with no issues. This laptop has a battery that is hard to remove. Nor was it fun to replace.

 

[Sagar_20]

Now a day's many laptops have integrated batteries, but it doesn't mean you cannot unplug the power.

If the battery is removable you can simply remove it to make hardware changes otherwise there must be a battery connector that you can disconnect before.

View: https://youtu.be/lyeoYNm1FPk

 

[BFG-9000]

First of all, SATA data and power connectors are designed to be hot-swappable, that's why the pins are different lengths. That means you can install a drive on a running machine. However it is recommended to delete a drive from device manager before disconnecting it from a running machine.

Secondly, no power is going to the CPU or RAM slots when the machine is off but still plugged in. Anybody who cannot tell when a machine is only sleeping instead of off probably has no business doing upgrades. The usual warning to unplug is because some areas remain hot, and this is easier than trying to think up warnings for all the things people might do, such as "don't lick the charging circuit when it's plugged in."

And many laptops may have batteries taped or glued in really good, but do have more accessible plugs for the battery connector