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  • magneh
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Apr 2014
    • 585
    • Portugal
    #1

    Issues after maintenance of Asus ROG G53SW

    Hello!

    I'm the happy owner of a G53SW, it's a beast but I love it!
    He's out of warranty for about 6 month's , and I noticed that the fans were spinning full often and the air exhausted was extremely hot, so time to clean it and change thermal paste! I don't want him to die

    So I carefully started disassembling it , it's not very easy but its neither too difficult.
    Reached mobo, removed it and removed coolers from GPU and CPU.
    The GPU has a lot of thermal adhesive and a "gooey" compound.
    Just cleaned the die and applied a Coolermaster thermal compound.
    Did the same on the CPU. Assembled it carefully, and turned it on.
    Posted ok , entered OS ok. Rebooted, entered OS , and first issue!
    The screen appeared full of red artifacts! Turned it off right away, checked connections etc all were ok. Turned it on again and had some trouble entering OS. Artifacts again. Started to get worried.
    Didn't took photos at that moment, but first picture attached is very similar of what I had.

    Well, I removed the board again and here I am. I don't think anything was damaged, checked everything carefully and I don't see any problem.

    Maybe the thermal I applied on the die wasn't good and chip overheated?
    Here are some photos of the coolers and board.
    What thermal compound do you guys recommend applying here?
    Should I remove all the "gooey" stuff and apply some new adhesive or other thermal stuff I never used before?

    I would love to get the guy back 100%

    What could be causing these issues? I'm getting mad!

    Waiting for some feedback of the gurus before reassemble it and test it again!

    Cheers!
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    • fddizon
      Badcaps Veteran
      • Sep 2011
      • 555
      • Philippines
      #2
      Re: Issues after maintenance of Asus ROG G53SW

      clean off excess thermal compound. should only be applied on top of the chips.

      i wonder why the red stuff is only in the background?!# looks like a wall paper to me.

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        • magneh
          Badcaps Veteran
          • Apr 2014
          • 585
          • Portugal
          #3
          Re: Issues after maintenance of Asus ROG G53SW

          Originally posted by fddizon
          clean off excess thermal compound. should only be applied on top of the chips.

          i wonder why the red stuff is only in the background?!# looks like a wall paper to me.
          Hello!

          Well, maybe that's not the best picture to give the example.
          Maybe this one gives a better idea, but in my case it was red artifacting and not yellow like in the photo attached.

          So I should clean the GPU and the memory chips right?
          What should I apply on the CPU and memory chips? Could I use thermal adhesive like the one used in the coils?

          When I get this done, I will assemble it , test it and if I get same issues I will take photos .

          Thanks!
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          Last edited by magneh; 01-20-2015, 11:33 AM.

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            • Ramee
              Badcaps Veteran
              • Jul 2014
              • 218
              • Israel
              #4
              Re: Issues after maintenance of Asus ROG G53SW

              Use these staff for expensive gaming laptop

              http://www.ebay.com/itm/Laird-Tflex-...item4184ffee34

              http://www.ebay.com/itm/Arctic-Cooli...item4ad39f1cd5

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                • magneh
                  Badcaps Veteran
                  • Apr 2014
                  • 585
                  • Portugal
                  #5
                  Re: Issues after maintenance of Asus ROG G53SW

                  Originally posted by Ramee
                  Use these staff for expensive gaming laptop

                  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Laird-Tflex-...item4184ffee34

                  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Arctic-Cooli...item4ad39f1cd5
                  Nice!
                  I will order the thermal compound from a local store, so I will get it in a few days!
                  I will order also those pads, but they will take 3 weeks to arrive.
                  So I'll use the MX4 and normal silicone pads this time.

                  Need to see if I still get any GPU issues.

                  And to clean that mess on the memory chips? Isoprop. Alcohol?

                  Thanks again!

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                    • diif
                      Badcaps Legend
                      • Feb 2014
                      • 6978
                      • England
                      #6
                      Re: Issues after maintenance of Asus ROG G53SW

                      Yes, you can use IPA to clean the chips.

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                        • trebo
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                          • Feb 2010
                          • 514
                          • Wales, UK
                          #7
                          Re: Issues after maintenance of Asus ROG G53SW

                          I am no guru by any means, but looking at those pictures there seems to be a great excess of paste on those memory chips, why hasn't the paste been squeezed out to the sides? could the reason be that the cooling plate was not seated down properly when you fitted it, or is there an intended gap between plate and memory so that cooling pads should be there, just a thought
                          Last edited by trebo; 01-20-2015, 05:37 PM. Reason: more info

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                            • goontron
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                              • Dec 2011
                              • 4108
                              • US
                              #8
                              Re: Issues after maintenance of Asus ROG G53SW

                              did you reseat the display cable correctly?
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                                • magneh
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                                  • Apr 2014
                                  • 585
                                  • Portugal
                                  #9
                                  Re: Issues after maintenance of Asus ROG G53SW

                                  Originally posted by trebo
                                  I am no guru by any means, but looking at those pictures there seems to be a great excess of paste on those memory chips, why hasn't the paste been squeezed out to the sides? could the reason be that the cooling plate was not seated down properly when you fitted it, or is there an intended gap between plate and memory so that cooling pads should be there, just a thought
                                  Originally posted by goontron
                                  did you reseat the display cable correctly?
                                  Hello!

                                  It came like this from Asus! I also thought it looked messy and not great ...
                                  For what I noticed, the cooler sitted well.

                                  Yes, the cable was seated correctly. In post and before OS, there were no artifacts.
                                  Just when in OS.

                                  Waiting for the MX4 and pads to clean the mess and put it in his place.
                                  And test the beast of course.

                                  Pics and update will follow

                                  Thanks All!

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