Asus K53E-BBR7 Optical Drive Replacement

Push the two locking mechanisms at the top of your laptop away from each other.

Pull the battery away from your laptop using your hands.

Remove the two black 7.0 mm Phillips #0 screws from the back cover of your laptop.

Remove the back panel by sliding the panel downwards with your hands.

Use your Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the four 7.0 mm Phillips #0 screws surrounding the hard drive.

Use your hands to slowly pull the hard drive out of your laptop.

Using your Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove the following seventeen screws from your laptop:

Sixteen black 7.0 mm Phillips #0 screws

One silver 4.0 mm Phillips #0 screw

Flip the laptop over and open the lid to reveal the keyboard.

Insert the blue prying tool into each of the five tabs located at the top of the keyboard, pulling upwards on the keyboard to separate it from the palm rest.

Once the top of the keyboard has been separated from the device, slowly begin pulling the keyboard away from the laptop using your hands.

Using your fingers, gently disconnect the silver ribbon cable from the laptop by pulling the cable out of the slot and to the right.

Remove the single silver 6.0 mm Phillips #0 screw that connects the optical drive to the palm rest.

Remove the optical drive from the laptop by pulling it to the right with your hands.