I decided to upgrade my g73jh, since my 5870 died, and bought a Dell 6990m. I did the heatsink mods that there was in the awesome post of DH48, with the collaboration of Thanatospy, @tilla, Tijo, and others (thanks, guys!!).
The laptop runs smoothly and with low temps, btw 50 and 55º (Arctic Silver mx-4). The problem comes when I play games: I decided to do a little benchmark with Crysis 2 with ultra settings and it just goes smooth (45-50 fps) but, after 3 or 4 min of gameplay, the laptop just shuts down. I tried with other games such as Skyrim and Batman: Arkham Origins, and the same issue.
It cannot be overheating because the computer does not even get warmer, and when it shuts down I can turn it on inmediately, while the usual thing is that you have to wait a few minutes for the mobo to low its temps. I do not overclock.
My theory is that it is a matter of power consumption. My power supply is the ADP-150 NB D (150 W), however it has lived better times and the battery is almost useless. In any case, the laptop has more than three years on its back and I have "squeezed" it to the maximum.
Anyone has experienced this?
Thank you so much!
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Meaker@Sager Company Representative
Either your brick needs replacing or the VRMs (which are not temperature monitored directly) could be cutting out as they are not cooled properly.
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It is 180w, next week I shall receive it. I really hope that this should fix this issue.
As soon as I get some news, I will let you know -
Meaker@Sager Company Representative
That's the largest universal brick I have seen. Will hopefully sort it for you.
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Yeah, it works in a lot of laptop models, including the G73JH. Probably next week I have a veredict
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Meaker@Sager Company Representative
A much better option that the one hung low knock offs on ebay.
I need help with my g73jh upgrade!!
Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by benj eff, Feb 27, 2014.