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    Asus U43JC-X1 Opening Chassis

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Snoopyy, Sep 20, 2010.

  1. Snoopyy

    Snoopyy Newbie

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    Was looking around today on the web and found an Asus UL30 mod that adds backlit keyboard to the laptop. Was wanting to do this and it looks like maybe the keyboard replacement should be the same as the U80 keyboards available on ebay. Was wondering has anyone attempted to open the chassis and looked underneath for possible upgrade/repair? Thanks.

    Also, for ref. here's where the UL30 mod was documented:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus/465841-ul30-backlit-keyboard-mod.html

    edit: oops, forgot to say I have the U43JC-X1 from Amazon
     
    Snoopyy, Sep 20, 2010
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    *bump*
    I'm also looking for a take apart guide. I just got a B1 and I would like to replace the elcheapo Intel 1000 single band WIFI card with an Intel 6200 dual band card. It's not accessible from the RAM or Hard-drive door as they speculated in the Owner's Lounge.
    Oh... and thanks for that link. Now I want to do that backlit keyboard mod too.
     
    tenchi71, Feb 28, 2011
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  3. DCx

    DCx Banned!

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    Chances are, if you can't get it from the bottom, it'll be easily accessible with the keyboard off. That's how much companies do it - they usually (usually!) don't make you disassemble the whole thing.

    So pop off the keyboard and take a look.
     
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    Yeah... I was eventually going to do that.
    That's usually the case with most business lines though. I deal with opening one or two a week, at least. Consumer machines... yeah... hit or miss. I've seen some machine require the removal of the entire motherboard just to get at the card on the bottom, opposite the keyboard, inaccessible from any of the bottom openings. Having the service guide or a walk through is nice, you have the exact location of the part you want to get to, no need to remove things you don't need to touch, and no surprises the first time through.
     
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    True. But if you're used to opening up machines, you know that if it's not generally accessible by the bottom, it's a full teardown. Or, as much of a teardown that the difference between that and a full teardown that it doesn't matter.

    If it's like the latest EEE notebooks (I know some of the UL models share chassis design with the EEE line - see the ul20), then yeah, it's a big hassle to get to the wifi card.
     
    DCx, Feb 28, 2011
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