Asus G73 Series Disassembly Guide

I understand that there are links to the G73 disassembly guide buried in the owner's lounge, so to simplify things, here's a dedicated thread to make searching easier.

This disassembly guide is for the Asus G73 series notebook.

NOTE: Remember to unplug your power cord, remove your battery and ground yourself before attempting to disassemble anything. I am not responsible for any damages you do to your notebook. This guide is from Asus and simply for references only. Please also note that replacing your CPU and/or GPU will automatically void all manufacture warranties. USE WITH CAUTION!

 

Even to replace the wireless card??

 

Wireless card is easy, you don't need to completely disassemble the laptop, just remove the bottom cover and you can see the wireless card.

 

So you can take out the GPU? I thought you couldn't.

 

Yes, you can take the GPU out as per page 2-21 and 2-22 in the guide. But keep in mind that you will have to break the warranty seal to do so.

 

...was just razzing Ziddy...lol.

 

Thanks to David for starting this thread. Even though I don't have my G73Jh yet, I've always appreciated having the Service Manual for my laptop, (even though in most cases I never even need to open my laptop up). I would also agree that anyone not experienced with laptop disassembly, should use this information very carefully. Asus can deny warranty coverage if they determine that the laptop was damaged by you, (whether you meant to or not). So at the minimum, before you open your G73Jh up, you should read the warranty exclusions on this webpage.

Wanting to get the actual PDF file of Chapter 2 for offline review, I searched through the G73Jh's Owner's thread and saw that sleey0 is hosting the file on his Window's Live Public site, (you need to click on the G73 Series Chapter file icon, and then when you get to the next screen select the Download button, don't try to download with a right click "Save As"). I've also made it available at mediafire here.

If anyone can provide for download, or post a link to, the entire G73Jh service manual (not just Chapter 2), that would be appreciated as well.

Thanks..

 

The other chapters are somewhat redundant. The disassembly chapter is really what's needed. Other chapters included an assembly chapter (basically the reverse of the disassembly chapter), Upgrade & Replacement chapter and/or Installation & Replacement chapter, and an Into chapter talking about safety issues.

 

Regardless. If anyone does have the full PDF, and is willing to post it somewhere, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks..

 

What is required for CPU replacement. DO I need to do all the steps up to page 21?

 

Unfortunately yes, you have to do all the steps up to page 21, minus completely taking apart the LCD as well as the palm rest components, like the touch pad, etc.

 

Thank you for this guide. I want to mold an old G15 screen in somewhere on this thing. I'll be able to use your guide to get an idea now!

 

This may have been asked before, but is it possible to disassemble the LCD (for upgrade purpose obviously) without touching the bottom chassis? (e.g. just follow 2-14 and on). Thanks!

 

This is purely a cosmetic question, but when the wrist/palm pad areas get worn down, scuffed, etc. - how can those be replaced?

Thanks!

 

Hi David mayeb you will place that video in your first post.
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Man, there's SO MUCH spare space inside the G73, they SHOULD have put some media keys (physical not 'touch', so it kept the cost down), and probably some form of remote control for the media stuff.

I won mine on Wednesday, from Seagate and Asus during the 'webinar' launch of the Seagate Momentus XT ... but I may sell it and buy a DV7 series media notebook.

 

i just wanted to warn people that the guide from asus may and does cause for the user to break some cables. the cables for the fans should not be unplugged. our video above shows you how to flip the mainboard over without unplugging them. these plastic connectors are very fragile and should be left alone

 

Thanks for the guide, added to the Info Booth.

E.B.E., ASUS forum moderator

 

Unplugging the wire connections to the LCD will require some disassembly of the main chassis, I believe, but if the layout is well designed this disassembly shouldn't be too extensive (so, no CPU etc.). Don't know about this particular model.

The palm rest components are independently available as parts for many models, search the ASUS eStore or other possible outlets for ASUS parts (See the Info Booth/FAQ).

 

This post was/is excellent food for my hunger to know more about the internal workings of the new computer that is being delivered to my house today. The unit is the ASUS G73JH-A1, paired with the recently released Core i7-940xm and 8gb of 1333Mhz memory. After looking at this guide and a disassembly video on YouTube earlier, I can see where I probably should have had 16gb preinstalled as it would have saved me a lot of work for a later date. It looks like getting to the #2 memory slot (back of the MB) will definitely be an adventure. I very much appreciate the site and forum. I will return I'm sure! Many, many times.

 

Where did you get this guide? I need one for my M70Vm-C1 so I can figure out how to reove the bottom cover to access my wifi card. Gonna replace the Intel 5100 with the new WiMax 6250. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

Nice guide, i think the guys from BTOtech surely used this to make their video...

 

the only thing we used in our video was a camera and a laptop. the pdf guide from asus is useless because it does not point out any obvious issues one may have during disassembly

 

Agreed. In my opinion using Asus guide you can easily rip off some ribbons. Video Guide shows how to do it by easy way.

 

True, they surely made it a lot easier posting that video on youtube. Ripping out the keyboard was the hardest part for me, after doing that I said to myself: There's no turning back now!.
Thx again, my temps dropped 15C under load ^^.

 

Great video, clear and easy to understand. Based on watching it, it looks like when the time comes to clean the G73 fans, the only way to get at them is to completely disassemble the laptop as shown in the video, correct?

 

Correctomundo Unless you wanne use a high-pressure airblower .

 

Getting out the keyboard looks like a hard job and almost impossible to do without bending the backside.

 

Very well done guide ...

 

yes thanks again guys for the video, seeing somebody do it vs. reading the asus guide helps a ton. I will be purchasing a better display for mine and switching it out with the current 1600x900, as well as putting better thermal compound on the heatsinks and another hard drive

 

Tell me about it.... :grumbles:

 

what is between the wireless card and the ram?

 

that would be part of the GPU

 

ok thanks, seems kinda stupid to only have half of the gpu visable, and does that mean that you can just remove the back and easily upgrade the gpu?

 

The way the screws work, no. The front attaches to the mobo, which then attaches to the rear. If you are feeling adventurous, you could take a dremel and cut open a panel, and add some screw-mount posts, assuming you don't cut or screw into the motherboard

 

Thanks a ton! I installed the the bluetooth adapter into my G73 (Best Buy model purchased 2 weeks ago... though now I have 8GB RAM, a BluRay player, Bluetooth and an SSD main drive ) thanks to this

Biggest thing though ... I had no idea how to replace the keyboard on my ASUS 50V (spilled liquid on it 4 weeks ago, and keys starting acting up.... replacement asus keyboard from china arrived today) ... w/this info it was a snap!

 

actually thre is plenty of space there and this is theoretically possible though not practical as it would take longer to do then doing it the right way

 

Did this work out for you? has anyone done a CPU upgrade? which CPU? how did it turn out?

 

I beg to differ... i think that repasting the gpu is a vital if not mandatory operation in owning this laptop

 

Sorry but i disagree with both of you. The gpu here DOES NOT need to be repasted. Anyone that does repaste it is misinformed. We charge 75$ for repasting the gpu and cpu. It is thanks to this forums misinformation that we are allowed to get away with what can be justified as a rip off. Give me a break.

 

Well, I guess us misinformed users will shop elsewhere. The empirical data collected thus far proves you wrong, and badly too.

 

i am shocked someone with 1700 posts is advising this. i am at a loss for words. you are doing a disservice to any unsuspecting reader here. This is misinformation in its purest form from a senior poster. Amazing!

 

Uhm, did you just post that you're getting away with a rip-off?

 

Yes i did. I held off on this pointless upgrade for years but ultimately our competitors started offering and the demand for it became overwhelming. I am not going to sit here and point out that i have done counless lab tests that show icd and as5 are not worth paying any money for. I will say that i have always advised customers against it. I have saved hundreds of customers alot of money by telling them the truth IF THEY ASK. If they dont ask then i am not going to email them and tell them "you should rethink this". Business is business. I did not start offering this rip off. i was the last on board.

 

Apparently you missed the fact that some of the paste jobs coming from Asus have be marginal at best, and the paste is drying out and spreading out too thin over a 2 month time span.

Seeing how some people do not like the idea of opening their units, they'll pay for a repaste job to insure this does not happen.

So, if you don't mind, there is a very good reason to do this. I was one of these with this problem, and the repaste helped lower my temps by about 23C. That alone should prove I had a marginal paste job, or the paste they were using was drying out.

I stated before that if the job was done right, then using new paste will be pointless. However, this assumes it was done properly.

 

the problem is alot deeper then thermal paste. you dont have to take my word for it. what you said above is not a lie however it is not a fact. here are some facts
1. due to poor quality control a small amount of these shipped with springed screws which were not tightened. this will cause the video card to run hotter or even overheat.
2. on a g73 that had dry paste applied and screws tightened applying as5 or icd is POINTLESS, it does NOTHING!

Could you find a unit which reduced 23C after as5? Possibly but very rare. Dry paste comes in a sheet. there is no wrong way to apply it. You put it on and done. You are advising as5 and wet paste for all the wrong reasons. 99% of people who do this will not see any benefit at all IF they run the test correctly. 1% may see a few degrees. and an unknown munute fraction will see good results. this tiny fraction got a product that was defective to begin with. In the recent months the qc for g73 got better and i have seen less and less of these defective units which can overheat due to loose springed screws.

 

I found this quote from the IC diamond guy who probably would be on the other side of this argument, but isn't a 20C difference between factory and aftermarket paste jobs pretty significant? I could see if the difference were only by a few degrees C then you would be wasting time and money by applying new paste.

 

@Geared:

What do you feel are suitable temps for a G73JH's CPU/GPU, both idle and load, that would not require some sort of consideration for repair?

 

i have done enough tests on g73 to know that aplying thermal past results in no difference or less then few degrees. Have i had broken units which had loose springed screws? yes! the temp difference has nothing to do with the paste. it has everything to do with a lack of quality control. A few degrees is not worth it. If the unit shipped broken to begin with then it doesnt matter which paste you use. the temp fluctuations result from seating the heatsink correctly not the brand of paste you use.,