ASUS ROG Strix G18 (G814, 2023) review – as good as portable gaming gets

Disassembly, Upgrade options, and Maintenance

To open this machine, you need to undo 11 Phillips-head screws. The one in the bottom right corner is captive and lifts the edge of the panel so you can start the prying process from there.

Inside, we find a 90Wh battery pack. To take it out, you first need to remove the chassis fan. It is held in place by two Phillips-head screws. Then, unplug the connectors of the fan and the battery from the motherboard and undo the four Phillips-head screws, holding the battery to the device.

Memory-wise, you get two SODIMM slots, which work with DDR5 RAM. As for storage, there are two M.2 PCIe x4 slots. They support both Gen 3 and Gen 4 SSDs.

In terms of cooling, you get two heat pipes shared between the CPU and the GPU with one more dedicated to each of them. In addition, you get one heat pipe for the graphics memory and one for the VRMs. Three fans blow the heat away from the chassis, while five heat sinks dissipate the heat.

Author: Alex Iliev

Author: eng. Kroum NikolovHead of Engineering at LaptopMedia.com, inventor and innovator with 40+ years of experience in electronics and high technology.

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