Asus R541UA-RB51 CD Drive Replacement

Written By: Steven Tate

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Difficulty

Easy

Steps

Time Required

20 - 25 minutes

Introduction

This guide is for the replacement of a broken or faulty CD drive.

Tools

Step 1

Flip the laptop over so that the back panel is facing up.
Carefully remove the eight 5.7mm screws on the back panel using a Phillips #1 screwdriver.

There is two other screws that should be removed, each side of the battery. Otherwise you won't be able to remove the keyboard

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Step 2

Turn the laptop upright and flip the screen open.
Using the plastic opening tool, gently pry the keyboard panel off of the base.

Step 3

Gently raise the keyboard from the base enough to access the underside.
Gently pull up on the locking tab to release the ribbon cable. This should take no force to complete.
Remove the keyboard.

Step 4

Remove the three 5.7 mm screws from the CD drive mounting points. Use a Phillips #1 screwdriver to remove the screws.

There are only 2 screws, just like the image shows, not three.

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Technically speaking, after these screws are removed the hard drive needs to be removed first. The left screw in the image above pins the left corner of the dvd drive and the right side of the hard drive. The hard drive bracket is on top of the dvd drive bracket, making it really hard to remove the dvd drive first (ie. step 5 and step 6 should be reversed in this guide).

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Step 5

Gently slide the CD drive away and pull up to remove it from the computer.

Removing the dvd drive should happen after the hard drive is removed. The hard drive bracket covers the dvd bracket, making it difficult to remove the dvd drive before removing the hard drive.

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