Asus Vivobook Flip Tp501U Hard Drive Replacement Repair Guide

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Moderate

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Time Required

                          10 - 15 minutes

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Keyboard Panel
3 steps
Hard Drive
2 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Keyboard Panel

Open the laptop until it is flat and lay it screen down.
Remove eight 9.6mm Phillips #00 screws from the bottom of the laptop.
Remove two 4.8mm Phillips from the corners of the device.

Open the laptop until it is flat and lay it screen down.

Remove eight 9.6mm Phillips #00 screws from the bottom of the laptop.

Remove two 4.8mm Phillips from the corners of the device.

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Step 2

Turn the device face up.
Use the plastic Opening Pick to separate the keyboard panel from the chassis that was just unscrewed.
Pull the panel away from the chassis CAREFULLY, as there are ribbon cables attached between the keyboard and internal electronics.

Turn the device face up.

Use the plastic Opening Pick to separate the keyboard panel from the chassis that was just unscrewed.

Pull the panel away from the chassis CAREFULLY, as there are ribbon cables attached between the keyboard and internal electronics.

Step 3

With the keyboard panel pulled up, detach the two ribbon cables from the motherboard using the blue tabs on the cables.
Remove the keyboard panel completely.

With the keyboard panel pulled up, detach the two ribbon cables from the motherboard using the blue tabs on the cables.

Remove the keyboard panel completely.

Step 4

              Hard Drive

Unscrew the five 4.8mm Phillips #00 screws holding in the hard drive mounting bracket.
Slide the mounting bracket towards the battery to disconnect the hard drive from the motherboard.

Unscrew the five 4.8mm Phillips #00 screws holding in the hard drive mounting bracket.

Slide the mounting bracket towards the battery to disconnect the hard drive from the motherboard.

Step 5

Unscrew the hard drive from the mounting bracket.
Remove the hard drive from the mounting bracket.
At the time of guide creation, the hard drive was not in the device.

Unscrew the hard drive from the mounting bracket.

Remove the hard drive from the mounting bracket.

At the time of guide creation, the hard drive was not in the device.

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

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