Asus R541UA-RB51 Hard Drive Replacement

Written By: Steven Tate

Comments: 4

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

Time Required

No estimate

Introduction

This guide is for the replacement or upgrade of the hard 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

jboisseur -

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

Locate the hard drive in the lower right hand corner in the computer. This device did not have a hard drive so a piece of cardboard was used as a substitute.
Remove the two 5.7 mm screws from the base. Use a Phillips #1 screwdriver to remove the screws. Lift up to remove the hard drive.

Instructions forget to mention the top right screw in the first image. (The metal shielding is screwed into it.)

Spun Blue - 30/03/23

I think you mean the top left, as they have circled the top right screw.

Ted -

The previous comment posted here does not make sense, I believe they ment the top left screw. Additionally, if you are following this guide the top left screw will be removed in the previous step when you remove the dvd drive.

On top of that, the two screws on the right that they do show to remove, and the bottom left screw (that they rightfully don't mention) were actually removed from the bottom of the computer before you take the keyboard off.

Ted - 25/01/25