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DISCLAIMER: I performed the process mentioned in this post on my own risk, with full knowledge that it could break my device and void its warranty. I don't recommend doing it on your own unless you know what you are doing and you are aware of mentioned possible consequences! I'm not responsible of any damages done by readers of this thread/post trying to repeat it.
I did repasting, here's what was wrong and how I did it, maybe it'll help someone 🙂
After disassembling heat sink I discovered what I suspected, metal was covering just ~50% of CPU chip.
There was a huge dry spot on CPU which caused the cores temperature difference. GPU, power supply section and memory chips looks fine.
After I cleaned it all up I noticed that there's pitting in the CPU and heat sink where dry spot was - I think that's worth notice.
Then I applied K5Pro onto power supply section and memories, to make connection with heat sink better I applied thin layer on it too. On CPU and GPU I applied PTM7950 and reassembled it back together.
Did it help with overheating? Definitely YES!
Here's an example of before and after (CPU intensive tasks):
- Performance mode (ARMOURY CRATE) - Processor performance boost mode -> Disabled
- Before:
Look at the core temp differences. - After:
Having that good results I decided to enable `Processor performance boost mode` for Performance plan. Previously temperatures were horrible with it enabled so I kept it disabled permanently.
With boost in `enabled` mode:
Not even the temperatures are lower in comparison to disabled boost but the voltage is way higher (as CPU can boost now).
For all tests I used AIDA64 Extreme - System Stability Test with options (Stress CPU, Stress FPU Stress GPU(s))
- Before:
To sum up. It's definitely worth considering when your notebook overheats, underperforms or is extremely loud. Now my ROG is a way quieter when working or gaming and have a lower temps (which means it'll live longer).
If you are considering it and you don't feel comfortable reach out to specialists maintaining those types of devices.
In case of any questions feel free to drop a response.
Cheers!
DISCLAIMER: I performed the process mentioned in this post on my own risk, with full knowledge that it could break my device and void its warranty. I don't recommend doing it on your own unless you know what you are doing and you are aware of mentioned possible consequences! I'm not responsible of any damages done by readers of this thread/post trying to repeat it.
I did repasting, here's what was wrong and how I did it, maybe it'll help someone 🙂
After disassembling heat sink I discovered what I suspected, metal was covering just ~50% of CPU chip.
There was a huge dry spot on CPU which caused the cores temperature difference. GPU, power supply section and memory chips looks fine.
After I cleaned it all up I noticed that there's pitting in the CPU and heat sink where dry spot was - I think that's worth notice.
Then I applied K5Pro onto power supply section and memories, to make connection with heat sink better I applied thin layer on it too. On CPU and GPU I applied PTM7950 and reassembled it back together.
Did it help with overheating? Definitely YES!
Here's an example of before and after (CPU intensive tasks):
- Performance mode (ARMOURY CRATE) - Processor performance boost mode -> Disabled
- Before:
Look at the core temp differences. - After:
Having that good results I decided to enable `Processor performance boost mode` for Performance plan. Previously temperatures were horrible with it enabled so I kept it disabled permanently.
With boost in `enabled` mode:
Not even the temperatures are lower in comparison to disabled boost but the voltage is way higher (as CPU can boost now).
For all tests I used AIDA64 Extreme - System Stability Test with options (Stress CPU, Stress FPU Stress GPU(s))
- Before:
To sum up. It's definitely worth considering when your notebook overheats, underperforms or is extremely loud. Now my ROG is a way quieter when working or gaming and have a lower temps (which means it'll live longer).
If you are considering it and you don't feel comfortable reach out to specialists maintaining those types of devices.
In case of any questions feel free to drop a response.
Cheers!
