Aorus X7 v2 Motherboard Replacement

Remove the bottom 12 screws (in red)

Remove the 12 screws that hold the heatsink (in red)

Pull off the outer and inner black ribbons (in dark blue)

Remove the two screws (in red) holding in the mSATA (in light blue)

Disconnect the four plugs (in orange)

Remove the two screws (in red) holding the wireless card (in yellow)

Disconnect the three fan plugs and blue ribbon (in orange)

Remove the six screws that hold the trackpad, right speaker and motherboard in place (in red)

Remove the three speaker screws ( in red)

Under the left speaker pull off the orange ribbon (in dark blue)

Right next to the orange ribbon pull off the blue ribbon for access to remove the motherboard (in dark blue)