Source: forum.eeeuser.com

When I was doing my internal mods I read each thread and went through all tips and info. It was fun, though too tiresome to locate all threads and now I can see that the info related to mods is growing exponentially on this great forum as time passes.So I decided to gather all the useful tips posted in this forum and my own experience while modding my EEE and prepared this small guide post for internal mods.I hope it will be helpful for all those out there thinking where to start. And I must thank to all contributors of modding info,especially to ckeeg,tristand,tnkgrl,Johnx and texasguy  as I used their material without their consent while preparing this small guide.I hope I didn’t offend anyone and here is the DISCLAIMER:You mod your EEE Pc at your own risk.If your EEE bricks neither I nor this site can be held responsible for it and be aware that all the mods and methods described here will void your warranty.

Having said that so, here it goes:

Opening up and exposing your EEE Pc:

First remove keyboard by depressing marked tabs.

Keyboard and touchpad both has a ribbon cable connector. move the sliders forward to release the ribbon cables .Be careful not to damage and avoid using force to pull back the ribbons.They must gently give way.if not, means you couldn’t release the slider properly

Unscrew all the red circled screws at the top metal plate and bottom cover.Don’t worry to mix them they are all same size.

Now separate top cover from bottom one.You can do it by using your finger nails. Don’t use force and go systematically all around the perimeter as shown.

Now you should see the motherboard. Before lifting it up or ideally taking it out for any mod job you have to disconnect all the JST connectors pointed by red arrows. You can also flip the board over the screen without disconnecting those but ideally it is better to disconnect all and take out the mobo. Don’t forget to take out the rubber fill in the unused  modem port as this can resist when you try to lift the board.When lifting the mother board be careful not to use force and bend it.There are two tabs under the touchpad area as can be seen.these needs to be pushed back while lifting.Also easy on the audio jacks and VGA connector.It needs a careful navigation between them while lifting.

If you wish to mod in the LCD area,to open the LCD screen bezel remove 6 screws shown by arrows

Then separate two parts from each other using your finger nails.

This is how a fully exposed EEE looks like

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