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Asus Q325U Motherboard Replacement

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    • Remove the ten 5mm screws using a T5 Torx screwdriver.

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    • Lift the back panel upward using the suction tool.

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    • Remove one 2mm screw on top of the SSD using a Phillips #1 screwdriver.

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    • Carefully slide and lift the SSD to remove it.

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    • Remove the seven 5mm screws around the battery using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

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    • Using a Phillips #000 screwdriver, remove the two 3mm screws on top of the orange battery connector.

    In my case, there were no screws, but two posts to be placed in corresponding slots in the replacement battery. So no need for the Philips #000.

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    • Lift the battery out from the laptop.

    This was great! Thanks for publishing. One thing. The battery connection was not held by two 000 screws. The plastic connector simply clicked in place, so I carefully lifted it with a tool

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    • Remove the six 3mm screws using a Phillips #00.

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    • Use the plastic opening tool to lift up the edge. Pull upward on the edge.

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    • On the other side of the plate, remove the tape.

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    • Remove the three 3.7 mm screws using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

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    • Detach the black wire and plug shown using a tweezer.

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    • Grab CPU fan by its edge and gently pull upwards to remove.

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    Halberd Spudger
    $2.99
    • Remove the first connection wire by pulling the small back loop with the Halberd Spudger.

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    Tweezers
    $4.99
    • Lift the small black tab of the orange connector with your fingers or a plastic opening tool.

    • Remove the orange connector by pulling with tweezers.

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    • Lift the small black tab on the white plastic piece of the touch pad connector with a spudger.

    • Remove the touch pad connector by pulling with tweezers.

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    • Lift the black tab on the long white plastic piece of the thick blue band.

    • Remove the thick blue band by pulling.

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    • Remove the two Phillips #000 screws on the metal connector above the thick orange band.

    • Lift up the thick orange band.

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    • Gently lift up the two smallest connectors using your fingers or a plastic opening tool.

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    • Lift up the black hinge of the connector using a plastic opening tool.

    • Remove the connector using a tweezer.

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    • Pull up the tap of the biggest connector using your fingers.

    • Lift the gold hinge using a plastic opening tool.

    • Lift the connector up with your fingers to remove.

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    • Remove the four 4.8 mm screws using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

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    • Slightly open up the laptop. This will lift up the hinge at the corner and free the motherboard.

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    • Pull the motherboard away from the corner to remove.

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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Can you help me identify which of those is the webcam conector? I hava a faulty webcam and my guess is that it is a physical conection problem.

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