Comments on: How to disassemble Asus S56C

By: IML Tech

IML Tech — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 01:58:03 +0000

In reply to kevin. You cannot. The CPU is soldered to the motherboard. It's not removable.

By: kevin

kevin — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 03:09:39 +0000

Can you show how to remove cpu bc i really need to remove it

By: Joel

Joel — Sun, 14 Feb 2016 19:45:21 +0000

Where is the fuse located on the K56cm mainboard? I’ve exhaustively tested EVERY other option (hard reset, no battery, working PSU, reseated RAM, tested power jack – you name it, I’ve tried it) and the only course I have left before I call it a dead mainboard is the fuse. I know the fuse is very small and looks like an SMD resistor. Could someone tell me where to locate it?

By: Dany

Dany — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 01:14:10 +0000

Hi at all!
Some day ago i have seen that one of the two screws of the second step it’s been lost.
Can someone tell me the correct type of screw for re-order it? Thanks!

By: Angel

Angel — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 12:19:11 +0000

My S56C would boot up very slowly and had a warning that the Kensington hard disk was failing. Took it back to Staples where I purchased it and was told it would be cheaper to buy another laptop…so I didn’t do anything for the time being. Now, it won’t turn on…could it be the ISSD module? And can it still be fixed?

By: David

David — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 21:06:44 +0000

Thank you for this guide. I removed the iSSD module because I had the same problem you described.
After removing the module I had the issue that the laptop started with a black screen doing nothing apparent. So I reinserted the modules, removed it again, which helped, now the system booted into some recovery mode. After rebooting, adding and removing the module some more times the laptop finally restarted normally and still does. Also the original problem is solved. 😉
The moral of the story: Don’t give up too early.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 28 Dec 2015 18:23:51 +0000

It’s most definitely the iSSD, about a month after the warranty expired the computer started booting extremely slow and freezing up after a wake up. After trying to reinstall the OS (back to Win 8, and getting trapped in an update error preventing me from getting back to 8.1 so I could get to 10, which eventually was able to fix after several weeks) I found this web post when searching for any information on replacing the hybrid drive with a full SSD, pulled the iSSD per the instruction and the computer now runs like it did before the failure. I was never aware that a Hybrid drive isn’t actually a drive with both SSD and physical mounted together, but rather an “SD” card mounted to a PCB with is mounted on the motherboard. This was all very enlightening. The PC is now functional again and doesn’t have to stay on and awake at all time for it to be usable.

@Martin – this is a very simple operation, just be careful of the speaker wire, I managed to break mine while trying to unplug it, but a replacement set of speakers runs about $5 on eBay.

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 17:53:08 +0000

Hello, I have the same problem with my S56CA. When I searched a solution I found this forum. Before removing ssd I want to try any other posibilities. Tebo could you tell me something more about expresscache, please.

By: tebo

tebo — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 05:37:51 +0000

The ssd isnt the problem.. the ssd is what makes the boot time fast. You have to activate the expresscache manually. The ssd doesnt do anything until you manually activate it.

By: Linkdk

Linkdk — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 01:57:04 +0000

Hi i have an asus s56cb and the ic chip is damaged i can’t know the full serial number because it’s damaged, the chip says (Rt82xxx zqw) so if any one could help that will be great
The chip is located on the left of the Sd card slot
And thank you