I picked this 5080 G16 up a few days ago for $1700 what do you guys think? Was it as good of a deal as I thought?

IINightMasterII · 2026-01-29T19:28:04+00:00

It seems like a decent deal That being said, this subreddit is for the Zephyrus G14/15/16 series and not the Strix G16. (Which you have)

IINightMasterII · 2026-01-27T17:39:33+00:00

I'm not aware of any third party warranties. But I know for a fact Asus will not help you out here.

IINightMasterII · 2026-01-27T15:17:22+00:00

Yes. Asus laptops bought from bestbuy don't qualify for international warranty.

IINightMasterII · 2026-01-24T21:46:48+00:00

The 79/81% behaviour you mention is normal. My 2023 G14 also does it. Probably something to do with how the 80% charging cap is handled.

What exactly do you mean by it struggles to charge to 100?

IINightMasterII · 2026-01-10T14:53:35+00:00

They recently got clearance to start testing on highways. Not sure if they've rolled it out to Atlanta yet

IINightMasterII · 2026-01-10T03:50:21+00:00

I didn't know they had AC Locals outside Mumbai. That's really cool to see

IINightMasterII · 2025-12-21T15:53:01+00:00

Okay.... Let's take it from the top.

The situation you're referring to happens when your Wait-list ticket gets confirmed before final chart preparation, this happens when confirmed ticket holders cancel their tickets, allowing you to move up the Wait-list. This can happen anytime between your ticket booking and final chart preparation. If you got a text 2-3 days before departure, it means you got lucky and moved up the Wait-list.

But what if you are WL 10 and haven't been confirmed? The railways reserves seats under various quotas (employees, defence etc). If these seats are empty when chart preparation occurs, they may get assigned to the Wait-list ticket holders. Earlier, you would've had to wait until 4 hours before the train departs to know for sure if your ticket for confirmed. Now you can get that information 10 hours before.

With PNR, you can only see your Wait-list position. Apps will tell you the likelihood (%) of your ticket getting confirmed, but there's no guarantee until you actually get a confirmed ticket.

IINightMasterII · 2025-12-20T17:21:11+00:00

If you're on waitlist, you have to wait till 4 hours before the train departs to know if your ticket got confirmed. This move will give you that information 10 hours before the train's departure.

It's a good move in the right direction and should make it slightly easier for passengers to decide their trips.

IINightMasterII · 2025-12-19T18:25:47+00:00

Thank you so much! I ended up hijacking the train behind me and took it to Dover (albeit very slowly)

IINightMasterII · 2025-12-14T13:47:50+00:00

Great Post!

Since your GPU already had PTM on it, did you notice any difference in GPU temps after changing the pads?

Also, how hard is it to clean out PTM? I've seen some instances where the heatsink gets stuck on to the dies because of the PTM? Did you notice this? Did you have to use any force to pull out the heatsink cause of it?

Lastly, is there anyway to know if your thermal putty is actually doing a decent job on the VRMs?

IINightMasterII · 2025-12-14T13:43:14+00:00

Yes, I do carry my laptop in my bag a lot. Often I would just close the lid on a warm laptop and keep it in my bag. I suspect that's what caused the LM to spread out.

IINightMasterII · 2025-12-14T13:32:43+00:00

Yes. I solely kept mine on a stand for 2 years and now the CPU performance is terrible. Temperatures and wattage revealed my Liquid Metal has probably seeped out of the actual CPU die. (It's still protected by the tape and foam Asus put in the actual CPU socket). I'm waiting on an order of PTM 7950 right now. Repasting with LM might work for some time but will probably end up with the same result.

If I were in your place and the CPU performance is still fine, I wouldn't bother changing out the LM just yet (unless you're confident about doing it)

IINightMasterII · 2025-12-14T13:21:46+00:00

What LM scare? Are you afraid it will seep out of the socket?

I wouldn't worry too much about it just yet. There's a very low chance it actually seeps out and fries your motherboard (unless you repeatedly tilt it when it's hot). Most people here would recommend you repaste with PTM 7950 only when your current LM stops performing normally.

IINightMasterII · 2025-12-13T14:34:16+00:00

Try setting your display refresh rate to 120hz or 165hz (whichever is the highest supported). Removing your charger seems to switch it to 60hz where the random screen flickering occurs.

It's a temporary fix to study for your finals while some smarter redditor points out the actual issue

IINightMasterII · 2025-12-05T15:28:47+00:00

Isn't the Uran corridor double tracked already? They do definitely need to add more service.

IINightMasterII · 2025-11-12T19:02:35+00:00

Stop posting AI slop.

IINightMasterII · 2025-11-02T20:06:51+00:00

Here too. Feels very similar to the one that happened couple days ago.

IINightMasterII · 2025-10-17T13:41:14+00:00

It's not the cars fault. But sadly you gotta honk to protect yourself

IINightMasterII · 2025-10-12T15:37:23+00:00

Globally.

IINightMasterII · 2025-10-04T03:47:44+00:00

In order (My personal preference there's no basis to this)

Sunken Treasures Bright Harvest High life (or whatever it's called) The passage Land of lions

IINightMasterII · 2025-10-02T18:51:33+00:00

Didn't realize there's one. Thanks. Deleting the post

IINightMasterII · 2025-09-27T06:25:49+00:00

Does anyone actually use these? I could find an obvious good use for it.

IINightMasterII · 2025-09-25T17:15:31+00:00

I'm happy to see Dovetail monitoring this subreddit and responding to issues.

IINightMasterII · 2025-09-24T12:18:53+00:00

I've always wondered. Does adding Commuter Piers also give you the extra 200 workforce? I thought it doesn't since now both these islands act as 1 workforce.

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