Upgrading my G73 to i7 920XM Extreme cpu

Anyone have any good articles on how to replace the cpu on one of these laptops?

 

It isn't something to take lightly with this laptop.

Probably a full hour just to take it apart. Seriously, it is bad. Every last screw...

 

jerk, why are you trying to scare me I would love it if someone could show me some sort of guide how to open this thing up.

 

Dz, it is hard as per Justin from Xoticpc. I wouldn't risk it unless you are an authorised ASUS reseller.

 

Also, you can kiss that wonderful industry leading warranty goodbye...

 

do it! don't have the warranty handcuff ya.

I'm also assuming you have some experience in such a task.

 

I might do it with my 620 just to see if the HM55 chipset will allow me to use the integrated gpu.

 

Wow so its not like my G50VT where everything is easily accessible from panels on the bottom?

I sort of liked that approach!

Cheers,

 

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Nope............

 

Yep the G73 seems to be much more difficult to take apart than the M17x, which was more difficult to take apart than my old Clevo. I hope someone manages to put together a CPU swapping guide at some point for the G73, that'd be awesome and worthy of some serious reppage.

 

Aramis has already put up the Asus manual that covers disassembly of the G73Jh, on one of the other threads. See Below.

 

wish me luck. running a 3dmark 06 bench at 720 then putting in my 920

 

Why not run vantage or test out some games for a more modern comparison?

Crylo, I love your pic.

 

Asus Warranty isn't the best in Hungary...people mostly have problem with eee PCs...once it took Asus 5months to fix an eee PC

 

Good luck and have fun!

 

I can't get 3d Vantage to fully load, it won't get past the detecting GPU stage... anyone else run into this?

 

Done ! I will be updating with benchmarks soon!

 

So it's a hard work upgraping the cpu ? or it's only a long process ? Also where do you bougth your 920 xm ?

 

Look at some of drake's tear-down pics in the O/C thread. It's a nightmare. (compared to other laptops)

 

it was a pain in the as$ ill have pics and benchs soon

 

stock g73

 

920xm with 4GB hyber X ram , no extreme mode on in bios

 

stock

 

920xm and hyberx ram

no extreme settings on in bios

 

repped, thanks for going through trouble replacing the 920xm cpu. How hard was it for you to replace the cpu? some game benchmarks will be appreciated.

 

Hardest part of getting the whole machine apart for me was getting the keyboard out because some genius decided to use Double sided tape thats pretty much crazy glued onto the machine... The rest was a cake walk and i have already done it twice now so the second time was a breeze except for the keyboard again lol..

 

@DzNuts: When benchmarking set you power scheme to high performance. Based on your screen shot it looks like it is set to Balanced.

 

Nice job you guys...

Manual is great,

Doesn't seem to be alot of little plastic clips to break off.

Makes me want to run out and buy the 920...

 

Be careful with the fan connectors.

Mine crumbled to pieces when I tried to remove the left fan.

 

did you put it back together?

is your 620 in now?

 

well without 1 fan working it won't boot.

so i have to wait till tomorrow and get an rma replacement from newegg.

 

Didn't know if you soldered it together or not. Better to do these types of things in the first 30 days.

 

Exactly.

Solder wouldn't work with the plastic.

I do have another exact connector on an old fan, but my fingers and eyesight aren't good enough to work with wires that small.

Would be a very easy fix as it works the same as a regualr molex just on a microscale. I physically can't do it.

Where's a chinaman when you need one?

 

It's called old age.

 

Mandrake can you tell me if a 920xm ES is good ? it's the only cpu I can find right now. it's a test unit ? I don't really understand

 

I sense Asus has built the G73 they way they did for a reason. They are trying to discourage tampering with their units. I'm starting to think Asus believes that a number of the reasons why they have laptops being sent back for repair is due to people opening up their units when they are not experts, authorized, and are careless. For those who are savvy enough to do it, maybe the design proves that. If you can take it apart, you are able to change the CPU or change the thermal paste.

 

Depends who you talk to. I think Soviet Sunrise wrote a big report here saying they are just as good but I personally don't use them. It was proven on the M17x that they did not perform as well.

You can buy new OEM from RJtech but it will cost close to $1200.

 

Mistakes happen regardless if you are a home user, authorized reseller or a tech from Asus. Making it more difficult to do (IMO) will cause more issues.

 

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Agreed.

I think my technical skills are just as good or better than those at xotic, etc.

Nothing I can do about brittle plastic that pretty much disintegrated upon me touching it

 

Sucks for me because I just turned 30

What happens at 40?

 

3.45mhz everything else is stock

 

installing my SSD, then I will run some more benchmarks

 

ya know we have a benchmark thread.

 

Man run Wprime 8 threads with a 3.4ghz i7 I gotta see how fast that is. You guys with the 3+ghz i7 920's in the G73 are making me jealous.

 

Mine having issues with random app crashes. I'm wondering if dznuts is having any of those types of issue because our setup is similar.

 

Yeah that is a concern, my unit seems 100% fine though I have not done anything to really push it to the limit not even gpu overclocking yet. Well other than run OCCT and Furmark and stuff.

I wonder just how easy it is to damage the unit in any way with the complicated cpu install process. Or if simply the unit can not run with the 920XM without issues, the hidden bios options could be a sign that they were working on support and never quite finished what they were working on.

 

One of those bios options is to enable or disable "Three Strike Counter". I have no idea what that is.

 

Lol drake, you know damn well what that is.

Looking good Dz! (I'm sorry, I just can't bring myself to call you by your full listed name)

 

No I don't tell me. I've never seen that in any bios.

 

Just a play on words.. 3 strikes and your out... wahhh wahhh wahhhhhhhhhh