Asus LaptopAsus N550JK
Asus N550JK Disassembly
In this guide, I’ll explain how to disassemble Asus N550JK to remove and replace the battery, hard drive, RAM, DVD drive, wireless card, cooling fan and motherboard.
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Remove all screws from the bottom case.
Pry up and remove the case, you can use a guitar pick to open the case.
Under the bottom case, you can find the battery, hard drive, wireless card, optical drive, RAM and cooling fan.
Before touch the internal component, you should disconnect the battery connector from the motherboard.
Remove all screws securing the battery.
Disconnect the battery connector. You can remove the battery easily.
The N550 comes with a 14.8v, 4000mah Li-polymer battery, Asus P/N: C41-N550.
Remove four screws securing the hard drive module. Disconnect SATA cable from the motherboard.
Slide the hard drive module to the left. The hard drive can be removed.
Asus N550JK hard drive with HDD caddy
It featured a Seagate 750GB hard drive.
Remove one screw securing the DVD drive.
Pull out the DVD drive.
The laptop comes with a Panasonic UJ162 DVD drive.
In my laptop, the Asus N550JK featured two 8GB PC3L-12800S 1600MHz memory.
Elpida 8GB PC3L-12800S 1600MHz memory
The wireless card was secured by one screw.
Disconnect two wireless antenna cables.
Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6235 wireless card, dual-stream (2×2), dual-band, Wi-Fi plus Bluetooth 4.0
Remove all screws securing the heat sink and cooling fan.
Disconnect two cooling fan cables from the motherboard.
The cooling fan comes from Sunon.
Asus N550JK heat sink
Unplug all cables.
Remove all screws securing the motherboard. You can remove the motherboard.
Motherboard
When the motherboard removed, you can access the touchpad and keyboard.
Hi.
This looks very much like the G550jk from ASUS.
I’m looking for a guide to replace the keyboard on the G550jk.
Is that the entire top plate that is left in this guide (only this is for N550 i know)?
we have no guide for replace keyboard, if you replace the keyboard successful, please write a guide and publish on our myfixguide.com
Why is it that you guys are not able to provide a guide to replace the keypad with that of the G550 JK. Both have exactly the same keypad layout. Only thing I am not sure is the LED arrangement. Not sure about that. Could you also remove the keypad from this and show us how it is made?
Hello, I recently had the bezels break off the cover of my ASUS N550JA and was wondering if you knew where to get spare parts for the TOUCH screen version of my computer. Everywhere I have looked there is only the non-touch screen covers. Thank you!
Hi Guys,
This looks great! It would be nice to see the lid being taken apart. Especially seeing the LVDS/touch cables would be interesting. Can you do that as well?
Thanks!
I have a problem in audio jack. It’s not working properly. When i plugged headphone cannot hear but from laptop’s speakers are working fine. When I moved jack little bit I can hear only from left side in headphone.
please plug another headphone and try
I’m having the a similar problem as well – it seems rather common with ASUS laptops. The headphone jack gets loose over time (when you spin it or push it in too deep the sound cuts) and yesterday it failed completely.
Hi, how much does it cost to repair the headphone jack?
I am out of warranty, I had already sent it for repair once, I feel sad this laptop is so good. Only one issue has me frustrated.
different repair store will offer different price, you can take it to different store to choice best offer
Hi David!
I’m having the same problem. I had it repaired once but yesterday it failed again.
Do you know where I can buy a replacement? I do not know what to do. I’m thinking of buying a usb to jack adapter…
Thanks
Hello,
Nice guide with photos. My little problem is, far right speaker on my N550JK is not working, I can hear the hissing but no sound from it. Any idea if I can repair it, laptop is still under warranty.
Thanks.
Shard
i think your speaker maybe is not working, just need to replace the speaker
Hi! I was wondering if each individual key on the keyboard is removal because one of my keys is sticky and I was hoping to clean it. Thanks!
Thanks for this. I will be replacing my 250 Gb SSD with a 1Tb one. One thing to note:
In order to remove the back (bottom) cover, one needs a Torx T5 screwdriver. All the internal screws use a standard (well, smallish) Philips head screwdriver.
this does not show how to remove the keyboard and replace it! Please I need help removing the keyboard I dont see a way right now!
What type of screws are on the outside of the laptop? I am trying to replace mine since they are pretty beaten up but I don’t know which kind to get.
You need T5 screwdriver
Thanks a lot for your article!
I have an Asus N550Jv and I accidentally spilled some water on the keyboard. 🙁 The motherboard got damaged and I am looking for a replacement. I have a question for you, do you know if the mobos of the N550 series laptop are all the same?
Thanks in advance.
How do I reset the cmos, is there a jumper?
ASUS N550JK
i7 core
1tb ssd
16gb ram
Hi, I’m referring to the picture 11 showing the Elpida 8GB PC3L-12800S 1600MHz memory. What is the use of the grey coloured tape? Thanks
It is the heat sticker.
Hi David, What is the use of the heat sticker? Is it supposed to be a heat sink (to distribute heat across all the chips) or a heat shield (block the heat like those used under the keyboard).
Should naked memory chips be better for heat dissipation? Thanks.
Thanks for this disassembly guide!
As with a few other users, my Audio jack socket has broken and it looks like I have to replace the whole mobo. Will a replacement motherboard(same one exactly) work or will there be issues with components not recognising (or accepting) the new mobo? ie I keep all the old components(wifi, cpu, heakers, ram etc) and simply move them to the new motherboard?
Thanks
You do not need to replace the whole motherboard, just replace the audio jack it ok.
Looking at it looks like I either need to replace the whole motherboard or just the audio jack as you just said. If I replace the audio jack, I would need to to solder it onto the board; How delicate is the board when it comes to soldering on to it? Any tips?
Thanks again
Where can I source the audio jack from? Are there any specs for it? Thanks
Hi, wonderful step by step disassembly!
I’m wondering if is possible to replace the gpu and cpu..are they soldered or what? Can’t see clearly.
How can I identify webcam cable? After a flex replacement, my webcam is not identified. I want to check if it is disconnected
Thanks for the guide!
How to replace the audio jack/socket?
hi, i have a problem on my asus n550jk laptop. the power is on but the motherboard or HDD is not energized so it is not booting to windows. random shots that i disconnect and reconnect the adapter the hdd is energized and can boot. please help me identify where the problem lies. thank you in advance.