{"id":521,"date":"2014-08-12T08:33:09","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T08:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myfixguide.com\/manual\/?p=521"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:07:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:07:44","slug":"msi-gx60-disassembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myfixguide.com\/manual\/msi-gx60-disassembly\/","title":{"rendered":"MSI GX60 Disassembly"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this guide, I will explain how to disassemble the MSI GX60 to remove the hard drive, DVD drive, keyboard, palm rest, graphics card, LCD hinge, wireless card, speakers, heat sink, cooling fan, and motherboard.<\/p>\n

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Unlock and remove the battery.
\nThe MSI GX60 comes with a 7800mAh battery.
\n\"Remove<\/a><\/p>\n

Remove the screws securing the service cover. Insert a pry tool under the service cover, pry it up, and remove the service cover.
\nUnder the cover, you can find the RAM, hard drive, graphics card, heat sink, and cooling fan.
\n\"Remove<\/a><\/p>\n

The MSI GX60 has two memory slots, but only one memory module is installed. You can install another memory module to upgrade the memory.
\n\"Memory<\/a><\/p>\n

The laptop comes with an ADATA 8GB DDR3 1600MHz memory module.
\n\"Memory<\/a><\/p>\n

Remove the two screws securing the hard drive module. You can remove it.
\nThe laptop comes with a Western Digital 750GB hard drive.
\nRemove the four screws securing the cooling fan and disconnect the cooling fan cable from the motherboard.
\n\"Remove<\/a><\/p>\n

The cooling fan has been removed.
\n\"CPU<\/a><\/p>\n

Remove the screws securing the heat sink.
\n\"Remove<\/a><\/p>\n

Use a screwdriver to open the processor socket switch.
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Richland A10-5750M APU
\n\"Richland<\/a><\/p>\n

Heat sink
\n\"Heat<\/a><\/p>\n

Remove the graphics card heat sink.
\n\"Remove<\/a><\/p>\n

Graphics card heat sink
\n\"Heat<\/a><\/p>\n

Remove the screws securing the graphics card and take it out of its slot.
\n\"Remove<\/a><\/p>\n

AMD Radeon HD 7970M GPU
\n\"AMD<\/a><\/p>\n

The hard drive bay uses an adapter card. It can be converted to a standard SATA port.
\n\"Hard<\/a><\/p>\n

Hard drive adapter
\n\"Hard<\/a><\/p>\n

Remove the DVD burner.
\n\"Remove<\/a><\/p>\n

The MSI GX60 features a Samsung SN-208 DVD burner.
\n\"Samsung<\/a><\/p>\n

Remove the LCD bezel.
\n\"LCD<\/a><\/p>\n

LCD hinges
\n\"LCD<\/a><\/p>\n

Stereo microphone and webcam
\n\"Webcam\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Push the screwdriver into the plastic case.
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Remove the power switch and keyboard shortcut panel.
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Power switch and keyboard shortcuts panel
\n\"Power<\/a><\/p>\n

Remove the screw securing the wireless card and disconnect the two antennas.
\n\"Remove<\/a><\/p>\n

The MSI GX60 comes with an Atheros AW-NB110H wireless card
\n\"Atheros<\/a><\/p>\n

Right LCD hinge
\n\"LCD<\/a><\/p>\n

Remove the keyboard and then remove the screws securing the palm rest. Insert a plastic pry tool under the palm rest. Slide the pry tool to separate the palm rest from the laptop.
\n\"Remove<\/a><\/p>\n

MSI GX60 palm rest
\n\"Palm<\/a><\/p>\n

Touchpad control circuit
\n\"Touchpad\"<\/a><\/p>\n

MSI GX60 motherboard
\n\"Motherboard\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The MSI GX60 motherboard has three video outputs.
\n\"Ports\"<\/a><\/p>\n

USB 3.0 ports and card reader
\n\"USB<\/a><\/p>\n

ISL6277 multiphase switching power supply controller
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Close-up of the ANX3110 DisplayPort Converter, which provides DP to LVDS conversion.
\n\"ANX3110\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The GX60 uses an ALC892 audio decoder chip and is equipped with an amplifier.
\n\"ALC892\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

MSI GX60 subwoofer
\n\"Subwoofer\"<\/a><\/p>\n

3.5 mm audio ports
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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