Asus K93SV : request for disassembly guide

Hi,

For a friend of mine, I try to find a disassembly guide for K93SV (or X93SV).

Please, let me know if you have such one.

How to take off the keyboard ? There could be some screws, where are they ?

Thanks in advance.
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There's generally a set of screws underneath marked with a <K> that have to be released for the keyboard to come off, in addition to the holding clips that reside at the top of the keyboard.

As for the disassembly guide, as I've written before .... if you can't find one on Google you are probably on your own. Asus doesn't release these publically, and most tech shops won't turn around and mail you a copy of theirs. You might try sending a PM to Ken @ GenTechPC, however - sometimes he has these lying around and is willing to share .

 

Thanks for your advice

I've tried to send a PM to Ken, but their inbox is full

 

Hello, had you find that disassembly guide? I f yes, please contact me, I need it too. Anyone have the K93SV disassembly guide please contact me, I really need it. Thanlkx in advance to all. I need to change the wi-fi card and apparently it is under the keyboard, and I don't know and I unable to figure how to disassembly this keyboard in this brilliant and low cost notebook.

 

No, sorry, I didn't find any disassembly guide

 

I disassembled it bottom, and it is quietly simple there. U can unmount BDROM, both HD, 2 banks of ram and thats all. Other 2 banks of ram and the pci-express erxpansion slot and wireless/bluetooth are under the keyboard, then I can't realize how to unmount the keyboard assembly.

Please if u know something before me, lemmy knows.

BTW, veru koool (in all senses) workhorse!!!

 

The problem is exactly here.

 

Here is the guide of how to remove the keyboard.

 

Many thanks Ken

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You are welcome.

I forgot the first part that there are two screws you need to remove from the bottom:

 

Thankx Ken! Can we maybe have the complete disassembly guide by PDF? Still thankx very much!!!

 

I would love to but K93SV is too new and not even release in US yet. Ask me again 3 months later and I'll post the complete disassembly guide.

 

Ok, I surely will. I'm really pleased about this notebook, really rox, screen quality very good, with splendid utility and so on. And the 3.5 inch HD slot really make it a lot expandable! It is so fast! One day I maybe will upgrade the VGA card: the GT540M is maybe the only less rated component in this assembly

There is a known software problem with this notebook and it is common to all Asus notebooks! It is Power4Gear running only with Administrative privilegies. It is stupid and maybe one day someone should tell Asus to fix this problem. Do u know someone at Asus? He/she could maybe take care of this stupid problem, why should we run Asus notebooks as adminin just for Power4Gear?

 

540M GPU is soldered on the mainboard:

 

That really really reallly sux!

 

Too bad! Ken, do the wi-fi module is under the keyboard? Becouse I need to access it (I want to change the card), so before disassembly the keyboard I want to be sure. Is there also a spare mini-pci slot to add some card in?

Thankx again for your precious help!

 

Yes the wifi card is under the keyboard:

 

Thankx again Ken! Whats the blue number points in the pictures? And looking at the pix, it seems to me there is no extra mini-PCI slot for expansions. Am I correct?

 

No problem.

Forget the blue number, it was from the disassembly guide showing how to remove the screws and top case.

the red circle is where the wifi card is.

Non of the Asus laptops has extra mini-PCI slots anymore.

 

I see... I changed the wi-fi card with no problem. I had an Atheros wi-fi stock (no bluetotooth) and I changed it with a Intel wireless N-1300 card with integrated bluetooth and it works like a charm. Very easy the keyboard disassembly, thankx to your disassembly guide.

So if I want to add a tuner card, the only option, I suppose, is to add an external USB stick. Or am I wrong?

Another question. I want to upgrade the DVD RW with a BDRW. Do u think I can take off the front plastic part from the old drive and attach it to the new LG drive I think to buy? U know, the curvy part on stock DVD RW is proprietary, so if I can attach it to the new drive, II can better adapt the new drive to the K95SV design.

I ask before try to experiment and maybe crash the drive :-(((

 

Yes if you want to add TV tuner then you will have to get a USB one.

The front plastic bezel fits on any 12.7mm drive also make sure buy the SATA interface drive.

 

Is there any disassembly guide for the Bezel? Looking at the drive, it seems to me there iss no place where I can take off the bezel. If I push, I'm worried to crash the bezel.

BTW, when I'm done with the optical drive, the last update I will perform on this wonderfull notebook (I payed it really cheap here in Italy, under € 650, is to install a backlight keyboard. Do u think I could find a compatible illuminated keyboard for this notebook? With the BDRW and the illuminated keyboard it could be my perfect notebook.

PS: I put a Crucial M4 128 GB SSD drive as boot drive and it boot in under 15 seconds! Sooo fast.

 

Asus doesn't provide diassembly guide for the bezel but I do.

I don't know what kind of keyboard Asus use on this model, it hasn't been release in US yet.

 

Thankx again Ken! You are perfect, very clear disassembly guide.

I'm in the process to order the BDRW.

My two options are this drives:

BR Blu-ray RW SATA // DVD-RW / DL / RAM LG BT10N Black blk

BR Blu-ray RW SLIM SATA // DVD RW / DL / RAM / SONY Optiarc BD-5740H Black blk

The first is less expansive (€ 80 against € 100).

Which one should I choose? Or maybe is there around a better choice u would recommand me?

Related with the keyboard: please if u can help me with the illuminated one when u can have the notebook in your hands or get more infos, please u are welcome.

When is it planned it will be released in USA too?

 

Either one will be fine.

No ETA for K93SV North America release.

 

Hi. Do you have a guide to remove the bezel around the display of the K93SV?
Many thanks.

 

yes I do and here you go:

 

Thank you.

LE: Is there a special tool/way to remove the small caps over the screws without scratching them?
Already tried with a needle, but couldn't remove the caps and already started scratching them.

 

Please help me.

 

You can use an xacto knife or a small screwdriver.



From http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus/569879-asus-u80v-partial-disassembly-pics.html

 

Thanks to my stupidness i lost one HDD mount screw in my K93SV

I´already disassembled the Keyboard but i can not find this screw till now.
I only can hear it when i shake the Laptop.

I would deeply appreciate if somebody can send me a disassemby guide or a Link where it can be found !

 

Hello am not very good in english come from Germany and have a question.
Would like to clean the fan, but unfortunately I cant find a manual anywhere for it. You know maybe something
Many thanks for your answers
MFG Rossy1980

 

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MFG Rossy1980

 

Hello can anybody help please.

MFG Rossy1980

 

Read through the entire thread to get disassembly help. Pix on pages 1-3.

 

Im confused , i have the asus k93sv with no bluetoot , I dont find Intel wireless N-1300 card with integrated bluetooth , only Intel Centrino Wireless-N 130 , the Intel Centrino Wireless-N 130 is the correct card for my asus k93sv?

 

Hey

@ciripian
Just have a look to post #20, page 2 or 3.


Please, can someone tell if it is possible to choose the starting drive, in the bios ?
Is there a string like "Boot Option Priorities" ?
In case of a SSD in 2.5" place, Windows should be on the SSD instead of the 3.5" HDD.
Thanks

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@GenTechPC

Since it is now more than 3 months later than this post

Any news on the "complete disassembly guide"?


On a related note does anyone know the "LCD screen model number" of the screen used on the Asus K93SV.

 

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Rossy

 

Sorry for the long delay, next time send me PM :

http://gentechpcforums.com/Images/Asus/ASUS_K93_Series_Chapter_02-v1.0.pdf

 

hello i think it's a typo: it's not 1300 but 1030:
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1030 Product Brief
But there are others better card than this one now, such as ones this BT 4.0 and maybe dual channel real 300mbs on 5ghz card. I'm not sure if the port into the K93S for the wireless is mini PCI or mini PCI-E, or if those are compatible and same format. I'm not sure.

By the way did you managed to use the USB3.0 Asus usb charger+ to let the USB3 port to charge event when the laptop is shutdowned?
I just cant start the control pannel that we can see here:
View attachment usb-charger-plus.png
Regards,

 

Hy I`m Newbie and my english is more than bad. Sorry
I Want to change the GT540M in a better GPU. Can i do it? Or is it on board anf i need a new board?
Hope i get a answer.
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thanks a lot Ken