Asus Q524U Motherboard Replacement

Remove ten 3 mm screws using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Lift up the back panel and set it to the side.

Using your fingers, grip onto both sides of the wire harness and push it upwards.

Remove the five 3 mm screws holding the battery in place using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Tilt the small black tab up which will allow the blue tape to be slid out.

Simply lift the battery up and out of its holding area.

Remove the four 3 mm screws holding the fan in place using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Remove five 3 mm screws holding the heat sink in place using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Pull up fan connector tab by using the plastic handle.

Unwind the cable wrapped around the fan casing.

Disconnect the small cable from the fan.

After all screws and cables are unsecured, lift the fan assembly out of the laptop.

Disconnect the black and white wires by pulling them up.

Unscrew the single 3 mm screw using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Slide the Wi-Fi card out of its slot.

Remove the seven screws attached to the motherboard using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Using your finger flip the tab holding this light blue ribbon cable and move it out of the way.

Using your fingers lift this tab up and pull out the blue ribbon cable.

Flip up the orange tab beneath the Wi-Fi card and pull out the wire.

Using your fingers, disconnect this wire harness by pushing it out from both sides.

With your fingers, pull this tab up to disconnect the wire from the motherboard.

With this tab out of the way you can now pull the motherboard out.