Nice tutorial, I was looking for one that explain this clearly and i'm glad to find it in your Channel, do you also have a tutorial about ram upgrade ?
runs fine without them. the pre-installed NVME does not have a heat-sink either. There MAY be space for a VERY thin heat-sink, but they are different sizes. If you get a drive with heatsink pre-installed, you can normally remove it and use the drive without it.
Followed every step and it worked! Thank you so much. I bought the exact same drive you used now i got plenty of space! Now I'm looking to buy and update the RAM memory, any suggestions or do you have any video uploaded already? I don't want to mess up and get the wrong RAM memory, thanks!
I have the ROG Strix G16 (2023) G614JV-N3127W, which comes with the following specifications for memory: 512 GB PCIe® 4.0 NVMe™ M.2 SSD, 2x DDR5 SO-DIMM slots, and 2x M.2 PCIe. Will the three SSDs you offer-Samsung 990 Pro, Crucial 7500, and Lexar NM790-be compatible with my laptop?
Hi, same laptop with scar version, I removed battery cable and re-paste new liquid metal to CPU and GPU but not booting and not showing ROG logo. Only keyboard light up and I can hear the fans running but it in loot, shutdown and light up again and again. So, I opened it again and plug and unplug. Not working. After several time plug and unplug, remove ram and put again, check everything fine. Some how it boost itself randomly and fix itself. What the possible cause of that? It happen again when I unplug battery and put extra M2 drive. Also fix itself after plug unplug and about 15-20 mins later. I am new to ROG laptop and I am aware of cover sensor and I put the cover back and still happening. ANY IDEA? @BenoniTech
Did you have to do something magical in the BIOS to get the 2nd drive to be recognized by the device? Here's the issue I'm having with a different model. ----- TUF A17 (2023) FA707XV unable to detect second M.2 SSD I have updated the BIOS to 314, which is the latest available for the FA707XV model from the ASUS support website. Even when I put the original, working SSD into the second (right) slot on the motherboard it is not detected by the BIOS. Trying to figure out if it is a bad slot or if there is some setting that I am missing.
I have strix 4050 but maximum storage u can add is 4 TB ryt but u have already 1 TB in slot 1 and in slot 2 u added 4 TB so it is 5TB but it can only upgrade to 4 TB so how i didn't get that thing 😢😭
I have the Samsung SSD, but it has a heatsink. Can I remove it? I did use it for PS5. and you should do ram upgrade I have the 16 and id like to get 32. Great video !!!!!
It should be similar. Some laptops have wires connected to the bottom that have to be disconnected, so be careful lifting it off (ive never taken a Scar apart so I don't personally know what it has). But the NVME installation part is the same for all laptops since NVME is a standard.
@@BenoniTech In the end, I bought both. One with the heatsink and one without. The heatsink is very large. I ended up installing it without the HS. Seems to be working well. Thank you for your reply and the video it was extremly helpful.
Hello, great video and detailed steps, can I install the same Lexar SSD 4tb on my Asus strix G16 G614JZR-I9321G on my second SSD slot, will it work fine? Also how's your Lexar ssd serving you so far, does it run on cool temps? Thanks
PC is fine, no over heat warnings 👍 You can install a Lexar or any brand you wish. I have another G16 that I installed a Crucial T500 in and it also works just fine. I use that one for recording gameplay from my Xbox and normally go for 3+ hours at a time and have not had any over heat warnings or issues. And thats recording with OBS at 4K60 with 60Mbps - so lots of data is moving for many hours straight. In fact most the times the fans don't even speed up to where I can hear them over the game.
Asus does say a max of 2TB per slot, but there can be many reasons for this. It could be they only tested up to 2TB, or they thought 4TB would generate more heat than 2TB for example. But there isn't any physical reason that 4TB won't work. I'm using a 4TB in the G16 I'm typing this on 👍
Thanks for the vid, which Razor dock do you use? Are you running 2 monitors off your G16? Edit: is it this dock? "Thunderbolt 4 Dock: 10 Ports in 1 - Dual 4K or Single 8K Video Output - USB A and C Hub, 2.5 GbE Thunderbolt 3, Mac, and PC Compatible - Thunderbolt 4 Certified - Passthrough Charging - Chroma"
Yes, I just reviewed it a few days ago ua-cam.com/video/Bfdc5CIQC0I/v-deo.html If you are buying from amazon here's my affiliate link amzn.to/4ejCWGu for the Thunderbolt 4 Dock 👍
Hi, I have a question about my Asus ROG G16 G614JU laptop. Is it better to use 2x16 GB RAM or 2x32 GB RAM, considering I might add the second 32 GB later? Can you also confirm if my laptop supports a total of 64 GB of RAM? Thank you! (right now i have 2x8 gb rams)
The Asus site says a Max of 32GB, but I have seen them sold with 64GB. There isn't any reason I can think of that would keep 64GB from working. I'm planning on upping my G16 to 64GB eventually, so i'll report if it works or not when I do
this video was filmed about 6 months ago and I have not had any issue. I also don't use my laptops in hot areas. This is a studio computer for me, so it's always under 75 degrees in here, and I use a wired connection 99% of the time. There have also been about 4 BIOS updates since I got the computer, so perhaps the possible issue was resolved. Not saying it can't happen, but if you treat your PC well and don't try to run it in 90+ degree heat for several hours you should be fine. Any PC or Mac will overheat if you run them in hot, closed rooms without ventilation. In fact all electronics will suffer in hot environments - everything from phones to cameras. Even Apple has an acceptable range of ambient temperatures for using your iPhone. Anything under 32 or over 95 can permanently damage the battery. support.apple.com/en-us/118431 Luckily, most devices today have sensors that will shut down the PC, Phone, Camera, etc... if they exceed acceptable temperatures.
@@BenoniTech What you're referring to is CPU/GPU temps, which is completely separate from SSD temps. SSDs get hot when working through a lot of data really quickly, which is why even SSDs can have heatsinks on desktops now as they get faster and faster. Due to the design of the Strix G16, the second SSD is positioned quite literally on top of the WIFI card when installed, meaning that the heat generated by the SSD gets transferred over to the WIFi card which may lead to damage over time, especially since the SSDs are not connected to the laptop's heatsink and cooling system.
@@Cykadelia I never mentioned CPU/GPU. I know where the NVME is installed, I mean I literally installed it in this video. I never said "it can't get hot" I never said "it can't heat the WIFI card" You are imagining me saying things so you can attack them - that's called a straw man. And you are simply wrong about the cooling system. The fans inside the G16 expel hot air, they don't limit it to hot air from GPU/CPU. 🤣🤣 I use this laptop for editing video. Long videos, 4K videos. Gaming videos that are 5 hours long. I am aware of the heat. I've probably been doing this longer than you've been alive. I've rendered 5+ hour videos to this second drive 100 times and everything works just fine. Like I said, I don't operate in extreme heat. I'm aware of the temps of the PC, you can grab speccy for free to monitor temps of every single thing if you want. But I've never had an issue. If you treat your PC well, there is no problem in adding a NVME over the WIFI card. Would I prefer a dedicated area without any other components? Sure, but it's a laptop, and size is something they try to keep down. If the worst happens, and the heat knocks out the WIFI card, replace the wifi card for $25, or get a USB WIFI adapter, or plug in to ethernet - it's not really this huge issue you're trying to make it. You also don't seem to realize that modern PC parts are made to withstand much higher temps than last-gen stuff. The G16 also has 3 fans, not 2 like most laptops. A CPU fan, GPU fan, and a system fan. It's also vented around the sides and rear. I never said that a NVME could not get hot enough to knock out the WIFI card, but it is improbable under normal working conditions. I use a G16 with 2 NVME's installed for my gaming rig too. I will record 4K60 gameplay with OBS at 63mbps to a second NVME drive for 6+ hours at a time. I recorded for 10 hours straight just the other day...guess what, temps were fine. WIFI works. No problems. And I've done this literally HUNDREDS of times. I'm not saying a problem "can't" occur. I'm saying it probably won't as long as you're not trying to run the PC in 100 degree weather for several hours - but that's true for any laptop, phone, ipad, etc... TL;DR That problem is overblown.
Did you make these 3 partitions on the right side of the C drive yourself, and if not, which ones did you do yourself and for what purpose? I use the m.2 drive via USB 3.2. It works very well. :) The transfer is 1 GB/s. I highly recommend it.
no those are recovery partitions that come factory. I do have a couple Samsung T7 externals connected to the Thunderbolt 4 dock, they are external NVME with a USB 3.2 Gen 2 interface and are pretty fast - but the internal NVME is still faster. Probably not a big deal for most applications, but for video editing in 4K you will notice a difference with the internal NVME. My sample libraries (Komplete, BFD, Toontrack, etc..) are on an external T7 (nvme) and it works great for that.
I love that enthusiasm in the end. 🔥
Very thorough thanks so much for making this
Thank you so much bro, easy and well explained steps.
sure. thanks for the view 👍
Love this video! Thanks for a great tutorial, greatly detailed yet pretty straightforward.
Thank you, this was extremely helpful
Thanks a lot for the help!
Nice tutorial, I was looking for one that explain this clearly and i'm glad to find it in your Channel, do you also have a tutorial about ram upgrade ?
I don't yet. But its just as easy as adding an NVME. The ram can only go in one way, so it's pretty much impossible to mess up.
Does the SSD need heatsinks or they just run fine without them?, Is there space to install heatsinks on the SSD?
runs fine without them. the pre-installed NVME does not have a heat-sink either. There MAY be space for a VERY thin heat-sink, but they are different sizes. If you get a drive with heatsink pre-installed, you can normally remove it and use the drive without it.
@@BenoniTech Ok, how about putting a thin termal pad instead?
Followed every step and it worked! Thank you so much. I bought the exact same drive you used now i got plenty of space! Now I'm looking to buy and update the RAM memory, any suggestions or do you have any video uploaded already? I don't want to mess up and get the wrong RAM memory, thanks!
I have the ROG Strix G16 (2023) G614JV-N3127W, which comes with the following specifications for memory: 512 GB PCIe® 4.0 NVMe™ M.2 SSD, 2x DDR5 SO-DIMM slots, and 2x M.2 PCIe.
Will the three SSDs you offer-Samsung 990 Pro, Crucial 7500, and Lexar NM790-be compatible with my laptop?
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Very helpful
Hi, same laptop with scar version, I removed battery cable and re-paste new liquid metal to CPU and GPU but not booting and not showing ROG logo. Only keyboard light up and I can hear the fans running but it in loot, shutdown and light up again and again. So, I opened it again and plug and unplug. Not working. After several time plug and unplug, remove ram and put again, check everything fine. Some how it boost itself randomly and fix itself. What the possible cause of that? It happen again when I unplug battery and put extra M2 drive. Also fix itself after plug unplug and about 15-20 mins later. I am new to ROG laptop and I am aware of cover sensor and I put the cover back and still happening. ANY IDEA? @BenoniTech
Did you have to do something magical in the BIOS to get the 2nd drive to be recognized by the device? Here's the issue I'm having with a different model.
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TUF A17 (2023) FA707XV unable to detect second M.2 SSD
I have updated the BIOS to 314, which is the latest available for the FA707XV model from the ASUS support website.
Even when I put the original, working SSD into the second (right) slot on the motherboard it is not detected by the BIOS.
Trying to figure out if it is a bad slot or if there is some setting that I am missing.
Can you create a m.2 access from by replacing the red key chip
Is it normal if after opening and closing the PC, the first time it doesn't turn on unless the power supply is connected first?
I have strix 4050 but maximum storage u can add is 4 TB ryt but u have already 1 TB in slot 1 and in slot 2 u added 4 TB so it is 5TB but it can only upgrade to 4 TB so how i didn't get that thing 😢😭
Does this void the warranty?
nice one! my next upgrade on this laptop will be my 16gb ram, do you have recommendations for ram sticks? i'm looking at upgrading to either 32 or 64
I usually like Crucial ram
I installed crucial ram 2x16gb. No issues
@@nazartaganov7103what is the full name of the ram you use?
@@aivanborda3463 Crucial 32GB Kit (2x 16GB) DDR5 4800 PC5-38400 SODIMM Memory
Can i upgrade ssd without disconnecting battery?
When you install the m2 or ram, is it not necessary to disconnect the battery?
Thank you, bro
I used the same method with Asus TUF FA507R, and it worked
Are these compatible with the G17?
hi bro, will opening the laptop up void my warranty? i have a 3 year extended warranty
I have the Samsung SSD, but it has a heatsink. Can I remove it? I did use it for PS5. and you should do ram upgrade I have the 16 and id like to get 32. Great video !!!!!
Great video. Does this work on the Asus ROG Strix Scar 16? Thanks!
It should be similar. Some laptops have wires connected to the bottom that have to be disconnected, so be careful lifting it off (ive never taken a Scar apart so I don't personally know what it has). But the NVME installation part is the same for all laptops since NVME is a standard.
Hi there, can you help me. I bought the NM790 w/ heatsink for the same laptop. Do you know if it’ll fit?
I don't know how thick that heatsink is - it may fit or it may not. If it does not, you can take it off and use the NVME bare.
@@BenoniTech In the end, I bought both. One with the heatsink and one without. The heatsink is very large. I ended up installing it without the HS. Seems to be working well. Thank you for your reply and the video it was extremly helpful.
Hello, great video and detailed steps, can I install the same Lexar SSD 4tb on my Asus strix G16 G614JZR-I9321G on my second SSD slot, will it work fine? Also how's your Lexar ssd serving you so far, does it run on cool temps? Thanks
PC is fine, no over heat warnings 👍 You can install a Lexar or any brand you wish. I have another G16 that I installed a Crucial T500 in and it also works just fine. I use that one for recording gameplay from my Xbox and normally go for 3+ hours at a time and have not had any over heat warnings or issues. And thats recording with OBS at 4K60 with 60Mbps - so lots of data is moving for many hours straight. In fact most the times the fans don't even speed up to where I can hear them over the game.
I want to upgrade the ram to 64gb What brand would you recomend in strix g16 2024 G614JVR-N4003? Thanks
I usually go with Crucial, Corsair, or Samsung. You'll need SODIMM DDR5. Installation is just as easy as the NVME.
In all the official documents I can find for the G16, it says the limit is 2tb per slot, or 4tb max for the pc. Are they just wrong, somehow?
Asus does say a max of 2TB per slot, but there can be many reasons for this. It could be they only tested up to 2TB, or they thought 4TB would generate more heat than 2TB for example. But there isn't any physical reason that 4TB won't work. I'm using a 4TB in the G16 I'm typing this on 👍
Thanks for the vid, which Razor dock do you use? Are you running 2 monitors off your G16?
Edit: is it this dock? "Thunderbolt 4 Dock: 10 Ports in 1 - Dual 4K or Single 8K Video Output - USB A and C Hub, 2.5 GbE Thunderbolt 3, Mac, and PC Compatible - Thunderbolt 4 Certified - Passthrough Charging - Chroma"
Yes, I just reviewed it a few days ago ua-cam.com/video/Bfdc5CIQC0I/v-deo.html If you are buying from amazon here's my affiliate link amzn.to/4ejCWGu for the Thunderbolt 4 Dock 👍
@@BenoniTech Cool thanks!
Hi, I have a question about my Asus ROG G16 G614JU laptop. Is it better to use 2x16 GB RAM or 2x32 GB RAM, considering I might add the second 32 GB later? Can you also confirm if my laptop supports a total of 64 GB of RAM? Thank you! (right now i have 2x8 gb rams)
The Asus site says a Max of 32GB, but I have seen them sold with 64GB. There isn't any reason I can think of that would keep 64GB from working. I'm planning on upping my G16 to 64GB eventually, so i'll report if it works or not when I do
@@BenoniTech thanks!!
It works with 64 GB of RAM, I use it like that and it works well.
@@nelutumorosan8497 thanks ☺️
Many people told ne with G16 the second SSD killed the Wifi card. Too much heat
this video was filmed about 6 months ago and I have not had any issue. I also don't use my laptops in hot areas. This is a studio computer for me, so it's always under 75 degrees in here, and I use a wired connection 99% of the time.
There have also been about 4 BIOS updates since I got the computer, so perhaps the possible issue was resolved.
Not saying it can't happen, but if you treat your PC well and don't try to run it in 90+ degree heat for several hours you should be fine. Any PC or Mac will overheat if you run them in hot, closed rooms without ventilation. In fact all electronics will suffer in hot environments - everything from phones to cameras. Even Apple has an acceptable range of ambient temperatures for using your iPhone. Anything under 32 or over 95 can permanently damage the battery.
support.apple.com/en-us/118431
Luckily, most devices today have sensors that will shut down the PC, Phone, Camera, etc... if they exceed acceptable temperatures.
Really
@@BenoniTech
What you're referring to is CPU/GPU temps, which is completely separate from SSD temps. SSDs get hot when working through a lot of data really quickly, which is why even SSDs can have heatsinks on desktops now as they get faster and faster. Due to the design of the Strix G16, the second SSD is positioned quite literally on top of the WIFI card when installed, meaning that the heat generated by the SSD gets transferred over to the WIFi card which may lead to damage over time, especially since the SSDs are not connected to the laptop's heatsink and cooling system.
@@Cykadelia I never mentioned CPU/GPU. I know where the NVME is installed, I mean I literally installed it in this video.
I never said "it can't get hot"
I never said "it can't heat the WIFI card"
You are imagining me saying things so you can attack them - that's called a straw man.
And you are simply wrong about the cooling system. The fans inside the G16 expel hot air, they don't limit it to hot air from GPU/CPU. 🤣🤣
I use this laptop for editing video. Long videos, 4K videos. Gaming videos that are 5 hours long. I am aware of the heat. I've probably been doing this longer than you've been alive.
I've rendered 5+ hour videos to this second drive 100 times and everything works just fine. Like I said, I don't operate in extreme heat. I'm aware of the temps of the PC, you can grab speccy for free to monitor temps of every single thing if you want.
But I've never had an issue. If you treat your PC well, there is no problem in adding a NVME over the WIFI card.
Would I prefer a dedicated area without any other components? Sure, but it's a laptop, and size is something they try to keep down.
If the worst happens, and the heat knocks out the WIFI card, replace the wifi card for $25, or get a USB WIFI adapter, or plug in to ethernet - it's not really this huge issue you're trying to make it.
You also don't seem to realize that modern PC parts are made to withstand much higher temps than last-gen stuff.
The G16 also has 3 fans, not 2 like most laptops. A CPU fan, GPU fan, and a system fan. It's also vented around the sides and rear.
I never said that a NVME could not get hot enough to knock out the WIFI card, but it is improbable under normal working conditions.
I use a G16 with 2 NVME's installed for my gaming rig too. I will record 4K60 gameplay with OBS at 63mbps to a second NVME drive for 6+ hours at a time. I recorded for 10 hours straight just the other day...guess what, temps were fine. WIFI works. No problems. And I've done this literally HUNDREDS of times.
I'm not saying a problem "can't" occur. I'm saying it probably won't as long as you're not trying to run the PC in 100 degree weather for several hours - but that's true for any laptop, phone, ipad, etc...
TL;DR That problem is overblown.
@@BenoniTech
bro stop yapping it isn't that deep, writing an essay over that makes you look insecure 💀
Did you make these 3 partitions on the right side of the C drive yourself, and if not, which ones did you do yourself and for what purpose? I use the m.2 drive via USB 3.2. It works very well. :)
The transfer is 1 GB/s. I highly recommend it.
no those are recovery partitions that come factory.
I do have a couple Samsung T7 externals connected to the Thunderbolt 4 dock, they are external NVME with a USB 3.2 Gen 2 interface and are pretty fast - but the internal NVME is still faster.
Probably not a big deal for most applications, but for video editing in 4K you will notice a difference with the internal NVME.
My sample libraries (Komplete, BFD, Toontrack, etc..) are on an external T7 (nvme) and it works great for that.
@@BenoniTech thanks, yes internal is fastest, but for my libs USB 3.2 is great. Regards. :)
Holy shit 2gb/s
Fast asf boi
LEXAR!
I wish that I could give you an infinite number of likes, thank you, man, 🤍👍