Comments on: How to disassemble Asus U56E

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 01 May 2016 23:04:25 +0000

Thank you so much for this guide, I was able to change my old Centrino+WiMAX MiniPCI to a newer AC 7260.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 20:51:44 +0000

I know this is an older article, but I’m hoping you still read these.. How do you peel off the black mylar tape without completely shredding it?? I peeled it as carefully as I could and it looks like crap now. Is it absolutely necessary? If so, where can you get it?

By: Courtney

Courtney — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 20:14:02 +0000

For some reason in step 2 I can’t get the cover to lift off after I’ve removed the three screws. Any ideas of what I can do?

By: Terri

Terri — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 03:40:18 +0000

Bless your soul for posting this. It was perfect and made a complete novice learn how to replace her fan and heatsink. I’m very grateful are you taking the time to post this

By: vguz

vguz — Mon, 18 May 2015 20:07:52 +0000

I was trying to get info about how to replace the mouse touchpad. Is it glued to the palmrest ?

By: IML Tech

IML Tech — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 21:49:32 +0000

In reply to GCOCommander. @ GCOCommander,

I replaced just the keyboard. Major pain in the Aâ€¦ This is one of the only laptops i have ever seen with a keyboard that is riveted in place.

How about MacBook Air? :)

Then I used a hot glue gun to re secure the rivets.

Wasn't it possible to use small screws like I did in this guide? When you remove the keyboard on a MacBook Air you have to break multiple rivets but it's possible to use micro screws instead of rivets. Not sure about if you can do that on an Asus laptop though.

By: GCOCommander

GCOCommander — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 21:32:57 +0000

I replaced just the keyboard. Major pain in the A… This is one of the only laptops i have ever seen with a keyboard that is riveted in place. In order to do it you need to pop out the rivets one by one. I used a small but long metal screwdriver to pry each rivet off. Then I used a hot glue gun to re secure the rivets. Make sure to only put glue in areas that will be covered by the static cover (the large black sticker) just in case it gets really hot and the glue runs. works and looks good, no problems, not worth the $25 i saved, not at all.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 20:43:30 +0000

Jeff,
The keyboard is part of the whole top cover assembly. While it is possible to separate the keyboard (huge pain, will easily damage track pad or keyboard, not worth it), it would be best to purchase a new cover assembly that is complete with keyboard. All that is involved in the actual replacement is removing the old, up to Step 12, then insert and connect the new assembly’s two ribbon cables. From there, work backwards and reassemble the laptop.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 23:00:32 +0000

This did a great job of showing how to disassemble a U56e computer EXCEPT the part that I really needed, which was to show how to replace the keyboard. If anyone can help with this, I would be very grateful. Thanks!