Disassembling Asus W2W-A1 Protective Cover

Remove the battery, then unscrew the 7 3 mm Phillips screws behind the battery. Make sure they go in separate, organized piles.

Unscrew the 2 4 mm Phillips head screws by the battery.

Remove the panel above the keyboard with a plastic spudger.

Once the panel is removed, use the spudger to pry out the keyboard.

Detach the ribbon cable from the keyboard by pulling the end of the ribbon cable that is attached inside of the laptop.

Now you can fully remove the keyboard from the laptop.

Place your fingers or a spudger between the front panel and the rest of the laptop.

Pull upwards gently to detach the side you are grabbing.

Repeat on the other side until the panel easily peels off the laptop.

The touchpad should be loosely attached to the rest of the laptop by a ribbon cable.

Gently pull the ribbon cable out of its socket attached to the touchpad.

You are now able to remove the touchpad.

Unscrew the 3 13 mm Phillips screws on the surface of the panel.

Unscrew the 4 mm Phillips screw beneath the panel.

Unscrew the six 17 mm Phillips head screws on the stands on the back and the 2 "A" screws of the same size adjacent to the stands.

Unscrew the two C Phillips head screws on the hard drive panel. There is also one more C screw in the upper right corner of the laptop as shown.

Unscrew the eight 8mm lock phillips screws and the screws along the outside of the laptop.

Unscrew the three 3mm E Phillips screw and the one 3mm D Phillips screw.

Unscrew the 5mm Phillips head screw that lies just above the D screw.

Unscrew the two 8 mm Phillips screws beneath the hard drive panel.

Everything should now be loose enough for you to start removing the panel.

Carefully remove the ribbons from the base.

Then you can lift the panel to access the components beneath.