ASUS Vivobook 16X OLED (K3604) review – the OLED display is stunning but P-series CPU is a serious challenge for the cooling

Disassembly, Upgrade options, and Maintenance

To open this machine, you need to undo 10 Phillips-head screws. Then, pry the bottom plate with a thin plastic tool starting from the front and then work your way around the sides and the back.

Here’s how the bottom plate looks on the inside.

The battery in our machine is the optional 63Wh model. The base version has a capacity of 42Wh. To remove it, unplug the connector from the motherboard and undo the 4 Phillips-head screws that fix the unit in place. The optional capacity lasts for 16 hours and 40 minutes of Web browsing or 6 hours and 40 minutes of video playback.

All devices have 8GB of soldered DDR4 memory. At least there is a SODIMM that can handle an 8GB memory module. The maximum possible amount of RAM is 16GB of DDR4-3200MHz memory in dual-channel mode. For storage, you get just one M.2 slot compatible with 2280 Gen 4 SSDs.

The cooling is basic. It has one fan, one long heat pipe, a top-mounted heat sink, and a heat spreader.

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