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Key replacement on Asus Vivobook 14? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The W and R keys don't work on my ASUS vivobook flip 14 and I would like to fix them so I can give the laptop to a friend. The reason they stopped working is because I spilled water on them a long time ago. Other than that, the laptop works perfectly fine.

I saw some teardown videos for an entire keyboard replacement for it, but it looks wayyyyyy too complicated and easy to mess up. I have expierence replacing stuff like batteries and SSDs in computers.

Is there a way to replace/fix those two keys without taking out the entire motherboard?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Probably not a way to just fix those two keys. I'm a bit surprised by Asus - it's not usual to have to replace the entire top cover just to replace the keyboard. The teardown and reassembly looks a bit time intensive but not difficult by many standards. Did you look at the teardown guide directly from Asus?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No, I haven't been able to find the one directly from Asus. The ones I've seen are off of YouTube.

From what I understand you don't have to replace the whole top cover, you just have to get under the motherboard and tear some things up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Google for "[model number] teardown guide" for the official documentation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I had looked that up previously, and now after reading this I realized that the official teardown guide was there but was reposted on unofficial sites so I had overlooked them. Thanks for the recommendation