About PSOD and stuff...

So,
I finally had the balls to fix my kb lights and to flash my vbios after RMA again and i still have some questions.

1) What exatly is causing the PSOD?
Before RMA I changed the clocks with the AMD GPU Clock Tool(Twinturbo Hotkey for overclock @ 700/1000 and this weird S for downclocking @ 200/400)
and I'm wondering if I should stop this and use Powerplay again.
But i don't really think over/underclock was the cause.

2) I opened my G73 before RMA'ing to check if damaged/loose cables were causing the PSOD(lol) and while reassembling I really damaged some cables
and before I repaste again I want to know how to put the wires back again without harming them.
The keyboard, keyboard light and screen cables are fine, but the HDD, Touchpad(I think) cables and more(all with this blue tape) looked really messed up from down.

Thank you in advance.

 

700/1000 is stock 5870m clocks. You said you have a G73 but is it the JH with the ATi card? I thought the 460m clocks were higher... Frankly I'd use powerplay. Okay it must be the ATi card cuz powerplay.

Not sure about the PSOD sorry only had a few GSOD over a year ago

 

PSOD would give you half of a working screen, with the other half being all crazy colors. GSOD on the other hand would just be your computer randomly crashing and showing various colored lines. PSOD means replacement GPU, GSOD means you need to update your vbios.

As far as not damaging cables, just be careful when taking it apart to take note of where things should be. Then take the same care putting it back together. Watch the BTOtech video for a good idea, if you haven't already.

 

I know what a PSOD is, but I want to find out what could be causing the PSOD.
And I already watched the BTOtech video and disassemblement is no problem(I think) but putting back the cables are really hard.
Some(or all) of those silver stripes on the downside of them were cut or broken.

And changing the clocks between 200/400 and stock is really fine and not provocating/causing a VSOD?

 

I do not think it is the clocks, I can go 90/130 at .95v for battery life without issues on the 5870M (surfing, email , etc.) .

http://forum.notebookreview.com/asu...492354-all-g73jh-problems-solutions-here.html

According to the OP PSOD= bad panel
Just an aside, are you still on stock VBIOS? and what version of ATI drivers are you on?

 

I just flashed my vbios to Gary's version yesterday and I'm currently using 11.7 drivers.
Is it still possible with a replacement screen to get a second PSOD?

Those RMA guys did a pretty bad paste job, so I want to repaste my g73jh properly again, but this will void my warranty again
and my notebook should work for atleast 2 years from now without such issues.

 

The PSOD issue is caused by a damaged LCD controller via voltage.

 

And there is no way to lower the voltage or something?

 

The only way I know consists to replace your LVDS cable (screen to GPU cable). I have a problem too with it. Now I'm waiting for my new cable.
If the vBios upgrade and the cable replacement failed, there is perhaps another solution: the LCD Light bar cable.

See my post there: http://forum.notebookreview.com/asu...cd-ribbon-cable-mishap-during-re-paste-2.html

Now, If all of these solutions failed, you mustn't need to replace the GPU chip if you got a perfect view on another screen or on tv (with a hdmi connection). Otherwise, the GPU chip must be replaced then.