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日本ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (N6506) review – Killer Display, Lasting Battery, Minor Compromises
Disassembly, Upgrade options, and Maintenance
To open this laptop, you have to undo 10 Torx-head screws. Then, raise the bottom plate with a lever tool close to one of the top two corners to create a gap. After that, you can start popping the panel with a thin plastic tool. Just be careful around the zones with vents and ports.
Pry the areas around the connectors with caution and don’t push too hard.
Here’s how the bottom plate looks on the inside.
The battery is a 75Wh model. To take it out, unplug the connector from the motherboard and undo the 4 Phillips-head screws that keep the unit in place. The capacity is enough for 25 hours of Web browsing or 6 hours and 40 minutes of video playback.
Sadly, 8 gigabytes of system memory are soldered. On the bright side, you get one SODIMM for dual-channel mode. The max amount of RAM is 24GB of DDR5-5600MHz memory.
For storage, there are two M.2 slots compatible with 2280 Gen 4 SSDs.
The cooling seems sufficient for such a device. It comprises two large fans, three heat pipes, a trio of heat sinks, two big heat spreaders plus a smaller one.
Does the laptop support the installing of a 32GB stick of memory in the sodimm slot or intalling it results in the system not booting up, not recognize the memory or behave strangely? On the zephyrus g14 2022 Asus claims a maximum memory of 32GB but I knew of people reaching 48GB with no problem changing the 16GB stick with a 32GB one.
Thank you in advance.
According to ASUS, the maximum amount of RAM supported is 24GB. However, since the CPU can support up to 96GB, the Vivobook Pro 15 OLED likely wouldn’t have issues running with up to 56GB of DDR5-5600MHz RAM (8GB soldered + 48GB in the SODIMM slot).
Thank you for such a comprehensive review. I would really appreciate if you could incorporate the fan noise for a normal workload – web browsing, movies, etc. This is often left out in favor of fan noise at full load, which is seldom relevant.
How would you categorize the fan noise under normal office work, please?
Is the GPU eco mode disabled when the laptop is connected via the power brick? 🙁
With my current asus laptop I usually always have eco mode on even when connected to power to keep my laptop cool (often have it my lap or chest)
For the display what is the max brightness in HDR (small window and full screen)? Also what is the colour accuracy like in HDR?
Measuring color accuracy in HDR mode is more complex and influenced by various external and internal factors, which is why our current measurements are limited to SDR mode. Additionally, manufacturers typically prioritize more attractive picture over color accuracy in HDR. If you aim for the most realistic colors, working in SDR mode is the better option.
Regarding the size of the white window when measuring screen brightness, we’ve conducted tests with both 10% fill and fullscreen fill. In both cases, the max brightness was similar, just below 400 nits.