G60VX - How to Fix Overheating (Mod)

Hi, this is my first post here! I don't really get involved in online forums but I found this to be an important mod for this particular notebook, and had to share my experience!

When I purchased this laptop from a co-worker, I was excited! This was such a great laptop for someone like me because of how cheap I am! This laptop is a couple of years old but it is decent enough to play the games that I want to play on the go.

The one problem with this laptop is that the GPU idles at around 80 Degree's Celsius, far too high for a good gaming experience and it also worries me as far as the integrity of the video card and throws out all hope for overclocking. I have read many posts, most from a few years ago but I hope that anyone with this laptop that is wishing to lower their temps gets something out of this.

The first step is to follow some previous mods for this particular machine:

Download RW Read & Write Utility and follow the instructions for this machine here - http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus-gaming-notebook-forum/579780-how-force-g73-fans-100-a.html
(This mod forces fans to 100%, this helps drop the temps from about 10-15 degrees Celsius)

Next, you should cut out the fake fan mesh located over your GPU fan - Asus Republic of Gamers G60 Cooling Mod Comparison With Stock Plate. - YouTube
(There are multiple way to go about doing this mod, whatever creative way you decide to go with to cut out the fake shroud and place your own mesh, this compliments the above mod very well!)

The final mod is actually adding copper components to the internals of your notebook. I was fortunate enough to have access to some LGA771 Xeon heat sinks, which can be composed of pure copper or copper plated components. Before you use the components, make sure they are not attracted to magnets, because if they are they wont conduct heat as well and could possibly compromise the heat dissipation of your system. Personally, I made some heat shields for my ram cards, adding copper plate between them to make the heat disperse between them better. I added copper bars spanning from the video card to the RAM sticks to disperse heat more evenly as well. Lastly, I added copper piping from one of the bars to the GPU fan to ensure that the components get cooled off as well versus just conducting the heat and keeping it trapped.To connect heat conducting components to each other, I used Arctic Sliver 5, as soldering did not work because of the amazing heat conductance of the components used. (This is the major part of the mod, which combined with the previous two, was able to drop my idle temps by a whopping 35 degrees Celsius!!!! When gaming, I saw about the same improvement, maxing out my temps at about 60-65 degrees, which leaves plenty of room for overclocking your GPU for even better results!)

With all this combined, not only do you lower your GPU temps, but I saw a significant decrease in CPU and Northbridge temps. Here again, better for overclocking!

I am using a T9400 vs the stock P7450, which has 10W TDP higher than the stock processor, and still running very cool!

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--- Photos of the Mod with shroud blocked by bedsheets, and then of shroud open with air passing through. ---

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Hope this helps all out there with either this version Asus, all related or even unrelated models!!!