Asus Chromebook C300SA-DS02 WiFi Card Replacement

Written By: Sarah Westberg

Comments: 4

Asus Chromebook C300SA-DS02 WiFi Card Replacement

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

Time Required

30 - 40 minutes

Introduction

If your Asus Chromebook C300SA-DS02 WiFi card has been damaged, use this guide to replace it. Prior to replacing the wireless card, you will need to remove the back cover and keyboard and disconnect the battery for safety.

Tools

Step 1

Power the laptop off and make sure the charger is unplugged before starting.
Remove the eight 8.0mm Phillips #0 screws on the bottom of the laptop.
Remove the three 6.0mm Phillips #0 screws.

I appear to have FIVE of the smaller screws. The four securing the near edge and the one in the center are smaller than the four securing the far edge and the left and right sides. Either your diagram is wrong, or someone screwed mine together incorrectly.

brucegreer - 24/05/18

Mine is the same way — six long screws, five short ones. The screw paths seem to correspond accordingly.

Paul Wagenseil - 02/12/18

Step 2

Open the laptop.
Using an iFixit opening tool, pry along the edges of the keyboard.
Lift the keyboard and slide it gently towards you.
Do not completely remove the keyboard. It is still connected to the back panel by a pair of ribbon cables.

Step 3

Disconnect the two ZIF connectors by prying up the locking bar with a spudger and removing the ribbon cable.

Peut-on trouver le verrouillage zif en détail sur internet ou autres ?

Jeremy Audy - 14/03/21

Step 4

Remove the keyboard from the laptop.

Step 5

Remove the six 5.6mm Phillips #0 screws around the battery.

Step 6

Using your thumb and index finger, pinch the multi-color cable and disconnect it from the motherboard.

A serious omission is that there is a metal clamp holding the battery connector in place that MUST be slid back in order for the connector to be lifted up and off.

Rob - 06/02/19