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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.
September 25th, 2010 at 5:37 am
thanx for the walkthrough
Following your description and pictures i opened an Asus k50 ij. Do you have any idea how to reset de bios password? I spotted the battery and i removed it but no success so far, i cannot access the bios . If you have any idea if there is any place to short two pins or something please let me know.
Also do you have any idea where to find a service manual? I was wondering that in such a manual a bios rest procedure should be mentioned… as it is the case with some Toshiba laptops
October 18th, 2010 at 12:21 am
This description also applies to Asus X5 series (X5DIJ).
Thanks for your very useful stuff.
October 26th, 2010 at 1:26 am
can u guide us to tighten the hinges of the lcd ?
October 28th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
My ASUS K50AB have a weird problem.. When I pressed ON button, only fan sound (on). Other part such as LED and Hardisk are not on. What is the problem? How to unplug CMOS battery? Do I need to unplug other parts also??
October 28th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Sangelion,
Could be memory module failure.
If you have memory module installed into the external slot, try removing it and test the laptop.
November 17th, 2010 at 4:32 am
can you help me out on how to disassemble a k42 model?
December 7th, 2010 at 7:20 am
Some of the pics don’t load. Can you get that fixed?
December 7th, 2010 at 8:39 am
Eric Schwarz,
Refresh the page (F5). All pictures are there.
January 3rd, 2011 at 10:13 pm
Hi,
I was just wondering whether you could please provide instruction on how to replace the LCD screen on this model laptop.
Kind Regards
January 3rd, 2011 at 11:05 pm
Ben,
Probably LCD screen replacement steps will be similar to this HP laptop: http://www.insidemylaptop.com/replace-broken-lcd-screen-hp-pavilion-dv3-laptop/
January 4th, 2011 at 11:39 pm
Awesome, thanks for your time showing us
January 8th, 2011 at 9:40 am
Hi mate….I urgently need to replace the touchpad on this model laptop…I have disassembled up until the end of your tutorial but something is still catching and I am at a bit of a loss and do not want to break anything??Yor help would be greatly appreciated!!
January 11th, 2011 at 7:05 pm
I have a K50IJ and when it attempts to power on, the power button light and the power light on the front of the laptop turn on for about 1.5 seconds. Then it shuts off. This happens on battery or AC. I get no display at all. I remove the hard drive, memory, and disconnected the wireless network card, and it still does the same thing. I also tried removing/replacing the battery, and several combinations of holding the power button. The cooling fan does not turn on, but I’m not sure if it should be on at that point or not. Do you have any suggestions (replace cooling fan, replace MB)? And possibly a suggestion on where to buy parts?
January 13th, 2011 at 9:37 am
Justin,
I don’t think this problem is related to the cooling fan failure. You should get video on the screen even with bad fan.
If you have two memory modules installed, try removing them one by one (not both at the same time). Test your laptop with each module separately, try different slots. This could be memory failure.
If it doesn’t help, most likely this is motherboard failure.
As a last resort, you can try taking it apart completely and test just barebone system: motherboard, memory, CPU with heatsink. Test it with an external monitor. If it starts in basic configuration, start adding parts.
Here’s what I’m talking about:
January 31st, 2011 at 2:31 pm
Is it possible to access/replace the graphics module on an X5DIJ?
Thanks,
Mike.
February 1st, 2011 at 8:53 am
Mike,
Most likely it’s not possible.
I just checked specifications for ASUS X5DIJ-SX468V and it says:
Graphics: Integrated (Intel® GMA X4500 3D Graphics with up to 384MB Shared Memory)
Integrated means built into the motherboard. Cannot be removed/replaced.
February 2nd, 2011 at 10:36 am
Hello. Is it possibile to install a secondary HDD (a 60GB SSD to be precise) in a K50ID ?
February 2nd, 2011 at 8:17 pm
criss,
I don’t think so. I believe this laptop has only one hard drive connector.
February 10th, 2011 at 3:33 am
Hello!
First thx for the very good manual, it´s great.
My question regards the wireless card:
I want to replace the wireless card of my asus K50ID with a “Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300″ card, but i don´t know which typ i need to buy, the PCIe* Mini Card or the Half Mini Card.
Look here:
http://download.intel.com/products/wireless/319982.pdf
respectively
http://www.intel.com/products/wireless/adapters/5000/index.htm
Is this possible and if yes, can you help me choose the right one?
Thanks!
February 17th, 2011 at 11:22 am
Hi,
could you help me how can I repair the touch pad? How can I remove the all bottom cover?
Thanks in advance!
February 17th, 2011 at 11:50 am
szabog2000,
Here’s my guess.
Remove keyboard as it shown in this guide.
Remove all screws on the bottom of the laptop.
Remove all screws under the keyboard (if there are any).
Disconnect all cables under the keyboard.
Separate top cover from the bottom cover.
February 18th, 2011 at 3:56 am
Hello,
What is the best way to clear the fan on my laptop with some households material, like vacuum cleaner?
Because everytime i play, the laptop gets very hot and games start getting slow…
And do i must wear an anti-static wrist strap to open my laptop and don’t touch anything inside, just clear the fan with vacuum cleaner?
February 18th, 2011 at 9:11 am
Mitko,
Some people say that vacuum cleaners create static and you can damage the motherboard if you use a vacuum for cleaning the fan.
Instead, I would suggest using compressed air for computers. It’s static free and you can buy a can in any local computer store.
You can try cleaning the cooling module without opening the laptop case. Just blow air into the fan grill on the bottom and then into the grill on the side. Take a look at this picture:
If you have an easy access to the fan (as shown in this tutorial), simply remove the cover and blow air directly into the fan.
February 27th, 2011 at 12:05 am
The bottom of My K61IC looks like this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7201872/27022011.jpg
Here the bottom cover is divided into parts and is not a single piece like your example.
It has all those 5 screws you have mentioned. I remove them and tried to slide the bottom cover but it wont slide. I tried to lift it up a little and slide it, but it seems it is stuck somewhere near the battery compartment, to the very left side of the picture.
Are there any more screws or attachments that I need to open, or I just need to use more force. I am suspecting a loose video cable and just want to reattach it firmly. Am I even looking at the right place in the latptop?
February 27th, 2011 at 9:16 am
Midhat,
I really cannot tell because your cover is a little bit different.
In my case I had to apply some force to slide the cover but not sure if this will apply to your laptop.
Just use common sense. Take a closer look at the cover and look for any hidden screws. It shouldn’t be very difficult to remove the bottom cover.
March 4th, 2011 at 3:02 am
Hi,
thanks for the tutorial,
I have asus k40in with no Bluetooth,
how can i add Bluetooth in my k40′s
and where can i buy internal Bluetooth adapter.
FYI I’m in indonesia.
thanks
March 6th, 2011 at 10:05 am
Thanks worked on a K60 to replace my hard drive
March 12th, 2011 at 11:35 am
adi,
Is there any reason you don’t want to go with an external USB Bluetooth adapter.
You can find a very small adapter.
March 12th, 2011 at 1:53 pm
This worked for removing the DVD drive from a K50IJ, although I had to apply a fair bit of pressure when sliding the DVD drive to the side after removing the holding screw. Thanks so much – I was trawling the net for ages about to give up when I found this page.
March 15th, 2011 at 9:06 pm
tq for the tutorial..
I have asus k40IN. I just want to ask you:
1. Is the tutorial applicable to my k40in?
2. should I remove dvd drive –> hard drive –> memory before I can remove the cooling fan?
3. How can I re-attach the thermal paste on the CPU and GPU?
March 18th, 2011 at 9:45 am
shaider,
I don’t know. Compare your laptop with one in my tutorial. If it looks similar, most likely you can use the guide.
If your laptop same is mine, you don’t have to remove anything. The cooling fan is located under the bottom cover and can be easily removed.
Are you taking it apart just to clean the cooling fan? If that’s the case, you don’t have to remove the heat sink. Just remove the fan and blow it off with compressed air.
March 18th, 2011 at 10:32 pm
Sir, can you make a tutorial on how to replace the lcd bezel on Asus K series notebook?
Thanks.
March 19th, 2011 at 10:23 pm
Sir, can you make a tutorial on how to replace the lcd bezel on Asus K series notebook?
I’m afraid to disassemble my lcd bezel wthout looking at any instruction.
Thanks.
March 28th, 2011 at 4:55 am
Have an ASUS X52F-X2 laptop with no issues. I’m wondering fo the X series and the K series are interchangeable.as they look alike and according to the latest Belarc Advisor my X52F has an ASUS K2 v1.0 motherboard. I wish to upgrade the processor to an i7 640M and increase the memory to 8GB
My question is can the K disassembly instructions work on the X52F series?
Thanks for your great site.
Jakeman97
March 31st, 2011 at 5:33 am
Thanks a lot very useful guidance
April 3rd, 2011 at 5:52 pm
I’m trying to remove the power jack as I’ve traced a charging issue to a loose wire coming from the plug. I’m trying to remove it so I can re-solder the wire to the plug, but I can’t figure out how to get it out. I have taken the back cover off, but it seems as though I need to remove the entire top cover (and probably the keyboard). Any advice? Thanks in advance, and excellent write-up!
April 8th, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Eric,
You are correct. Removing the back cover is not enough.
You’ll have to disassemble the whole thing.
Remove screws from the bottom, remove keyboard, remove screws located under the keyboard and separate the top cover from the base.
Take a look at other guides to get the idea. Most laptops share same disassembly steps.
April 15th, 2011 at 7:26 am
Great tutorial , thank you for sharing it. I have a K61IC that looks like this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7201872/27022011.jpg same as user : “Midhat” . I understand that you don’t know how to remove the back cover but my questions is how to open the front cover (I mean the plastic cover below the keyboard.The one with the touch pad on it and the core 2 duo sticker which can be seen in this picture: “http://www.insidemylaptop.com/images/Asus-K-series/disassemble-laptop-01.jpg ). I removed the seven screws from the back cover (4 on a side and 3 on the other side (the one with the DVD-Rom) but it can’t seem to open something holds it in place. Do I need to open it from beneath and do all the steps you previously showed or is there a way to open it from the front. Thank you in advance.
April 23rd, 2011 at 5:52 am
I want to clean cooler of my ASUS. I tried to remove cooling fan but I can’t do it. I remove 3 screws which hold fan, but it’s still firmly held. My ASUS is a little different than your. My cooler remove heat from processor and graphics card. Here is link to pictures of my ASUS so please look, and if you have any idea let me know. Sorry for my bad english. Thanks.
http://img15.imageshack.us/i/img2638o.jpg/
May 11th, 2011 at 6:09 pm
Grim,
to answer your question, you need to remove the half round hinge covers first then remove the screw on each hinge. remove the screen this will reveal 2 more screws under the screen. you should be able to take it from there.
Bob
May 17th, 2011 at 3:22 pm
Another satisfied customer! Wife would have bought another laptop due to keys that didn’t work. 35 dollars later and it’s good as new. Thanks!
May 18th, 2011 at 3:29 am
Hello.
Sir, can you make a tutorial on how to replace the LCD on an Asus K50IJ (same unit you have used in this article). I’m afraid to disassemble it without looking for a proper guide.
Thanks in advance…I’ll recommend this site to my friends because I find this site very helpful to those who want to save money from expensive repairs.
May 18th, 2011 at 10:13 pm
paulkev09,
Unfortunately, I don’t have this laptop anymore so I cannot take pics and make a guide.
You can use another guide as an example: http://www.insidemylaptop.com/replace-broken-screen-acer-aspire-3810t-laptop/
It’s not the same model but you’ll get the idea how to disassemble the display panel.
May 19th, 2011 at 8:01 pm
@Laptop Tech
OK, Thanks!
I found that the disassembly details in your link gave me a hint on how to disassemble the LCD Bezel on ASUS K50IJ. Fortunately, some of the steps are very identical and everything went fine.
Thank you very much for the help.
May 27th, 2011 at 12:04 am
thank you for the help u helped me remove my keyboard to clean it
June 5th, 2011 at 10:05 am
Hey I am trying to replace my Asus screen and I was wondering what screw driver should I use?
June 11th, 2011 at 1:24 am
If you have asus k61ic is one more screw under the cover of hdd, remove the cover from hdd , and there `ll find another screw, after remove that , the back cover will be very easy to remove it,like in the pictures
June 11th, 2011 at 9:53 am
In k61 bottom cover has one more screw under hard drive cover.
July 9th, 2011 at 8:03 am
Thanks for the post! Helped me in restarting my CMOS battery. =)) I’m a newbie. I was stuck how to open the thing
) I didn’t realize I had to slide it hahaha stupid of me.
May I ask. Is it alright if I keep on restarting the cmos forever? cause I kind of poured soda on my laptop (keyboard side) so now the only thing that reopens it when I haven’t used it for a few hours would be to restart the cmos . . . your reply would be much appreciated (^^)
July 13th, 2011 at 10:35 am
Hallo,
Could you give a picture or a solutions for clear cmos….
Thanks!
July 20th, 2011 at 4:30 pm
please, give us a solution to clear cmos, i forgot my bios password and i don’t know what to do…pls heeelp
July 23rd, 2011 at 12:32 am
Woe this really helped! Thanks!
July 24th, 2011 at 5:26 am
Thank you very much, it helped a lot!
Laptop Asus K50AB
July 27th, 2011 at 8:59 am
thanx
very useful indeed
August 6th, 2011 at 2:10 am
I’m having the same problem with my K61, the solution should be to unscrew a screw under the hdd cover, but how do I take this cover off? I’ve unscrewed the screw under the battery cover but it still won’t give in.
August 19th, 2011 at 5:02 am
Hi
I have ASUS K52 JR laptop. My CD Rom drive stop working, cant open it nor it is detected in Bios
can u give me any clue what is really happening.
I will be very thank full to you if you will show me some favor.
August 28th, 2011 at 1:46 am
Thank you, the instructions and photos were great, and it worked for me, K50 series.
August 28th, 2011 at 8:18 pm
How to:
asus k50i, DC jack replacement
September 17th, 2011 at 7:58 pm
I have a k60ij and its missing the hinge covers I never had any. I’m wondering if any of the k series would fit and where I could find some. I want to sell the laptop but without the covers it just looks bad. Any help is appricatied.
Jason
October 1st, 2011 at 6:41 pm
Do you have disassemble guide for k43sv?
October 4th, 2011 at 2:39 pm
Asus K60.
Everything is almost identical.
I’m trying to replace the touchpad on mine, but cant get the bottomcover? off. I can get it to come off all the way around, except for the corner near DC charge input.
any ideas?
November 12th, 2011 at 6:56 am
I have a K50I and it is just about the same.
My internal webcam is installed upside down. When I Skype I am upside down. How do I pop off the cover on the monitor?
November 12th, 2011 at 9:29 am
@ Heather,
I don’t think the webcam installed upside down. Most likely it’s just software settings.
Try to find the webcam software installed on your laptop and check the settings.
November 21st, 2011 at 7:57 am
I have a K50ij, can you told me are there an mxm plug on the motherboard?
sorry for my bad english
November 24th, 2011 at 2:20 pm
@ spargarepa,
Sorry cannot help. I don’t know.
November 28th, 2011 at 11:07 am
Great guide, I am looking to get in deeper and re-solder the DC jack. Does that require the removal of the mother board? If not, how can I get to it?
November 30th, 2011 at 11:54 pm
Hello, I wondered how I could disassemble this laptop. Super guide.
thank you very much
best regards
Cedric From France
December 1st, 2011 at 2:08 pm
@ Rob,
Yes, you’ll have to disassemble the laptop completely.
But it’s possible the DC jack is not soldered to the motherboard. I don’t remember that off the top of my head. It’s likely the jack is attached to the power cable which can be unplugged and replaced with a new one.
Search for a new DC jack on eBay using your laptop model number. You’ll see if this jack is available with the harness.
December 6th, 2011 at 4:30 pm
Thank you!! got everything out but the keyboard. This definitely helped.
December 14th, 2011 at 10:35 pm
I have a dead K40IN, The layout is almost exactly the same – it has 2 spring clips holding in 2 removable ddr2 ram modules.
December 28th, 2011 at 5:53 am
This here site is such a great help!
Even ASUS Netherlands could not tell me how to go about adding more memory to my K70A.
Have a merry and a happy…
January 13th, 2012 at 7:39 pm
The best instructions for a K60IJ EVER!!!! Thx
February 16th, 2012 at 11:41 am
How do you remove the palm rest on K50IJ..
Thanks Chris
February 16th, 2012 at 2:38 pm
@ Chris,
I think you disassemble the laptop as it shown in this guide.
After that you remove all screws from the bottom of the laptop.
If there are screws under the keyboard remove them too. Also disconnect all cables found under the keyboard.
Finally, separate the palmrest assembly from the laptop base.
February 22nd, 2012 at 10:54 am
What do I need to do to replace the LCD screen? Model is K72JR-XN1
February 22nd, 2012 at 3:05 pm
Asus K50IJ exactly the same.
changed keyboard due to broken P/0/-/= f11 12 pause break home numlk and ?
thanks for your help!.
the new keyboard is slightly different but everything works as it should b.
February 24th, 2012 at 1:57 pm
@ Jo Anne Wright,
I have many LCD screen replacement guides on this site. They are for different laptop models but they are very similar.
Read though a few guides and you’ll get the idea.
February 28th, 2012 at 7:22 am
A great responce, its is nice to get some good help
thanks very much
March 14th, 2012 at 10:59 am
So, which one is the GPU?
I have a ASUS K501 which is almost identical to this. I am hoping the GPU is in the same location.
Where is the GPU?
If anyone could tell me it would be amazingly helpful.
I actually just got off the phone with ASUS tech support. After bouncing me around 4 times, no one could tell me where the GPU in my laptop was.
Thank you for your help.
March 14th, 2012 at 12:44 pm
@ Justin,
Most likely it’s soldered directly to the motherboard. In order to access it you’ll have to remove the motherboard from the case.
March 14th, 2012 at 1:54 pm
Wow thanks!!
But uhm, I feel like this might be a stupid question but…
Which one is the motherboard?
Is it the whole thing underneath the memory and CMOS battery?
March 14th, 2012 at 4:59 pm
@ justin,
This is correct. The motherboard is the main circuit board in the laptop.
March 15th, 2012 at 7:03 pm
Ok, gotcha. That seems like a big project but I think I can handle.
Just one last question then I’ll leave you in peace.
How will I know my GPU when I see it? What does it look like?
By the way, this is the only place in all the internet I’ve found that helped me. I am eternally grateful.
March 16th, 2012 at 5:08 pm
@ Justin,
Here I explained how to fix failed video chip with a heat gun. The guide has a picture of the video chip. Your chip should look similar.
March 27th, 2012 at 10:06 am
Hi,
works perfectly with an K70IC, with the additional screw under the HDD cover to hold the back cover (so you need to remove the battery, remove one screw holding the HDD cover, remove the HDD cover, then remove the final screw holding the back cover).
However, I can’t remove the fan, I removed the 3 screws holding it, but it doesn’t move…
Best regards
Cyrille
April 17th, 2012 at 10:37 am
What Cyrille said also goes for K60IC.
April 29th, 2012 at 2:03 pm
You should also follow what Cyrille said if you have an X66IC / K61IC
May 2nd, 2012 at 7:36 am
I have Asus PRO66IC (according to the label) but according to windows it’s a “K61/71″-model, it looks very similair to the one in your pics so I assume it’s a K-series laptop.
Either way, there seems to be some bad connections between the screen and the mobo/nvidia chip, I get a lot of white screen flickering, especially when the screen is showing a lot of black, however, I can make the flickering go away by pressing firmly from underneath, in the mid section about the location of where the U-I-O and 7-8-9 keys are located, and the screen works just fine. I was trying to get an idea of what might cause this by looking at your pics, but I’m a little confused as there’s no apparent culprit. Any suggestions before I open up and have a look?
May 2nd, 2012 at 12:32 pm
I decided to have a look at it anyway. There was a cable running over the processor fan outlet that then connected to the motherboard, the cable was well insulated and thus fairly stiff, it was also a bit too long so it ran across to the plastic GPU connector before doing a 180 degree turn down to its connector situated between the processor fan and the GPU connection, this seems to have slightly pulled it out of its socket, and simply pushing it back in again and move the cable solved my problem. I figured I should post my findings here incase anyone else comes across a similair problem in the future.
Thanks for your guide!
May 15th, 2012 at 3:22 pm
I replaced the keyboard and now the computer says Start up repair is checking for system problems. Doesn’t look good