Asus ROG GL551 Disassembly, Fan Cleaning, and Thermal Paste Replacement Guide

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Utilize this guide to disassemble your Asus ROG GL551JK, GL551JM, GL551JW, GL551JX laptop, clean the fan, and replace the thermal paste to fix CPU overheating issues.
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Welcome to our comprehensive guide on Asus ROG GL551 laptop maintenance! In this video, we'll walk you through the essential steps for disassembling your Asus ROG GL551JK, GL551JM, GL551JW, GL551JX laptop, cleaning the fan, and replacing the thermal paste for optimal performance. Whether you're a tech enthusiast or a beginner, if you're tired of your laptop overheating or slowing down, this repair tutorial is your ticket to a faster and cooler laptop experience.
In this tutorial, you'll discover expert tips and tricks to keep your Asus ROG GL551 laptop running smoothly and efficiently. We'll provide step-by-step instructions, visual demonstrations, and recommendations for the best tools to use.
Video Content:
In this comprehensive video, we will cover the following key points:
1. Laptop Disassembly
Learn how to safely take apart your laptop, including opening the case, accessing internal components, and avoiding common pitfalls.
2. Fan Cleaning
Discover the importance of keeping your laptop's fan clean and dust-free. We'll show you how to access the fan and remove accumulated dust, ensuring your laptop runs at optimal temperatures.
3. Thermal Paste Replacement
Improve your laptop's thermal conductivity by replacing the old thermal paste. We'll guide you through the process of applying fresh thermal paste to the CPU and GPU, which can significantly reduce heat buildup.
4. Performance Benefits
Understand the direct impact of these maintenance tasks on your laptop's performance. A cooler laptop means faster processing speeds and longer lifespan.
5. Laptop Reassembly
Once the cleaning and thermal paste replacement are completed, I will guide you through the process of reassembling your laptop, ensuring that all components fit snugly and securely.
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@howfixit 5 жыл бұрын

***ENG: Links to screwdrivers and parts in the description under the video* ***RUS: Ссылки на отвертки и заменяемые детали в описании под видео*

@MuhammadIbrahim-rp5wl 5 жыл бұрын

Where can I buy keyboard ,,, some keys doesn't work because of water damage and I want to replace the whole keyboard system inside ... ? Please help .

@zico-hk2pk 4 жыл бұрын

I need a 13x17 centimeter laptop for geming

@pjoazure Ай бұрын

This machine is still running well after 10 years for me. Certainly doesn't work for high-end games anymore but it still gets other things done. Thanks for this video, I cleaned the cooler and applied new thermal paste thanks to you!

@abcdefgh2022 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for posting! After almost 9 years, my laptop’s thermal paste was in very much need of a replacement. The GPU peak temperature reduced from 74c to 61c after that.

@arandomfriend8094 6 жыл бұрын

If your monitor stopped working, remember to plug the white cable near the battery back in after using the clear ribbon to pull it out during disassembly.

@user-yi1wl3vv1f 8 ай бұрын

I opened my laptop and there was no thermal paste. Thank you for giving me the confidence with this tutorial. I was wondering why it was always on the hit side. I had meant to do this years ago. Dropped the temp almost 25c-30c😅

@Catamount1412 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. This helped me do a few steps faster getting my GL551JW apart by taking away some guesswork and helping my spot a screw I had missed.

@RASM200 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, it helped me a lot, thank you. I could disassembled my first laptop, i had my doubts, but, at the end, everything worked very well.

@DIYskate 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tutorial. I dropped my laptop and the charging port got smushed. This helped immensely to be able to access the charging port inside (which should be reinforced for instances like this, instead of a single little screw holding it on).

@goreobsessed2308 4 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more money broke just from use but luckily my local Best buy I bought it at fixed it for free 2 years ago now I'm going to open it up cause the fans dying other than those 2 problems this laptop was a God send. Sad that I can't quite play doom eternal at 30 frames next Black Friday I'll be getting a new one for sure

@charley6799 7 жыл бұрын

good video, thank you.

@Oroboruscomp 4 жыл бұрын

I can not get the case to open :/

@albisito 7 жыл бұрын

I love you. Thanks!!

@johansavalle4003 7 жыл бұрын

thanks for that !!

@Student-ib9hy 5 жыл бұрын

Hi, what are typically safe temps after cleaning the fan and changing pastes? I'm getting 73 C on the GPU and 95 tops on one of the cores during gaming after cleaning and replacing paste. Also, noted that the temps for the cores as read by speedfan was high on core 0 and 1 and about 10 C lower for 2 and 3.

@Disa_SterTV 7 жыл бұрын

Hey those small cables u disconect and connect are they. Tricky ? And what thermal paste is best to use

@mmmaaaaattttt 7 жыл бұрын

excellent video

@gezet7680 5 жыл бұрын

thanks man :)

@mikypigrecomaster2776 7 жыл бұрын

hi, i have the coil noise with this notebook in the zone SDXC(key of keyboard) when i install lan ethernet driver, with generic Microsof's driver it's no happen. Why? is it danger? The coil noise appear when lan wifi and lan ethernet are stand-by mode.

@luiz6089 7 жыл бұрын

really???!!! you clean the fan above to the laptop!

@daxterman97 6 жыл бұрын

also there are several places to apply thermal paste but no, only cpu and gpu

@reiki2165 7 жыл бұрын

Now I know why the WASD keys feels like there is air flowing through the keyboard. I don't like that since dust and hair gets sucked into there like my old HP laptop.

@anugrahandi 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this great video... i might also want to upgrade this laptop with SSD. What kind of M.2 type on this laptop? Seems that it has the port but searching in manual it could not be found.

@howfixit 4 жыл бұрын

This laptop has only a mSATA slot. More information about the types of drives here - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qZNiidWpzK-YaYU.html

@lucasceliberto3757 4 жыл бұрын

do you have the SiC631 CA G718 component to sell? it stays on that motherboard, I need it and I can't find it.

@jaymethysell5111 4 жыл бұрын

I wish this had a voice over, but at least there is no crappy music.

@HamburgerBudduaGuy 5 жыл бұрын

so what if I removed both those plastic square and L pieces where he applied the thermal paste....

@SmileUponMe 7 жыл бұрын

Is it Same instruction for GL552 series Sir ? im gonna Tear down Parts for Dust Cleaning and Repaste my laptop.

@howfixit 7 жыл бұрын

I suppose that GL552 is little different in disassembling, but I don't sure

@Slayzo17 7 жыл бұрын

Hi man, I dont have that glue(the thing) you used on the graphic card and other parts so can i leave it without glue because i dont have one now and i already cleaned and tightened all the nails but i didn't start my laptop until now so can i start my laptop or first i need to put glue to avoid any problems?

@howfixit 7 жыл бұрын

Hi. Actually this is not a glue. This is thermal paste. I don't recommend to start\use laptop with no thermal paste on CPU\GPU because this can damage to motherboard.

@HozDHearts 6 жыл бұрын

You putted thermal paste on GPU and CPU, but what about those other thingys that had thermal paste too? should i repaste them?

@howfixit 6 жыл бұрын

For GPU memory chip you must use GPU Heatsink like this -> ali.pub/2bq2su Test of most of thermal pastes for use in laptop: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p5ejnZmV39uZcn0.html

@mbokanical 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, how to add an ssd?

@flamehade619 3 жыл бұрын

Do I need to disassemble the entire laptop to upgrade my DVD drive to a Blu Ray drive?

@TrellaFrella 7 жыл бұрын

would u use cool lab liquid metal based thermal paste on cpu die or is it too risky for laptops considering theyre mobile

@TrellaFrella 7 жыл бұрын

@howfixit 7 жыл бұрын

thermal paste is enough

@jtl3lobster258 6 жыл бұрын

If you were to replace your thermal paste, I would get the Arctic MX4 compound, really good stuff.

@Redyear20 5 жыл бұрын

Greetings... nice video by the way. Wanna tell you that the best thermal pad for this laptop is the Fujipoly from primochill. I have been using it for almost 2 yrs and keeps the pc very cool since this laptop tent to run very hot. I recommend it to used it. I even recommend it to used it any gaming laptop.

@SergiiVdovareize 7 жыл бұрын

Хотелось бы увидеть как добраться до hdd и ssd

@cristalsuarez9122 7 жыл бұрын

Hello... is the processor soldered to the motherboard ? i have core i5 and i wanna to upgrade it to core i7. is it possible? and if it is, what kind of processor i gotta buy? Thanks

@howfixit 7 жыл бұрын

Hello. Yeah... CPU is soldered to MB, you can replace MB to another one with i7, but it would be expensive

@basmauvieux 7 жыл бұрын

Hey i got a problem, followed all the instructions like in the video but now my screen isn't working anymore found a little red plastic ball, but idk if it's in the pc or not.

@arandomfriend8094 6 жыл бұрын

Hey, know this is an year old comment, but logged in to tell you that the youtuber forgot to mention that the video cable that he disconnected in disassembly (the white one near the battery with the clear ribbon) needs to actually be re-engaged to the motherboard or the built-in monitor wont turn on. That was the mistake I initially made, and wanted to share since no one else commented.

@kommentator1157 6 жыл бұрын

How similar is this laptop in disassembling to the Asus ROG G551?

@darkelfasian 4 жыл бұрын

actually the same

@figura599 7 жыл бұрын

where i can purchase a replacement fan for this model?

@jhonclint2965 7 жыл бұрын

EBAY I SEE A LOT

@PeterMcArrow 7 жыл бұрын

Что за пленка наклеена на ЦПУ и ГПУ ? термопаста нанесена только в центре - а по бокам странная пленка которая даже не касается теплоотводных трубок? зачем так сделано?

@hellogoooddbyeee 6 жыл бұрын

I disassembled my laptop like in the video to clean out my fan and then put it back together but now the touchpad stopped working. I know I was super careful and didn't break anything. Any idea what might have happened?

@HaRambo 6 жыл бұрын

There is one cable that you have to disconnect when you are disassembling the laptop. Did you put it back? It's a black and white cable if I am not mistaken.

@rohansuri8158 6 жыл бұрын

Did you try pressing FN+F9? Thats the shortcut to disable and re-enable the trackpad on the computer.

@mikeypeinado383 11 ай бұрын

Stop getting spunk on it lol

@user-wh7zv3np3r 7 жыл бұрын

скажите подходит ли это видио для ASUS N551jk?

@ahmedabd8807 6 жыл бұрын

да подходит

@joborlaneortega4727 7 жыл бұрын

Any instruction for replacing the keyboard?

@tahaelzein 7 жыл бұрын

Job Orlane Ortega have you found a way to replace the Keyboard ? Or fix certain unworkable keys?

@joborlaneortega4727 7 жыл бұрын

In my case, my laptop was accidentally spilled with water so it totally damaged the keyboard so there's no other way to fix it but to replace it. I already got the replacement keyboard but I never found a tutorial on how to install it.

@Chuckp-gd2tn 7 жыл бұрын

Looking for the same instructions. On my GL551JM it looks like the keyboard is held to the top plastic piece (palmrest) using a metal piece. The metal piece appears to be fastened to the top plastic piece by melting the tops of pegs coming off the plastic piece. Not sure how you remove it and still reuse the top piece. I see that on Ebay you can buy a combo unit of the palmrest with keyboard attached. Expensive but easier than heating off all those plastic pegs. Maybe you can cut the peg tops off and try to fasten the metal piece to the top using some other method.

@joborlaneortega4727 7 жыл бұрын

I saw what you're talking about. I decided to just rip the metal plating and go on with it.

@tahaelzein 7 жыл бұрын

For me, nothing was spilled on the keyboard. It started while playing Witcher 3 for a long time, where the laptop would heat up, and my "esc" stops responding until I cool the laptop down. but after 3 days it just stopped working with 3 other buttons. Do you have any idea how to fix such thing? or should I take my laptop for keyboard replacement? I didn't find any similar case of mine on the internet, and thus no solutions available other than totally replacing it.

@AmenXenon 8 жыл бұрын

What is the white stuff you were wiping away?

@HotshotBLOWJOB 7 жыл бұрын

thermal compound , so the copper heat sink makes better contact with the CPU and GPU , thus gaining better cooling , although he replaced it with a better one because companies don't really use high grade ones ... and in notebooks like this , heat is a very common issue

@AmenXenon 7 жыл бұрын

thanks

@felixpatrick5497 7 жыл бұрын

normal temp on ur laptop?

@63M1N1 7 жыл бұрын

after 2 years of usage and no fan cleaning/changing thermal paste 50°C

@jhonclint2965 7 жыл бұрын

63M1 50C IN IDLE ? WE BROWSING KZfaq ?

@mariosuper1178 7 жыл бұрын

Can GPU be upgraded?

@Catamount1412 7 жыл бұрын

It doesn't seem so. It seems integrated into the board (just got done repasting mine)

@azsampako2266 7 жыл бұрын

You can use eGPU if you want to upgrade. I'm gonna buy a RX Vega 56 and do an eGPU setup.

@knexfan100 6 жыл бұрын

Late reply: hell no. its soldered in. e-gpu might be a thing for this laptop, not sure though.

@tato7708 7 жыл бұрын

When everything is off, which is the cpu and which is the gpu?

@howfixit 7 жыл бұрын

the bottom one is CPU and the left one is GPU

@tato7708 7 жыл бұрын

How-FixIT That is quite intriguing. I expected to have the gpu closer to the fan, as that has a higher tendency to overheat than the cpu. Especially because of the 74 degree Celsius cap on this laptop.

@reiki2165 7 жыл бұрын

I notice that there are white thermal paste like substances on the silver plate, flat copper plate on the heat sinks and some of the components on the motherboard. Is that the same thermal paste use on the CPU and GPU? or is it a thermal pad? Is there a reason why you chose to ignore those chips where those white substances are placed?

@tato7708 7 жыл бұрын

Reki Cabaya I think the thermal paste/padding you see it to protect some of the more thermally fragile parts of the laptop. Since some of the heat naturally dissipates through the copper pipes, no matter how much you try to stop it. I could absolutely be incorrect however. I'm sure those covered in the thermal paste are fine, since they themselves do not create as much heat as the cpu/gpu.

@reiki2165 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I am a little reluctant to open this laptop up cos of that. I don't feel comfortable putting thermal paste like arctic silver 5 on those node chip looking things, in fear of short circuiting the connections if it goes onto the solder connections and motherboard. The thermal paste residue on there looks like it is dry so I am guessing they used something that has more viscosity, and it is hard to tell how big of a gap is compared to the GPU/CPU. Sometimes a gap that is wider than the CPU/GPU requires more paste(risky for such a small component) or a thermal pad to fill up that gap up for proper contact with the heat pipe

@Markoboy99 7 жыл бұрын

Otherwise a great video but should have had some kind of commentary.

@myrger1 7 жыл бұрын

First video I see that doesn't have any dislikes lol

@vuphong2003 5 жыл бұрын

I followed this tutorial and now my laptop fan is running at full speed, can someone help me?

@djedward1999 5 жыл бұрын

What do you mean

@vuphong2003 5 жыл бұрын

@@djedward1999 For some reasons, after applying the new thermal paste and cleaning the laptop, everytime the laptop boot on, the cpu fan runs at full speed, even when in BIOS, and the temperature is normal (40-50°C) when idle. Tried to do it again, take it apart and then do the whole process again but no luck.

@djedward1999 5 жыл бұрын

@@vuphong2003 sorry. Im not sure

@Cimex090 2 жыл бұрын

@@vuphong2003 so you found a solution?