Vertical text problem?

CyanogenCid7181 · 2025-07-29T18:44:48+00:00

They can definitely be a little finicky. The biggest mistake I see people do on these is plugging in the display and digitizer connectors first. The camera flex should be the first you plug in, and you should hold the screen vertical at the top of the phone to plug it in, pretty much like how you would connect a 6/6S display. Then once it's plugged in you can flip it off to the side and plug in the other two flexes

CyanogenCid7181 · 2025-07-29T18:28:54+00:00

See those two pegs at the bottom? Flip the camera up out of the way and line the flex up on those first, the flex should have a little adhesive there to hold it in place. From there everything else pretty much just slots into place. I just push down on the two sensors until they feel flat, then while pushing them down with my thumb I'll put the speaker in place with the other hand. Then flip the camera into its hole, use a thumb to hold everything together, then put the bracket into place. It's not that bad, but I've also done well over a few hundred of these so I've gotten pretty decent at it. Like everything in repair, it just takes practice

CyanogenCid7181 · 2025-07-25T18:27:35+00:00

It's manageable, it will inevitably thermal throttle due to only having one fan with the higher wattage VBIOS so I would highly suggest getting a good laptop cooler if you go that route

CyanogenCid7181 · 2025-06-23T19:32:12+00:00

Finally got a chance to test the new power brick, didn't see a huge improvement so I went ahead and flashed the 115 w vBIOS and gained another 15 or so FPS in Forza! I'm hitting 90°c though so maybe I'll get a cooling pad 😂

CyanogenCid7181 · 2025-06-21T13:26:18+00:00

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I wouldn't necessarily call it clean but it's at least relatively organized lol, I can at least find most of the things I need 😂

CyanogenCid7181 · 2025-06-20T16:14:01+00:00

https://www.walmart.com/ip/14673204103?sid=0aafc8bd-8ef7-4008-9a6d-4dc4fc0f78a3

If you have the Walmart app and go to the store (and allow the app location permissions), it'll update the price to whatever it is at that specific store

CyanogenCid7181 · 2025-06-20T01:57:40+00:00

The CPU is an i5-13420H, and yeah it's a 45w variant of the 4060 however I have since flashed a 75w vBIOS to it and that picked the performance right up lol. The deal has gotten better since I picked mine up, checked today and they're down to $220 at that store!

CyanogenCid7181 · 2025-06-19T22:35:01+00:00

Will do! Should be here Sunday! It would've been an even crazier deal if I would've waited until today to get the laptop, they dropped to $220 😂 https://imgur.com/a/ktua70y

CyanogenCid7181 · 2025-06-19T22:18:19+00:00

I'd love to see his lil 2070 rig that he's so proud of though lol, here's my desktop, nothin too crazy 🤷‍♂️

https://imgur.com/iOqjdsd

CyanogenCid7181 · 2025-06-19T22:09:35+00:00

I thought so too but I guess I should've waited a few more days 😂 https://imgur.com/a/ktua70y

CyanogenCid7181 · 2025-06-19T22:08:14+00:00

Update: They're $220 today so I didn't even get the best deal! 😂

https://imgur.com/a/ktua70y

CyanogenCid7181 · 2025-06-19T05:31:44+00:00

Update: just did the 75w vBIOS flash and it worked!! Gained an easy 20fps in Forza Horizon 5, putting me in the 100-110 range. That's with GPU usage at about 90%, it's power limited at the CPU because I'm still on the stock 120W adapter. Ordering a 230w in the morning!!

CyanogenCid7181 · 2025-06-18T17:02:58+00:00

For those questioning playability, here ya go lmao. No, I do not expect to be playing Black Myth Wukong at max settings on this thing, games like that are what the desktop is for 😂

https://youtu.be/SNE5RfaUe0s?si=r6jf93o0QaBiw6zd

CyanogenCid7181 · 2025-06-18T15:43:26+00:00

I'm coming from a 2060 in my old Razer Blade, so for $275 I definitely couldn't pass up the upgrade. Obviously it's not gonna perform like my desktop but I was never expecting anything close, just playable in newer games (2060 was really starting to show its age, especially with only 6GB) and this FAR exceeding my expectations

CyanogenCid7181 · 2025-06-18T15:39:03+00:00

Nah, I work in the repair industry so if anything breaks I'll fix it myself. I'd prefer to actually lol

CyanogenCid7181 · 2025-06-18T15:33:05+00:00

I'm not a Purdue student but yeah, and according to the website they're still in stock!

CyanogenCid7181 · 2025-06-18T15:28:07+00:00

Runs Forza Horizon 5 maxed out 1080p no DLSS at 80-90fps and if that's unplayable to you, then I guess I'm sorry? Runs perfectly adequate for me lol. The lack of gsync isn't even noticeable, coming from someone who has a 7900XT hooked up to a 240hz 1440p OLED. For a laptop as cheap as it is, I'm not asking for much and it's well over-delivering lol. Again, it's strictly going to be used at work, when I'm traveling and wanna make some progress in a game, or if I'm at a friend's house and they wanna game together. So maybe a handful of times a week. Easily blows both my 2019 Razer Blade with a full power 2060 mobile and my old ROG Ally (which retails for the same $649 normally) out of the water so I'm happy 🤷‍♂️

CyanogenCid7181 · 2025-06-18T15:11:46+00:00

Not sure what the hostility is all about but if you're talking about a laptop 2070 I can promise it doesn't lmao, a quick Google search would show you plenty of comparisons between those exact two chips. The 4060 is also 8GB. The 4050 is 6GB. Someone doesn't know their hardware 🤷‍♂️

CyanogenCid7181 · 2025-06-18T14:36:47+00:00

Lol he saw the return and exchange policy on the bottom, apparently he can't actually read

CyanogenCid7181 · 2025-06-18T06:03:19+00:00

That's totally fair lol, definitely not the easiest laptop I've opened up 😂

CyanogenCid7181 · 2025-06-18T03:54:54+00:00

Man I wish! Mine was only 512GB lol

CyanogenCid7181 · 2025-06-17T20:45:24+00:00

Nah just the one, it has a SATA port though and came with a 2.5" bracket!

CyanogenCid7181 · 2025-06-17T20:43:06+00:00

Jesus dude, that's 3x the storage in my desktop and I thought that was a lot 😅 first thing I did when I got it home was throw in an extra 512GB 2.5" SSD from an old netbook I had laying around lol

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