Watched this before successfully replacing my parent's power jack. Without this I would not have known about the screws under the keyboard and CD drive - Thanks!
The DC jack seems to be a weak point on this model. The positive pin out the back was separated from the jack on the one I just tore down. It took a little effort, but I finally got it to take solder and repaired the existing jack. I don't trust it to hold, though, and left a pigtail sticking out a vent slot for future repair without disassembly.
@@TruePurpose76 Weak indeed! So far, I have had to replace their jack twice! Biggest cause is they didn't have a 90 degree plug, and they used short power cords which often resulted in it getting yanked. Is the pigtail power connector just hanging outside of the laptop? Sounds like a good idea for a laptop that never gets moved, but I bet they would break that off too :(
@@animalbeats Search for "Asus K53E power jack" and choose your most convenient vendor. I think I used eBay, but if you want a more guaranteed part, buy from an electronics part vendor
This is the cheapest US-based ebay listing. I recommend getting at least two in case one is bad or you need to do the repair again in the future. I had to do it twice for my parents. www.ebay.com/itm/New-DC-Power-Jack-Socket-Charging-Port-Plug-for-ASUS-K53-K53E-K53S-K53SV-K53SD/400363175237?hash=item5d37813d45:g:Xc4AAOSwT-Neh882
Most laptops are the same, but to make sure I found this video. Figured it was time to redo the thermal paste, and wanted to make sure I wasn't going to rip out some kind of ribbon cable. +1
Thanks! I had to replace the keyboard, but decided to go all the way in order to replace the heatsink compound on my 11 year old Asus! I just can't justify replacing this workhorse!
in 2025 wondering if K53e with i5 2430M could be upgraded to 16gb, I think it has only 2 slots, currently holding two DDR3L 4GB Kingston KHX1866C11S3L/4G Dual Channel. I checked and they say Ranks single in CPUz. where they fill slots 1 and 3. would getting two 8 GB dual rank memories work filling the Slots that show unavailable? THANKS IF ANYONE CAN HELP!
Watched this before successfully replacing my parent's power jack. Without this I would not have known about the screws under the keyboard and CD drive - Thanks!
The DC jack seems to be a weak point on this model. The positive pin out the back was separated from the jack on the one I just tore down. It took a little effort, but I finally got it to take solder and repaired the existing jack. I don't trust it to hold, though, and left a pigtail sticking out a vent slot for future repair without disassembly.
@@TruePurpose76 Weak indeed! So far, I have had to replace their jack twice! Biggest cause is they didn't have a 90 degree plug, and they used short power cords which often resulted in it getting yanked. Is the pigtail power connector just hanging outside of the laptop? Sounds like a good idea for a laptop that never gets moved, but I bet they would break that off too :(
@@TheLightBeacon what is the part required please?
@@animalbeats Search for "Asus K53E power jack" and choose your most convenient vendor. I think I used eBay, but if you want a more guaranteed part, buy from an electronics part vendor
This is the cheapest US-based ebay listing. I recommend getting at least two in case one is bad or you need to do the repair again in the future. I had to do it twice for my parents.
www.ebay.com/itm/New-DC-Power-Jack-Socket-Charging-Port-Plug-for-ASUS-K53-K53E-K53S-K53SV-K53SD/400363175237?hash=item5d37813d45:g:Xc4AAOSwT-Neh882
Thanks for making this. Just repaired my old laptop running linux with this guide. Very helpful.
Most laptops are the same, but to make sure I found this video. Figured it was time to redo the thermal paste, and wanted to make sure I wasn't going to rip out some kind of ribbon cable.
+1
Greetings from Bulgaria and thank you ! :
Thanks after watching that tear down ill pass until Im sure its a dust prob so many screws and plugs for a de dust great vid
Thank you for showing this to us. I will replace the internal speaker of my Asus laptop.👍
Thanks! I had to replace the keyboard, but decided to go all the way in order to replace the heatsink compound on my 11 year old Asus! I just can't justify replacing this workhorse!
Thank you!!! 👍👍👍
TKS SO MUCH
saludos desde argentina
Good. Thanks
Where does the Processor go?
Under the heatsink?
Got one second hand about a month ago. 😊
But all the screws are missing. 😕
I guess you got SCREWed over 😉
@@zerikg I managed to get all the missing screws shortly after. 😋😄
Supposedly this laptop supports 12/16 GB RAM...
@@davidbolha Seriously? I need to get my RAM changed then.
@@zerikg I think I read it on some forum. 🤔
@@zerikg So did you then ? 🤔🙄
Thank you very much, VERY helpful!
Why is there no sound?
guys help i didn't know how to rebuild it
😬
Thank you!!
My display is not working .. I did something wrong it seems
in 2025 wondering if K53e with i5 2430M could be upgraded to 16gb, I think it has only 2 slots, currently holding two DDR3L 4GB Kingston KHX1866C11S3L/4G Dual Channel. I checked and they say Ranks single in CPUz. where they fill slots 1 and 3. would getting two 8 GB dual rank memories work filling the Slots that show unavailable? THANKS IF ANYONE CAN HELP!
Charge pin k53e
very good! i go with my computer now! ja
Takk fyrir!