Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

7

Time Required

                          5 minutes

Sections

3

  • Battery
  • 1 step
  • RAM
  • 3 steps
  • Top Cover (Touchpad)
  • 3 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Turn the power off and turn the netbook upside down.
  • Slide both battery catches together to release the battery.
  • Slide the battery out.

Turn the power off and turn the netbook upside down.

Slide both battery catches together to release the battery.

Slide the battery out.

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Step 2

              RAM
  • Locate the memory compartment.
  • Using a Plastic Opening Tools, remove the screw rubber cover.
  • Remove the screw.

Locate the memory compartment.

Using a Plastic Opening Tools, remove the screw rubber cover.

Remove the screw.

Step 3

  • Use a Plastic Opening Tools near the screw hole to release the cover.
  • Remove the cover

Use a Plastic Opening Tools near the screw hole to release the cover.

Remove the cover

Step 4

  • Using a Spudger, push both right and left metal clip to release one of the RAM module.
  • Slide out the RAM module.
  • Do the same with the second RAM module if necessary.

Using a Spudger, push both right and left metal clip to release one of the RAM module.

Slide out the RAM module.

Do the same with the second RAM module if necessary.

Step 5

              Top Cover (Touchpad)
  • Remove the screws as necessary.
  • For top cover removing, only remove the 2 bottom screws.
  • For Keyboard removing, remove all 4 screws.
  • The one short screw paterns to uper left screw hole directly on the PCB.

Remove the screws as necessary.

For top cover removing, only remove the 2 bottom screws.

For Keyboard removing, remove all 4 screws.

The one short screw paterns to uper left screw hole directly on the PCB.

Step 6

  • Use a Plastic Opening Tools to release the top cover.
  • Start from the left side.
  • Go around on the bottom
  • Finish with the right side.
  • The top cover is still connected to the PCB with the touchpad ribbon. Handle it carefully.

Use a Plastic Opening Tools to release the top cover.

Start from the left side.

Go around on the bottom

Finish with the right side.

The top cover is still connected to the PCB with the touchpad ribbon. Handle it carefully.

Step 7

  • Carefully slide the top cover to the bottom in order to see the touchpad connector on the PCB.
  • Use a Spudger to slide the conector attachment black part and release the ribbon from the PCB.
  • Now you can remove the top cover

Carefully slide the top cover to the bottom in order to see the touchpad connector on the PCB.

Use a Spudger to slide the conector attachment black part and release the ribbon from the PCB.

Now you can remove the top cover

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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paul poco - Feb 12, 2016

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Unrelated. My Asus VX-6 recently had the blue USB 3.0 ports stop working. Now the Ethernet connection is intermittent, goes away, come back, over and over again. Are those 3 ports on the right hand side part of the main board or separate boards?