Scar 18 CPU & GPU Liquid Metal Repaste - This is why you have HIGH TEMPS - How to apply Liquid Metal
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
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Another job well done by Asus on a $4300 Laptop. What more can be said?
If you are getting high temps on some P cores compared to others (10*C difference or higher under load) then you definitely have a crappy paste job done by the manufacturer.
My default Cinebench R23 Score before the repaste was 26.6K
After repaste we reached 31.8k
Worth it? I would say so.
Repasted with Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut Extreme (same paste used by Asus).
For the people who will attempt this:
After you do this, the first boot will take like 1-2 min. Your keyboard will continue to flash and eventually you will hear the asus boot logo then screen boots up.
Be sure to plug in the charger!
Thanks @noyjr9492
+1 - you need OEM POWER BRICK for that boot, the official 330W one. (g18 2024)
Laptop wont boot from thunderbolt power after that for the first time.
I had mini hearth stroke until i figured that out :)
My man I just disassembled again because it don't boot normally I was so scared the laptop is disassembled right now I don't know about liquid metal I just get the termal paste for the GPU but find out the CPU has liquid I'm assembling again it I just want to see it turn on
EVERY THING RUN COOL UNTILL LIQUID METAL START LEAKING TO MOTHER BOARD
This is happening to my strix scar 16 as well. Thanks a lot for making the guide, it feels a lot better going into a repaste seeing another person do it first
You're welcome! Have fun on doing the repaste.
was it better?
Congratulations on the video. About 5 months ago I was searching like crazy all over the Internet for people like you and finally I found them. You have no idea how hard I searched for a video like yours, so congratulations once again. Now I want to tell you that liquid metal actually works a miracle on notebooks. I have a Lenovo Legion 5i gen 5, the model with i7-10750h and RTX2060, with liquid metal it is as strong as the Legion with an RTX4060. It's unbelievable, when I say this people don't believe it because it's too good to be true. I had to remove the liquid metal because, as my notebook did not come with liquid metal from the factory, it is not prepared to walk around with something that could run all over the motherboard, thus ruining the notebook. That's why I was looking for videos like yours, to see how manufacturers applied this solution and finally I managed to see it. A simple foam to contain the liquid metal, a layer of nickel and no thermal pads. I'm now going to build this solution for my Lenovo Legion 5i and transform it into a monster that goes head to head with today's models.
And, how did it Work. On my Nuc Laptop i tryed it 4 Times with Liquid Metal until i give up. But i add a half Kilo of Thermal Pads as Sandwich in the middle the Mainboard. That helps a lot too.
Timestamps:
4:45 - Laptop Cover taken apart
12:20 - Heatsink removed
13:56 - The JOKE from ASUS
14:33 - Repasting (this is long - taking my time with it)
33:05 - Repasting almost done
35:50 - How the heatsink should look
36:17 - Reapplying the heatsink
43:09 - The results - Cinebench R23 (previous score that I had 26.6k)
It is indeed! it is just as you explain in the video, my friend. I opened my g18 and I found exactly the same, the performance increased considerably. previously 27180 cinebench, then 34651. thank you very much for your video!
I was at just 20k with an i9 13980HX, the metal was so poorly applied that i had a delta of 24 degrees celcius between my hottest and coolest core (96 vs 72). After reapplying the metal, the laptop now hits 160W on bursts as expected.
I just got the time today to reapply the liquid metal. And when i say its bad its realllly bad. My chip barely had any liquid metal and everything spilled on the side from asus.. the NVIDIA marked on my heat sink as it gets too hot when gaming and with barely any liquid metal on it. I suggest everyone having bad temps to repaste theirs while its not too late and while there are no permanent damages.
reddit.com/r/GamingLaptops/s/HVbaCzDFzt
For photo of the horrible factory application…..
you mean you got the laptop new and its has a bad pasting already ?
@@omtiesto unfortunately yes. My temps were spiking up fast so was curious to see the inside. I have photos of it but youtube doesn’t allow photo comment
Hey it was similar for me too. The gpu had almost none. Cpu was like 30% covered. I didnt add any liquid metal I have used what Asus spilled on sides on dies and heatsinks and cleaned the rest... yeah it was that much. Gpu printing was on heatsink and it was darkish colour both heatsink and die. I may have broken the warranty but dont care to be honest, this is my work/home laptop and I think I have saved the laptop in the long run.
before repaste, hows ur temperatur while playing games both cpu/gpu?@@jollyhotdog2016
Thanks for this amazing guide. Used this on my G16 and my laptop would lag HORRIBLY and make games unplayable. I went from 95C to 80C. Unreal, thanks!
Thank you for this video. After ASUS RMA'd my SCAR 16 4080 with a replacement motherboard (unit failed to power on or charge), I had issues with the laptop shutting down when running intensive games.
I opened her up yesterday and found that both cpu and gpu had gaps of no liquid metal applied. It had a grey/black tint in that area. I reapplied LM on both the chip and the heat sink.... been running smooth with no shut downs or notable throttling.
Damn that's nice! I sold my scar 17 SE because of the Temps, I've been repasting laptops but not really comfortable enough to repaste liquid metal. That's a nice work man! I hate how rog ships this high performance machine with shitty paste job :(
Yea, that sucks =( You should try, it's really not that hard, especially now when Asus is already adding the protection for the heatsink/cpu & gpu so LM won't go all over the place if you add too much by mistake.
@@XyonusTV I will on my next rog laptop, I currently own a alienware M16 which is also a pain in the ass haha. I'll be selling it since I'm using my desktop most of the time. I'm waiting for rog to use the 7800x3d on their laptop haha! A metal laptop would be nice like the duo 16 tho..
I repasted my asus with regular paste and cpu is in the 60s now while gaming, before it was 95 idle. I don't like liquid metal, I'm not sure if it does, but i think it leaks out. I don't recall this problem before they stated using liquid metal.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I had no clue where my performance had gone to and my CPU would instantly spike to 95 degrees.. Throttlestop would help occassionally but i really just wanted to fix it.
Upon opening there was literally no liquid metal left in the middle of the CPU.. I retook your steps and bought myself some Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut and now we're back to idling below 40 degrees on normal tasks.
Thanks again for showing how it's done.
Same thing with my scar 17. Bought a laptop and it was constantly overheating except when I used turbo mode. Had to repaste it. Now it works just as it should
Is this the scar g7xx by chance? I’m having the same shit. 95c doing nothing on desktop 😑
@thomasjohnson8517 yes. I already tried 2 pastes - original one and also Be quiet DC2 Pro. Nothing helps, ryzen 95C or 97c max
you repasted the LM on the scar 17 with the ryzen7945 and the temps were still insane ? what was your c23 scores like and have u tried thermal limiting it in bios to like 95 c instead of 100c cause their designed to turbo to thermal limit then trottle, im thinking of getting the scar 17 or 18 was considering thermal limiting the ryzen to 95 but cant find any benchmarks with it done. would u trade ur 17 for the 18 ? because it seems that at 75 wats the multicore scaores of the ryzen is the same as the i9 at 150w and at 75 wats the ryzen would run cool
@ItIsWhatItIsUncut I had 3 choices when I decided to buy a laptop:
1) Scar 17 ryzen 9 7945hx + rtx 4090 + 1440p screen
2) Scar 18, same specs, but screen is a bit better
3) ryzen duo
I've decided to buy Scar 17 because it's cheaper and also not as big as Scar 18 and more powerful than asus Duo.
But you see, no matter what model you choose, they have the same problems:
1) Buggy soft - if you want the latest nvidia and AMD drivers installed (not original ones from asus), you will face bugs
2) Asus updates original drivers from AMD and nvidia for a laptop rarely, so you will be forced to use old nvidia and AMD drivers
3) Bad tempts on processor, my laptop 100% in good condition but because of ryzen 9, I can't play at balanced mode, It just turns off from time to time because of overheating.
If you repaste liquid metal, it won't help much, so the best choice here is to go and use turbo or manual mode for the best performance
I haven't tried benchmarks, but if you want comparison
Scar 18 is a bit more powerful than Scar 17. I don't know why, specs the same. But the difference is small.
Same issue here. Did you ever solve this?@@lurondile
Thanks a ton man for great tutorial! Mine was hitting 97-100C on one or two of the CPU cores all the times. Same thing - really bad paste job from Asus. On mine even GPU was bad - the contact part was black even :D. I repasted carefully and now CPU sitting 75-77C hitting 85 tops on 1 of the cores. 100% worth it!
ASUS are finally getting the publicity they deserve
i call Asus official in my country they say this is not void warranty but liquid-metal must not spill to any part on the board and every screw must not be over tighten. what a great news
That's great news!
My cinebench r23 score before repaste: 26.6K
After repaste: 31.8k
Manufacturers need to get their game up.
I did the same to my asus scar 17 ryzen9 7945HX - rtx 4090, I'm surprised how the difference is now I'm getting more than 20 degree low temps !!! I can't believe it my temps was like 97 while gaming now almost 80 and my fans went more quiet than it was my cpu also getting more wattage , thanks for sharing this video I was afraid to do it , now I wish I just made it since I bought it.
Once you break the ice and you do it once it gets way easier later on when you'll have to do it again. Glad to hear that!
My warranty just ended on mine so I'm about to do the same. This 7945hx is pegged at 97 while gaming it's so annoying.
@@otrOptionsupdate?
Hi thank you for the helpful vid. I have the same model and have been seeing temps as high as 106c in hwinfo so I figured it needs a repast. I reached out to support and apparently your allowed to repast the device yourself without voiding warranty as long as there’s no damage caused.
That's great news! Thank you for letting me know!
Great ! Its always better to repaste even if it has Liquid Metal. Well done.
I would say that it’s crazy to see this laptop has so much wasted space inside . I mean you can stuff a lot of things inside such as coins , pens, condoms inside. Look at the space around battery and that dongle which connects usb or card reader. Hilarious … in comparison MSI GT77 utilise all the available space. The new MSI HX 18 took the Scar root and has wasted space as well. Crazy
Thanks for the video, had a very similar view to yours when I opened it up, repaste improved things greatly
I did this recently on my new scar g16 2023 634jz thanks to your video was very easy. mine was pasted good except needed more on gpu i put a bunch also arctic silver mx6 on all other components and i improved the performance a bit and its cooler alllaround thanks
Legend! My laptop had a massive hotspot reaching 110 celcius.. on heavy tasks especially on stock GPU settings it could randomly go into an emergency shutoff and.. only fix was a heavy heavy down clock and hope.
Did this (my first time doing liquid metal) and carefully and its amazing.. hotspot temperature is now only 4 degrees celcius above the also much lower gpu temps.. i max out at 80 celcius with no undervolt and an overclock applied even.. fans are much more silent and the shutdowns are gone!
Asus does not know how to apply liquid metal.. thats for sure.
thanks man, on my g18 went from 17k cinebench multicore to 31k
Wow, your stock pasting was horrible.
Asus used the exact same logic you did to justify adding more 😂. The next time it's opened, prepare to kick yourself 😂
brilliant video my friend, so interesting for me, i've always been curious about delidding etc and this video has given me more of an idea what i must do if i ever dare to delid in future. Subscribed 👍
Same thing for me. I opened it, it didn't look too good, CPU was going 95+ and GPU slightly throttleing. After liquid metal ( I have on CPU only ) + thermal paste on GPU, in cinebench CPU would go only to 85C and in timespy 81-83C. For GPU scores were insane, in timespy max 70C ( absolutely madness ). However, now after 6-7 months, I'm back to throttleing and bad temps...why? no clue. ambient temperature is the same, it seems that in time it just went to shit. The only thing I'm not sure about is the VRMs + capacitors + whatever other electrical components the heatsink cools. I replaced the old "thermal goo" ( it's actually called thermal putty ) with thermal paste. In theory it should be way better, and it was, as I said, INSANE TEMPS, but now not so much. I ordered thermal putty (upsiren ux ultra or smth ) and a new thermal paste ( from upsiren also, apparently 14.8 W/mK ( vs 12.5 W/mK that thermal grizzly has ), but it'll take a while to arrive as I didn't find any locally. Once they get here, I'll clean up everything and reapply liquid metal on CPU (thermal grizzly one), upsiren paste for GPU and upsiren thermal putty for all the VRMs and stuff. Hope that will be as good as things were initially for me ( or a little bit worse, I don't mind as long as GPU is under 80 and CPU under 85-90) and last for longer than few months. Any chance to get a reply on your laptop, how are things now after 4 months or so? Thx
Top for people who did this and didn't spill and didn't get their laptop to turn on, it just sitting there with the keyboard glowing... I thought i messed it up! But no.. hold your power button with the power cord unplugged.. it will do a cold boot and will then properly boot.
It likely is a result from unplugging the battery.
If I got this laptop or even ryzen 9 7945HX.. I'll also open it and readjust the liquid metal.. the issue is same with me when I'm using Ryzen 5000 + RTX3070 model 2021.. Great Job BRO.. maybe Asus should take us work under them XD
Yea, it's ridiculous, all the liquid metal applications done by Asus are like this, everyone is complaining. I just ordered a Zephyrus G14, I'm 100% sure that this one has the same issue, I'll most likely repaste that one as well 😆
This really works well
thank you!
should i just wait until my warranty expires? I have the Asus ROG Strix G18 with a 4080. My score is 25,500 without undervolting. I don't know if removing the sticker is gonna void my warranty which ends this october, or risk possibly destroying my pc while trying to reapply paste lol. I've had it for 7 months anyways. Also, you see the white paste around the cpu and gpu when you lift the fans & heatsink? What is that? And does that have to be replaced too?
I have a scar 16 and temps are horrible on only 2 of my pcore it spikes to 96-98 suddenly and its causing my system to thermal throttle bc of those 2… i bet its a bad application as well will definitely check it out when i have the time
Yea, most likely.
Hope i didnt damage anything on my zephyrus g14. Comp never shut down but I recently noticed my cpu temps about 92c while playing TFD. Been gaming on it for about a month now. Its never had any performance ISSUES persey, but i started paying attention to how fuckin loud it was, thats when i caught the temps. The gpu is fine, but the cpu is BAD. Ordered some liquid metal, a gt600 pad, and some gelid thermal pads and im redoing the ENTIRE laptop tomorrow. How would I know if i did "perminent" damage to it?
I have a Dell G15 5521. On the F12 menu before boot, i can run diagnostic test and i can test everything on the laptop. Check to your device has diagnostic test option or not.
Also i can test it on windows. Dell made a testing tool for windows
Very helpful guide for noobs! Just redid the paste first time ever!
Thanks for the video!
what's your idle temperature and on operating temperature? mine idle at 60'C or 140'F. when doing web browsing and playing video at the background at max 80'C or 176'F. Just to let you know, my ROG Strix G15(2022) did some RMA last year to change the motherboard (expect the technician did the repaste). When gaming, mine go up to 95'C or 203'F
Great job!
Ar what temps should i start to get worried. I average around 95⁰ under stress on cpu
GPU is usually pretty low though
That's normal stress test temps, you will always throttle while stress testing. Just be sure that you're getting the average expected score in 3dmark and that will show if you have a machine that's performing within the specs.
Also, when you do this, you may have to replace the thermal plaid around your GPU for this. I recommend Fuji ploy, extreme or ultra.
Hi, why didn't you remove all the LM and reapply the new one? Is it just to avoid using too much new Lm?
Hey! It doesn't matter tbh, the LM was new anyway.
@@XyonusTV oh okay, thanksss!
I'm in Brazil and I liked your video. I have an Asus G18 with the same CPU and in Cinebench R23 the score does not exceed 26k. I will do what you did to see the final result, but I was thinking about adding thermal paste due to the risk of running liquid metal into the motherboard component. If the swab had a magnet tip it would be easier to remove, right? Thanks!👍👍👍
Hi! Thermal paste won't bring an improvement to your temps, Liquid Metal is considerably better. I haven't thought about using a swab with a magnet tip but I think that will cause the LM to stick to the swab and make it way harder to apply (if it will stick to the swab in the first place, haven't tried it)
Have you ever found CPU issue stuck at 0.39 HZ when turn laptop on and then plug in adaptor immediately?
Do you have to remove the whole heatsink to clean coolers from dust or they can be removed separately?
The machine that applies this LM should be decommissioned and the person in charge of it fired. This is completely unacceptable for such an expensive machine. I believe each LM application should be applied by hand to pretty much guarantee it was done correctly. Nice video tho! Thanks for the information. I’m gonna try this on mines.
Today i changed liquid metal on my strix scar 18, on cpu side like in your chip, there was a little piece of paste missing at center, but i got paste on both dissipators chipset, the bad one applyed was on gpu side at the bottom, it was a little black like was burning, i swipe off all of it and applyed for my first time liquid metal, i got silver king paste cause from where i am it costs less and have 79W/MK ''they say that lol'' so i go for it, not was so difficult if you manage to change it in dekstops, i got 32.8 on cinebench not 34-35 unfortunately but on 10 min i got a boost up to 30.7 from lower 29s, also less temperature on GPU while gaming and a bit frames too, follow this video and ceck/change it because this is the mayor cause when a laptop stop work, i lost an asus years ago with 980m cause bad paste work, i was always hitting 100C at the time haha but i'm not was so practical at the time for change it, thanks for the video, it was really helpful
Ps, i broke the sticker but i don't give a fuck, if I hadn't opened it and change paste the 4090 would have caught fire lol
Congrats! Great to hear that you you made it work!
What are your idle cpu and gpu temperatures after the repaste compared to before repaste?
That is a really bad job from ASUS. I don´t know how other manufacturers do it. Done this my self on my older Legion 5 a year or two back. But the instructions were clear. Spread a thin layer on the die and a thin layer on the heatsink. Works great till this day. On my G16 (13980HX RTX 4080) it works well. In performance mode it stabilizes at 80/80°C at 21.5°C ambient temperature.
What are cpu and gpu temperature before and after repasting
Does the 2023 Strix Scar 18 have the same fans as the 2024 model if i wanted to replace them?
Hi, did you use normal Conductonaut or the "Extreme" ? Because I have a G14 2023 and also experiencing bad temps. Like even with CPU limit on 20W, It gets to 83C even tho I limit the temp to 83C. But my Cinebench scores are normal, Ryzen 7 7335HS scores around 13-14k. Still have warranty from Asus, should I replace it my own or from them ? I'm afraid they'll just do the same like factory settings and said its done. But last 5 months the temps were good in the low to mids 70C.
I'm wondering what thermal paste was used on the voltage converters and Vrams. There is Tputty that can be used to fill larger gaps than with normal thermal paste. The disadvantage is that the thermal conductivity is poorer.
Run the same CBr23 test for 10 minute loop and get back to us.
What's the point?
After 3 years with my Asus Scar G17 from 2021, 3080 w/ Ryzen 5900hx, i finally opened it and saw it was also missing liquid metal in the middle and poorly repasted. I have been wondering why my CPU temps have been going to 97C when I first bought the laptop. I repasted it and also noticed that the paste covering the CPU part that could short circuit from liquid metal was not covered properly. I literally took pictures and have proof of it. There has been many issues with ASUS and their RMA process so I think they are doing it on purpose.
Sir how much temp difference did you get and did warranty get void ?
Is there a huge difference between conductonaut and conductonaut extreme? 😁😁 Its just a little cheaper lol
Im gonna be doing this! Wish me luck! And thank you for showing us how to do it
I haven't compared them myself, even though I do have them both. I read that the new Conductonaut Extreme can bring the temps down by an extra 5-7 degrees on average which is pretty good.
Hey just bought the exact same laptop. Does your trackpad sound a bit springy when you press it? (Maybe this is normal for asus laptop trackpads, idk) I hit 31369 on cinebench stock. I feel like these laptops are hit or miss with some of the QA.
Hey! Cheers on your new acquisition! Yea, that's how they sound. Your score is good, consider yourself lucky haha.
@@XyonusTV Hey, thanks for the reply! I was about to return it to BestBuy for exchange of the same machine. But, I guess I might have a Unicorn lol. Does your CPU fan have an audible hum at low rpm as well?
Other then a few quarks, this is a beast of a laptop.
It's good you unplugged the battery. Their application is shite. Have you considered thermal pad? I'd be curious to see a comparison. Also saw a video where someone used both new past on top of a thermal pad and got even better results than either individually.
It's too much of a hassle to put thermal pads, you'll have to know the exact thickness, measurements are required, etc - the main thing that matters is the LM application.
its the tape that caused it to spill as it is a very slipery surface .
I tried PTM7950 instead of liquid metal and it works better on high temps (like couple degrees lower) but on low temps its now so efficient
The high temps is what matters the most tho so as long as it keeps your laptop under the throttling temps you're good
Hello i have the same laptop strix 18 with 4090 but i have 0 experience in doing this. My laptop cpu fluctuates 80° to 95° while watching videos and doing stuff and it remains to 80° or 85° while gaming (sometimes less) and it's 55°/60° while idle.
Do you think it's better to do something? Or undervolt maybe? Please let me know, everything is smooth but i feel like temps are high on CPU (gpu looks fine)
Same
I am on Rog Strix Scar G733CX with i9-12950HX. Pretty sure i have same problem, just ordered liquid metal, and will do the same.
My problem right now with my g18 4080/13980hx is that it scores really high(34500ish), but 4-5 cores are always throttling along with power limit and current limit throttling. I can apply pretty aggressive undervolts in xtu, -.150core, -.100 pcache, -.150ecore, -.040igpu, -.040 system agent, and the system seems stable scoring around 38000 CBr23. Yet it always thermal throttles. I’ve even dropped core ICC to intel’s recommended 215a vs stock 240a, and it still throttles. Idk what to do, I started looking into it due to a constant stutter in games. Should I repaste?
Do you know what the protective seal against liquid metal spillage around the CPU and GPU is called? I removed it because it fell off when I lightly touched it. It’s very soft and spongy. Without it or a replacement, I’m afraid the liquid metal will spill out and destroy my computer.
Is the part contacting the processor nickel plated?
I'm having this issue with my Asus Scar 17 SE but i have no skills in removing the Vaper chamber to get to the CPU and GPU let alone repasting the liquid metal
Asus need to be ashamed. How come PS5 has better liquid metal reservoir/bowl vs what ASUS have. It will be freaking hard to splash LM on PS5 due to this reservoir/bowl which equal it will stay there even if you open the heatsink/vapor chamber.
can i repaste my g18 non-scar by following ur steps shown in the video?
Of course, they are the same.
@@XyonusTV alright thanks
I have an Asus Rog Strix G16, do you think the same thing happens?
I don't have high temperatures, or so I think
In demanding games like Dead Space Remake the GPU reaches a maximum of 80° but the CPU sometimes reaches more than 90°, although it is normally between 80-85°
Btw rtx 4060 and i7-13650hx
If your 3DMark scores are lower than the average of your specs, then you have an overheating issue, that's how you can tell.
Nornal under stress im in a laptop.
Is the heatsink the same model as the 2024 Strix Scar 16 version? I have placed my order and its arriving soon and I plan on respreading the LM as shown in the video. Also is it fine to attempt this without having extra LM paste?? Im hesitating whether or not I should risk opening up the laptop and realizing that I didnt have enough paste to begin with.
@@UnintelligentG You should buy some Conductonaut Extreme as well.
@@XyonusTV I currently have no access to buying it as conductonaut extreme isnt sold at where I live :(. I was wondering if using the spilled Lm would be enough to cover both heatsink and the die?
@@UnintelligentG I wouldn't attempt this if you don't have extra LM.
Had same stuff exactly looked like Yours unfortunately losed warranty at sticker point but seems that was pasted to run to fail anyway
hello, the transistors or transformers around the gpu and cpu are already protected from the factory? Because I see that some of the factory metal has spread out of the chips.
That's normal paste that you see on the VRAM/VRMs, it's not liquid metal.
This laptop comes with kapton tape covering the dies of the chips.
what did you use on the vrams? looks like thermal paste and not thermal putty on the vrams?
That was the default paste that came from Asus.
What is that around heat sink 33:06 to protect spill of liquid metal
now i know why my ryzen 7 is reaching 96 degrees celsius
hi, i have the 4090 scar 16 version from 2023. i already get just over 34k with an undervolt, do you think i should repaste anyway? i use my laptop for the past 3 month on a laptop stand which angles the laptop downwards. do you think the liquid metal has probably moved and pooled at the bottom of the two dies? thanks
Hey! Your score is decent, you shouldn't bother repasting. The LM doesn't move that easily when the heatsink is attached to the die.
Repaste? Or reliquid? Or remetal? 😮😮😮😮
hi mate , i have the smaller version , the scar 16 2023 (G634) , do you reckon i can follow your guide for mine as well ?
Hi!
Of course, it's the the same thing.
@XyonusTV Do we need these black folies over ram and ssd? Today i put new ram and ssds with copper heatsinks and good thermal pads plus also wifi 7 chip, it fit all perfectly but I am wondering if i should remove all the black folies for better airflow or to keep them and make sure they stick good. Do you know?
It matters more or less, you can remove them if you want.
@XyonusTV what would be the downside? Only thing i read that makes sense is that if something touches the copper as a random metal piece or smthing can be bad but whats the chance of that happening
How about the VRM's ? I have the 2021 version of this laptop and i am thinking of repasting it, and i was wondering about the VRM's, did some reasearch and people reccomend using thermal grease which is thicker. Or should i just leave the one it comes with ?
I didn't do anything for the VRMs. The paste was still on there and I didn't notice any issues with them as much as the gaps of no LM coverage on the chips themselves. Unless you're looking to crank up the voltage for overclocking, it should be no factor as you should be undervolting anyway for laptops.
@@AxiosTK yeah I have an undervolt on my laptop rn, makes sense. Thanks
i have the strix g614jv which is very similar to this model you got here. so, for a laptop like this, what is a bad temperature? i mean it gets hot while gaming but i haven't measured the temps in games; normally sitting on the desk with some light web browsing, cpu is about 46 or so; and gpu is about 36. is this high or not?? i'm really worried about my tepms and the paste :((
Get 3DMark and check your scores. If your scores are lower than the average, you have a pasting issue.
yea I pulled mine recently and there was no liquid metal in the middle of the die.
I worked at a computer laptop repair store and i know this stuff but i never did a re apply on liquid metal . I have an asus ryzen 7 6800H g513rm still in warranty but i think the temperatures are really bad on stock liquid metal. I was wondering Is it worth it to void warranty to re apply liquid metal on it?
If it gets that hot to the point where you lose considerable performance I would do it - I changed paste on mine within the first few days.
Do you also have to reapply thermal paste on the v rams?
Nope.
@@XyonusTV my pc is 8 months old, if I reapply grizzly thermal paste (normal) on it, would that make a difference? i ordered both on amazon, one liquid metal for CPU and GPU, and regular thermal paste for vram.
@@stealth3206 Don't bother reapplying thermal paste on vram, the default paste from Asus is better, normal thermal paste will underperform. The normal conductonaut will perform worse by about 4-5 degrees compared to the Extreme.
@@XyonusTV what v ram do you recommend, I wanted to use grizzly since its a good brand to replace the one for the vram.
@@XyonusTV I checked online and it said that kyronaut is high end for v-ram since v-ram uses stock asus thermal paste meant for performance and cost, and kyronaut is meant for high end performance.
What about all the paste on the little things around the cpu and gpu? no need to redo that stuff?
It's alright to leave them like that, VRMs and VRAM are not the main reason for throttling anyway and they have enough paste from the factory, no need to redo it (but if you want peak performance, get some K5 Pro paste for them)
i need help man, i have a scar 16 but the left fan when on high speed is making a vibration sound, did i assemble it wrong?
Update: I'm dumb the plastic folio behind the fans were bent that's why it made a sound fixed it. In the end i didn't add extra lm but spread it and gained 5-6 degrees on the gpu for performance mode. Not bad
If the sound wasn't there before, probably.
@@XyonusTV yeah i fixed it it was the plastic folio. Thanks for the guide, i’m nowhere to be experienced but your video really helped me.
looks like I've watched a thriller, one wrong move and the motherboard dies
Haha, it's not that scary if you take your time.
Can you a guide via bios to do a permanent underclock
What about the capacitors (or vrms), do not they need to be repasted?
No, you can but it will make a very small difference
I have the Asus ROG Strix Scar 16 with the same problem. Things looked even worse for me...seems to be a big problem. This shouldn't happen with a €3400 laptop. I drive 40 km to work with my laptop every day, which is why I suspect that's why the fluid leaked.
It shouldn't happen with such expensive machines indeed, but these companies don't care much, it's all about the money.
What happened to your laptop?
The same as theirs...
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The crazy part, how come PS5 (sony) do LM better than PC company. Basically blow my mind. PS5 LM border practically really tight to the CPU die, thus LM is hardly seeping out/leaking from there and stay on the die. Asus LM border is basically bigger thus the LM can move from your die.
I have ROG Strix G15 running at full load with overclock at over 90C. I'm planning to repaste the liquid metal with "Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut". Will it suffice?
Go for Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut Extreme (not the normal one). Should be enough.
tips on removing battery ? I am always afraid to do so.. cause I once sparked my 2021 G14, and now gonna repaste my 2023 G14.
You only have to unplug the cable, you don't have to remove it completely. Just use your fingers and pull the connector.
dude i cant buy Conductonaut Extreme but i have a normal Conductonaut. Will there be strong differences if I use normal one? I have strix g16 with 4080 rtx and 13650hx
4-5 degrees or so difference.
@@XyonusTV Thanks for the answer man !
Mind bubbling my friend
After repaste. From 94c to 86c
Hey I have the scar 16 and i would like to change past cause I got high temps and some freez can you tell me if I use this past is good or not Thermal Grizzly - Kryonaut
Thanks
I would suggest using Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut Extreme, you will get the best performance with this one. Kryonaut is decent, but it's a considerable difference between Liquid Metal and normal paste.
@@XyonusTV right thanks 🙏🏻
@@hafidihafidi7920 From my experience with Thermal Grizzly pastes are not suitable for high TDP GPU, CPU where the temperature is close to 80°C for a longer period of time. After 8 months, its thermally conductive properties deteriorate significantly.
You should try using phase-change material Honeywell PTM7950. It comes in as a sheet, lasts longer and performs in my experience works better than traditional pastes, and instead of thermal pads give thermal putty Upsiren UX Pro.
Do undervolting on the CPU and GPU at -100mV or more if it will be stable. It is also good to disable or reduce the frequency of the CPU in turbo boost, because for most games high clocking is unnecessary. And finally give a cooling pad such as IETS GT500. It will be more fps, quieter, cooler and less power will be drawn.
@@XyonusTV Instead of Conductonaut try LT-100, it should bring down a few degrees C.
@@goorthiss Sorry but I don't trust random brands unless I've seen them tested in videos.
Do your fans make a whistling sound when underload?
Is yours laptop had any issue where you had sent it to service or something?
Nope, mine is good.
So it's lottery then hehe tomorrow mines will arrive 😂
I'm glad I founded your channel so I know what to do. Thank you.
I got my cpu and gpu repasted today and the liquid metal was spilled to the side and the cpu has a burned mark. I switched it to a gold grease thermal paste, is it ok?
Never tried such thermal paste but LM is superior for cooling.
I get 90C cpu tems with strix18 while doing nothing or just browsing ffs ASUS
In future do a video on changing those thermal pads on vrams and vrms dont know those are thermal pads or thermal paste 😅
Hi! It was thermal paste or thermal putty but looked like paste, they use something more specific for VRAM & VRMs
G series have just cpu liquid metal?
I did this and put everything together but now I don’t get any video. I double check and I did not spill and Liquid Metal anywhere
Does it even start? Can you get into bios?
Usually the first boot takes a while after putting everything together - connecting the charger and pressing the power button should get it up and running in 10 seconds or so.
Yep got it to work. Looks like on you take the battery off it delays the first boot. Maybe because it has to initialize everything again. I was scared and thought I had Liquid Metal somewhere and it was shorting.
For the people who will attempt
To do this, the first boot will take like 1-2 min. Your keyboard will continue to flash and eventually you will here the asus boot logo then screen boots up
Cuidado con el galio, como se salga de su sitio 💥🔥💨💤