Difficulty

Easy

Steps

18

Time Required

                          20 - 25 minutes

Sections

6

  • Battery
  • 1 step
  • Keyboard
  • 5 steps
  • Disk Drive
  • 1 step
  • Motherboard
  • 6 steps
  • Sound Bar
  • 3 steps
  • Heat Sink
  • 2 steps

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Step 1

              Battery
  • Make sure the computer is off and turn it over on its back. Push the slider all the way back until the compartment for the battery opens. Remove the battery and place it aside.

Make sure the computer is off and turn it over on its back. Push the slider all the way back until the compartment for the battery opens. Remove the battery and place it aside.

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Step 2

              Keyboard
  • Find the panel on the back of the computer. Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to unscrew the 2 4.2mm screws on that panel. Next, lift up the panel at the indent and place it aside.

Find the panel on the back of the computer. Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to unscrew the 2 4.2mm screws on that panel. Next, lift up the panel at the indent and place it aside.

Step 3

  • When the back panel is removed, disconnect the blue and black ribbon connectors exposed from the back panel.

When the back panel is removed, disconnect the blue and black ribbon connectors exposed from the back panel.

Step 4

  • Remove the fifteen 4.2 mm screws on the bottom of the laptop with a Phillips #0 screwdriver, under the battery, and beneath the back panel that secure the keyboard to the laptop.
  • The top-left and upper center screws are difficult to reach with the iFixit screw kit.

Remove the fifteen 4.2 mm screws on the bottom of the laptop with a Phillips #0 screwdriver, under the battery, and beneath the back panel that secure the keyboard to the laptop.

The top-left and upper center screws are difficult to reach with the iFixit screw kit.

Step 5

  • Begin to pry the keyboard off of the laptop with the pointed metal spudger.
  • It is possible to damage yourself as well as the device with the metal spudgers. Exercise extreme caution.

Begin to pry the keyboard off of the laptop with the pointed metal spudger.

It is possible to damage yourself as well as the device with the metal spudgers. Exercise extreme caution.

Step 6

  • Remove the ribbon connectors that connect the keyboard to the motherboard. The keyboard should now be completely disconnected from the laptop.

Remove the ribbon connectors that connect the keyboard to the motherboard. The keyboard should now be completely disconnected from the laptop.

Step 7

              Disk Drive
  • Placing your hand on the side of the disk drive closest to the motherboard, slightly push down and out to remove the drive.

Placing your hand on the side of the disk drive closest to the motherboard, slightly push down and out to remove the drive.

Step 8

              Motherboard
  • In this step, remove the nine 4.2 mm screws that hold the motherboard to the laptop itself using the Phillips #0 screwdriver.
  • Take the motherboard gently from the laptop.

In this step, remove the nine 4.2 mm screws that hold the motherboard to the laptop itself using the Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Take the motherboard gently from the laptop.

Step 9

  • In order to get to some screws on the motherboard, the monitor needs to be moved.
  • On the right side of the computer there should be a panel that is connecting the monitor to the computer. Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove each screw.

In order to get to some screws on the motherboard, the monitor needs to be moved.

On the right side of the computer there should be a panel that is connecting the monitor to the computer. Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove each screw.

Step 10

  • Pull out the 2 wires connecting the monitor to the computer.

Pull out the 2 wires connecting the monitor to the computer.

Step 11

  • Push the monitor away in order to clear up space for the 2 screws and unscrew them.

Push the monitor away in order to clear up space for the 2 screws and unscrew them.

Step 12

  • Disconnect the black and white wires from the motherboard slowly.

Disconnect the black and white wires from the motherboard slowly.

Step 13

  • Before taking the motherboard out, make sure that all the screws were removed. Then, remove the motherboard from the body of the laptop gently.
  • The exhaust vent for the fans are snapped into the body of the laptop. Exercise caution when removing the motherboard.

Before taking the motherboard out, make sure that all the screws were removed. Then, remove the motherboard from the body of the laptop gently.

The exhaust vent for the fans are snapped into the body of the laptop. Exercise caution when removing the motherboard.

Step 14

              Sound Bar
  • Remove the panel by popping it off.

Remove the panel by popping it off.

Step 15

  • Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to unscrew 3 screws on the audio board.

Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to unscrew 3 screws on the audio board.

Step 16

  • Lift the audio board and find the 2 wires connecting it to the computer.
  • Pull on those wires to disconnect them .

Lift the audio board and find the 2 wires connecting it to the computer.

Pull on those wires to disconnect them .

Step 17

              Heat Sink
  • Disconnect the 4 Pin Connectors from the motherboard.

Disconnect the 4 Pin Connectors from the motherboard.

Step 18

  • Using a screwdriver with a Phillips #0 head, unscrew the 8 4.2mm screws that connect the heat sink to the motherboard.

Using a screwdriver with a Phillips #0 head, unscrew the 8 4.2mm screws that connect the heat sink to the motherboard.

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

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jazzmatic - Aug 24, 2020

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Don’t forget the screws on the CD slot opening before u pry off the keyboard!

diyarcade - Nov 13, 2020

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I just tore one of these down, I think this guide is missing many steps …

(part 1) My advice to anyone who is tearing one of these down, take a picture of each step with your cell phone as if you are making a guide for yourself. Use a mat with a screw organizer, or some method of organizing screws, and organize them by each group. Don’t be afraid to take notes on the laptop using masking tape and a fine point sharpie. Take your time, if something won’t budge, remove more screws. (for example) On the left hinge, before you can remove the LCD assembly, you need to remove a small board that is hiding two screws underneath.

(part 2) If you take your time, and take a lot of pictures, and take notes, you’ll get ‘er done :) Follow your own guide backwards for reassembly. The “I fix it” guide at the top is really just a vague overview, lacking so many steps. It’s kinda helpful, but also kind of a joke. Tearing down this laptop may take as much as one hour your first time. When I tore mine down, the thermal paste was 8 years old and needed to be replaced. There was a warranty sticker on one screw for the heatsink / fan assembly, indicating that this 2012 laptop had probably never been torn down. OK, it’s Q4 2020 and I’m going to fix this 2012 gaming laptop, LOL. Will it play Fallout 4 ? w00t :)

diyarcade - Nov 16, 2020

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Scroll down on this forum thread, there are pics of a complete teardown : https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.ph…