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Board Replacement of July

Was servicing an ASUS Strix Scar II GL504G laptop.

The initial board needed replacement because of a previous service that was intended for a reapplication of thermal compound for the CPU and GPU, ended up with an unfortunate result. During the initial tear down of the unit, I was going to disconnect the battery when the locking mechanism flew out with minimal force and made contact with the resistors/capacitors closest to the battery - shorting that section of the board.

This most recent service was a surprising one - I had ordered a replacement board online and they ended up giving me a different sub-model of the same model family.
Originally it had a GTX 1070 Graphics chip and the motherboard I received has a RTX 2070. 

I applied Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut Liquid metal thermal compound to the CPU die and I used MX-4 Arctic Thermal compound for the GPU. To replace the thermal compound on the VRM, VRAM, and other components covered by the heat pipes, I used K5-Pro thermal pad compound and applied about 1mm as best as I could. 

As of right now Thermals appear to have improved significantly for the CPU (Almost 30 C drop for a single-thread operation). As for the GPU, the RTX 2070 appears to run much warmer than the 1070, given that the die sizes are different, I adjusted fan profiles accordingly.

Broken Board
Heat spreader and pipes cleaned
New Board in place

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