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Razer Blade 15” Studio Edition (2020): Help Removing Swelled Battery (glued?)

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:40:58 -0700

I'm in the process of removing the battery from my Razor laptop as it has swelled up quite significantly. In doing so, pretty much every guide and video I found states that after removing all the screws surrounding the battery, then the battery should pop out easily, however I'm finding that this is not the case for my model. I have removed the five screws in the locations circled in the below picture, yet the battery does not lift out and feels as if it is glued to the laptop frame.

Additionally, I am having trouble discerning where this battery connects to the motherboard, as there seems to be no connection visibly streaming from the battery which connects it to the rest of the laptop.

In scouring the internet, the only lead I have found comes from a comment on this thread, which mentions a comment that user had read elsewhere on YouTube which states: "There is a pull tab to the left edge of the battery. It looks like part of the frame but if you can lift it, just pull it straight out - it will come out as one piece."

When I examine the laptop battery inside the chassis, I do see a tab which I am able to lift up slightly on the left side of the battery (pictured below). However, I do feel a little bit nervous about pulling on something next to this giant pillow based off a third-hand account. Does anyone with experience replacing batteries know that this is the correct solution?

⟐ Answered June 26, 2025 at 12:40 MST

Razer Blade 15” Studio Edition (2020): Advice on how to replace thermal paste on CPU

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 18:35:20 -0700

Hi, my Razer Blade 15" Studio laptop has been running hotter and hotter as of late. I was able to open the back and extract quite a bit of dust from the bottom fans, which helped my issue somewhat, but not nearly as much as I would have hoped.

Since I've been using if for over 3 years now, I figure it would be wise to try applying new thermal paste to the CPU (I'm not sure if the discrete graphics card inside would also have thermal paste to replace, but if so then I'd guess it would be useful to replace that as well).

I have some experience following pre-existing iFixit guides, but certainly wouldn't know where to start on this task given that I can't find any information online about how the internals of this machine are laid out. If it would be useful, I can supply a picture of the inside after removing the back panel.

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EDIT: Picture inside machine. Locations where 5 screws around the battery were removed are circled in red

⟐ Commented June 22, 2025 at 18:35 MST

Razer Blade 15 2020: Adding USB-C charging option externally

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 14:00:37 -0700

I've seen some adapters around that connect to Razer's proprietary connector, and was wondering if anyone has attempted to use a USB-C PD board to charge the laptop? I mostly use my laptop portably in Linux without use of the discrete graphics so I only require <100W of power which USB-C can provide. But unsure whether the charging port will accept less than the 230W that comes from the regular charger

⟐ Commented February 21, 2024 at 14:00 MST