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    How are your keyboards after repaste??

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by smile_gerard, Aug 13, 2010.

  1. smile_gerard

    smile_gerard Notebook Evangelist

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    I bought a cooler for mine but it doesn't seem to be useful, so now i'm considering to do the repaste as well. I have a tube of thermal paste from Thermaltake at home sitting. The only thing that is holding me back is the keyboard removal. I'm guessing the keyboard will never be the same again after removing. So would like to hear from everyone who has repasted their G73. How much damage has been done to your keyboards if there is any. And would be nice if you could post photos of it. I've confident in building desktops but and the only laptop i've opened was a MSI wind which was just some screws at the back and the cover was off. So please post photos and share your experience with the keyboard.
     
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  2. Dkumagai

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    I'll post pics tomorrow. Honestly, you can't really tell from the outside that I repasted. By peeling your keyboard off, the foil backing will bulge and wrinkle a little so it won't sit quite as flush as it did originally. In my case this is barely noticeable.
     
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  3. smile_gerard

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    Looking at the guides and video, this laptop really is a pain to open up isn't it? How long did it take you to take it apart and put it back? Did you remove the card then apply the paste or did you apply the paste while the card was attached to the mother board?
     
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  4. stevenjii

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    Which cooler did you buy? I was looking to buy a Thermaltake one but if it doesn't help...
     
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    So here is the Pic when I got my keyboard down, as you can see, the double-side taps are broken, but these don't change anything when I got the kb back because there is a aluminium foil packing(or something like it, i'm not sure...)on the bottom:
     

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    From that picture, it almost looks as if that aluminum cover thing could be removed if one wanted to straighten it out some. :confused:
     
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    actually there is a thermal pad on the bottom of switch board (you can see the metal part of it from the pic), so I think the foil packing existed for the reason of thermal...
     
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    well i feel i've got a little more flex in the kb than i had before but otherwise no probs..
     
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  9. smile_gerard

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    I bought the cooler master one. But i don't think it helps. Maybe to keep the hdd bay cool but thats about it.
     
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    I still don't know if i should do it. I mean, is it really necessary since the laptop does work fine lol
     
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    I did mine REAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

    a little flex on the foil but easily went back on a couple of times (forgot the three screws underneath the keyboard) the part that screwed me a little was the little tabs that you need to push back with a smll flat head screw driver. Look at them really hard and see which way you need to push make sure not to bend the tabs.
     
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  12. Chastity

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    Worst case scenario: buy a spare keyboard. :) Just don't buy one in a panic like I did and get hosed on the price.
     
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    It looks more like the keyboard has been warped. Is there really no way to make it flushed again?
     
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    That looks perfectly fine. My keyboard that hasn't been replaced sorta has that look on the right side...
     
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  16. Chastity

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    use a pencil with a rubber eraser and push it down
     
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    These keyboard issues are exactly the reason why I am hesitant to re-apply better thermal paste... my OCD ways would not like a non-flush keyboard!

    That being said I do have a bookmark for T-C Grease 0098...
     
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  18. Chastity

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    Well, my OCD friend, buy an extra keyboard
     
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    My OCD wouldn't let me live with Chastity's GPU temps being better than mine. :eek2: I was compelled to repaste by insurmountable peer pressure.
     
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  20. be77solo

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    I've had two G73's, removed the keyboard on the first one twice, and my current one once to apply MX-3 compound. As long as you removed the keyboard slowly and peel the tape gently, you'll be just fine. In three separate times, mine ended up just as good after as before... it's really not a big deal at all.

    I did leave the Video card attached to the motherboard, just tilted the entire assembly up as in the BTOrder video on Youtube... worked GREAT!

    Did drop the temps as well, whole project was probably an hour taking my time, it's a lot of parts, but no part of it was hard. My last Toshiba was WAY HARDER to disassemble and get back together.
     
    be77solo, Aug 14, 2010
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  21. LoloBond

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    Asus send keyboards out for customers to replace like Dell does?
     
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  22. Chastity

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    My temps are still a couple of degrees better :biggrin:
     
    Chastity, Aug 14, 2010
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