Asus ROG G751JL-BB17T29 Upper Case Assembly Replacement

Use an opening tool to pry up the small rubber cover on the upper right corner of the RAM access door.

Remove the 5.3 mm Phillips #00 screw securing the RAM access door.

Insert the point of an opening pick in the seam near the top right corner of the RAM access door and gently pry the door up slightly.

The door is held in place by small clips around its edges. Pry until you feel the nearest clips release.

Insert the wide edge of an opening pick into a new part of the seam between the door and the computer.

Pry the door up to release the clips closest to the pick.

Continue to slide the pick along the seam all the way around the door, prying as you go, until all the clips holding the door down have been released.

Remove the RAM access door.

Remove the 5.2 mm Phillips #00 screw securing the optical drive.

Insert an opening tool into the gap between the optical drive and the laptop.

Pry the optical drive straight out of the laptop.

Remove the optical drive.

Use the point of a spudger to pry out eleven rubber plugs covering the screws on the bottom of the laptop.

Remove 18 Phillips #00 screws of the following lengths:

Eight 8.8 mm screws

Seven 5.2 mm screws

Three screws

Flip the laptop right-side up.

Use an opening pick to pry the left and right edges of the battery cover away from the laptop enough that you can grip the cover with your fingers.

Lift the battery cover straight up from the laptop.

Pull the speaker connectors straight away from each other to disconnect the speaker cable.

Open the laptop's display to a 90° angle.

Use a spudger to pry against one of the screw tabs on the back of the upper case assembly.

Repeat this procedure with the other tab.

Insert the flat end of a spudger in the gap between the laptop and the upper case assembly, near the display.

If there's not a big enough gap, repeat the previous step until you have space to insert the spudger.

Slide the spudger along each edge of the upper case assembly, prying and releasing clips as you go.

When all the clips securing the upper case assembly have been released, lift the assembly slightly and slide it down, away from the display, about an inch.

Use the tip of a spudger to flip up the small locking flap of the keyboard backlight cable ZIF connector.

Gently pull the cable out of its socket.

Repeat the previous step for the keyboard, trackpad buttons, and trackpad cables held in place by ZIF connectors.

Remove the upper case assembly.