ASUS K200MA-DS01T Motherboard Replacement

With the opening facing you, flip the laptop over and remove the following screws from the back panel:

Six 4mm Phillips screws using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

One 12mm Phillips screw in the center using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Using a plastic spudger, remove the two rubber stoppers closest to the hinge to reveal the screws underneath.

Remove the following screws:

Two 4mm Phillips screws using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Using a plastic spudger (and a fair amount of force), pry the back panel up from the keyboard to separate.

To disconnect the keyboard connectors from keyboard and back panel, gently pull wide keyboard connector out.

Gently pull the narrow connector away from the keyboard.

Now that the keyboard connectors are unplugged, pull the keyboard off and away from the back panel hinges.

Lift the keyboard connector from the keyboard.

Lift the foil sheet.

Remove the following screws:

Eight 3 mm screws using Phillips screwdriver.

Remove the following screws:

Two 2 mm screws using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Using a plastic spudger, remove the metal plate.

Flip the keyboard over.

Using a plastic spudger, pry the track pad off the plastic piece underneath.

Flip the computer over so that the side with the motherboard (large green piece) is laying face-up.

Remove the following screws from the middle and far ends of the battery:

Three 4mm Phillips screws using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Gripping the wider left section, lift the battery up and away from computer.

Locate the fan, two screws and two color coded wires in the bottom left corner of the computer.

Remove the following screws from the fan:

Two 4mm screws using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Firmly pull colored wires away from wire slot.

After removing both the screws and color coded wires, lift fan out of place.

Remove the following screws:

Four 4mm Phillips screws using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Remove by sliding hard driving right and away from the computer using the tag on the right side.

Locate and remove the following screws on the motherboard:

Eighteen 4mm Phillips screws using a Phillips #0 screw driver.

Locate all 4 connectors.

Use the blue ribbon to vertically pull the connector away from the mother board.

Pull the connector horizontally away from the socket.

Lift the latch upwards to release the computer ribbon connector.

Horizontally pull the computer ribbon cable away from latch.

Vertically pull the cable from the head away from the placement.

Once all screws and connectors are removed, gently lift the motherboard from computer.

Remove the final piece of the motherboard on the right-hand side of the keyboard shell.