My Repaste Experience with Pics - SUCCESS!

[tijo]

I wasn't planing on replying to this but i have to precise NOT to use nail polish. Most of them use acetone, i don't know if there is anything that can dissolve in acetone in the G73 but it's best to be careful. Isopropyl alcohol is the safest solvent to use and can be found easily too. I had access to a lot of solvents at my work, chemistry lab, but i still went and bought alcohol pads for a reason. No way i was gonna use pure acetone or another stronger solvent which would have gotten through the paste in mere seconds for the sake of the laptop's safety.

[Matrix_XII]

oh. Thanks for those Pics. they will be very helpful, when I am going to repaste my one.

[tijo]

This is what i used: The Newb's Guide to Repasting Your G73. With those extra instructions/pics you'll be good to go. Don't forget to watch the video on youtube too. I highly recommend a magnetized tip screwdriver not to loose the screws.

[Jeffy14]

Do you guys have any idea if it's possible to fix the Speakers Cable that went loose?
I had the same problem and only one speaker is working.
Do you think a computer shop would be able to weld the cable back on the MOBO?

thx!

[Coretex]

Originally Posted by Jeffy14

Do you guys have any idea if it's possible to fix the Speakers Cable that went loose?
I had the same problem and only one speaker is working.
Do you think a computer shop would be able to weld the cable back on the MOBO?

thx!

Hi Jeffy.
It is a complicated task for a computer shop to re-attach the speaker cable socket onto the motherboard, and this comes down to the size of the solder joints. Also when the socket is removed it can tear off the copper tracks that connect it to the rest of the motherboard, leaving nothing to solder the socket to.
I've worked with re-soldering small things such as this, and the fixes available (short of replacing the mobo) are dodgy at best.
You may get lucky and find someone capable of such works, but I'm reasonably sure most computer shops won't have such expertise on hand.

Asus would most likely choose to replace the motherboard, as would most other repair places.

Originally Posted by tijo

I wasn't planing on replying to this but i have to precise NOT to use nail polish. Most of them use acetone, i don't know if there is anything that can dissolve in acetone in the G73 but it's best to be careful. Isopropyl alcohol is the safest solvent to use and can be found easily too. I had access to a lot of solvents at my work, chemistry lab, but i still went and bought alcohol pads for a reason. No way i was gonna use pure acetone or another stronger solvent which would have gotten through the paste in mere seconds for the sake of the laptop's safety.

If this post is in relation to what I posted, I have to say I agree, but luckily I had the foresight to use an alcohol based nail polish removed, and buffed it right off with a lint free cloth. Came up very nicely and is working brilliantly

Heed this man's warning!

I don't know how Asus can let pasting jobs like this slip through the cracks
http://i53.tinypic.com/2cnhw09.jpg

[Jeffy14]

OK thanks a lot Coretex!!

[Cryptocat]

Another thank you from me. I was wondering what repasting even was, what it was good for and what it entailed. All questions answered!

Except, maybe, where did you get the paste?

[tijo]

Originally Posted by Cryptocat

Another thank you from me. I was wondering what repasting even was, what it was good for and what it entailed. All questions answered!

Except, maybe, where did you get the paste?

If you're in the US: FrozenCPU for ICD7, in Canada: NCIX. You can get paste from practically every online computer parts reseller but i had trouble finding ICD7 in Canada, nothing on newegg, tigerdirect etc...

EDIT: Just saw you're in munich, if you can't find ICD7, you can go for something like arctic cooling MX-4/MX-3.

[crispi]

Oh god. My Asus G73J A1 is running at 85C in a 23C room just with one web browser open.

5 minutes of World of Warcraft with lots of water makes it shut right down. With all graphics turned to low on the game, it regularly runs at 100C and I have to alt tab out when I'm waiting for raid to keep the temp down.

I have a feeling I'm going to have to bite the bullet and do this. Microcenter, here I come...


eta: AND I have a cooling pad under it...

[Yiddo]

Originally Posted by crispi

Oh god. My Asus G73J A1 is running at 85C in a 23C room just with one web browser open.

5 minutes of World of Warcraft with lots of water makes it shut right down. With all graphics turned to low on the game, it regularly runs at 100C and I have to alt tab out when I'm waiting for raid to keep the temp down.

I have a feeling I'm going to have to bite the bullet and do this. Microcenter, here I come...


eta: AND I have a cooling pad under it...

85oC when idling is... well... drastic and you need to take action quickly. Firstly blow out the vents you might just have completely clogged heatsinks, if no difference your paste has degraded quite badly by the sounds of it. Get to work before you burn out that lovely GPU.