07-03-2020 02:33 PM
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grarrg wrote:
I bought a Zephyrus S GX701 with a RTX 2070 in early January of this year. It always ran hot, I’d see throttling across some CPU cores and CPU package temps peaking at 97C (CPU tjmax is 95C). But as the weather heated up the laptop just got worse. I was seeing CPU package temp hit 100C and throttling across all cores, which was causing noticeable impact in games.
So I sent the laptop in to be repaired early June. Just got it back today and I cannot believe how terrible the repair job was. The RMA note said the motherboard was replaced, not sure why.
First thing I did when I got the laptop this morning was install my aftermarket 16GB memory DIMM. I immediately noticed several screws were missing on the chassis, never a great sign.There was also some minor cosmetic damage in one corner, I assumed caused by incorrect use of a pry tool.
On the inside things just got worse, the heatsink had a very bent and pinched CPU heat pipe. The heatsink no longer sits level on the CPU side. The tape for air flow guidance on the fans was missing on one side. The heat transfer foil at the top of the heatsink was half missing. The heatsink was also missing two screws.The WiFi cables were not run in the holders on the motherboard and one cable is frayed.
After closing up the laptop and booting into Windows I’m welcomed by the left speaker making terrible noises. Oh, and a warning keeps popping up saying "The power connector is not plugged in properly. Please disconnect and reconnect the power adapter." Video of bad speaker https://youtu.be/8zZdk2KqM0Y
TLDR, I got my laptop back from the ASUS service center in worse shape and with more problems than it had going in. For a laptop that retails for $2500 I expected more. Not sure what to do at this point. I’ve owned 5 ASUS laptops; this is the only one I’ve had thermal issues with or had such a terrible RMA experience.