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[Eee Pad Transformer General] dbiggss:
So I ended up opening up my TF, which btw was the easiest piece of electronic equipment that I have tore into.

After inspecting everything, retightening the screws, and reassembling, the creaking seems to have lessened a little bit, but it is definitely still there.

An interesting thing that I noticed is that there is a small protruding eyelet on one side that doesn't seem to attach to anything. I didn't think anything of it before I reassembled the TF, but looking back it might be rubbing against the inside of the bezel to cause the creak. Regardless there is too much flex in the plastic backing for me, that is a minor annoyance- but I'm really picky.

I plan on opening this thing back up and will record and post a video if noone else does- when I have some time.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] pokey9000:
It says 7.2V, and LiIon are almost always 3.6V. So these are 2 3300mAh cells connected in series for 7.2V. Amp-hours is meaningless when talking about capacity unless you know the voltage. Really the equitable way to measure capacity is in watt-hours which takes the voltage into account. 2 3300mAh 3.6V cell is 23.76Wh, which is the same capacity as a single 6600mAh cell.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Nascar Dog:
I would appreciate that.

Thanks
[Eee Pad Transformer General] graffixnyc:
I wonder if we take the back cover somewhere we could have a custom flatter one made instead of it being rounded like it is, it would make it a bit thinner ;)

Or does it need the extra room?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] HorsexD:
It Looks Like if Asus Wanted to they could have made this Tablet Thinner and Lighter :rolleyes:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Nascar Dog:
That would have cost more.

I like the shape of mine.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] hoan999999:
COOL! One should definitely install a slot & try to snap in a MacBook Air Aftermarket SSD! Or some WWAN HSPA adapters & there would be more work for teh devs!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ghmiilwaa2:
Noticed your comment regarding the speaker. Just a thought, try replacing the stock connection between your speaker and TF with a slightly higher gauge or bi-wiring it. I have done this will all my phones and headphones and tested much higher frequency response, less dampening effect, and better voice coil control.

(especially effective when re-wiring your headphones)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuntdouble:
I just rooted in the end and did THIS to fix the speaker balance. It's worked well. I'm not modifying anything inside before my warranty period has expired, in case I ever need to send it back for whatever reason.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cowballz69:
I just finished opening up the tablet. No need for guitar pick., also u will bend the metal and possibly scratch your tab with it. Just unscrew the bottom, starting from the top place your 2 thumbs on the screen and gently pull the bezel torwards you. Takes less than a minute to do this. •theres not much u can do about thw light bleed other than lossen the screws on the bottom inside, also I got a blow gun and cleaned the rear camera from the inside. Also ALL creaking is gone now from tightining the screw where the noise was
[Eee Pad Transformer General] speckledpig:
Thanks for this guide. I will be disassembling mine this evening. I dropped it from under my arm (I was in a bathroom) with the tablet in the Asus case, and it hit the corner of the countertop from about 8" up.

The impact bent the bezel next to the power button, which caused the power button to get stuck and not work. I was able to pry it out with my pocketknife, but it still isn't working properly.

I can't believe the lack of case options for this tablet. If I had a gel bumper case like Xoom does, this would have been avoided.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] clarkseth:
Hi!Great Job!

i've only 1 question, in your opinion, the physical storage memory, could be expandable to 64Gb? And about Ram, in your photo i don't see any slots, it's the same SDRAM mounted on a smart-phone(it can not be changed)???

Thanks in advance.

I'll wait your feedback :p
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cowballz69:
Yes easy fix once u remove the bezel. When u fix and click the case everything back in, make sure the buttons are sticking out all the way before accembling it or it will get stuck.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] steinforce:
Hello,

Since I have a problem with mine (the charging port is a bit misplaced) and they told me that it's a customer induced damage (yeah, right..), i wanted to ask if the charging port is user changeable as i see on the photos.

Thanks,

-Than.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] speckledpig:
Mission complete. The aluminum is very malleable and very thin! I took it apart with the two bottom screws, separated the bezel (only used my fingernail in a few places), and then separated the black plastic piece from the aluminum bezel.

I took a flat screwdriver and used that to reshape the dented area, hammering it from the inside. Once that was done, I shaved a bit of the area around the power button.

I put it back together, but apparently the black plastic part of the bezel is attached to the aluminum only with adhesive, and it didn't close up as tightly as before, so there is some play in the section I had to pry out.

The power button is more difficult to press now; I probably should shave and polish the opening a bit more, but this works for now.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] deadman3000:
You guys are braver than me. I almost bottled out of rooting. :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Adrian.Chandra:
Help Tearing Down

Hello,

I've been meaning to open my transformer for the dead left speaker, but if i apply some force (quite hard) on top of it, its temporarily have sound again. I guess there is something wrong with the soldering of the cable. So now i need some guidance, or maybe a video walkthrough to do it.

This what i've gather so far from these brave individuals in this thread:

1. Open 2 (T5 ?) Torx Screw on the bottom of the transformer (On the right and left of the charging connector)

2. Pull the bezel gently to the front by pushing the screen back from the top (the camera spot ?)

or

2. Use pick/tool to gently pry the bezel to the front (start from the 4 corner)

or

2. ?

3. Remove the back cover by first removing 2 top, 2 bottom, 3 left, 3 right philips screw

4. When re-assembling don't forget to check on the power and volume button

Thanks in advance
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuntdouble:
@Adrian.Chandra

Yes what you have posted is right, except that I wouldnt use just hands to open it unless you have the worlds gentlest touch, as it's so easy to bend the bezel out of shape. If you don't care then hands are fine.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Adrian.Chandra:
Thanks

@stuntdouble

Thanks for the quick reply

Do you think i will be able to fix my problem (fixing the dead speaker) by opening my transformer, i would hate to open it then will not be able to access the speaker. And is there any noticeable warranty label that can void my warranty.

Thanks
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cowballz69:
When u put everything back together the power button has to be sticking out all the way! So make sure its poking out and accemble with buttons facing the floor. I had the samw issue and it was that
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Adrian.Chandra:
Left Speaker Dead Update

Well i open my transformer yesterday, but too bad the speaker cable is broken on the inside. The cable is very small and glued to the speaker membrane so to much power to the speaker can broke it, maybe that is the reason for the lower volume on 3.1 update. And the unbalance speaker problem could caused by the very long cable from the right speaker to the left speaker, i don't know much about electronic but maybe some power is loss because of it.

I cannibalized my very old sony erricson phone speaker to replace the left speaker. Now the balance is okay but the SE speaker lack the range on lower freqs, better than no sound at all.

Now i just need to find a pair of speaker that can fit and have the same power req to replace the stock speaker. Does any body know what is the spec of the stock speaker ?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuntdouble:
Did you look under the black foam strip on the speaker itself? Possibly has some text underneath it, if you don't mind doing that of course. Most speakers have at least some sort of markings on them.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Adrian.Chandra:
No marking what so ever, but on top of the magnet there is a word 'tek' if i remembered correctly (i think its just a short for asus'TEK'). That's kinda strange cuz if i see your screen shoot there is also a number, but on my speaker magnet there is no number.

Btw my transformer is TW (Taiwan).
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuntdouble:
People keep mentioning this website around the forums but I dont know if it's linked to asus in any way or not. I guess you might have to keep an eye on this as they seem to get original parts for Asus products a few months after devices come out. They might get some stock of speakers at some point.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] chatch15117:
Did you happen to see where the RAM is? If so, is it just regular SO-DIMM DDR2? I would like to upgrade to a 2GB stick if it is.

EDIT: I am on the phone and it seems that the RAM is not actually removable. It's directly on the PCB(SOC) :(:(
[Eee Pad Transformer General] chatch15117:
Actually the guy was wrong, he checked again and it IS removable. But he said it "can't be upgraded". ASUS tech support is great. Try getting that kind of technical info out of someone like Apple :p.

I'm guessing it would need a new ROM to support 2GB ram or something. Does it have a BIOS? That's probably what is limiting the RAM compatibility.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] yizhaq79:
hi.

im trying to make a case for the tf.

my main problem is i want to be carbon, but the carbon is not transparent to wifi radio signals.

this is the thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1119706

i made 3 cases from fiberglass, painted, regular, and one from russian kevlar.

they all end-up ugly.

so the one thing left is to make case from carbon fiber. the thing is , i want to identify the place of the wifi antenna, to make small holes in this area in the case hopefully it will help with the signal and end my misery ( oh it talking to long and to much time for one case )

can anyone help with this issue?

thank you.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] hesynergy:
Great work!...I am hoping there are hi-res versions of these shots....all I found on photobucket were the same lo-res shots as seen here.

Thanks

Chas
[Eee Pad Transformer General] hesynergy:
The horrid built in Microphone

The MIC!!! Yes!....

BTW, Asus tech support after escalating problem with mic said "The speakers are used as 5.1 Mic, and that there was NO dedicated built in Mic"...I said BS and told them to please see my YouTube comparing my Iphone headset on Transformer video vs the built in Mic(audio with Iphone headset beautiful Hi-FI sound), and please duplicate!

Does everyone experience the abysmal Mic frequency response?...I am on the verge of sending this beautiful box back for just that one flaw.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] gundamwfan:
To the OP, I have a question about the storage. Whenever I access this device, it lists the root directory under "sdcard". Is the original storage that's built in an actual SD card, or did they not skimp and actually put in an SSD Drive or some flash chips? I'd feel really cheated if the $100 difference between the 16 and 32GB version of this beautiful tablet would be "justified" by a plain jane SD card.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] steelfatboy1:
Great info! I was curious about this as well. I'll bet the 2GB stick would work.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dan-htc-touch:
storage has to be named sdcard since most apps that require storage look for it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] doublen1:
You have brass balls my friend. Kudos.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ptanuri:
Hi, is there anyone found the RAM stick and/or try to upgrade it yet ?

**curious curious curious
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuntdouble:
There's no ram stick like a normal desktop/notebook pc in tablets. Inside the TF its a custom made combined chip soldered onto main board. No chance of a end-user upgrading it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] H3llb0und:
Anyone opened the keyboard dock yet?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] xTRICKYxx:
Yes, I do believe that the Tegra 2 chip only supports 1GB of RAM as well... Too bad I guess.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] al mon:
One thing about the light bleeding.

When I disassembled the Nook Color down to bare parts and re-assembled, I over tightened the screws which hold the screen in and it caused bleeding. It may simply be that the Transformer screws around the screen are too tight causing the same problem. I loosened those screws and the bleeding went away.

I'm going to take mine apart and see if this is true. My plan is also to paint the bezel and the back. I'm not a fan of the bronze color.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] deadman3000:
Keep us updated :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] arthurbrownleeiv:
This has TONS of interest for me... Not just the SSD idea though, but putting in my UBNT wireless card, or a 3G WWAN card really has me excited.

Anyone look more into this?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jonny00707:
I have recently got one though the post however the screen does not work. Only the back light turns on. Someone suggested that the video cable may have been knocked loose inside the Pad. Do you agree with this?

If so would you think it is easy to plug it back in? As I do not want to wait 3 weeks to have it sent of for warranty as I am going on holiday?! It is being sent of on Monday so I have all weekend. I am willing to maybe make it a bit scratched but as long as I fix it. I have lots of mates who take apart laptops ect so they could help. :) Thank you

EDIT: If anyone could help or give advice that would be ACE!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] DLuke77:
Hi

It's not clear to me what have you done to reduce bleading.

Only open and close the tf1010 case?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] crockashat:
Docking Station teardown with pics?

I'll second this one, has anyone disassembled the keyboard/docking station yet. I am really curious to see how the dock is put together and what mods can be done to it.

Edit:

Found some inside pics of the dock in the Q&A section (Thanks to markolino72) gona have to give this a try, looks like it may be able to be modded

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1181505
[Eee Pad Transformer General] anaadoul:
Ok this is awesome, i wonder if there is a simple way to get a USB port internally, plug a 3G/LTE usb adapter ans use the software mod.

Probably we are going to need a tiny usb hub
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Canadoc:
Can't seem to find a t5 torx screwdriver.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Canadoc:
Seriously been to 3 hardware stores and smallest I can find is a t6 any chance that will work?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuntdouble:
I've got a set of 16 torx bits and just checked for you. Could probably get away with using any size from T5-T7, as they fit in my TF screw slots. Anyway, if you want a set or just a specific torx bit/driver, check ebay, as there's loads of cheap ones on there.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] KnightCrusader:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't PCI-E have a built in USB line that can be tapped to add a full USB port on the tablet itself? Or some other accessory.

I don't need one or plan to mod mine to do so, but I thought it would be an interesting idea at least.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jonect:
I was looking at the teardown pictures and noticed that the TF has a small slide switch that appears to be internal and not an external control. It is the 10th picture down and to the left of the grey and brown wireless connectors. Does anyone know what that switch does? (Sorry, can't link the picture since I don't have enough posts)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] MFighter:
wifi chip?

thanks for the pics!

does anyone know what wifi chip is being used?

couldn't find it... :-S

cheers
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Poulsen8r:
Well, I flipped the switch, now it won't turn on :D. Haha the actual story is that if you flip the switch with the tab on, it will turn off and if you flip it with the tab off it won't turn on. If you flip it and try APX or USB nothing happens. So as far as I can find there is no real use for the switch unless it relates to the PCI slot somehow. Maybe it's just an off switch for transport or something?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] catolh:
Kudos!

btw, nice "antistatic" carpet you've got there. Arent you worried about electrostatic damage to the components?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jonect:
i just thought it was strange to have a switch there that may not be needed in production. It takes up space and drives up the cost of goods. I was hoping it was something like a USB JTAG switch for initializing the board. My company's tab has an external board with switches to enable JTAG over USB and enable write to the protectected areas of FLASH.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Poulsen8r:
I was hoping to find some obvious JTAG points but I couldn't really see anything :(. As for the carpet, just ground yourself and you'll be fine. Also, electrostatic discharge doesn't cause any obvious damage so even if I did fry the unit is could probably plead ignorance and get a replacement.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] prince_72:
Today i received my transformer after sending it for RMA for the left speaker problem.

Guess what??

It came back as fixed (The replacement part was the left speaker sponger)

but again the speaker is dead.

I am furious.

I decided to open the transformer and see myself the speaker problem.

I found the left speaker and when I touched it with my finger from the front side

it started sound something but the sound was distorted.

After 4-5 seconds it died again.

Now I am really tired to send it back to Asus for RMA for the same problem

Does anyone know where to get the speaker as part?

It comes in a cable with a connector with both speakers (left, right)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] 2leaponover1:
Well, i had the problem with my backlight only coming on and no screen on. I read postings of loose video cables. I also tapped around the frame, not hard and the backlight completely went off leading me to believe it was definitely a loose cable. So I took the thing apart, no big deal... but i have no idea where the video cable is. Help please!!!!

EDIT: SUCCESS! I messed around pushing on some of the cables to make sure they would be tight and although none of them seemed to be loose, my screen came on but was a weird red tinge. So just by feeling around and watching the screen I found out what cable it is. I still don't see how it got fixed because it really didn't seem lose but nonetheless playing around with it has completely restored my screen. If anybody needs details pm me!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] nxp3:
what size screwdriver is it. None of mine fit I'll have to order some special screwdriver somewhere. My asus is dead....probably for good but I thought I'd take it apart to see anyway just in case I can bring it back to life. Geez...such bad luck, I had adapter went out and just bought another one and now the asus is dead.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bernechad:
This is exactly what I'd like to know as well, mostly because I believe my wifi is shot.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] swan3609:
Help!! My TF screen has gone black.. I am pretty sure that the culprit is a loose connection between the board and the Screen.. I have HDMI out and the Digitizer works just fine but the screen is black.

I torn my TF apart and I was not able to see the ribbon going from the board to the Screen.. would any of you other more experienced members like to highlight where the ribbon cable is that I am looking for?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Edgy47:
I was look at this thread . . .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1239625&highlight=500+gb
[Eee Pad Transformer General] edb66:
Hi all, Thanks to this thread, I managed to disassemble my TF, clean the inside of the rear camera lens and reassemble a working device. Unfortunately I lost two of the six screws that hold the back cover on from the edges. It seems to work fine without them, but I'd kinda like to replace them anybody know what size they are?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cquilliam:
No longer releavant.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mort_pp:
I have broken my Transformer screen a while ago, and managed to order a replacement one today from screencountry.com - that's the only website selling it where it's not out of stocked - they restocked virtually a couple days ago.

I dont know how to exchange the screen as of yet, but hopefully i will have it more or less sorted out by the time it arrives
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cquilliam:
Edited post because its no longer relavant.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mort_pp:
I am trying to fit the new display right now, and it does not seem good. The LCD is between monocoque plastic casing and the front panel (glass/touchscreen). The two are fitted with some type of adhesive and I can see no way of separating it other than brute force, but then it would be impossible to fit it back together. To be fair, I'm quite stuck :/
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cquilliam:
Edited post because I no longer need it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] vrso2:
hmm

Here is a video of TF dis-assembly. There is no video of replacing screen. That will come in part 2.

http://youtu.be/JG9gEYRALtU

---------- Post added at 02:32 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:30 AM ----------

ita happen to me once. There is one connector, u have to take out and put back in. It helped me. The connector has no lock mechanism, and its secured with a tape.

replacement can be found in here: http://www.screencountry.com/index.php?section=products&model=EEE Pad Transformer TF101&brand=ASUS

---------- Post added at 03:19 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:32 AM ----------

did the new LCD came with adhesive tape ?

I have feeling, that only way to replace the screen is break old one on pieces and clean main body. Also, i think, that u have to take all modules and motherboard take off the main body. Can u plz attach pic of new screen ? Plz, both sides.

Ill do mine, but i did not order replacement yet (xmass comming) :)

I will do step b step guide video and post it in here (thru my youtube channel)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] vrso2:
hmm

Complete disassembly in pictures here :

http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/cracking-open-the-asus-eee-pad-transformer-tf101/6270147?seq=61&tag=siu-container;thumbnail-view-selector

Complete disassembly video (russian) in here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-6dKsGJ4VY
[Eee Pad Transformer General] goodintentions:
Still looking for a replacement glass. Not the LCD part. I'm talking about the outside glass. Anyone has info on it?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] gab74:
Does anyone separate the glass from the LCD ? I need to clean the glass, it has some black points on it !
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Spidey01:
There is a site that sells replacement touch screens and I would hope it has the glass, search the forum on fixing blank screen issues and taking this baby apart. If you can't find it, PM me and I'll check if I can find it here or in my browser history at home but no promises it has what you're looking for.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] anthonyeco:
I'm stuck at the same point no clue how to actually remove the Touch/Digitizer from the metal frame. It is held in place very very very tight. I see no way with out forcing it either which could be even more disastrous.

Actually I was able to get the digitizer removed but not without cutting the ribbon cable. Just work your way around the screen on that thin double sided tape I used a rewards zone card from like a super market. If you were to use any metal or anything you will scrap the coatings on the rim of the screen.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] treo4life:
post pics. I have one were i cracked the inner screen and need to fix it...