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日本Inside ASUS ROG Zephyrus GA502 – disassembly and upgrade options
Amongst all ROG Zephyrus devices, the GA502 is probably the most controversial one. Not only does it come in a combination with AMD processor and NVIDIA graphics card, but the latter is greatly affected by the integrated GPU and its drivers.
Check out all ASUS ROG Zephyrus GA502 prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-Depth review.
1. Remove the bottom plate
So, the Zephyrus GA502 is not the easiest laptop to disassemble. There are 15 Phillips-head screws scattered along with the bottom plate. On the bright side, you don’t need to do any gymnastics switch the notebook upside down a couple of times, as with the Legion Y540 for example. Additionally, the screw on the bottom right corner (as seen on the image) stays attached to the plate and acts as leverage, so you can start the prying process from there.
2. Battery
Inside, there is a hefty 76Wh battery pack. This should provide a decent battery life, shouldn’t it?
3. Memory and storage
This device comes with 8GB of DDR4 memory soldered to the motherboard, while an additional SODIMM slot offers you to put 16GB more for a total of 24GB that work in the dual-channel configuration. As of the storage options, ASUS was kind enough to include two M.2 SSD slots, although they are limited at PCIe x2 speeds.
4. Cooling system
Lastly, let’s take a look at the cooling. It consists of three heat pipes – two of them cool both the CPU and the GPU, while the third one is dedicated to the VRMs and the video memory. As you can see from the image below, there are also three heatsinks, directing the air from the fans to three directions.
Check out all ASUS ROG Zephyrus GA502 prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-Depth review.
Hi Alex, can you give some more detail on how to disconnect the battery from the motherboard? I had some issues with disconnecting mine and was concerned about breaking the connector. I have an additional m.2 an 16gb of RAM I am looking to add to my laptop.
Thanks!
Hey Ryan,
I believe you only want to disconnect it and not remove it entirely. So what you need to do is, slide the tiny metal bracket, which you can locate just at the top of the battery connector. Then it would be easy to just hold both sides of the white plastic thingie and lift upwards. Hope it helps 🙂
Thanks Alex!
Hi alex, Can i put m.2 sata in pcie slot?
If I want to add more Ram do I need to match the DDR4 stick that are on there ? My Laptop comes with 16GB and I would like to add another 16GB.
FYI, I took my GA502IV (2021) bottom panel off today to blow out the fans with some air duster and plug in a secondary m.2 SSD that I intend to put my page and swap, and other heavy system-write, files onto. I’m doing this to help reduce SSD wear. After 1 year 4 months of moderate use HWiNFO64 says: Health 98%, Power Cycles 170, Power On Hours 9652, Total Reads 29883GB, Total Writes 37547GB. Which is pretty good I think. Also, I’ve seen some people worried about the PCIe GEN3x2 markings that are printed on the mobo. I peaked under… Read more »