Lenovo Ideapad Yoga 11S Battery Replacement Repair Guide

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

Time Required

                          10 minutes

Sections

Top Assembly
4 steps
RAM
2 steps
Battery
3 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Top Assembly

Remember to power off the device before removing any parts.
Position the laptop so that the bottom enclosure is facing upward.
Use a Phillips #0 Screwdriver to remove the ten 1.9mm screws holding the bottom enclosure in place.
Use an opening tool to carefully pry up the rubber pads.
Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the two screws under the rubber pads, which secure the keyboard.

Remember to power off the device before removing any parts.

Position the laptop so that the bottom enclosure is facing upward.

Use a Phillips #0 Screwdriver to remove the ten 1.9mm screws holding the bottom enclosure in place.

Use an opening tool to carefully pry up the rubber pads.

Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the two screws under the rubber pads, which secure the keyboard.

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Step 2

              Remove Keyboard

Flip the laptop over and swing open the display.
Lift the edge of the keyboard closest to the trackpad up.
Carefully disconnect keyboard ribbon cable from the laptop.
Remove the keyboard.

Flip the laptop over and swing open the display.

Lift the edge of the keyboard closest to the trackpad up.

Carefully disconnect keyboard ribbon cable from the laptop.

Remove the keyboard.

Step 3

Remove the two screws securing the midframe.

Remove the two screws securing the midframe.

Step 4

Grab the front edge of the top assembly and lift it up carefully.
There are three ribbon cables that attach the top assembly to the motherboard. Lift carefully to avoid damaging them.
Gently slide the three ribbon cables out of their slots.
Remove the top assembly completely by pulling it off of the device.

Grab the front edge of the top assembly and lift it up carefully.

There are three ribbon cables that attach the top assembly to the motherboard. Lift carefully to avoid damaging them.

Gently slide the three ribbon cables out of their slots.

Remove the top assembly completely by pulling it off of the device.

Step 5

RAM

Locate the RAM module.
Locate the tabs on both sides of the RAM module
Spread both tabs outward at the same time in order to release the RAM module.

Locate the RAM module.

Locate the tabs on both sides of the RAM module

Spread both tabs outward at the same time in order to release the RAM module.

Step 6

Grab the RAM module and carefully pull it out from its position.

Grab the RAM module and carefully pull it out from its position.

Step 7

              Battery

Locate the 1.9mm screw used to hold down the battery.
Use a Phillips #0 Screwdriver to remove the screw.

Locate the 1.9mm screw used to hold down the battery.

Use a Phillips #0 Screwdriver to remove the screw.

Step 8

Use a plastic opening tool to disconnect the battery connector from the motherboard.

Use a plastic opening tool to disconnect the battery connector from the motherboard.

Step 9

Now that the battery is disconnected from the device, lift the battery and gently remove it from the device.

Now that the battery is disconnected from the device, lift the battery and gently remove it from the device.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

For optimal performance, after completing this guide, calibrate your newly installed battery.

Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.

Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Answers community for help.

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Mike G - Aug 18, 2015

My 11S seems to be a bit different. It has Torx screws instead of phillips for the ten screws on the bottom.

There are two screws under the keyboard holding the top assembly to the bottom. In order to get the keyboard off I had to take out the screws underneath two of the feet on the bottom. Once you take off the keyboard and its ribbon cable, you can detach the three ribbon cables the author of this guide mentions without having to lift up the top assembly first.

I’ve also noticed there appear to be two different types of batteries for this laptop with the same part number. The first like mine and the one in this teardown have one tab on each of the shorter sides of the battery, while others seem to have two tabs on those same sides of the battery.

Brian Simpson - Aug 5, 2016

Does anyone have a reliable source for a replacement battery?

Mike Rowe - Apr 16, 2018

Great help in replacing my battery. One thing is to be sure to get an original Lenovo battery. The cheap batteries will not work. The 11S has a built in check for third party batteries and the system will not charge the non Lenovo battery.

Bobby Gorden - Sep 12, 2018

Mike Rowe is exactly correct, Lenovo Ideapads WILL NOT accept 3rd party batteries.

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