Chastity's Repaste Experience

[rorage]

Originally Posted by gstboy

you can flip the motherboard over but will need to put a towel or padding between that and your screen if you don't want to take it completely off. BTO guide says the fan plugs are fragile so you may break the brackets if you try to pull those plugs out.

I don't understand why the tower is necessary for?

[rorage]

Originally Posted by Jody

PSOD always results in an LCD replacement as far as I know. I don't think PSOD is GPU related.

yes, except some guy who claimed on the forums that he changed the powerplan and it wen't away, but he was probably talking about VSOD (Vertical SCreen of Death)

[Chastity]

Originally Posted by rorage

I don't understand why the tower is necessary for?

You don't completely disconnect the screen and motherboard, so they wind up laying on each other. The towel protects the panel. I used a nice all-cotton shirt.

[rorage]

Originally Posted by Chastity

You don't completely disconnect the screen and motherboard, so they wind up laying on each other. The towel protects the panel. I used a nice all-cotton shirt.

I saw the video, but protects it from what? I don't plan on touching it

[Keith]

Originally Posted by rorage

I saw the video, but protects it from what? I don't plan on touching it

When you flip the motherboard over, it lays directly on top of the LCD. The towel (or whatever you choose) protects the LCD from getting scratched and pressure being applied to the screen.

[rorage]

Originally Posted by Keith1341

When you flip the motherboard over, it lays directly on top of the LCD. The towel (or whatever you choose) protects the LCD from getting scratched and pressure being applied to the screen.

Oh you are supposed to flip the motherboard all the way down?
I though (from the video) that you only flip it in a vertical position, and that going further will damage it, thanks

[DRevan]

almost forgot to ask, you got those new nice temps without using a laptop cooler/anything else besides new paste, right?

[PhatBoyG]

Originally Posted by zhengzong

does people know what causes the PSOD in G73JH? I got a A2 version last month and I recieved PSOD a few days ago. Have to RMA it back I've been reading posts around here and there is a suspect that PSOD may be due to a mis-placed LCD.

PSOD is indeed an RMA, they replace the LCD (and if you're lucky, reassemble the bezel properly - I had to snap mine back together upon receipt).

[swaaye]

Every GPU die varies in a number of ways, including its heat output at a particular clock speed and voltage.

Chastity is getting some curiously low temps IMO. Maybe the GPU was not making good contact with the heatsink before. I don't mean just paste (paste differences are almost negligible), but it's possible that the heatsink was not sitting level.

I actually added some washers to my heatsink screws. By putting washers between the springs and the heatsink, it adds tension to the heatsink. Tension seems to be an issue with this cooler because of the thermal pads putting pressure against the heatsink. The heatsink's spring-loaded screws are rather weak against the pressure.

[mersenne]

Does this void the warranty in any way