Hi there,
this is my first post so bear with me
my device is no longer in warranty. I am comfortable with doing minimal operations on the device. it has no data I formatted it thinking it's a software bug at first, but no it's something else.
What I tried: running it with disabled dGPU, running it with an external screen, resetting everything, using Linux on it instead of windows, reinstalling BIOS, using a different SSD, running it without internet, keeping it plugged to a wall, using a desktop cooler on the CPU, praying to god, contacting the CEO'S office at ASUS for any help, heating up the board in hopes the ram was just badly soldered on and pressing on it, and I even tried MEMTEST86, but it kept passing the test.
well, it didn't pass the test the first few times. it kept triggering the freeze issue but then it did pass the test.
"it" being the device. and running it is just playing some intense web games as a test.
Here is what I'm thinking of. either disable SOME of the ram using BIOS. or physically. I watched a video this guy would use schematics to find "DIMM_SEL" RAM resistors, and he would move them to the EMPTY slot. I'm thinking of doing that. I found 3 RAM resistors.
I'm not a bozo though. I will obviously keep at least 1 of the ram resistors in its place. I want a functioning laptop. I don't mind less ram.
Thank you for reading, I appreciate all the help
(and no im not gonna give up on it. if i do ill probably destroy it in a dramatic way)
this is my first post so bear with me
my device is no longer in warranty. I am comfortable with doing minimal operations on the device. it has no data I formatted it thinking it's a software bug at first, but no it's something else.
What I tried: running it with disabled dGPU, running it with an external screen, resetting everything, using Linux on it instead of windows, reinstalling BIOS, using a different SSD, running it without internet, keeping it plugged to a wall, using a desktop cooler on the CPU, praying to god, contacting the CEO'S office at ASUS for any help, heating up the board in hopes the ram was just badly soldered on and pressing on it, and I even tried MEMTEST86, but it kept passing the test.
well, it didn't pass the test the first few times. it kept triggering the freeze issue but then it did pass the test.
"it" being the device. and running it is just playing some intense web games as a test.
Here is what I'm thinking of. either disable SOME of the ram using BIOS. or physically. I watched a video this guy would use schematics to find "DIMM_SEL" RAM resistors, and he would move them to the EMPTY slot. I'm thinking of doing that. I found 3 RAM resistors.
I'm not a bozo though. I will obviously keep at least 1 of the ram resistors in its place. I want a functioning laptop. I don't mind less ram.
Thank you for reading, I appreciate all the help
(and no im not gonna give up on it. if i do ill probably destroy it in a dramatic way)