Asus K52Jc Laptop Hard Drive Replacement Repair Guide

Difficulty

Easy

Steps

4

Time Required

                          10 - 15 minutes            

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• Hard drive
• 4 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Power off and return the device               

• First, turn off your laptop, then disconnect the power supply. Unplug any peripheral devices connected to your laptop.
• Next, remove the battery from the laptop.
• In the picture, the battery is not installed.

First, turn off your laptop, then disconnect the power supply. Unplug any peripheral devices connected to your laptop.

Next, remove the battery from the laptop.

In the picture, the battery is not installed.

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Step 2

              Remove the screws and open the cover               

• Next, remove the 4 Phillips screws from the service door cover (circled in red).
• In this photo, the screws have already been removed.

Next, remove the 4 Phillips screws from the service door cover (circled in red).

In this photo, the screws have already been removed.

Step 3

              Remove the hard drive from it's location               

• Remove the 4 screws circled in red in the photo.
• Once the screws are removed, slide the hard drive to the right, with the help of the tab.

Remove the 4 screws circled in red in the photo.

Once the screws are removed, slide the hard drive to the right, with the help of the tab.

Step 4

              Remove the hard drive from its metal support bracket               

• Remove the 4 screws located on the side of the support.
• Then, remove the hard drive form its metallic support.
• Finally, replace de hard drive with a new one or an SSD.

Remove the 4 screws located on the side of the support.

Then, remove the hard drive form its metallic support.

Finally, replace de hard drive with a new one or an SSD.

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

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Carl Jefferson - Feb 15, 2018

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why do you do this?

Brendan - Feb 15, 2018

You can do this to replace a faulty hard-drive or replace it by a SSD to get better performance. So I did this to replace mine by a new one and I wrote this guide for other people who search how to do it. As you can see, very easy to do.

Jérémy Martin - Oct 31, 2018

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Amazing tutorial, thanks :)