I haven’t touched my Asus GL752VW laptop in 2 years, and when I did, I discovered it wouldn’t turn on anymore.
But what I appreciate is how servisable Asus had made their gaming laptops. The battery, RAM, and both SATA and M2 SSDs are just two screws away. And if you want to dive deeper and remove the battery, it’s still pretty straightforward, with removing a few more screws, pulling out DVD drive, and popping the keyboard. Sure, not as easy as the Asus laptop I had before, where the battery would just pop-out from the bottom, but still, pretty easy.
In any case, pulling out the BIOS battery, the laptop battery and changing the power adapter didn’t help. I sent it for repairs, and they told me that the north bridge got fried. What will bother me now is that when I was installing M2 SSD, I pinched one of the screws from north bridge to hold the SSD, so maybe it had worse cooling. Or maybe it’s just a coincidence.
In any case, replacing a motherboard on a laptop from 2016 probably isn’t worth it, so I just asked them to ship it back, and maybe I’ll be able to sell it for parts or something. It was still a fun project to tinker with, though.
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