Asus X55C Cooling Fan System Replacement Repair Guide

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

9

Time Required

                          25 - 35 minutes            

Sections

3

• Keyboard
• 2 steps
• Motherboard
• 6 steps
• Cooling / FAN System
• 1 step

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Introduction

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Step 1

              Keyboard               

• Switch off the laptop and remove the battery.

Switch off the laptop and remove the battery.

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Step 2

• The Keyboard is held by 5x locking clips.
• Pick up a little the one side of the Keyboard and start opening the clips one by one.
• Disconnect the Keyboard flex cable from the mother board and remove the KB.
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The Keyboard is held by 5x locking clips.

Pick up a little the one side of the Keyboard and start opening the clips one by one.

Disconnect the Keyboard flex cable from the mother board and remove the KB.

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Step 3

              Motherboard               

• Remove 3x Philips screws.
• Disconnect the two small flex cables:
• Power On button flex cable
• Touch pad flex cable

Remove 3x Philips screws.

Disconnect the two small flex cables:

Power On button flex cable

Touch pad flex cable

Step 4

• Unscrew the two Philips screws and remove the HDD / RAM Cover.
• Remove three screws securing the hard drive caddy (hard drive assembly).
• Slide the hard drive assembly to the left to disconnect it from the motherboard.

Unscrew the two Philips screws and remove the HDD / RAM Cover.

Remove three screws securing the hard drive caddy (hard drive assembly).

Slide the hard drive assembly to the left to disconnect it from the motherboard.

Step 5

• Disconnect the two coaxial antenna cables from the Wi-Fi card.
• Remove any Memory or Dummy card.

Disconnect the two coaxial antenna cables from the Wi-Fi card.

Remove any Memory or Dummy card.

Step 6

• The bottom cover is held by 10x Phillips screws. Remove them.
• With a plastic tool separate the Upper cover and remove it.

The bottom cover is held by 10x Phillips screws. Remove them.

With a plastic tool separate the Upper cover and remove it.

Step 7

• Disconnect:
• The Microphone cable
• The LCD Display flex cable
• Remove 3x Pillips screws.
• Lift the board first from the right edge.
• There is another one cable, from the DC connector, connected to the underside of main board. We should spun the the board to disconnect the DC connector cable.

Disconnect:

The Microphone cable

The LCD Display flex cable

Remove 3x Pillips screws.

Lift the board first from the right edge.

There is another one cable, from the DC connector, connected to the underside of main board. We should spun the the board to disconnect the DC connector cable.

Step 8

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ASUS X55C iCore with 4GB no board RAM motherboard, model: 60-N0OMB1100

Step 9

              Cooling / FAN System               

• Disconnect the Fan cable from the Motherboard.
• Remove the screws (4x Phillips screws) that hold the cooling system to the Motherboard
• CPU Cooling System - Cooling Heatsink and Fan.
• Remove the Cooling System carefully, if you don’t want to break the CPU.
• Before installing the new Cooling System, clean the CPU and put new thermal compound / paste.

Disconnect the Fan cable from the Motherboard.

Remove the screws (4x Phillips screws) that hold the cooling system to the Motherboard

CPU Cooling System - Cooling Heatsink and Fan.

Remove the Cooling System carefully, if you don’t want to break the CPU.

Before installing the new Cooling System, clean the CPU and put new thermal compound / paste.

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

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