Asus K50IJ User Manual

How to disassemble Asus K series notebook In this post I explain how to disassemble Asus K-series notebook and get access to main internal parts. As

On the following picture the connector is shown in unlocked position. Now you can pull the keyboard cable from the connector. Finally, remove the key

Remove four screws securing the bottom cover on the back side of the notebook. Slide the bottom cover to the shown direction. Remove the bottom cove

Under the bottom cover you’ll get an easy access to the memory module, hard drive, CMOS battery, cooling fan, DVD drive, wireless card and heat sink

Remove four screws securing the hard drive assembly. Slide the hard drive assembly to the right to disconnect it from the connector on motherboard.

Now you can separate the hard drive from the caddy and replace it with a new one if needed. As you see, it’s a SATA hard drive. Spread latches on bot

Remove three screws securing the cooling fan. Unplug fan cable from the motherboard. Now you can remove the fan.

REMOVING KEYBOARD. In order to remove the keyboard it’s not necessary to go though all previous disassembly steps. There are five small spring loaded

After all latches unlocked, you can lift up the keyboard as it shown on the picture below. Carefully place the keyboard upside down on the palm rest

The keyboard cable is jammed between the white connector base and brown locking clip. On the following picture the connector is shown in locked posit