04-23-2018 01:33 PM - last edited on 03-06-2024 08:53 PM by ROGBot
04-24-2018 07:12 AM
xXxR0GL0rdxXx wrote:
Okay, this sounds weird I guess, but the CPU fan is not really pushing enough air. What I mean is that even if my CPU is melting (90C+ hot) and the fan is going crazy fast, the air can be barely felt at the end of the machine if I put my hand there. It does push hot air - the stock paste only pushed lukewarm - but it's just like barely even moving any air at all.
Is there a solution to this? Like... I replaced the stock fan after a few months as it was very loud (factory defect probably) and of course I repasted the machine maybe 2-3 times. Problem is, every time I take it apart, the connectors like ribbon ones get damaged. I barely could reassemble the SATA pins last time, I almost lost the HDD bays (2).
- I have tried to order the cables (both keyboard + SATA ribbon is dying) from ASUS, but they just quoted me the whole motherboard.
- No I did not rip them, I took apart my ThinkPad a thousand times and it has no damage whatsoever. The ribbons used by ASUS simply lack the layer that would hold it all together, so when you disconnect them - no matter how carefully - there is always a risk of damage. The more often you take it apart, the more chance you got destroying it.
- Thought about using liquid metal but as Linus mentioned in his phone liquid metal video, laptops can also get dropped (even if in a bag), and thus spill. For some reason the gap between the sink and GPU / CPU is kinda huge for me, so I had to use quite some paste. But hey, it works, GPU is cool as ever. It spits lava, like when I bought my machine.
But the CPU... oh, the CPU.
I am open to any solutions, really.
Ps.: Maybe sending my machine to ASUS would get me the fan and ribbons replaced, but after they quoted me the wrong parts (and some veeery big numbers on those), I kinda fear the whole thing. I would also suspect they would charge me at least 200$ for the repaste + clean + fan + labor. Btw I really am not trying to talk ill of ASUS service. I only had one RMA replacement with them with an eeePC, they fixed that, and that was the end of the story. Things are a bit different this time though.
04-24-2018 07:48 AM
Fugasik wrote:
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04-24-2018 01:55 PM
Chok_Ice wrote:
this is why u shouldnt get gaming laptops,
they overheat and dont last long......
04-24-2018 02:21 PM
Chok_Ice wrote:
this is why u shouldnt get gaming laptops,
they overheat and dont last long......
04-30-2018 04:29 AM