Asus Eee PC 1008HA Seashell Netbook Disassemble Guide

This disassembly guide is for the Asus Eee PC 1008HA netbook.

NOTE: Remember to unplug your power cord and ground yourself before attempting to disassemble anything. I am not responsible for any damages you do to your netbook. This guide is simply for references only. Please also note that replacing your hard drive or ram will automatically void all manufacture warranties. USE WITH CAUTION!

Original guide and pictures from Netbook Italia (in Italian) and Mobile01.com (in Chinese)

Keyboard

Use a small flat-head screwdriver to unhook the 4 hooks located on the top of the keyboard. These hooks are located above the F1, F6, F10 and the Insert keys.



Gently start prying the keyboard from the top and towards you. Some force may be required due to the keyboard being held down with double-sided tape.



Once the keyboard is loosened out, disconnect the connector.



Top Chassis Disassembly

Unscrew the 4 screws underneath the netbook as shown below.



Remove keyboard (instructions above), unscrew 6 screws shown below (small red circles) and remove the blue connector (big red circle). One of the screws is located under the warranty seal. You will need to break the seal to access the screw.




Slowly pry from one corner to remove the top chassis.
Once the top chassis is removed, you should see the inside components of the netbook. 1-Battery, 2-Speakers, 3-System board, 4-Hard drive.



Bluetooth

Remove the keyboard and top chassis. The bluetooth module is located above the left speaker. Pull the BT module out to disconnect it from the system.



Ram & Wireless Card

Remove the top chassis as shown above. Disconnect the 3 connectors from the system board (shown in red arrows)


Gently lift the system board from the bottom left corner. You will see another connector and will have to disconnect it (arrow).



Flip the system board over to reveal the ram module (arrow). The wireless card is located adjacent to the fan.



Remove the black cover over the ram module to reveal the ram.


To remove the wireless card, simply unscrew the 2 screws holding down the wireless card, lift it at an angle and slowly wiggle it out.



Image below shows the system board with the fan, wireless card and black cover removed.


Battery

Remove the top chassis, disconnect the 3 connectors from the system board and the multi-colored connector from underneath the system board as illustrated in the previous Ram and Wireless Card section.

The multi-colored connector is the battery connector to system board.



Hard Drive

Remove the keyboard, top chassis, system board and battery. Peel off any tape surrounding the hard drive.



Slowly remove the hard drive from the SATA connector. The connector is on the right of the hard drive.



Replacing/upgrading the hard drive is a challenge, since the drive is surrounded with a rubber casing and a styrofoam cushion that seems to be glued on to the hard drive.

 

Thanks David. It seems they really made it difficult to upgrade this one. I wonder, was it an engineering decision due to the small form factor, or lobbying from Microsoft to prevent people upgrading to a "Vista-capable" configs yet using XP on the machine?

Yeah, joking... maybe.

 

I'd give Asus the benefit of the doubt and say it's due to the small form factor

 

Thanks for the guide. I have added it to the ASUS Info Booth.

 

Thanks for the awesome guide!

 

I have an Asus K50IJ, and would very much like to open it to modify the lame ar9285 wificard and upgrade my ram. I have searched for hours and found nothing but this site, which is still not specific. Any links, or help of any kind would be appreciated.

 

I can't get the top outer shell off. I have removed all the screws noted in the guide. It feels like there is another screw/clip or some kind of connection to the left of the touchpad. I have been using alot of force and I feel like if I pull any harder I'm going to break something.

Anyone else have a similar experience?

Thanks

 

I remember having great difficulty disassembling the top case. It does require quite a bit of force. Make sure you have removed all the screws. Start by prying it open from the bottom right corner. It takes some courage to pry it open.

 

This is a great netbook. I can't wait to get some mulah to go grab one for school!

 

In for this as well, I found it odd there were no instructions on upgrading the RAM but apparently ASUS likes to make this challenging. If no one's tried it yet, I'll give it a go next week.

 

Awo....it's really great i am looking for good Netbook for my preparation of mcpd certification so i must buy this as soon as possible.

 

they are to the desperate search of a photo of the matherboard from the in general power connector
where I can see it initials her/it of a transistor burnt smd

p/n of the motherboard is 60-OA19MB2000-D02
There are other writings on the label : 1003520600290
and also this writing 69NA19M20D02-01
I don't know if you can be useful

Re: matherboard asus 1008haI am asking a photo where I can see it initials her/it some transistor
next to the power connector


this is the photo that underlines where the transistor is lodged in matter
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48741901@N03/4464692208/

 

Need help on disassembling the front bezel of the screen of my 1008HA to be able to get to the connector. I was able to take apart most of it except for the bottom section.

Thanks

 

To take the screen bezel out you'll need to take the rubber pieces around the bezel out with your fingernails or a small flat-head screw driver. Underneath these rubber/plastic pieces are screws. Unscrew them all and start prying the front bezel out with your fingers. Start with one of the top corners and work your way around the bezel.

 

I did just that, but I'm having problem on the middle bottom part where the hinge is located. The bezel is attached to to this plastic thing in the middle that wraps around the hinge. Thanks

 

Finally was able to pry the mid bottom part of the bezel. I did by closing the lid completely, and prying open with my fingernail and credit card the bottom part where the "charging lights indicator" are located. Start from one end to another. Once the plastics are separated, open the lid completely and pull the bezel out. Just a note, this netbook was not dropped nor misused in any form or manner, not been taken outside the house neither. It's only been use for the last couple of months. I was actually using it the night before the cracks on the screen suddenly appeared the next morning, starting from the mid bottom part going to the center right of the screen. I read that this is an issue with this model, but never heard anything about ASUS resolving the problem. I'll try to contact them and try to get something from them, at least a replacement screen. Thanks for all your help, I'll keep the community posted.

 

Thanks David!
I used this to guide me on installing an SSD into my 1001PX. It was slightly different getting it open and the internals are very different, but pretty straightforward upgrade in the end.

 

Yes, strange nobody mentioned this: there is another screw on the right hand side, underneath the cable for the SD card reader.

 

Thanks for the great post.
I adapted this info to the 1005HAB model netbook. Case dis-assembly was the same, I did have a bit of trouble separating the top case- does take some bravery. The units are similar -my unit has a bottom removable cover to access the memory and external removable battery. The 160GB SATA drive does not have any rubber or foam stuck to it to it's easily up-graded or replaced. I only needed to remove the cover to access the hd. There was a ribbon cable across it from the main board to the sata /USB IF board that is easily removed. Take out one screw holding the drive and slide it out. I am getting an image of it for backup and may want to clone to another drive for a second unit that may come with win7 starter. I prefer XP home over starter - for now.

 

YES THERE IS!!!

I hope people with read page two before trying to force open it :/

 

Just a quick post to say thanks to everyone here. I've just put my 1008HA back together and she's working a treat.

11 months after I got it it developed the half screen colour problem which is quite common, although Asus claim they've never heard of it. They replaced the cable, infected it with a keylogger, didn't tighten up the screen hinge, left most of the little rubber screw covers on their floor and sent it back. So far, not so good.

So you can imagine I wasn't terribly chuffed when the machine started to show the same symptoms less than a year later.

This guide got me so far, then I was clearly on my own.

The monitor cable loops under the hinge axle as seen in the red marker, so the hinge has to come off.

There's 2 screws on both holding the hinge to the bottom case. Two on each side. When these are removed, the monitor bezel front becomes much easier to remove too.

The 2 white marked screws need to checked. It's these that allow 'slop' in the lid action. Make sure they are tight. Two on each side. Mine weren't.

Given that this monitor cable gets a twist each time the lid is opened, having some slop in the hinge means the lid can move freely, potentially stressing the cable. So I'm rather disappointed that Asus didn't tighten these up when they had the machine.

I tucked the cable away nicely. It has two sticky pad to stick it to the chassis, but I didn't use either. You'll see why when you get there. It also has a larger sticky pad when the connector goes into the display panel, I used that one.


Hope this helps someone. If I ever do it again, I'll be splashing out on a 2GB memory SODIMM to go in there too.

PS, the cable came from eBay.

 

Thanks for the guide! Just used it to replace the battery and upgrade the RAM in my wife's netbook.

Is there a trick to reinstalling the keyboard nicely? I can't get the little hooks to hold the keyboard down anymore. Do I just need to buy some double sided tape?

Thanks!

 

Hi,

I bought a dead one of these notebooks recently which I have disassembled and hope to fix.

There is a loose wire that I cannot see where it is supposed to connect to. This is the wire from the left hand side of the monitor that emerges from the left hand side hinge. It can be seen on the next to last photo of the original posting at the top left corner and has a sort of brass connector at the end.

Any help would be appreciated,



Bill.