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Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown

Written By: Matt (and 10 other contributors)
Published: August 29, 2012
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Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown

Written By: Matt (and 10 other contributors)
Published: August 29, 2012
  • Comments: 40
  • Favorites: 37
  • Views: 100.8k

Teardown

What you need

This teardown is not a repair guide. To repair your Asus Transformer Pad Infinity, use our service manual.

  1. Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown, Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 1, image 1 of 1

    • First, turn the power off

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  2. Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 2, image 1 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 2, image 2 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 2, image 3 of 3

    • Insert a small flat head screwdriver into the 2 docking station guide ports on the bottom of the tablet.

    • Unlock screen casing tabs

    • Push tab with screwdriver to the right until it clicks

    • You should see a small arrow in the bottom of the port

    • Unlock the tabs in both docking station guide ports.

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  3. Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 3, image 1 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 3, image 2 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 3, image 3 of 3

    • Use spudger to push upward on the small plastic tabs on top of the docking station guide ports.

    • Insert the flat side of another spudger to start freeing the bottom of the screen from the case.

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  4. Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 4, image 1 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 4, image 2 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 4, image 3 of 3

    • Use your spudger to open the four plastic tabs located on either side of the tablet.

    • These tabs are very fragile.

    • Remove the screen from the body

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  5. Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 5, image 1 of 2 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 5, image 2 of 2

    • There is an internal power switch next to the battery connector, that will kill power to the entire device while you're working on it.

    • Don't forget to switch it back on when you're reassembling!

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  6. Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 6, image 1 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 6, image 2 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 6, image 3 of 3

    • Use your spudger to release the two digitizer ribbon cables from the mainboard.

    • Located on the left side of the tablet between the micro-HDMI and the microSD slot.

    • Use your spudger to release the LCD cable from the back of the LCD.

    • Set aside for later dissection.

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  7. Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 7, image 1 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 7, image 2 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 7, image 3 of 3

    • To remove the front facing camera (right):

    • Use your spudger to unlock the ribbon cable

    • Slide the camera out

    • To remove the rear facing camera (top):

    • Apply light lifting pressure to unplug it from it's socket

    • Remove the backup battery on the right side:

    • Unplug the cable from the motherboard with your spudger

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  8. Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 8, image 1 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 8, image 2 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 8, image 3 of 3

    • Remove the motherboard, daughterboard, and dock connector

    • Unscrew 14 points

    • Unplug the speaker from the motherboard before removing it

    • Reveal the battery connector:

    • Flip the motherboard from the top edge of the tablet down (towards the battery).

    • Unplug with light pressure from your spudger.

    • Disconnect the motherboard from the daughterboard:

    • Unlock the ribbon cable on the back side of the daughterboard

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  9. Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 9, image 1 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 9, image 2 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 9, image 3 of 3

    • Remove the battery:

    • Remove screws (eight)

    • Use your spudger underneath the battery between the 2 cells to work it free

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  10. Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 10, image 1 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 10, image 2 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 10, image 3 of 3

    • Remove the speaker:

    • Use your spudger underneath, and work it free

    • Remove the bottom screen locking mechanism:

    • Remove screws (eight)

    • Lift pieces out

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  11. Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 11, image 1 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 11, image 2 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 11, image 3 of 3

    • Now that we're left with a boring empty shell, let's return to the LCD assembly that we set aside in Step 5.

    • Remove the 4 screws. Then work your spudger underneath the edges of the LCD to separate it from the Gorilla Glass front. It has a light adhesive around all edges.

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  12. Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 12, image 1 of 2 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 12, image 2 of 2

    • With the LCD free, you should now be able to lay it out in a big pile of parts and the teardown is complete. Now let's see what's under all those heatsinks and tape.

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    • The back side of the motherboard

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  14. Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 14, image 1 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 14, image 2 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 14, image 3 of 3

    • Motherboard backside closeups

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    • The front side of the motherboard is where all the action is.

    • Tegra 3 quad core processor T33-P-A3

    • 2x Elpida memory J4216EBBG-GNL-F

    • Realtek? ALCS631

    • Hynix H26M64002BNR e-NAND

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  16. Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 16, image 1 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 16, image 2 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 16, image 3 of 3

    • Front side motherboard closeups

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    • Front and back of the daughterboard.

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  18. Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 18, image 1 of 2 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 18, image 2 of 2

    • The back of the LCD.

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  19. Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 19, image 1 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 19, image 2 of 3 Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Teardown: step 19, image 3 of 3

    • Close-ups.

    • That's all I've got. I apologize for any blurry pics as all I had on hand was my cell phone ( <3 Samsung Galaxy Note.) I hope your teardowns are far less destructive than mine was. Good Luck.

    • ...and yes, it still works after reassembly. Thanks for asking.

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Does anyone know what the internal on/off switch does on the motherboard? Right next to the battery connector. How can you see that in a tear down and not mention it?

Jcortes1982 - Reply

It is a master on/off switch. When the switch is flipped to the off position, the tablet will not operate. You can see the switch labels on the second picture of Step 13.

Matt -

Ya its for when your doing work inside the tablet your supposed to flick that off so you dont accidentally short anything. Like the on/off switch on your power supply on the back of your desktop

Jon Pileot -

Thanks for this teardown! Could the "mushy" power / volume buttons be due to poor placement of the buttons / board? Could slight nudging of the board in one direction or the other help the "mushy" buttons?

Jon Pileot - Reply

Hi there, thank you very much for this teardown. I wanted to inquire if you were able to find out anything about the gyroscopes/accelerometers/GPS and other sensors during this. I'm doing a project and this would be very helpful information.

Johnathon - Reply

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