heady ferry
Hey yall, My Asus Rog Strix Laptop g733 is over heating after Dust Cleaning I also Put a hard drive in it. My laptop's temperature is going up and down constantly and wont keep my pc cool anymore. The Fans are spinning. This is the most werid thing I ran into. My pc use to be kept really cool and never got up to 95C and now it's hitting that underload and when its not under load its some times hit 88 degrees or as low as 45C degress. I cant return the laptop to best buy. I bought it on Oct 29.
Under average load
trail hatch
did u use compressed air to clean it out or just dusted it out?
also by hard drive I'm assuming an m.2 ssd? since a hdd wouldn't really fit
heady ferry
yes I had it apart and I used compressed air
heady ferry
also by hard drive I'm assuming an m.2 ssd? since a hdd wouldn't really fit
correct m.2 I put in it
trail hatch
did u by chance allow the fans to freespin while using the compressed air? that could potentially damage the fans
usually shouldn't be an issue but it could be in this case
heady ferry
did u by chance allow the fans to freespin while using the compressed air? that ...
Yea i did allow it to free spin
trail hatch
does the rog utility show fan speed anywhere?
heady ferry
yea
loaded up some simple minecraft as u can see in this photo they show it is working
trail hatch
do u remember if 3000rpm is where it used to be or did it used to be different? also any noticeable change in fan sounds?
heady ferry
sounds like jet engines lol
trail hatch
I mean that's usual for a laptop ig lol
using one too xd
but is it any different as compared to before the problem?
heady ferry
yes it use to be cooler and never got above 90 degress and hovered about 75c to 89 underload playing cod mw2
I wonder if My compressed air pushed dust into the mental tubs that carry the air to the cpu and cpu. The Problem is i dont want to take those cooling off because it has liquid metal applied to it as well.
trail hatch
yeah the heat pipes won't be damaged by compressed air
trail hatch
umm not rly, heat pipes are fully enclosed metal pipes, unless ur using compressed air that can blast through metal the heat pipes won't be damaged, I guess the fin stacks could be more obstructed but if u dusted it out already it shouldn't be the case
heady ferry
I just dusted the fans with air. from the inside. This is soo weird
in the myasus app there diagnostic tool that test the fans and its say they were fine as well
heady ferry
but is it any different as compared to before the problem?
Also here is normal Temperature before this problem occurring and its underload. This is playing the new cod
trail hatch
huh that's weird, it could honestly be a lot of things tbh, game update, pc settings changed, driver changes/etc. sorta hard to know without being there to diagnose the issue :/
heady ferry
huh that's weird, it could honestly be a lot of things tbh, game update, pc sett...
how would diagnose? I could definitly do it myself
I wonder should I pull that hard drive out?
What it looks like inside
gilded flint
It sounds like during the cleaning, the heatsink array was bent so that the cold plates no longer sit flush with the silicon. Inspect the heatpipes for any indication of bend and try to correct it GENTLY.
Also, did this machine come with Liquid Metal applied?
gilded flint
What it looks like inside
Sorry I did not reply post so you didn't see what I wrote
heady ferry
Also, did this machine come with Liquid Metal applied?
Yes It did
gilded flint
Okay. So, you do need to re-spread that material before you re-mount the heatsink.
All you need to do is get a Q-tip and gently rub the surfaces that are already wet.
So inspect the heatsink assembly for bend and re-spread the LM material on the CPU package and coldplate.
And just use the TIP of the Q-tip to re-spread the TIM.
gilded flint
Yes It did
Did it again
gilded flint
Posted without pinging you.
heady ferry
Okay. So, you do need to re-spread that material before you re-mount the heatsin...
I never took the heat sink off
Thanks for the tip thou
gilded flint
You never took the heatsink off? Okay then well your issues sound exactly like what I had with my brother's ASUS laptop. His LM on the heatsink had cured some and left a bare spot on the CPU die.
And here is the kicker: to remove the heatsink you need to disconnect the screen, and the screen eDP connector uses an un-keyed connector so it will still go in when not aligned.
As a result when I was reconnecting the display it arced and burned away a ground pin and killed the LCD's backlight. Ensure that the battery is disconnect and the system FULLY discharged before working on that machine.
gilded flint
I never took the heat sink off
So yeah I think your symptom is liquid metal drying, which can be resolved by re-spreading the LM on the CPU and the heatsink
Just follow what I said above and when you remove the assembly, GENTLY remove it by lifting the assembly from the battery-side of the array and rock it toward the back of the laptop.
Likewise you might be able to send it in to ASUS and they may service it because it is still in warranty.