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In this post I explain how to disassemble Asus K-series notebook and get access to main internal parts.
As an example I took a Asus K50IJ notebook. I believe disassembly steps will be same or very similar for all models in Asus K line.
Let me know if this guide works for your Asus notebook. Please mention the model number in comments below.
Make sure the laptop is turned off.
ACCESSING MAIN PARTS UNDER THE BOTTOM COVER.
Remove the battery.
Remove one screw securing the bottom cover.
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 cover.
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 with processor.
Remove one screw securing the DVD dirve.
Slide the DVD drive to the right and remove it from the notebook.
Remove four screws securing the hard drive assembly.
Slide the hard drive assembly to the right to disconnect it from the connector on motherboard.
Remove the hard drive assembly.
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 both sides of the memory module and after the module pops up at a 30 degree angle, carefully pull it from the slot by the edges.
In this particular notebook I found only one memory slot. It looks like some memory was integrated into the motherboard.
Not sure if all Asus K series notebooks have only one memory slot.
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 latches securing the keyboard.
I pointed to them with yellow arrows.
In order to unlock the latch, simply press on it with a sharp object.
At the same time pull the keyboard upwards.
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.
Before you can disconnect the keyboard cable, you have to unlock the connector.
The keyboard cable is jammed between the white connector base and brown locking clip.
On the following picture the connector is shown in locked position.
Move the locking clip about 2 millimeters to the left (do not move any further).
The locking clip must stay attached to the white base.
On the following picture the connector is shown in unlocked position. Now you can pull the keyboard cable from the connector.
Finally, remove the keyboard and replace it with a new one if needed.
May 12th, 2013 at 7:27 am
Hello. I have a K50IJ and my drive is dead. What do I have to look for when buying a new one (what specifications) besides what size (500GB) I want? Thanks so much for you help!
April 17th, 2013 at 6:47 pm
hi , i have problem with power button , how to fix it ?
April 15th, 2013 at 10:22 am
Anyone have a guide how how to replace the DC jack?
April 13th, 2013 at 7:00 pm
“The Fan isn’t that simple to disassemble. It isn’t hold just by those 3 screw.”
To elaborate on this, in some models (like mine apparently!) the copper bar that runs from the processor heat sink to the fan is hard fixed to the fan. In order to remove the fan, you need to remove the heat sink and bar screws (4 on the CPU attachment, one on a sort of metal “bridge” at the “elbow” of the bar), and also may have some glue or something under the bar.
February 24th, 2013 at 3:52 pm
The Fan isn’t that simple to disassemble. It isn’t hold just by those 3 screw.
February 23rd, 2013 at 2:33 am
Thanks for this tutorial. Where can I find the gpu? I have the same laptop, and it tends to overheat a lot, so I’m going to disassemble it, but I can’t find any service manual on the internet.
February 22nd, 2013 at 5:46 am
Hi, thanks for the tutorial.
I have a Asus k53u.
Unfortunately i have managed to get a dvd
stuck inside the laptop (not the dvd drive)
How i can i get this out in the simplest way?
Many thanks.
February 19th, 2013 at 4:17 pm
Worked a treat on Asus K series. Thank you!
February 2nd, 2013 at 11:18 pm
@ knox,
If you spilled something on the keyboard there is a good chance the keyboard will stop working properly.
If that’s the case you cannot fix the keyboard. You’ll have to replace it with a new one.
January 31st, 2013 at 7:00 pm
once the keyboard get wet is there a posibility that it wont work anymore or not functioning?it would need to be replace?t.y