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M16 2023 3060ti i9 repasting?

So I know these have liquid metal used.

I believe I am about due up for repasting.

Should I change out the liquid metal for paste or should I do it the way it was made?

I am very hesitant to do the liquid metal myself because I have never done that before. I have also never pasted a laptop before. Only a desktop. Should I have someone else do it?

I don't know if I should just pay to have someone do it or what I should do.

What do y'all recommend?

What would be a good price to pay someone to repaste?

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u/TrueMeal9733 — 4 days ago

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Successful repaste

Was stressing this repaste, gpu and cpu were thermal throttling with pretty much any load. I only snapped 1 picture during disassembly, but used ptm7950 and upsiren putty. Temps are under control now! And can game again! Removing the Liquid Metal wasn’t as bad as I thought, I just used some painters tape to make a shield so that I wouldn’t accidentally get any on my mobo.

u/unregretfully — 5 days ago

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2023 M16 keyboard issues, keys not registering

The letter 'S' and 'F8' key on my M16 just wont register when the keycaps feel completely normal, they still make sounds and physically functional, but they just dont register into the computer. AI says it might be because of so called "electrical trace failure on the membrane circuit layer" and i have no idea what that means and how to fix. Please help me!

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u/Potential-Candy-9255 — 7 days ago

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GU604VI i9-13900H thermal throttling at only ~30W - dented bottom cover, possible liquid-metal/heatsink damage?

I have a 2023 ASUS ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VI (i9-13900H + RTX 4070).

I'm getting severe CPU thermal throttling. During Cinebench, the CPU reaches ~95–96°C while only drawing ~30–35W, with the CPU fan around 7000 RPM. HWiNFO reports sustained Core/Package thermal throttling.

During gaming I previously saw ~95°C CPU / ~50°C GPU and poor FPS (~50 FPS). The exhaust also feels unusually cool.

I've opened the laptop and taken these photos. Does anyone familiar with the GU604VI see anything abnormal? Should I remove the thermal module and inspect the liquid-metal/contact pattern, or should I investigate something else first?

u/Kind-Tension-9358 — 8 days ago

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