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    questions for g51j-a1 owners

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by confuzshuz, Nov 10, 2009.

  1. confuzshuz

    confuzshuz Notebook Consultant

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    I purchased my laptop at xoticpc. I upgraded the cpu and had diamond thermal compound applied to cpu and gpu.

    2 questions

    #1. Any of you that upgraded the cpu, is the "warranty void if removed" sticker still there?

    #2 How can I tell that the IC7 diamond thermal compound was applied to the cpu/gpu? I ran furmark and my gpu peaked 99C.
     
    confuzshuz, Nov 10, 2009
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  2. Lanaya

    Lanaya Templar Assassin

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    1. Yes it will still be there. the resellers have stickers to replace ones that were removed.
    2. you can't tell without removing the heatsinks- in which case you'd have to apply your own thermal paste.
     
    Lanaya, Nov 10, 2009
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    teflonsheep Notebook Consultant

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    Keep in mind it will take a day or two for the paste to "burn in".

    I wouldn't judge results until you've had at least a day or two of solid 3d gaming.
     
    teflonsheep, Nov 11, 2009
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  4. confuzshuz

    confuzshuz Notebook Consultant

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    Oh really? I don't really do gaming. I thought it would set just passively. It came in last Friday, 11/06. I haven't used it much. I've only ran furmark several time, about 5-10 minutes at a time.

    So far, I've peaked 102C on furmark.

    Update: Turns out my "Warranty void if removed" sticker isn't there. I'm chatting with xotic as I write this.

    More update: Just finished chatting with xotic. Turns out sometimes, the sticker is salvageable. Sometimes it's not. However, the upgraded component(s) have a 1 year warranty by the reseller, and no longer part of Asus's 2 year warranty. Good thing I used my Amex card. It extends my warranty by 1 year. It's kinda wierd because my warranty is something like this: total 3 years for the computer, but only 2 years for the cpu.
     
    confuzshuz, Nov 11, 2009
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  5. hunter3160

    hunter3160 Notebook Guru

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    i asked one of the sales ppl on xotic they said the 2 year warranty will still remain even if i get the ic7 OO
     
    hunter3160, Nov 23, 2009
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    Dun Properly Notebook Enthusiast

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    So which is it? Is the 2 year warranty still valid or not? Who is confused here besides me?

    Apparently you both spoke to XoticPC, but got conflicting reports. I currently have an order with them and I added teh paste, but I don't want to lose the warranty. I may call them myself.
     
    Dun Properly, Nov 24, 2009
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  7. confuzshuz

    confuzshuz Notebook Consultant

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    There's a little misunderstanding here. I had the CPU upgraded and I also chose the thermal compound upgrade.

    The thermal compound upgrade should not affect the 2 year Asus warranty. However, component upgrades will be have a 1 year warranty through the reseller (xoticpc).
     
    confuzshuz, Nov 24, 2009
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  8. hunter3160

    hunter3160 Notebook Guru

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    k lol that makes more sense i didn't add a new cpu thxs for clearing that up
     
    hunter3160, Nov 24, 2009
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