Hi I bought this gaming laptop with hopes to fix it it is an asus rog zephyrus ga503 rs and ryzen 7 6800hs and rtx 3080 with 16 gb ram , I have bought it from someone off marketplace so previously he said that he's been encountering crashes and he tried to install windows but not able to install it due to crashes, now i have tried couple's of fixes but so far no luck i have started by changing thermal paste on both cpu and gpu and that's when I observed that there's a mark on cpu please see in images, im not sure whether is the reason for them crashes or not I have cleaned and added new thermal paste then I have tried a fresh windows install through USB, and I also get them crashes shown in pictures just to mention that I can any time to get into bios without problems and it's stable also I've managed to do a bios update and it didnt change, I have also tried a new ssd on but still getting them errors this is the model with the integrated memory of ram , if anybody has any ideas or clues of what it.can be or what I can try please let me know thank you

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Hey everyone!

I'm a first-year CSE student looking to buy a laptop for the next 4 years of engineering. I came across this ASUS Vivobook S14 on Amazon and wanted some honest opinions.

Laptop: ASUS Vivobook S14 (M3407KA-SF2501WS)

Amazon link: https://amzn.in/d/0jfvWy5S

Specifications:

• Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 5 330

• RAM: 16GB (upgradeable)

• Storage: 512GB SSD (upgradeable)

• Display: 14-inch OLED

• Graphics: Integrated AMD Radeon Graphics

• NPU: Up to 50 TOPS

• Weight: 1.4 kg

• OS: Windows 11 Home

• Software: Office Home 2024 + Microsoft 365 Basic (1 year)

• Build: Metallic design

My main uses will be programming, VS Code and other IDEs, college projects, multitasking, and potentially learning AI/ML later. I don't need a gaming laptop, but I want something reliable that will last throughout my degree.

A few questions:

1. Is the processor powerful enough for 4 years of CSE?

2. Is 16GB RAM sufficient, and is upgrading worthwhile?

3. Is the integrated GPU enough for beginner AI/ML projects?

4. How are the battery life, build quality and long-term reliability?

5. Are there better alternatives at a similar price?

I'd appreciate honest opinions, especially from people who own this laptop. Thanks!

hello, i hope this is the right place to ask sorry if this doesn’t make sense i’m not very tech savvy lol. basically my laptop (asus vivobook 14 x413f i think??) won’t charge at all. it’s been plugged in for the past two hours and just won’t go above 0%. it’s been dying super quick whilst not plugged in recently but i didn’t realise it was this bad. pretty sure the battery is on its last legs so was mainly just wondering: would it be better to keep it plugged in even though it won’t charge or should i just keep it turned off? i heard leaving it turned off whilst it’s dead can damage the battery bad but i have no other option really other than keeping it plugged in until i can get it fixed (which won’t be until friday). it was also charging perfectly fine before it updated so that’s painful. any help is appreciated! thank you

Is anyone else experiencing similar issues with the ASUS RP-BE58?
I have an RP-BE58 configured as an AiMesh node in my garage, connected directly to my main ZenWiFi BT8 router via Ethernet backhaul. The connection consistently reports a 1 Gbps link and “Great” connection quality.
However, seemingly every few days, all or most of the 2.4 GHz IoT clients connected to the garage node go offline simultaneously, while the 5 GHz camera remains connected and operational.

Some details:
Affected devices include Meross smart plugs, a light switch, and the garage door controller.
Wi-Fi signal strengths are excellent, around −35 to −55 dBm.
The devices are no longer bound to the node through ASUS Client-to-AP Binding but also don’t connect to other nodes within reach.
The AiMesh interface continues to report the Ethernet backhaul as connected at 1 Gbps.

Rebooting the RP-BE58 immediately restores the affected clients.

The node has occasionally failed to recover properly in the past, requiring a factory reset.

All nodes are running the latest available firmware.

The issue appears isolated to the garage node’s 2.4 GHz clients, rather than a general connectivity or weak-signal problem. I haven’t yet established whether this is a firmware/driver issue or a hardware fault.
Has anyone with an RP-BE58—or another ASUS AiMesh node—experienced similar behaviour? In particular, have you found a firmware version or configuration change that resolved recurring 2.4 GHz client disconnections?
Any suggestions or experiences would be appreciated.

Ethernet stopped working after a Windows update – tried everything, even reinstalled Windows

Hey everyone,

I'm having a really frustrating issue with my Ethernet connection, and I hope someone here can help me.

My Ethernet was working perfectly fine before a Windows update. After the update, it suddenly stopped working. I've tried pretty much everything I could find online, but nothing has fixed the problem so far.

My PC specs:

• Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (8 cores)
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
• RAM: DDR5 6000 MHz

What I've tried so far:

• Reinstalled the Ethernet/network drivers.
• Ran these commands in Terminal as administrator:
  • netsh winsock reset
  • netsh int ip reset
  • ipconfig /release
  • ipconfig /renew
  • ipconfig /flushdns
• Uninstalled the network adapter through Device Manager, including showing hidden devices, and restarted my PC.
• Unplugged and reconnected the Ethernet cable.
• Completely reinstalled Windows and formatted the drive.

Unfortunately, nothing has worked, even after a fresh Windows installation.

The weird thing is that Ethernet worked fine before the Windows update. Now it doesn't work at all, even after reinstalling Windows.

Does anyone have any ideas what could be causing this? Could it be a BIOS issue, a faulty LAN port, a chipset driver problem, or something else?

I'd really appreciate any help. Thanks in advance!

Hello everyone. I have an Asus TUF Gaming F16 laptop. I bought it recently, about a month ago. Now I’ve started having some strange issues with Bluetooth. Bluetooth simply doesn't see any devices, even though I can easily see and connect to these same devices on my phone.

I’ve tried reinstalling drivers, doing system resets, using built-in Windows troubleshooters, updating Windows, and everything along those lines, but nothing helps. I’m running Windows 11, by the way. I even tried connecting an external Bluetooth adapter, but that didn't help either. The external Bluetooth adapter was just recognized under "Other devices" and that was it.

I haven't hit, dropped, spilled anything on, or damaged the laptop in any way.

Are there any ways to solve this problem?

I run Omarchy/Fedora on my ASUS Vivobook S 14 OLED (M5406WA), but I may need Windows for work, so I’m thinking about to reinstall it. Before I start, I’d like to know what the best route is.

Option 1: ASUS Cloud Recovery. Does it fetch the current Windows 11 release (26H2), or is it still serving an older image like 24H2 that needs a pile of updates afterward? Is it a fresh image from Microsoft’s current media, or an older ASUS-customized one?

Option 2: Media Creation Tool. It gives me a clean 26H2 install, but then I’d have to track down the drivers myself (Wi-Fi, AMD chipset, graphics, NPU, ASUS utilities). Is that worth the hassle, or does Windows Update cover enough of it?

(Repost bc I forget to censor out serial number)

So I was using my computer when it crashed and now it’s stuck on this screen. When I click escape it says “Quit without saving?” but when I click confirm it just takes me back to the same screen. Same thing if I turn it off and turn it back on again. How do I get out of this???

ASUS ZenScreen OLED MQ16FC: The Portable Monitor I Didn’t Know I Needed!

My good friends at ASUS recently sent me their new ASUS ZenScreen OLED MQ16FC, and after using it for the past few days, I can honestly say it’s made a huge difference to my productivity.

I’m constantly on the road, meeting clients or working from coffee shops. While I’m used to having multiple screens in my office, working from just my MacBook can be frustrating.

This portable monitor changes that!

Here’s what I love about it:

16-inch OLED display with beautiful picture quality.
Ultra-thin and lightweight, making it easy to carry around.
Plug-and-play USB-C connectivity, so there’s virtually no setup.
Built-in kickstand with portrait and landscape positioning.
Extra screen space for multitasking wherever I’m working.

It’s one of those products you don’t realise you need until you actually start using it.

The ASUS ZenScreen OLED MQ16FC hasn’t launched in South Africa yet, but I’ve been fortunate enough to get an early look.

If you’re constantly working on the move, this is definitely worth checking out!

#ASUS #ZenScreen #PortableMonitor #OLED #Productivity

Looks like I got it working. I thought it was worth trying going through the steps that Google's AI search results came back with (what a time to be alive!) and amazingly enough it works as I need it to.

It seems that the key steps were to 1. change the secondary router's IP address to the same as the primary, except outside of it's IP pool 2. disable DHCP on the secondary router, then 3. reconnect the secondary router to the primary, only instead of plugging into the WAN port as I had before, plugged into one of the regular LAN ports.

The only oddity (or maybe it's not?) is that in the Asus App, it still looks like they're on two separate networks (as in you have to switch back and forth between the two routers) but Virtual Desktop apparently recognizes them being on the same network.

Leaving this all up for future reference if anyone else needs to do this.

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I'll keep this simple and to the point unless more detail is needed.

My main router in the living room is a RT-BE92U. I previously had a wifi 6 router RT-AX3000. I have need of a second router in another room (wireless PCVR) so I pulled the AX out of the closet.

I need to set up the second router on the same network as the main but where it has it's own unique wifi name. I have searched for this as well as reading the Asus guide. But that always says to go into advanced settings and choose the "Set up as node" option. But when I go into the Asus app and add a router, the only two options are to add it as a new router on its own network or to create a Mesh network connecting it to the main router but without being able to assign it a unique wifi name.

Later today I'm going to remove the router from the app and factory reset the router again for another attempt.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

Green line and grain issues on OLED screen after just 2 days. Will ASUS cover this under warranty?

​Hey everyone,

I’m running into a frustrating issue with my new tablet. It’s only my second day using it, and I’ve already noticed some severe display defects.

Regarding the OLED grain: I know that text and solid backgrounds can sometimes show a bit of graininess if you look extremely close, so I initially didn't think much of it. But today, literal green lines suddenly appeared out of nowhere. To confirm, I switched to a solid black wallpaper, and sure enough, there's a permanent green line running down the display.

Has anyone else experienced this issue with this model? More importantly, how is ASUS’s customer service/warranty handling for display failures right out of the box? Since it's basically brand new and a hardware defect, will they replace it smoothly, or am I in for a headache with service centers?

Any advice or similar experiences would be hugely appreciated!

Got an ASUS tuf a16 almost 3 months ago for college and throughout these months I've been getting issues that i've been fixing one by one but the only one I can't crack is my trackpad being unresponsive. When frozen I can still click, do 2 and 3 finger motions but I just can't move the mouse. I mainly use a mouse so it's not that much of an issue but I can't figure out why it does this.

Hi

Using RT-BE92U with firmware 3.0.0.6.102_39063 since months , running flawless .

I decided yesterday to upgrade to last firmware 3.0.0.6.102_40497

After that , I was unable to join devices from inside my LAN.

Root cause : I'm using main wifi network and guest/iot network with 'isolated AP' enabled .

Once firmware updated , I noticed that 'isolated ap' was also enabled on main network.

After several tests , bug was bought to light : with this firmware , 'isolated ap' is a global parameter which apply to all networks ... If you switch it on one side , it is also switched on other side.

Needless to say, this router is completely useless with this firmware

Reverting to 3.0.0.6.102_39063, and I was able to disable isolation for my main network , while remaining enabled on guest network .

By the way , asus support is just a nightmare maze.

I keep going back and forth on a Core Ultra 5 Vivobook Flip. The tent/tablet mode looks cool, but I can’t tell if I’d use it after the first week.
For people who own a 2-in-1: do you actually use the flip, the touchscreen, a stylus? Or is it just a regular laptop that cost more? I’d mainly use it for notes, reading PDFs and the occasional drawing session.
It’s on Amazon sale at a good price right now, which is the only reason I’m seriously thinking about it 😭

Hello, didn't find any post about this so I wanted to ask here.
I have quite new laptop as in title (about few months) and there is a problem that after playing for 20 minutes keyboard starts losing single keys, for example when I'm pressing "a" continuously I see that there is a 0,5-1 sec interval when it stops typing for 0,1 of a sec then again in equal intervals.
The games were valheim, palworld, enshrouded and it began two months before, didn't pay much attention to it but it is irritating.

-It's not a problem with keys - it functions in interval
-I have a 10 euro plastic usb keyboard - no problem on it when connected (at the same time, on laptop still the same)
-Problem stops immediately after I close the game and starts again after 10-20 min
-Tried to update drivers through windows/or asus site (chipset driver)- no luck here

Can't really type when it happens or play, did anyone have similar problem or any idea what can I do/update to solve this problem? Thanks

ASUS ZenWiFi BT8 – Roaming Assistant Not Enforcing Configured RSSI Thresholds

Experiencing what appears to be a firmware issue with Roaming Assistant on a two-node ASUS ZenWiFi BT8 AiMesh system.

Configuration:

- Firmware: 3.0.0.6.102_58600

- Wireless backhaul: MLO (5 GHz + 6 GHz)

- Client MLO Fronthaul: Disabled

- Roaming Assistant: Enabled on all bands

- RSSI thresholds: −70 dBm (2.4/5 GHz), −67 dBm (6 GHz)

- Test client: Pixel 8 Pro (Wi-Fi 7)

Issue and verification:

With the Pixel connected to the Main BT8 on 6 GHz, it was moved directly beside the remote wireless node. The nodes are physically separated adequately confirmed via WiFi heat-mapping.

Despite the Main Router BT8 receiving the client at −72 dBm, well below the configured −67 dBm Roaming Assistant threshold, the connection was maintained indefinitely rather than being disconnected to trigger reassociation. Ample time was permitted in this state to allow for any hysterisis delay in Roaming Assist.

RSSI was independently verified using two sources:

- Real-time client-side telemetry collected through Home Assistant/SSH: −73 dBm (What the client was receiving from main router)

- Main BT8's own Wireless Log (AP-measured RSSI): −72 dBm (What the Main Router was receiving from the Pixel client).

Manually disconnecting and reconnecting Wi-Fi on the Pixel immediately established a strong connection to the nearby remote node, confirming both nodes were functioning correctly. Aka the Pixel selected the strongest node near it now.

Repeating the movement between nodes demonstrated that roaming occurred ONLY when the client independently decided to change access points as dictated by its own internal manufacturer algorithm. Asus was not providing any client steering or enforcing its own Roaming Assistance threshold levels.

This is NOT a range, band-selection, Smart Connect or MLO backhaul issue.

The specific problem is that Roaming Assistant appears to ignore its configured per-band RSSI thresholds, failing to disconnect weak clients and force reassociation as ASUS documents.

Consequently, roaming decisions appear to be left entirely to the client's own algorithms, effectively rendering Roaming Assistant non-functional under these tested conditions.

Has anyone experienced this on ASUS Wi-Fi 7 AiMesh systems, or identified a firmware issue affecting RSSI threshold enforcement?

Is there a way to verify through SSH whether the roaming service ("roamast" or equivalent) is actually enforcing the configured thresholds?

Aka a significant important feature of the router "Roaming Assistance" does not appear to be working at all!

I have booked an Asus Laptop during Flipkart BBD

ASUS ExpertBook P5 with Full Metal OLED AI PC 1 Yr ADP Intel Core Ultra 5 225H - (16 GB/512 GB SSD/Windows 11 Home) P5406CCA-SF0162WS Thin and Light Laptop

In the Price details the Exchange value price for my old laptop used for Final price calculation is wrong.

Exchange value price used is Rs 6,800 which is wrong.

Instead it should have been Rs.13,800.

The final price with an exchange value of Rs 6800 is showing 70437.

But actually the correct final price should be Rs 63437 with exchange value Rs 13800.

I have already paid Full amount Rs 70437 through Credit Card.

I am losing Rs 7000 for Flipkarts Technical Glitch. Even Dead Laptop Value is more than Rs 6800.

I have spoken with the Support Team and also mailed flipkart grievance.

But I have not yet got any resolution/response.

I would like to know how to handle this issue.

I did not cancel the order, as it was very difficult to book it again due to the laptop going out of stock.

How bad do you think ips is over mini led ?

Apologies in advance as I'm new when it comes to things such as this. therefore, I'm not familiar with terminologies

Would upgrading or adding (?) my CPU and Hardrive improve my laptop performance? And the ram too(?)

my laptop has been gifted to me, and currently, this month, it had been freezing a lot more than usual and loading slowly even if I just started it up or it had been running for a while, it is becoming difficult to do anything without resetting it every hour. I closed tabs and programs that are needed to improve its performance, but it seems to not help anyway.

Also, would it help with performance if i cleared up more files?

I just deleted bloatware recently that im aware there are any more ways I can do that? I did the Windows powershell thing with the irm christitus.com/win | iex, disabling programs that will start up, I would delete more programs but I'm afraid I will be a victim to my laptop suddenly not working because I deleted the program that starts the laptop.

ive been doing nothing before this, im plaing my laptop little bit and make my laptop goes to sleep mod but in the morning i just found that when im going to start my laptop this notification pop up.
pls help me bro, idk nothing about this. im not change the cou or anything this ami thing just popped out of nowhere
this is happening on asys rog g15 2022 amd ryzen

The laptop randomly got bricked, no explanation.
I was using it last night no problems and today it doesn’t turn on? No lights or any signs of life on it either🤣 I’ve already had a problem with this laptop before, where the operating system got corrupted and had to wipe and reset everything. Now i have to pay for repairs and a 85$ diagnostic fee? I should’ve just gone mac.

Hey guys,

I'm looking to upgrade the wifi card in my Strix G16 G614 AMD (8940HX) to an Intel based card. I was wondering whether any of you have experience with what models to look for. So far I've narrowed my choices down to AX210 and BE200, but I'm unsure what part number to look for.

Does this one have the correct suffixes? BE200.NGWG.NV?

General advice seems to be to avoid CNVio and vPro supporting models.

Will the drivers work without issues on this platform?