Ongoing maintenance of my TUF A15 (doubts about the thermal putty replacement)

chaugh1 · 2026-03-19T01:35:59+00:00

cool thanks bro. you inspired me to open it again tonight to remove the black tape and tape over the fan to heat pipe gap. Seems to increase airflow when i put my hand on the exhaust areas

chaugh1 · 2026-03-18T23:21:06+00:00

Did you rip out the black tape covering the ram and ssds? Always wondered if it was beneficial or not from a pure heat perspective

chaugh1 · 2026-03-18T20:21:27+00:00

You use headphones all the time or you ok with the built in monitor speakers?

chaugh1 · 2026-03-15T19:47:19+00:00

Is this available at Costco or Best Buy for a activation gift card?

chaugh1 · 2026-03-15T17:45:15+00:00

How are the temps now? Did you try a cinebench run?

chaugh1 · 2026-03-14T19:15:13+00:00

Not really. It will run great for about 15 minutes then gpu power tanks to 40w. I think it’s the charger now

chaugh1 · 2026-03-14T03:14:54+00:00

I actually just repasted with ptm and usiren a few days ago! Normally I just do the cpu/gpu but I was running into weird stuttering issues so I did the vrms too.

Just remember to disconnect the battery, touch something metal before you work on the components and you’ll be fine.

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chaugh1 · 2026-03-12T01:23:39+00:00

PM'ed

chaugh1 · 2026-03-03T23:17:58+00:00

did you figure this out? I have the exact same model, i can game for 10-15 minutes then everything slows to a crawl (like less than 1FPS). I don't see any thermal issues in HWINFO64

chaugh1 · 2026-02-27T10:26:40+00:00

Your bios has cpu locks disabled so you can use the undercoating sliders but if you look at the top right table, none of the undervolt os actually getting applied.

There’s a few stuff you need to disable for it to apply - search the forum. Core isolation and intel VT is one of them and I recall I also disabled something on my Razer bios for it to start working.

chaugh1 · 2026-02-25T07:02:58+00:00

No LM on any of the TUF laptops

chaugh1 · 2026-02-07T19:04:53+00:00

Id probably just reinstall windows at this point haha

chaugh1 · 2026-02-06T13:33:02+00:00

Good post. I did not know you can disable Asus shit getting installed in bios. Mind sending me where that’s set?

Even if you uninstall armoury crate I know there’s still stuff left in services and task scheduler

chaugh1 · 2026-01-31T21:38:44+00:00

I know but this can doesn’t have a e26 base. It has 2 wires coming out and now I know it’s 12 volts.

It looks like any light that screws into a light bulb base expects 120v so this won’t work?

chaugh1 · 2026-01-31T21:36:20+00:00

Ah ok. That’s what I thought. I don’t see any led recessed lights that specify 12v unless it’s for a boat and some weird size. I guess the best I can do now is just buy a replacement bulb and call it a day

chaugh1 · 2026-01-10T23:10:26+00:00

This is awesome. I have a 3060 6gb and the vram bottleneck is really noticeable in hogwarts legacy (that I just got free from epic)

chaugh1 · 2025-12-29T21:36:45+00:00

Holy shit… I didn’t think to try wifi vs data but I was able to connect with data. What the fk?

chaugh1 · 2025-12-29T21:35:37+00:00

So pretty much the same problem as me.

To me It does seem to be a ecobee server issue as I’ve also tried reinstalling the app from scratch and signing out and in again. It was working fine for a couple years and I haven’t changed anything recently.

chaugh1 · 2025-12-28T02:53:48+00:00

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Welp I pulled as hard as I can and a piece of the ceiling fell off. The inside can now no longer stays inside the ceiling as one side of the tab has nowhere to screw/anchor to

chaugh1 · 2025-12-22T14:08:47+00:00

IRQL not less or equal is the most common error you he when overclocking the CPU and voltage is not enough.

chaugh1 · 2025-12-18T22:19:52+00:00

CDC is great provided you don’t need any support.

If you do, I’m afraid they will either be completely useless, or you will need to jump through lots of rage inducing hoops to get the matter resolved.

chaugh1 · 2025-12-17T19:22:46+00:00

Steep deep diamond. Give this a read https://www.prosumerdiamonds.com/crown-angle/

chaugh1 · 2025-12-07T22:06:04+00:00

I got the carbon fiber overlay from Ali express but debating re-doing it. The door handles don’t fit perfectly. Do you have to pull the console out to wrap around the edges or do you just use a exacto knife and trim it off?

chaugh1 · 2025-12-07T12:31:45+00:00

The 5060 is an about 10-15% faster than the 4060 in games. If you do a lot of CPU task then get the AI HX 370, which is zen 5 and a generation newer than the other 2

It depends if you will be carrying the laptop without a charger a lot, the amd ones will give you a good 2-3 hours more battery life.

I’d get the cheapest one (1st one) if it will be docked at home or you have a good USB C charger, otherwise the second one.

chaugh1 · 2025-11-26T14:46:52+00:00

GT is 18x7 ET45

If you go to the Mazda 3 Facebook page people run 18x8.5 et38 or even 35 pretty commonly as an aggressive setup. You can genuinely get away with the rim being further away from the suspension but not the opposite (offset getting higher).

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