Difficulty
Difficult
Steps
13
Time Required
30 - 35 minutes
Sections
3
- Keyboard
- 2 steps
- Motherboard
- 6 steps
- Asus X55C Fan/Heat Sink Cleaning and Thermal Past Application
- 5 steps
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Introduction
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Video Overview
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
Asus X55C Fan/Heat Sink Cleaning and Thermal Past Application
- 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 carefully, if you don’t want to break the CPU.
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 carefully, if you don’t want to break the CPU.
Step 10
- Use a lint-free cloth to clean the old thermal compound.
- If the thermal compound is solidified, you can use a flat end of any plastic tool to scrape it off.
- Use again cloth with isopropyl alcohol to clean the Thermal surface.
- The Fan and Headsink are held together with a large black bar. Removing the tape at both ends, to separate the Fan from the Headsink.
- Use a soft anti static brush and clean the Heatsink on the inside.
Use a lint-free cloth to clean the old thermal compound.
If the thermal compound is solidified, you can use a flat end of any plastic tool to scrape it off.
Use again cloth with isopropyl alcohol to clean the Thermal surface.
The Fan and Headsink are held together with a large black bar. Removing the tape at both ends, to separate the Fan from the Headsink.
Use a soft anti static brush and clean the Heatsink on the inside.
Step 11
- Use the same technic to clean the surface of the processor from the old thermal compound
- Be carefully,if you don’t want to break the CPU.
Use the same technic to clean the surface of the processor from the old thermal compound
Be carefully,if you don’t want to break the CPU.
Step 12
- Dispense a small amount of thermal compound and gently smear it over the entire processor surface.
Dispense a small amount of thermal compound and gently smear it over the entire processor surface.
Step 13
- Careful install the Cooling system with even pressure from all sides, and the bead that you placed on the surface will spread over the entire contact surface.
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Careful install the Cooling system with even pressure from all sides, and the bead that you placed on the surface will spread over the entire contact surface.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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