Dismantle your Asus G1 laptop.
The Asus G1 is the first in the Asus line of G-Series laptops. It was originally released as a laptop geared towards gamers, but its slow graphics card leaves much to be desired among 3-D gamers. The laptop features a 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor. It also comes installed with 2 GBs of RAM and a 160 GB internal hard drive. Dismantling the laptop requires removing many of its most important components.
Instructions
1. Power down the computer. Unplug the power cable and all external peripheral devices from the laptop. Close the LCD panel and place the laptop face down. Orient the computer so the front opening edge is facing you. Slide the battery release button downward and remove the battery pack from its compartment along the top edge of the laptop's bottom side.
2. Remove the processor and cooling fan compartment cover from the laptop's upper right corner. The plastic cover is fastened to the laptop by two Phillips screws. Remove the four Phillips screws fastening the heat sink device to the motherboard. The heat sink is a metal device with two copper pipes extending from it. Peel away the adhesive tape from the upper right corner of the compartment. Lift the heat sink off of the processor and out of the laptop.
3. Turn the processor's flat-head locking screw in the counterclockwise direction one-half turn to release the processor from its motherboard socket. Lift the processor out of its socket and out of the laptop. Store the removed processor and heat sink in static-free plastic bags.
4. Remove the memory compartment cover and its two retaining Phillips screws from the center of the laptop. Spread apart the retention clips securing the memory module inside the compartment. Tilt the memory module upward at a 45-degree angle and pull the module from its individual memory slot. Repeat this for each RAM module you remove from the laptop.
5. Locate the wireless card inside the memory compartment. Use a pair of tweezers to disconnect the two antenna cables from the card. Remove the two Phillips screws fastening the wireless card in place. Tilt the card upward at an angle and pull it out of its motherboard connector. Remove the wireless card from the laptop.
6. Remove the hard disk drive compartment cover and its two Phillips screws from the laptop's upper right corner next to the empty battery compartment. Grasp the hard drive's plastic pull-tab. Slide the hard drive upward to disconnect the drive from its motherboard connectors. Lift the HDD out of its compartment and set it aside.
7. Use a flat-head screwdriver to disengage the spring-loaded retention latch securing the CD/DVD drive to the laptop's upper left corner. Doing so will eject the drive from its compartment. Grasp the face of the drive and pull it out of the laptop. Set it aside.
8. Remove all remaining Phillips screws from the laptop's base enclosure. Flip the laptop over and pull open the display panel as far as possible. Use a thin, flat-head screwdriver to disengage the keyboard's retention clips situated above the F1, F8 and Insert keys. Carefully pry the keyboard out of the laptop and place it face down on the palm rest. Unplug the keyboard's ribbon cable from the motherboard. Remove the keyboard from the laptop.
9. Close the display panel, and rotate the laptop so the hinges are facing you. Remove the two Phillips screws from each plastic hinge cover. Remove the hinge covers using your fingers. Remove the single Phillips screw revealed by each hinge cover. Disconnect the LCD cable next to each exposed hinge. Remove the two Phillips screws from the laptop's back panel.
10. Reopen the display panel and rotate the computer so the screen is facing you. Carefully lift the entire display assembly from the laptop's base. Disconnect the white ribbon cable connecting to the motherboard from the laptop's touchpad device. Disconnect all visible cables that connect to the motherboard from the laptop's top cover. Remove the remaining Phillips screws from the top cover and lift the top cover from the laptop's base to reveal the entire motherboard.
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