Separate the motherboard from the top case. Lift up the locking tab to unlock the connector (red arrow) and pull the cable out (yellow arrow). Remove eight screws securing the motherboard and cooling fan to the top case.ĭisconnect the following color-coded cables: When I was researching a new jack I found many of them available on eBay but only a few of them had the mount for the screws.
#ASUS M32 SERIES WIRELESS KEYBOARD CRACKED#
As you see the plastic bracket got cracked (laptop was dropped) and the DC jack got loose. Why it happened? Take a closer look at the picture. This particular Asus ROG GL551J laptop had a problem with the DC power jack. Remove one screw securing the DC power jack to the top case.ĭisconnect the DC jack cable from the motherboard. There is not enough space for a full size mSATA SSD. NOTE: if you want to upgrade, you must use a half size SSD. Kingston SSD model: SMSM151S3/128GD – it’s a half size SSD. When the top case removed, you can access the mSATA SSD.Īsus ROG GL551J (series GL551JW-DS74) has a Kingston mSATA SSD installed. Here’s the laptop base/display assembly with the top case removed.Īgain, you’ll have to have the display cable connector (red), speaker cable (orange) and wireless antenna cable (yellow) disconnected before removing the top case. Now you can remove the top case assembly (the motherboard is mounted to the top case). There is a plastic tab on the top of the connector. Turn the laptop upside down and lift up the top case until you can access the display cable.ĭisconnect the display cable from the motherboard. Unplug the speaker cable from the motherboard. Lift up the laptop base so you can access and disconnect the speaker cable. Separate the laptop base from the top case assembly.īe careful, there are two cables still connected to the motherboard. Remove two more screws located in the optical drive bay. Remove one screw securing the wireless card and pull the wireless card out. Disconnect both antenna cables from the wireless card.