Top 9 Gaming Laptop MISTAKES (And How To Avoid)!
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LOTS of comments saying "just get a pc lol it's faster" as the video has been suggested out to a much larger audience than usual. A few things: Firstly, an RTX 3060 desktop is only like 8% faster than a laptop for similar money: ua-cam.com/video/S1sCLpkOkhY/v-deo.html Secondly, not everyone just sits at home, some people need portability, and even if the device is only used at home not everyone has space to maintain a dedicated area for a full on PC setup, or the money to have both a PC and cheaper laptop. Thirdly, why are you clicking on a video with laptops in the thumbnail if this is what you think? lol
Why does this comment say 30 mins ago while the video is up just a min ago???
@@phanipavan6809 video was probably unlisted
i think my laptop is too old which is why the bonus tip is not working :P
Tip 8.5 is the best advice🤣🤣🤣
Only 10th tip was helpful. Kappa
1.not cleaning
2.laptop placement
3.gaming on battery
4.not opening with care
5.not updating
6.not using dual channel memory
7.gaming with optimus (integrated gpu)
8.buying new too often
9.performance tuning
10. uhhhh
*bruhhhh
11th. Remember that rgb keyboard increases your laptop speed.
@@unknown0158 thanks...
Can u explain 7? How do I know if my laptop is affected by this Optimus thing
just kidding
Me : So this is why I can't run AAA games on my laptop!
My 4 year old laptop with iGPU : No, it's not.
Me: wondering why I can’t run AAA games
My computer from 1999: 0_0
@@Edgyblock My wondering why my laptop is getting hot: ????
Me after watching this video: ohh thats why
Me whose laptop is 8 years old: hah, pathetic.
My old laptop has a funky looking amd radeon lol
@@RRareGaming try 10
Mistake 11: Not buying a gaming laptop with RGB Keyboards
Can confirm. Bought a laptop with just a white backlight. My days are empty and joyless.
@@CosmicAeon i like the aesthetic tho
External mechanical keyboard is the way to play games on laptops anyway.
@@Excelsior_Espio you can do aesthetics with colour tho
Me who is too poor to buy a laptop: I don't have such weaknesses ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Number 10 is a fantastic tip. I also found that rigorously shaking the laptop helps as well when the download appears to stall. Just like a salt shaker when it gets clogged. Works a treat.
It's a fake tip, it doesn't really work.
What you actually need to do is click and drag the loading bar with your mouse while yelling obscenities at the screen.
@@DrMcFly28 i think it’s only the screaming that actually helps
SSD laptop: 😊
HDD laptop:💀
this practice originated in the 90s when you have to whack your CRT tvs to be able to keep the show running.
All of these are fake, you need to shake your laptop WHILE you drag the loading bar and scream obcenities at it.
Mistake #11: Not utilizing the rgb rainbow puke lighting to increase fps.
This is what pisses me off. For example in some desktop fans there is only a rainbow effect enabled. You can even set the color of your choice
he already state it in other video tips😂😂😂
One of the biggest mistakes
I knew it! My whole life is a lie....
I actually like RGB when done right.
The 10th Tip is the BEST i have to say! xD
xD
I’m new to gaming laptops and I definitely see that tenth tip as pure bs
Yeah, I always turn my laptop to the other side and get bad results 🙃
😐
Yep. Let gravity help. 👌
Warning : Don't drink water while watching 10th tip !
Happened to me a couple years ago bear went touched the keyboard
lol
@@truthinlifewoken6698 a bear?
This sounds like an 11th tip
@@JarrodsTech more like pre-10th
"I've seen people body slam their laptops and act surprised when its broken". As someone who struggled hard and long to get my dream laptop, this *enrages* me
Heyoo what’s your laptop
I cant stress how important it is to clean your laptop. Take your time to learn how to slowly open to back of it to get the dust out. Then slowly again take your time to learn how to remove/replace fans and clean them. And again slowly learn how to change your thermal paste. It's not as hard as you think you just need the right tools to unscrew a few screws here and there.
When is the right time to change thermal paste? Like every several months or something?
@@Jaldot id say you shouldn’t worry about repasting for every 3 ish years, im no professional though
@@lilbroomstick7032 oohh so it's a long time thing, okay thanks
Yeah, i would if my parents would let me, but they are scared i will break something
Yes, opening it up to clean the inside while not being an expert is quite challenging... has never been my cup of tea though... Fortunately so far so good...😊
"..Putting a long screw in a small hole"
Love your humor, Jarrod 😂
I lost it there 😂😂
The wink made it even funnier😂😂😂
At that point Literally LOL'd
🤣
No no no he's 100 percent right I am currently in that bad situation I cant open my laptop now
*TIMESTAMPS*
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00:08 MISTAKE #1 - NOT CLEANING
00:33 MISTAKE #2 - LAPTOP PLACEMENT
00:56 MISTAKE #3 - GAMING ON BATTERY
01:31 MISTAKE #4 - NOT OPENIN WITH CARE
02:00 MISTAKE #5 - NOT UPDATING
03:01 MISTAKE #6 - NOT USING DUAL CHANNEL MEMORY
03:41 MISTAKE #7 - GAMING WITH OPTIMUS
04:40 MSITAKE #8 - BUYING NEW TOO OFTEN
05:43 EXTRA MISTAKE #8.5
06:09 MISTAKE #9 - PERFORMANCE TUNING
06:46 - MISTAKE #10 - BONUS
What is the wall power cord called my laptop didn’t come with one?
#10
Don't update windows check others then update
@@kywo0o169 it's just the charger mate
Thanks
@@theo5437 And what is a charger mate?
Tip 10 was definitely the most useful, thank you so much!
This was my first time i got a gaming laptop, and I took so much care of it that when i took it to the repair person to give it a check up, he was shocked. It was super clean, didn't heat at all, and even having the latest updates installed.
That's good for you :)
If you took so much care of it, then why did you take it to the repair person?
@@ariesleo7396 as he stated he just went for a checkup, to make sure that everything is okay!
Lucky u mate my laptop collects dust from another dimension....no matter where I keep it I open it the next day and the dust of the underworld flies out
@@friendlyyakuza2373 buy an air purifier, the small portable one is useful too if u have tight budget
for tip 2, I would say: put your laptop on a vertical stand. It reduces temps on cpu/gpu for 5+ degrees
Yeah a stand can certainly help.
since using a laptop stand, my neck doesn't hurt from looking down at the screen anymore, since it's higher
Just lifting it up with some things is amazing.. i don't have a stand and can't get one anytime soon as not available , so i put a wood box at the back of the laptop and some small rubber flat pieces to help with grip, then i put a fridge grill on top of both and it made a perfect stand ! I was actually surprised and the temps or amazing omg
@Makoto Plays books dictionary or Bible or yellow pages
@@Terahydron with holy performance boost, a regular laptop will perform better than the 3090
I can confirm tip #10 works on desktop PCs as well, tho it usually is a bit trickier to pull off and requires more user interaction, but it's overall worth it
I agree, the performance gains justify the effort.
There is a faster way but you will need two people. If the desktop PC is elevated at a highest possible distance you can go by hand, and then turn it upside down, it can boost the speed up to 75.8%.
Next you'll want your friend to turn the monitor sideways while elevating it the same way like you did the PC, you should then see it gives you another 45% speed increase.
And that's how you can boost your download 123.8% faster by utilizing the power of gravity. It works guaranteed.
Yeah it does I tried with my 20 year old crt monitor.
No
@@arneshpal7702 r/woosh
11. Check the thermal paste on the CPU and GPU every 2 years or so. I'd probably do this first before I tried undervolting to resolve heat issues.
OMG #10 was life changing, how did i not think of it sooner! Thanks Jarrod🙏🏻
It truly is life changing. I also like the new format. #8.5 hahaha
Time saver also
yeah, I didn't know that
Could have really used this when I was downloading Forza Horizon 5. Awww shucks
bruh
The 10th tip is insane! I managed to complete my steam library in minutes!
Lol I thought it was joke until I tried and it actually worked 💪 awesome tip
@ALL HANDS ON STEAM DECK capital letters because?
NO, you have to turn it THE OTHER WAY for steam updates! NOOOOOB!
I thought this was a joke but damn it actually worked!!
also go to bigger planet to get extra gravity pull while downloading
I knew I wasn't doing sth right. #10 is definitely what I wanna do. So life-changing for me. Thanks Jarod.
I found your tips very useful. Thank you!
Especially no.10, how did I not think of that!?
I'll be honest, I've never cleaned my laptops' fans even once in 20 years
ah yes i also remember my 2001 gaming laptop
@@agumon1605 🤣
99% of 2001 laptops didn't have active cooling, how did you even clean the fans?
@@hashhacker2130 should have knocked that year back by a few
Lets be honest if u don't own a can of air duster or a air compressor with all the electronics u have these days then u r a moron
Also not every place is same hotter humid climates u must clean more times 2 or 3 if u have animals carpet fold lots of laundry by etc etc etc
Another reason to buy miners cards they baby them vs some kid etc abusing by not setting fan curves and not ever cleaning this goes for console gamers etc
5:50 killed me😂😂😂😂😂
One thing i would of suggested to have for a gaming laptop no matter the environment is using a cooling pad as that would help out a little more on the temps for the system as well as elevating it upwards if the person is using a dedicated keyboard and mouse.
When someone is using a laptop in their home at all times it is best to keep it plugged in and also you're using a TUF laptop which isn't really one of the best quality type of gaming laptops.
@@EcksGamer that's what I said, most people keep it plugged in but allow it to charge to 100% which is not good for the battery. What's wrong with my laptop tho? I only mentioned my model as an example to where this option can be find. Also, for £500, the RTX 3050 does its job
@@dvgnu The thing is with laptops though is the performance because while it is plugged in you can use the system to its max performance while on battery mode you're sacrificing the performance for better battery life and if you boost the performance on battery you're killing on how long it would be on for.
For most people as mentioned if they are just using it in one place only there is no point to ever unplug the system as for most people they want their performance over what you're suggesting.
On some laptops cooling pad messes their whole airflow, it screwed my Legion 5 Pro over, so i switched to laptop stand and never got past 75 degrees
@@Aecrim1 Well if you cheap out on a cooling pad and it is bad then that is all on you.
The last one helped me a lot, woukd have never think of that. Thanks. 😂😅
You're welcome! ;)
Never thought about changing my background from red to green, gave me 5x extra performance - you're the goat.
Red goes faster!
I had an issue a while ago where my background would change every minute causing the windows theme to change, lagging my pc every minute
Jarrod, I love the channel and content. I just got my first ever gaming laptop and I got the Legion 5 pro with Ryzen 7 5800, RTX3070 because of your channel and I absolutely love it! Thank you for all your hard work and giving us your knowledge on what you learn about each device. I wanted the intel version of the Legion but I bought mine new from Walmart for $1300 so I couldn’t pass it up. Thanks Again Sir🙏🏻✌🏻
I have lenovo ideapad gaming 3 with ryzen 7 5800 and rtx 3050
It'd be nice to have that, in my country that's 2000+usd
Lol I still have my old dell 15 gtx 960 does the job tho
Hey. How's your laptop going meaning heating wise and gaming performance wise? Feedback will be nice
@Hassaan Huda Abbasi it's perfect still, I did change the ram soon as I bought it but it's great.
5:50 Definitely still a family friendly channel :)
Ngl that was hilarious, caught me off guard
I did this to my laptop. It's an Msi GV62 8RE. Screwed passed the motherboard and into the keyboard. The Laptop survived and still works.
XD
Thank you SO MUCH for that overclock tip. I made some small tweaks and now almost all lag when playing VR games off of my laptop is practically gone! Still not perfect but it’s a hell of a lot better.
Thumbnail is really useful, red paint for your walls makes the pc feel angry and that only makes it hotter, but using green makes it feel a little more chilled out and will help with cooling
No you need to get a hanging sign the use a marker to choose your fps
Tip #10 is amazing, such wow. Reversing the polarity of the power going into the laptop and then crossing the energy streams will give you an even faster overclock that you cannot possibly imagine! XD
Careful. That's how I lost my best friend. RIP Stay Puft.
While I get this is a joke, that would cause an instant short and likely a fire or explosion XD
Jarrod's laughing face after both "important" advices is the best thing
Trying to keep it serious and failing
The troubleshoot of the 10th mistake changed my life! Thank you so much for these binge-worthy advices.
"Yeah not falling for the bonus 10th tip"- my brain screaming while I'm eagerly waiting for the 10th tip
You mentioned we need to clean the laptop. But to do that wouldn't I need to remove the heat pipes ? I hear that you should NOT clean the laptop fans with compressed air. So all this is quite scary to me. I find it hard to even open the back cover and don't want to mess anything up
Compressed air is fine, VACCUM is not. That creates static electricity.
And he's talking about cleaning the fans etc, you don't need to remove the heatpipes for that in most laptops.
I cleaned 9 times with compressed air , great way to clean inside out your laptop. Air might be too cold even freeze the parts sometimes, don't worry tho, just keep the battery out all times
The hardest choices require the strongest will
dr.jarrod with his angelic laptop advise
Yea mostly number 10
1:40 this is a really good tip, gaming laptops tend to break their hinges if you're too rough with the lid, just open it slowly and you won't have any issues.
Great tips, especially #10 :D
Guys be careful with BIOS upgrades though. For example, Lenovo recently released an update which, if updated without resetting the BIOS first, will not let GPUs output picture on screen. So just stay on current BIOS unless absolutely necessary.
Yeah big more danger there, it's why I suggested checking manufacturer doco because usually they try scare you out of it anyway by noting the risks
oh no i update it and screen gone black how to fix ??
@@PIXELORBIT1 google for this issue. You need to blindly go to BIOS and switch the graphics. After that it should work
@@JarrodsTech i mean if the bios got corrupted or something you can easily just reflash it with a bios reprogrammer. you have probably seen ones where u have to desolder the bios chip but now they have one where it just clips onto the chip so no desoldering required. u do need another computer tho to reflash it
@@JarrodsTech one question. Should I update gpu and mainboard driver seperatly even if windows does it on its own ? I always thought If I check for windows update windows always install the latest driver for gpu ezc
1. Not cleaning 0:08
2. Laptop placement 0:34
3. Gaming on battery 0:56
4. Not opening with care 1:31
5. Not updating 2:01
6. Not using dual channel memory 3:01
7. Gaming with optimus (MUX switch offed if you have) 3:42
8. Buying new too often 4:39
8.5. BONUS 5:43
9. Performance tuning 6:09
10. PC Hack to boost loading 6:48
lol the timestamps only exist for tips 10
@@kenzie_abqarys what do you mean?
Mistake 11: pay a fortune for a macbook believing its gpu is as powerful as the 3080.
LOLZ. True Mac soyboys thought that Mac would produce an input with 3080 power... they would be lucky to have 10- series gpu power in a shyte Overpriced macbook...
@@albinogator6221 what’s wrong with soy.
Did these things since i got my laptop, its around 6 years now and still going well 💪
I can't agree more with mistake #8!
My MSI GE73 Raider is now at least 3 years old, but I'm still playing the latest game decently.
GTX1070 & i7 8750h with undervolt for both, repaste over the year, work like a charm.
If u give your laptop some love and care, u can keep it for some years.
I'm watching this on a Legion 5 I bought last April after listening to your advice. It's a significant upgrade compared to the laptop I've been using since 2014.
Same, it was a no-brainer!
@wailin.flix2 no I'm pretty sure it does nothing on performance
@wailin.flix2 no lmao🤣
the whole rgb thing is just a joke bruh its a meme
0:07 #1 - Not Cleaning
0:32 #2 - Laptop Placement
0:55 #3 - Gaming on Battery
1:30 #4 - Not Opening With Care
2:00 #5 - Not Updating
3:00 #6 - Not Using Dual Channel Memory
3:41 #7 - Gaming With Optimus
4:39 #8 - Buying New Too Often
5:48 #8.5 Hunky Screw OBLITERATES Tiny Hole! (ZAMN!) 😱
6:08 #9 - Performance Tuning
6:45 #10 - Bonus Mistake
Underrated comment!
Jarrod's Tech, my new favorite channel...
I experienced this a lot on my laptops before and the laptop I have now. Sometimes updating your gpu drivers can affect performance. I've had issues like sudden fps drops down to 10-20fps from time to time. I didn't seem to experience any of this before updating the graphics drivers
Same here
yea updating can be a shit... thats why auto update is a big no for me, and i manually update any of my device only when it needed. if everything still ok, i dont do update.
6:57 Newton just got out of his grave😆
bruh😂👌
lmao
#10 - Expecting desktop level GPU performance despite having the same model naming.
#11 - Never budget enough to buy a good headphone to avoid the annoying loud fan noise from a gaming laptop.
Thank you for this video and helping out the people who have gaming laptops
Side-note: buy an actual kit for taking your laptop apart. Get one with different screw sizes, a magnetic pad (for dropping screws on) and a wrist strap. Or buy all of these separately. Regardless, actually get proper tools to open up and upgrade your laptop before trying it.
Optimization and tuning is key with gaming laptops. There really is so many little things you can do to improve performance like disabling steam overlay(CPU went from 95-88 degrees), making sure all the different power settings in windows are set to performance, grab a laptop cooler for better airflow, and last but not least overclock you’re GPU because now adays GPU temps are much much lower in gaming laptops.
I no joke went from 55-65 FPS in Horizon Zero Dawn with a consistent 96 degrees on my CPU to 85-100 FPS and a max CPU temp now of like 88 degrees. Lower temps means you’re boost clocks can be maintained better from what I’ve noticed
got a rtx 3060m and a ryzen 5600h, overclocking the gpu won't do much for me as the cpu seems to be the bottleneck most of the time lol.
How do I change max CPU temp?
You'll kill your laptop. They are not designed to work on such temperatures long.
@@nomars4827 laptops CPUs are a lot different than desktop ones. The Ryzen 7 5800h has a max operating temperature of 105 degrees. Thermal throttling will happen well before the CPU burns itself up and my CPU doesn’t throttle even at 95 degrees.
@@braukwood925 the problem is not in CPU itself, but in other components on MB which suffer from prolongued heat. Cheap and middle class gaming laptops provide insufficient cooling and not the best components, and engineering solutions
The 10th tip is the best of the them all. I always forget to turn my laptop sideways while downloading stuff and the loading bar starts waiting for the elections. Thanks, your a life saver man :)
i have a question. How do you skip the lock screen, and get imediatly to the desktop page when opening a laptop?
Set password to blank and it will let you. Unfortunately, that means you can't have a password. You can also achieve it (sort of) if you have Windows Hello Face. It will unlock if it recognises you.
@@JarrodsTech thank you🙏🙏
I've had my gaming laptop for a bit over 4 years now and it is slowly starting to show it's age, but it does still run modern games really well.
I literally helped a friend purchase a laptop a few days ago, he's completely new to PC gaming, this is the perfect vid for him. Thanks.
Perfect timing!
Make sure he's well aware of the 10th tip ;)
This channel deserves all the credit in the world.Great work Jarrod Keep it up
your consistency in producing quality content is admirable!
Tweaking for performance is definitely worth it. Oddly in my case I tuned mine down on the Medion Deputy P10 as the Intel Core series will automatically overclock then the CPU is at 100% & this caused thernals to constantly run at 100 celcius; simply by reducing the max CPU to 99% in power management prevented the overclocking and kept thermals to 75-80 celcius which will greatly increase lifespan & made no noticeable difference to game performance.
Yeah I did that yesterday cuz mine was going up to 92-96 C and after changing it to 99%, it stays at 60 C
How do I change max CPU temp?
@@DeezneyMinusNg on battery manager plan set cpu at 99%
@@doomslayer8985 where is it
@@dire8955 how do you change it
#6 is so true. I have a Lenovo Ideapad Gaming 3 and it comes with an RTX 3060, an R5 5600H and a single 8GB DDR4 stick. Forza Horizon 5 struggled to run and hit 48 FPS average on medium in the benchmark.
Adding another 8GB made that shoot up to 100 FPS and I was able to use ultra settings at 60 FPS.
Lmao no it was probably because you were using the igpu instead of dgpu
Adding ram stick doesn't increase that much only increases like 10 15 fps
I can run that on ultra at 60+ with a 1060
#10 actually works because more airflow means more performance.
That last tip was so helpful! Thanks Jarrod my download speed is so much faster now on my laptop.
Tried tip 10, instantly loaded the bar when I dropped the laptop off the nearest skyscraper! Saved about 10 seconds of loading, really worth it. Thanks Jarrod!
Short upgrade tip
CPU: Upgrade ~ each 3 generations (like Coffee Lake -> Alder Lake)
GPU: Upgrade ~ each 2 generations (like 1060 -> 3060).
RAM: Anything ~3200+ MHz is fine 32GB total, your next step should be like +800 MHz (like 3200 -> 4000)
Its a rough estimate, since in case of GPU it could be reasonable to have 1060 -> 2070S upgrade as example because of RTX and nature of how GPU live recently.
But you can keep that in mind.
💩🧻
regarding updates (although not common) some updates do mess things up whether it be windows or gpu drivers etc, hence why i keep them disabled, i update after making sure they are stable and good updates without any side affects. (p.s for people with slow internet it would really such if you're playing a competitive game and updates happen ruin your ping and result in you raging)
agree stable is great than having a lot of bugs
Nice video m8.
I've discovered an effective way to keep the inside of my laptop clean. I use a cooling pad like the IETS GT500, which comes with a removable dust filter underneath its air grill. To ensure maximum dust protection, I add a cut-out Swiffer sheet, which I replace annually to remove a significant amount of dirt. Swiffer sheets are cost-effective and versatile, as I also use them in my air purifier to avoid purchasing expensive disposable filters. This method has kept my laptop clean for almost 6 years now, and I highly recommend it to others looking to maintain their electronics.
I love straightforward and simple your tips and solutions are in the video without saying anything useless !!
I thought the 10th tip was a joke until it actually worked. That’s so useful and I’m so happy I learnt about it.
I do actually keep my laptop plugged in regularly when I use it and have an extension cord I carry around with the plug when I need to be on the go. I’m also surprised I don’t make nearly as many of these mistakes given I’m new to having a gaming laptop - only been a few months now.
Do you recommend buying a gaming laptop?
@@em-156 I’m not an expert but they’re good if you want portablility
Can you tell me, does using laptop while charging, does it charge and discharge the battery, or directly run it on DC power from Brick??
@@lemonboy21 I’m not an expert but I *believe* it’s running directly from DC power, sort of like a desktop. Otherwise it wouldn’t make sense that my laptop’s performance is terrible on battery power but not when it’s plugged in.
It safe to keep the gaming laptop plugged in? I always keep mine plugged in too
woooow thank you so much i tried out that bonus tip and it work like a charm ! been using it since last year and it never lets me down 🙂
I like the new editing style Jarrod, keep it up!
On the subject of laptop placement - elevating the laptop partially with a few bottle tops or even going for elevated stands would also help greatly with the cooling efficiency.
ya just lift the back end up a bit does help. also i have a usb fan that i blow onto my laptop when gaming
I just use a box of a external hardrive to lift it up. Works really well
You mean to keep a laptop on a bottle head ? I am confused, in that bottle head statement
@@piedepew I mean using the lids of bottles - prop one in each corner of the laptop and lift it up a bit
I use 4 boxes from soap bars, one on each corner, can really hold anything well
My laptop is from 2012 and I still run it daily.
Upgraded the ram, replaced the DVD reader with an SSD, overclocked the GPU and upgraded the CPU (yes it's that old).
And it still runs...fine. Obviously I can't run the latest AAAs but gaming really isn't my priority anymore.
What I learned though is that I'm gonna invest quite a bit in my next laptop. I've spent well over a year of my life staring at that screen, probably even two, so my next laptop better have a fantastic screen.
Nice!
you can upgrade a laptop cpu from 2012 ??
I wouldn't entirely recommend updating the BIOS on a laptop.
The reason is that laptop OEM's tend to discard support for the laptop in question after the first 6 months, so, even if there are major BIOS updates for a given chipset/platform on a desktop that could uplift performance, eliminate bugs and make the hw running better overall, you can frequently forget getting that for the laptop.
Additionally, even if the laptop OEM releases BIOS updates for the laptop you bought, updating the laptop BIOS is precarious at best.
There are no safety features in place to protect against a bad BIOS flash for example.
Take Acer for example. I have had good success with their laptops in general in terms of performance and cost... however, their BIOS support is lackluster to say the least.
I currently use a PH517-61 with desktop grade Ryzen 2700 (replacable) and Vega 56 (which was soldered to the motherboard).
The cooling in the machine is amazing (with ridiculously quiet fans as well), and the motherboard is a B450 one which has the ability to support Zen 2 and Zen 3 CPUs... but Acer stopped support for this unit 6 months after releasing it... meaning they also never released new crucial BIOS updates with relevant AGESA versions that would have fixed performance problems, solved bugs and patched various security issues that AMD published to date... and of course, this also prevented users of this machine like myself from upgrading the Ryzen 2700 to say Zen 3 (5900x or 5950x - the cooling in this unit can EASILY handle 105W TDP cpu... so installing these, and even running them in ECO modes would have been amazing and added to the overal lifespan of the laptop and of course, it would have improved efficiency too).
Plus, on the second occasion I tried updating the BIOS... it killed the laptop... basically the bios update failed and it turned my laptop into a massive/expensive paper weight.
This was eventually solved by replacing the machine, but it was a major oversight on behalf of Acer for not installing proper protections in place to allow the user to recover from a bad bios flash.
There are of course methods that would allow a person to re-install a BIOS update themselves, but it requires a proper BIOS chip reader for a laptop, and knowledge to push it through. Its doable, and can be done relatively fast (so I don't understand why it takes Acer IT service over a month to do it themselves).
Plus, some laptop units have ENCRYPTED BIOS-es... meaning that even if you try TOUCHING the thing (aka making say a backup of it with a bios chip reader for laptops), you could end up breaking it.
This is unacceptable as far as laptop standards are concerned.
That is the first time i heard acer had removable cpus on laptops, the second part about bad bios support crashed my hopes down.
@@cem_kaya
The PH517-61 was a desktop replacement machine, and it had decent upgrade capabilities... I managed to upgrade the storage to all high capacity SSD's and RAM to 64GB (though technically, the laptop could have 128GB too).
And as I said, the Ryzen 2700 was also a full desktop CPU and also replaceable, but because Acer never upgraded the BIOS, you couldn't slap a Zen 2 or Zen 3 CPU's into it (which was a shame).
I also had an old Acer laptop with IntelC2Duo and Nvidia 9600mGT which I bought back in late 2008 for £600 in London.
That laptop served me well for 9 years... and its CPU was also upgradable... even the GPU was removable (but newer mobile GPU's were prohibitively expensive)
So, Acer doing laptops with replaceable CPU parts is nothing new.
Laptops these days don't really have main removable hw. Storage and RAM are usually the main things that can be upgraded.
This is one of the reasons why when I buy a laptop, I make sure its quite powerful and will last me for 5 years.
I replaced the PH517-61 with a Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16ARX8H which has 7945 HX (16c/32th), RTX 4080 (12GB), 32GB RAM (upgraded to lower latency 64GB), and it originally came with paltry 512GB SSD which was upgraded with 2TB NVME SSD for OS and software and 4TB NVME SSD for storage (I spent about £2300 when I bought it and got it along with RAM and SSD's on discounts because it was black friday at the time - this was in November last year).
Can't say I regret it. I usually save up enough money to get a higher end range laptop every 5 years because I do my work on the go a lot (content creation, productivity and gaming).
FUN FACT:
On an Asus laptop with Armoury Crate installed, switching it to Turbo mode overclocks the laptop.
It shows the overclock in MSI Afterburner.
ye but your laptop goes from a normal plane engine to fighter jet engine
@@gaurav_W+ Yeah so what. Would rather play an airplane than a lava bucket.
@@gaurav_W+ And headphones have been invented so noise is never a problem
it’s not a massive overclock though.
It’s quite small.
@@YISTECH+ cpu +100 and gpu +120
Actually if you put your laptop the other way around with hinges open (make a ^ shape) while it is connected to a external monitor and M&K it will help substantially with the cooling!
Hey jarrod I have a 2017 MacBook Pro. It’s performance is lacking and is very small. Do you recommend buying a new laptop. I will be using the laptop for gaming
Now I can consider myself as an expert laptop user as I had known about all this mistakes from my own experience. Although, my laptop is not gaming at all, I managed to reach the best possible performance out of my poor Inspiron 5770. Thanks for the video!
Glad it was useful! Don't worry one day you'll get an epic gaming beast 😎
@@JarrodsTech it’s my birthday, which gaming laptop should I buy for 700-1200ish dollars?
"Mistakes make you stronger"
Everyone after watching this vid:
😂 your humor these days are killing Jarrod 🙏keep it up brother and thanks for guiding us the all and only laptop reviewer
I'm stuck with 2 options of laptops. Main use : creative and 3d design, video editing, and AAA gaming
1. Asus Flow X13 GV301QH (2021)
Specs : 4K 60hz Touch; GTX 1650 Max-Q and EGPU RTX3080; RYZEN 9 5980HS; 32GB RAM; 1TB SSD
Cons : Storage expansion, reported very slow screen response time (~22ms), not included pen
Price : 1500$
2. Asus Flow X16 GV601RM (2022)
Specs : Ryzen 7 6800HS; RTX 3060; 32GB RAM; 1TB SSD; QHD 165Hz
Cons : None that i could think of (?)
Price : 1433$
What do you think i should pick or should i wait for another product? I really want a powerful (enough) laptop but also want touchscreen and pen support.
It took me years of laptops to be experienced enough to not make any of those anymore. Wish I had channels like yours, my dude when I was buying those laptops and it could've saved me some cash lol.
For mistake #3: Does being plugged into the wall mean that power does not flow through the battery? I am not sure I understand why being plugged in means your battery lives longer (also does this mean that if I am almost always plugged into the wall, then the battery doesn't degrade?)
Pro tip: when tilting your laptop for better premiere export speeds, remember to set it back straight after the first pass or the bar will get stuck at 100% for VBR 2 pass. I just encountered this issue yesterday. You would think Adobe would fix it, smh.
I will report this to Adobe now 😡
Jarrod really tests your critical thinking with mixing legitimate advice and troll advice
8.5 was a bitter reminder for me. Since I didn't know how to open and upgrade mine, I had to go to a store for someone to do it (I also bought an SSD and Ram Stick while at it) and unfortunately, the guy who screwed either forgot the sizes or didn't bother to measure the screws. Now I have 4 bumps on my laptop. Such fun.
That's negligence, as someone who has been into computers my whole life it is frustrating when you run into people who were careless with other's computers or just lazy. I would have raised hell because it's such a stupid careless mistake to make and unless they offered some recompense they should not have even been paid for services rendered. Tip for the future, find a computer nerd who really loves electronics. They will love the process and you can guarantee it is taken care of (probably even cleaned up a bit for free without mention). Again sorry to hear that happened, such a stupid error on their part.
Hey Jarood,
Loooong time lurker!. I recently got an Legion 5 with the same spec as your. Hoping to keep it for 3to4 years. This video was perfect.
Here's mine: don't use your gaming laptop's lid closed when connecting to an external monitor for extended periods of time (while gaming). Your battery is very likely to bulge or even explode. I have changed my battery 3 times already.
Do you mean while on battery or while plugged?
@@Unborn8436 That is besides the point. While under load, if the lid is closed the airflow is going to be worse, resulting in higher temperatures inside the laptop
Doesn't this depend on the laptop, though? Legion 5 doesn't have any vents there.
@@bickboose9364 if your keyboard or the shell surrounding the keyboard can get hot, you shouldn't close your flap when playing games period.
@@Unborn8436 While plugged of course, on battery your gaming laptop only lasts about 5 minutes
It's official. This channel is the best laptop channel in the world. The 10th tip just blew my mind away. I ought to try that now.
Good to see that I am committing exactly zero of these mistakes. Putting a laptop on its side can help with airflow when it’s doing a long task requiring a lot of computation.
@Green Mamba Games True, it does depend on where the vents are. Fortunately, it only takes the smallest amount of common sense to avoid cutting off airflow.
I had a Lenovo gaming laptop whose hinges broke, I drilled through the back and riveted them into place. The bezel won't go on anymore but hey, it has integrity now.
Mine broke three days ago. I will never buy lenovo again.
lano i had a Lenovo as well, the hinges really are shit on them
@Jarrod'sTech on your 10th bonus tip, I spilled out my tea. Now! you gonna pay for it! XD
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These are quite useful thank you!
5:24 BEST ADVICE YOU COULD EVER HAD! thx JARROD! better than linus direct to the point.
Lol ikr, his advices makes things more complicated sometimes.
Watch out for new graphic drivers update as I downloaded the latest version and had massive problems. I actually had to go back and install older versions and it is working perfectly now.
6:45, i know its a joke, but turning your laptop on its side does make it cooler because it is radiating heat more effectively. just dont go thinking it will get you 50% more FPS. At best maybe 5%, and this can backfire if one or more of the heatpipes are oriented in a way that means the wicking function of the copper sintering/microchannels has to work against gravity. IF you have a gaming laptop you're likely to have at least 1 heat pipe like this, on the better designed laptops that share heat pipes between CPU and GPU, you're almost guranteed that all of them will be fighting against gravity to get to at least one of the parts
Yeah it would help cooling for sure, but also a bit awkward unless you're lying down haha
I'd recommend trying number 10. It really improved the loading of games
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Mistake #11 Keeping the CPU at stock, always apply an adaptative undervolt (not available on AMD for some reason).
While adding an additional ssd to my laptop, I wasn't able to tighten one screw which held the ssd in place completely. When I tried to tighten that screw it kept spinning/slipping. I thought that it's half way in so it's okay and closed my laptop up. Laptop worked great for a couple of days, then I had to travel somewhere and put the laptop in my bag. When I booted my laptop up again after that, there was a pop sound and the screen won't come on, I could see a little bit of of white smoke coming out of the air vents. I was terrified. Later, I opened up the back of my laptop and found that the ssd screw which was loose had come out. The stray screw was stuck under a heat pipe, next to an IC and there was a black patch around that IC. So yea, one stray screw fried my motherboard :')
The travelling must've got that loose screw out.
Just like Jarrod said, please please be careful of keeping a track of the screws while upgrading your laptop, and also if there are any faulty screws which don't go all the way in/you' re not able to tighten, please don't use that screw. My ssd was being held in place by 4 screws, one was faulty, I could have left that one screw and the other 3 screws would have held the ssd in place perfectly fine, but I put the 4th screw in anyway. That mistake has cost me my laptop now.
One stray screw can literally fry your mobo. I'll be taking my laptop to a repair shop to see if something can be done.
Don't let any screw fall onto the mobo while doing upgrades/cleaning your lap.
Thanks so much for this video, Jarrod. Thankfully, I've avoided all of those mistakes because, coming from Latin America, I've learned to take extra care of my equipment due to the high pricing.
This video was useful, thanks.
Also, kudos for the Insomnium shirt, I see you are a man of culture aswell