• I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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    3 years ago

    Eh, I’ll very thoroughly look up customer reviews outside amazon before buying anything from Asus. I have a GL702 laptop that heats up like a fucking stove, has the flimsiest cooling system and, to top it off, causes intense screen tearing when running hot. I keep expecting the screen to die from excessive heat exposure any time I’m playing.

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      3 years ago

      My dad and aunt have used Zenbooks and Vivobooks for years without issue. Maybe the ROG lineup aren’t as durable?

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      3 years ago

      I have the same model. It crashes all the time due to some kind of cpu bug. Also sleep mode stopped working after linux kernel 5.10. Asus, never again.

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        3 years ago

        Oh yeah, reminds me that you can’t spin the fans to the max (~10kRPM) under linux. I had to download a package off github, asus-fan-control, to make it stop frying itself

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          3 years ago

          I use NBFC for that and never had any problem with the fans. They’re probably the best working part of that system - at least you can always reliably hear them! This thing is loud af.