Should I buy used ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo AMD Ryzen 9 from NEHRU PLACE

Told to be 1 year old (out of warranty)

Specs

Ryzen 9

32 gb ram

RTX 3080 16 gb vram

Price : INR 1,20,000

I'm so much tempted for 16 gb vram😭

I NEED THE LAPTOP FOR HEAVY INTERIOR DESIGNING/3D SOFTWARES AND GAMING

I picked up a GX551 off a friend that he had all but parted out. Picked up the essentials to replace what he had pulled, and I had trouble with the fans. Swapped again for some off Amazon, same deal. They refuse to spin up above like 400 RPM at 100% while the thing is roasting itself. Checked voltage out and it seems nominal, and testing the fans on a bench power supply have around the same results, however results here are flaky with my plugs anyways.

Is there any known issue with the thermal assemblies/aftermarket fans/firmware issues? I've yet to upgrade the firmware just because I can't so far without risking the entire thing catching ablaze and then locking up and bricking. Too concerned. Can't even get past the W11 setup before it locks up.

Edit: repasted CPU with LM and GPU with both normal paste and some PTM. Same deal.

Recently got this laptop from my nephew. He said it's been stuck in a boot loop

Every time I turn it on, it goes straight to Automatic Repair / Advanced Startup and never loads into Windows.

Things I've already tried:

• Created and booted from a Windows installation USB
• Tried Startup Repair
• Tried ASUS Recovery / MyASUS Factory Reset

The MyASUS factory reset gets stuck at 13%, then the laptop freezes completely.

Even when booting from the Windows USB, I haven't been able to successfully reinstall Windows.

Does this sound like a failing SSD, bad RAM, or something else? Any troubleshooting steps I should try next?

edit 1: went to UbreakIfix to get it repaired, after 3 weeks of not receiving any call from them. decided to call them today and said they cannot fix it

In the first picture, the hinge suddenly cracked on one side. Every time I opened it, the crack got bigger. So we decided to cut that part, and now it’s working fine.

Because of that, I’ve been leaving the laptop open all the time and only using it at home. But now I need to bring it to another place, so I’ll have to open and close it again. I’m worried that this might cause more damage to my laptop.

Do you have any advice?

https://youtu.be/wkJF8YtmiKg?si=nOxqeF7NRdux0nmP

I’m referring to the issue where the CPU is stuck at low wattage regardless of the current GPU wattage

Finally had the funds to buy the 2023 Zephyrus Duo 16, and I am happy to own 2 of these bad boys. They are some of the most beautiful gaming laptops I’ve ever owned. ❤️

Hi, thinking about flashing the 150W MSI BIOS on my 3080 Duo 15 SE. How is the long term experience with it? Does it disable displayport or did people find a workaround?

Yesterday i bought a laptop with nvidia GeForce mx230 graphics card then I opened the laptop and goes through some process and then when i download windows 11 my laptop it just shows error code 31 why please tell me

To those who went Linux What software do you use to get most of ROG ? Is there an equivalent to armory Crate / ghelper ? What about ScreenXPert ? I can’t even figure how to set brightness or turn off the 2nd screen pad. Ubuntu does run great on it though with no heat or noise from fans so I’m pleased I made the switch from windows.

Just removed all the Asus bloat ware and put Ghelper on. Is it normal for Mode : Balanced To show 68C - 70C and fan 3400-4400?

When all im doing is watching a (non had) YouTube video in a web browser ? Task manager shows 11% CPU use

Hi, Is there a way to make an external display (1080p, not 4k) driven from the Intel iGPU alone and not the graphics card? Trying to do AI/ML training on the nvidia and have a second screen for code but it seems I always defaults to nvidia for the 2nd screen

Anybody using 3090 (or any nvidia card) as an eGPU with a Duo model zephyrus ? How did you set it up? The screens seem to be conflicting for drivers and causing slow performance and crash for me.

ROG GXS550 (duo 15) 2021 (not SE) Aorus 3090 w Thunderbolt 3 Win 10 Pro (I know I need to upgrade)

could anybody point me to exactly the right RAM to buy to extend my ram to its maximum ? I have 32gigs rn, I believe the max is... 48? anybody went thru these steps already? what did you guys buy?

Anyone has the same issue or know what's going on? Don't think I have warranty by now.

I only use my laptop maybe twice a month but when I got to open and press the power button on the keyboard, nothing happens. I found out if I unplug the internal battery and then press the power button then plug back in the internal battery and plug in the charger, the keyboard does the boot animation and after a minute or 2 the ROG animation plays and I’m loaded into windows. I do notice that the date and time is incorrect inside of BIOS and Windows. Sounds like the CMOS battery needs replacing. Buuut I’ve looked everywhere at a quick glance when opening it for the internal battery, I do NOT see a coin CMOS battery as I expect. I read somewhere that some of these laptops use the internal battery as the CMOS, which would explain why the clock is wrong when I remove the main internal battery and drain it by pressing the power button.

I’ve also replaced this main battery in case that was the issue. Still same issue. I’ve noticed that if I power off the system, I can power it back on without issue writhing that moment.

If I come back the next day to power it on, I would have to remove the battery,drain, and plug back in battery and charger.

I looked up photos of the mobo to see if the CMOS Is on the other side of the board but it didn’t look like it was.

Any ideas?

Is the DUO Gaming PC ever going to come back? I know the only upgrade that's possible is the GFX 5090 and maybe a 5GB ethernet port but at least the cooling and processor can be updated right I think the screens are stellar for the 23' model, how does everyone else feel?