ASUS X552LAV-BBI5N08 Fan Replacement

Step 1 Battery

• Battery is not showed in pictures.
• Flip the laptop face down.
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Step 2




• Slide the right button to the left.
• Hold the left button to the right.
• While you hold the left button in position, slide the battery out by pushing it away from you.
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Step 3 Fan
• Locate the bottom panel. It is at the opposite end of the battery.
• Remove the two 12mm screws at the bottom panel with a Tri-wing Y1 screwdriver.
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Step 4
• Remove bottom panel by lifting it up.
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Step 5
• Remove the four 5.5mm screws located on the hard drive case using a Tri-wing Y1 screwdriver.
• Slide the hard drive out to the left.
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Step 6
• Use opening tool to split keyboard from base of the laptop.
• Make sure to start from one end and go around the edges.
• Use Tri-wing Y1 screwdriver to remove two 12mm screws from battery area.
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Step 7
• Flip laptop to sit on its bottom.
• Lift keyboard up by the front edge
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Step 8
• Flip up the small locking flap for the two ZIF connectors.
• Unplug connectors that are keeping keyboard connected
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Step 9
• Flip up the locking flap for the ZIF connector.
• Unplug the connector that is keeping the keyboard connected.
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Step 10
• Remove keyboard from laptop.
• Remove the five 4mm screws (with a Tri-wing Y1 screwdriver) that are both connecting the fan and motherboard.
• Pull out WiFi from below the cooling fan by lifting the edge nearest to the fan and sliding it towards the fan.
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Step 11
• Lift yellow ZIF connector from the top of the motherboard to remove the connector.
• Lift up motherboard from bottom edge towards the screen.
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Step 12
• Unplug the two bundled cable connector from pin sockets below the fan.
• Remove the motherboard and place on a flat surface.
• Remove four 4mm screws with a Tri-wing Y1 screwdriver from the CPU.
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Step 13
• Disconnect bundled cable connector from the motherboard
• Remove fan part from the motherboard.
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Step 14
• Remove the black tape from the top of the fan radiator.
• Remove radiator by tilting it down and pulling it out from the fan.
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