How to open ASUS Vivobook 17 (X1702) – disassembly and upgrade options

To access this notebook’s internals, you need to undo 11 Phillips-head screws. Then, pry the bottom panel with a plastic tool and lift it away from the chassis.

2. Remove the battery

Here, we find a 42Wh battery pack. To remove it, unplug the connector from the motherboard, and undo all three Phillips-head screws.

3. Upgrade memory and storage

This machine comes with either 4 or 8GB of DDR4 RAM soldered to the motherboard. You can expand it further via the single SODIMM slot. Storage-wise, there is one M.2 PCIe x4 slot, which supports Gen 4 SSDs.

4. Cooling system

And for cooling, you get a long heat pipe, connecting to two heat sinks, where a single fan blows the heat away from the chassis.

Check out all ASUS Vivobook 17 (X1702) prices and configurations in our Specs System, or read more in our In-Depth review.

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ASUS was really strong in 2022. Regardless if we're talking about its super-premium notebooks, the ROGs that delivered the most powerful tablet, or the budget-conscious systems. Now, we are happy to see that 2023 starts pretty well, with the Vivobook 17 (X1702).It is an affordable 17-incher, which is not scared of anything. You can find it with a 12th Gen Intel processor from either the U-series or the P-series. What makes them different, is the internal design, which gives the latter more P-cores, and a higher TDP limit of 28W. Likewise, the U-series should be more efficient, as their TD[...]

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