Did I break my coin battery slot?

[Scott_Greenberg]

11th gen and was following steps on here Fully Resetting the Mainboard State - Framework Guides when I got to the remove coin battery step I decided to use spudger to try to remove it but when I did it didn’t feel like battery popped out. Did I break it?

[amoun]

Well I can’t tell from the image, and there are quite a few topics on this with maybe pictures.

See

Part number/source for the RTC Battery holder

So - even after all the warnings, I managed to snap the plastic on my 11th Gen motherboard’s RTC battery holder. Anybody have an idea for a part number of what I’d use to replace it? I realize that referb 11th gen boards are <$200, but throwing this one out over a $1 surface part without at least trying would rub me the wrong way. Browsing the website got me to the ‘connectors’ repository and the Interface schematics GitHub page, but I don’t see a BOM anywhere in there - If anybody’s got one…

[amoun]

Did you see this guide ?

Note that the coin cell receptacle is extremely fragile, so you should use the procedure below with a pin or SIM card eject tool while the system is shut down.

How do I replace the RTC Battery in my Framework Laptop?

[Scott_Greenberg]

The socket doesn’t appear broken. In my image the battery socket appears hanging like the soder came off of the orange part. Or is it supposed to be hanging? How will I know if the battery soder is broken like I am thinking?

[Second_Coming]

@Scott_Greenberg

Did I break it?

Questions: Why’s your hand in the photo? Was there a need for it? Like were you trying to hold something in place? Something came loose?

[amoun]

Have you not searched the forum more ? I have just read this . . .

RTC Battery holder broke off

I had the issue that the laptop would not power on without the power cord connected even if the battery is charged. So i wanted to try the mainboard reset described on the support pages. While trying to gently getting the battery out of its holder, the thing just came instantly lose and fell off… Because i can not solder myself, i have to ask around my friends for the skills or go to a repair shop. But now to my question: I am thinking of getting another mainboard with another chipset (ryzen h…

Did you read post 10 of the topic I mentioned earlier

@Matt_Atkins

Cut the damaged socket’s plastic out with snips, desolder and clean up: I used a suction tool, use whatever you’re quickest with. Plenty of other stuff on the board to knock loose if you overheat.

Very light coating of solder on the new part contacts - You want the new part’s pins to sit in the anchor/alignment holes cold. I used flux.

[Matt_Atkins]

I’m the author of one of the broken battery holder posts above - It took me the longest time to figure out the battery replacement wasn’t seating - because the holder developed a hairline crack in one of the side arms that meant it wasn’t engaging. GENTLY take the battery out and GENTLY flex the edge clip plastic with a pair of tweezers to see if cracks appear. Can’t stress the need to be delicate enough here- That holder is too small for the battery, so it’s already doing overtime.

If the battery (Or battery replacement) isn’t staying seated, you’ll see behavior like long POSTing to the bios screen and difficulty in getting to the bios configuration, because the CMOS is getting corrupted/wiped every time you unplug it. This will be intermittent because the tolerances between the coin holder and the keyboard are so tight that it will kind of hold the broken battery holder in place.