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    Experienced first Overheated, advise before repasting.

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by AMRAAM_Missiles, Dec 19, 2011.

  1. AMRAAM_Missiles

    AMRAAM_Missiles Notebook Consultant

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    Yesterday, when i was playing Modern Warfare 3 on my G73 and suddenly everything went off, i could not start the machine again for at least awhile, i directed right away: Overheated.
    I saw couple thread in this forum and found out that i will have to do the repasting. 75'c idle is not okay at all. Okay... I had to repasted my old G51 in the past so at least i know which to expect.
    Okay. But i have a problem, i think some of you might know that i used to have my BIOS Crashed when i was at Vietnam, so i actually had my G73 mainboard reflashed by ASUS Vietnam under my 2-year global warranty, but they sticked one of the stamp on the HDD bay, right outside like this:

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    So i want to ask, will it void the warranty if i just erase the thing? Because that sticker is new, it never on my machine ever before.
    So, yeah, any help would be great. RMA this time is just painful :(
     
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    You should start by cleaning your vents before attempting a repaste. Removing this sticker will not void your warranty as that panel allows access to the drives and RAM.

    I also did a resize of your image as a clickable thumbnail, it was way too big compared to what we allow, it has to fit on 720p lcds ;).
     
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    You mean the vent of the machine on the back? How can i do this without opening the machine?

    also thanks for resizing my picture, i will keep that in mind next time.
     
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    Follow the instructions in this video: G73 clean out - YouTube

    For the warranty voiding question, see the edit of my previous post.

    No problem for the picture, it is a common occurrence by new members, especially for those viewing it on a 1080p lcd. I use my N50 when i'm relaxing on my bed and that's when too large images are easily noticeable, otherwise it's possible i might miss them.
     
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    Ya, thanks for the video, i don't have the compressed air right here but have some air cans left and i was able to blow out some dust off the vents.
    It worked somehow, my idle now drop from 77 to 57 , just by blowing off some dust. i think i will buy one and clean the whole thing tomorrow, thanks for the tip.
    Going desktop soon tho.
     
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