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In this guide I’ll be taking apart a Asus Eee PC 1201n netbook. I will show how to remove netbook memory modules, keyboard, top cover, hard drive, cooling fan and CMOS battery.
Most likely this guide will work for other Asus Eee 12XX netbooks. If it works for you, please mention the model number in comments after this post.
Make sure the netbook is turned off.
STEP 1.
Remove the battery.
Remove two screws securing the memory (RAM) cover and remove the cover.
STEP 2.
Both memory modules can be easily accessed through the door on the bottom.
Spread plastic latches on both sides of the memory slot until the memory module pops up at a 30 degree angle. After that carefully pull memory module from the slot by the edges.
In the following 7 steps I’ll be removing the keyboard.
STEP 3.
The keyboard secured by four latches on the top.
STEP 4.
Press on the latch with a sharp object and at the same time pull the keyboard a little bit up.
Do the same with remaining three latches.
STEP 5.
After all four latches are released, you can lift up the keyboard.
STEP 6.
Be careful, the keyboard attached to the motherboard with a flat ribbon cable.
Before you can remove the keyboard, you have to unlock the connector and release the cable.
STEP 7.
In order to unlock the keyboard connector, move the brown clip about 2-3 millimeters towards the display.
The brown clip must stat attached to the white base.
On the following picture the connector shown in the unlocked position.
STEP 8.
After the connector unlocked, you can release the cable and remove the keyboard.
You’ll find a few keyboard part numbers on the sticker. I’m not sure which one is the official Asus part number, but you can search on google for all of them.
I think one of these part numbers will lead you to the replacement keyboard.
In the following 5 steps I will show how to remove the top cover.
STEP 9.
Remove all screws from the bottom of the netbook.
STEP 10.
Remove all screws securing the top cover assembly.
Disconnect the touch pad cable.
STEP 11.
You unlock the touch pad connector same way you unlocked the keyboard connector.
STEP 12.
Start separating the top cover assembly from the netbook base. You can use a piece of soft plastic to separate the top cover. I’m using the guitar pick.
STEP 13.
Remove the top cover assembly.
STEP 14.
After you remove the top cover assembly, you can access the hard drive, cooling fan and CMOS battery.
STEP 15.
Remove four screws securing the hard drive assembly.
Slide the hard drive assembly to right to disconnect it from the motherboard.
Lift up and remove the hard drive.
As you see, it’s a regular 2.5″ SATA hard drive for notebooks.
STEP 16.
In order to remove the cooling fan, you’ll have to remove two screws and disconnect one cable from the motherboard.
After that the cooling fan is ready for the removal and replacement.
In the following guide I explain how to remove and replaced LED-backligt screen in Asus Eee PC 1201n netbook.
December 6th, 2011 at 11:36 am
@ Susan,
The power jack? You’ll have to disassemble the laptop completely and remove the motherboard.
The DC power jack soldered to the motherboard.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:47 am
I need to fix jack only. What is the minimum I have to dismantle to do this? thanks
August 25th, 2011 at 7:15 am
Hi! i followed this manual to take apart my notebook (there is a problem with the dc jack, and when ytried to start again the blue lights of the on/off button turns on, but no fan/ nor screen is turned on!!!!
know how to fix it??
regards
jose
August 9th, 2011 at 11:04 pm
Sir, Can you please post how to take apart the Asus eee pc
1201T ? I need to replace the fan. It’s construction is a bit different from the 1201n. Many thanks.
June 23rd, 2011 at 11:16 pm
GREAT GUIDE! THANK YOU!
June 20th, 2011 at 10:54 pm
thanks indeed! this guide helped quite a lot.
June 20th, 2011 at 3:09 am
WOW !!
Thanks a lot, i was sitting fascinated infront of this guie/howto.
now i fill safer, that in case that something is wrong with my netbook i’ll be able to fix it by myself (at least upgrade hard drive… and not pay thousands of money )
really thanks.
it’s great job and service to the people.
doron
israel
May 7th, 2011 at 2:29 pm
million of thanks…its the first time when i opened a laptop…my neighbour asked for my help…and this post made me to try …and finish in best way…great job …tyvm
April 21st, 2011 at 5:31 am
Great site! Any chance u know where I can get a motherboard for the 1201N? Can you see a part number on the board? Also do you have an article on how to remove and replace the motherboard?
Thks again!
February 17th, 2011 at 3:48 pm
this has been incredibly helpful. I am in the midst of doing a tablet conversion with the Asus 1201N and this has been really useful for me. If you have a couple of photos of the motherboards taken out of the casing that would really help me out a lot.