Asus X55C Cpu Intel Replacement Repair Guide

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

Time Required

                          25 - 35 minutes

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Keyboard
2 steps
Motherboard
6 steps
CPU Intel
2 steps

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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

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

Step 9

              CPU Intel

Disconnect the Fan cable from the Motherboard.
Remove the screws (4x Phillips screws) that hold the cooling system to the Motherboard
Remove the Cooling System.

Disconnect the Fan cable from the Motherboard.

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

Remove the Cooling System.

Step 10

Counter clockwise release the screw securing the CPU using a flat head screwdriver.
Guideline, lift with equal pressure on two sides of the processor chip to avoid bending any of the pins.
Intel Core i3-2370M
Before installing the new CPU, clean the Cooling system and put new thermal compound / paste.

Counter clockwise release the screw securing the CPU using a flat head screwdriver.

Guideline, lift with equal pressure on two sides of the processor chip to avoid bending any of the pins.

Intel Core i3-2370M

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

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

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bill cool - Sep 10, 2015

In step 3 my computer had an extra screw for the DVD drive. So make sure your not trying to pry it open with the screw in like i did.

angelo.cesar79 - Jul 16, 2018

Hi there!… I have an old Asus X550CL laptop with an I3 processor. So you know if it’s upgradeable to an I7?

Best Regards!

Manish - Sep 7, 2020

I’ve the same laptop. Were you able to upgrade it?

Robert Indries - Aug 27, 2020

Hi, someone let me know if I can upgrade a Asus X55VD’s processor from B980 to i7 2670QM.

Or what to take into account? Power usage? Should I only get an i5?

Thanks in advance

SAINTE-COLOMBE Vonjy - Nov 7, 2020

Hi there what about the shutdown every 30min exactly

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