Asus X555LA-SI305041 Hard Drive Replacement

Step 1 Keyboard Assembly

• Remove the following Phillips #0 screws from the lower case:
• Six 9 mm screws
• Four 11 mm screws
Step 2

• Use the plastic opening tool to separate the top cover from the laptop.
• Start by prying on the front of the laptop.
• Continue prying around the cover and end just under the screen to release the front cover.
• Do not fully remove the top cover, it is attached by two ribbon cables that will be disconnected in the following steps.
Step 3
• To release the ZIF latch, flip up the small white tab.
• The connector may have a white base with a small grey rotating latch.
• Pull the white ribbon cable out of the socket to disconnect it.
• Very little force should be required to pull out the cable.
Step 4
• To release the ZIF latch on the keyboard cable, flip the grey rotating tab up.
• Gently pull the black and blue ribbon cable out of its connector.
Step 5
• You can now fully remove the keyboard and front panel to gain access to the inside of the laptop.
Step 6 Hard Drive
• Release the ribbon cables using the plastic opening tool to flip the gray tab on the white connector.
• Gently slide ribbon cable out while gray tab is flipped up.
• If glued, go ahead and peel ribbon from hard drive.
Step 7
• Unscrew the one black 5mm screw from USB and headphone port using a #0 Phillips screw driver.
• Remove USB and headphone port using the plastic opening tool.
Step 8
• Unscrew the two black 5mm screws located in each corner of the hard drive using a #0 Phillips screw driver.
• Lift hard drive out of device.
Step 9
• Disconnect power connector with a plastic opening tool.
• Unscrew one black 5mm screw from hard drive controller PCB using a #0 Phillips screwdriver.
• Remove hard drive controller.
Step 10
• Unscrew the four black 3mm screws from hard drive enclosure using a #0 Phillips screwdriver.
• Remove case from hard drive.
• Peel the three foam contact strips up slowly to ensure foam doesn't tear.

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