Chastity's Repaste Experience

No extra effort other than unscrewing 4 more screws holding down the cpu heatsink. cpu and gpu are right next to each other. As for the vid you pretty much have to do everything on it to get to the gpu.

 

Yeah the optical drive is attached to the motherboard so you wont be able to flip over the motherboard till the DVD drive comes out ..

There is only one screw holding the optical drive in place so its not like its much work ..

 

Removing the DVD drive is the easiest part, but yes you have to do it.

If you want an in-depth look at repasting here it is....

http://forum.notebookreview.com/asu...um/527654-newbs-guide-repasting-your-g73.html

You HAVE to do everything or else it won't come apart.

Redoing the CPU is easy, but it voids your warranty, it is just like the GPU.

 

There are a few people who have had great success repasting following that video. Do it.

 

How would you go about removing the keyboard. I tried pushing in the small gap and can hear sth clicking but the keyboard just won't pop up like in the video and ValkerieFire's guide.

 

There's five tabs/slots across the top (above the function keys). Gently insert a tiny flat head screw driver vertically then tilt the screwdriver away from you....the plastic should pop up.

When you get the 5 tabs released then you can SLOWLY peel it off being careful to not yank and damage the two ribbon cables. Don't do it guerrilla style like the guy in the video - it doesn't have to be bent or damaged to be removed. I found looking underneath and seeing where the tape and cables are and getting my fingers under there near the tape while I was peeling it up worked the best.

 

Thanks you guys, repaste was a success with some minor damage to the end key but who cares about that when I have cool temp.
I don't really record any temp before repasting but so far idle dropped from 60*C-ish to 52*C. 5 mins of Furmark with Xtreme burning and post fx @1080p and max temp was 77*C.
Edit: BTW, I used IC7. The temp is so good that my mate is repasting his m15x with IC7 right now.

 

Run it for ~15 and you'll see it rise some more. Run it windowed and it'll go another degree or two higher.

Good job on the repaste!

 

Apparently things didn't turn out well as I expected, microphone and webcam were not plugged in. Do you know which cables for those 2 that I might have missed? Thanks.

 

The ones that go to the webcam and the microphone?

You know where they are so it's fairly obvious which cables to look for, no?

 

I've re-pasted using AS5 and at first it was stellar, temps were about 78 max on 15 min furmark runs. Its been about a month and now I got 92C temps again.

Ordered IC7 and will be redoing the repaste with it. I want this thing running like Chastity's.

When you pasted yours Chastity, did you tin the heat sink and chip die? (my appologies if this was answered somewhere in the hundreds of posts, i tried to find it first).

 

I don't think she tinned it.

As for the heat, you may have misapplied the paste ... or you've just got a tonne of dust sitting on the heatsink/pipes. Give it a good blow-out before tearing it down again.

 

i would recommend ICD7 than AS5.. been using icd7 for more than 4 months now.. i was getting max of 79c on furmark when i repasted it.. and now after couple months.. i did furmark test and still getting the same..

 

ICD is better because it's thicker, and a bunch of the G73 heatsinks are warped, so it's hard to get them applied right.

But it's better because of it's thickness, not because of it's cooling properties - and only better in this situation. The real-world difference between a good application of AS5 and ICD is practically 0.

ICD is nice to work with, but AS5 is fine.

 

Just gave it a proper cleaning, and used a 3mm ball, dead center.

 

3mm huh? not 5mm like in the Valkirie's guide? Alright then, ill try that, thanks ^_^

 

5mm is the recommended amount for the Intel CPU. The AMD GPU is about 1/2 the size, so I used a smaller ball.

 

Makes perfect sence, and probably why everyone else is having higher temps... They are probably all using 5mm (like i did).

Ill post temps after i re-re-paste... First time around the battery wasen't recongnised by the bios... It fixed itself after i tore it apart a second time, no idea why tho. I just hope i don't run into that again.

 

i got a good result on mine putting just the right amount of thermal paste... and i guess 5mm is toomuch and ur right, that might be the reason why other folks heres gets bad result on repasting coz they put a lot of thermal paste...

 

Using too much with ICD7 shouldn't be an issue. It performs very well, and any excess would roll off the sides anyway.

 

Ugh, now I have to update again! This is becoming worse than my Jetski, I swear I'd spend 2-5 hours doing maintenance and installing new parts for every hour I rode it. Now I'm tempted to re-paste, again, to see if 3mm actually does anything. This is an endless cycle, maybe I need a new hobby.

 

lol me too. Quite tempted to repaste as well

 

I'm happy with my 45C idle..

 

Im getting 98C on Furmark with 57C idle. Is it time for me to repaste?

It doesnt feel right to get 88C for Crysis 2 now, while a couple of days ago, it was 83 max.

Im tempted to repaste now.

 

Then go for the repaste

 

That's about me too. More or less. It kinda depends which temp sensor you're reading, though. Read the link in my sig for a list of other people who have the same temps as you - it's nice to see Chastity w/ crazy low temps (and others), but that doesn't mean you are guaranteed to have a low temp after repaste.

 

repasted with 3mm ball of icd 7. 20 minutes into furmark, 82max ambient 22C.

will post further details and testing a little later later... im still stressed out

but so far, im lovng it. Thanks again to everyone who contributed to the forums!!!

 

Well I just repasted also (for the 3rd time). I couldn't resist the temptation. For those of you who don't know my 2nd repaste (which my guide is based on) used a 5mm ball of ICD7. I just repasted with a 3mm ball which I measured very precisely. To sum it up the temperatures are identical. If you are contemplating a repaste for these reasons alone I would conclude it isn't worth the effort. I knew this going in, but I'm kinda stubborn that way, I love tinkering with things.

Here are some screen shots for those interested.

5mm Repaste Results (originally done on 10-22-10)
5mm paste photo

3mm Repaste Results (done today)
3mm paste photo

5mm vs 3mm side by side

As you can see in my particular case, the 3mm temps are .5-1.0C higher than the 5mm temps. Since they are so close I conclude paste ball size is largely irrelivent (as Chastity has said before but I had to learn for myself). Since the paste isn't cured yet, I expect them to go down a tad.

 

ICD doesn't really cure

I'm glad you did it though, because I had planned to do it this afternoon to check it out. Though, I had already done a small application (2nd try) and it didn't work ... *shrugs*

Good to know, though.

 

What do you mean doesn't really cure?

 

Doesn't need to cure the same way other pastes do - some pastes need to cure to achieve their optimal thermal transferrance. ICD doesn't.

 

It's like oil, it won't really dry or "cure" in TIMphile-speak.

 

I just mean for it to spread out and for any air pockets inside to form up or get out. It mentions it on the ICD website. I'm not a chemist so I'm sure you are right, cure may be a bad choice of words.

 

Got you. Thanks. I thought it doesnt cure "Cure".

 

Repasted this morning.... 30° lower then before

Idle: 45-50°, furmark 75° normally I went above the 100°

*happy man*

 

Got the final Dragon Age 2 today, after 6 hours of playing with it, memio temp 105C...wonder if I can ask the service guys to repaste my G73 under warranty...

 

Yup, call asus and tell them it's overheating, and you want an RMA # so you can take it to a service provider.

 

I would advise anyone a repaste... My fans or running so much cooler then before, it's awesome! I'm very happy I let it repaste by a system engineer on my work ^^

Running bulletstorm at a max of 77°... 1h+ Before the repaste, it went on thermal shutdown at 106°+ when only playing 15 minuts...

Q

 

What program are you using to get the temps? im thinking of pasting as i see alot of people are doing it. Also whats the best paste to use?

 

Use HWiNFO32. It's much better than HWMonitor IMO.

 

HWinfo32 works well I find. As for pasting, I did mine twice. Once with AS5 and the second with ICD7. The AS5 lasted about a month for me before I was back in the 90C+. As many others, I also recomend ICD7. ICD7 is working wonders for me so far. Chastity has had awesome temps for 6 months too (look at her 2hr furmark run).

If you are patient, have some electronic knowledge and believe you can do it after watching the BTOtech video and Valkyrie Fire's guide, go for it (at your own risk of course). Otherwise, get it done by a trusted shop. Either way, you will love it.

 

thanks for the info

 

Well its been about 2 weeks, and i'm one happy camper. A picture is worth a thousand words. Ambiant temperature was 22C.

 

Chastity: Thank You soooo very much for this experience discussion!

I am ordering the paste from the eBay UK right now!



P.S.
icecold2010: Super! Thanx for posting the Great results. Congrats

 

Good luck with your re-paste Overtone!

 

Quick question: When you repaste the GPU do you repaste the thermal pads covered on the RAM as well? or Just the die? I noticed this thick gray sticky thing when I took the heatsink off but I didn't replace it with thermal paste.

 

Usually, you don't touch the thermal pads, just make sure they are in place on the heatsink or memory chips. Repaste the die only.

 

Ahh thanks tijo, was wondering if I did it right.

 

Yes, you do not paste the thermal pads. They already conduct heat.

 

Cool was worrying that if I replace it with thermal paste will it cause the chip to melt or something lol