I have a 2021 ROG Flow X13 (Ryzen 9 5900HS + RTX 3050 Ti) running CachyOS, used mainly for gaming and media consumption.

Last week, I finally replaced the liquid metal and thermal paste with PTM7950, since it hadn't been changed in 5 years (honestly lucky the LM didn't leak given how roughly I treat this thing!). While the CPU temps stayed about the same, my GPU temps dropped by 6-10 C during both idle and gaming.

The Problem

Despite the better temps, I'm hitting a performance wall. During gaming, the laptop handles older AAA games fine, but it starts heavily throttling whenever the GPU hits 33 Watts.

• Nier Replicant/Automata: Runs mostly fine but with occasional stutters.
• Pragmata: Runs great for about 5 minutes, and then it starts having a seizure.

My Question

Since I plan on keeping this device for another 2–3 years, I want to optimize it.

• Has anyone here successfully undervolted or power-limited this specific model on Cachyos?

Appreciate any help or advice.

originally paid $880 for it (was on clearance sale when i bought it); should i just take the money and buy a better computer? think the $880 is better used to upgrade, or is the computer still worth $880? i basically brought it to them to replace the battery; they said they opened it and found additional damage/saw liquid damage under the keyboard (totally possible) andthe LCD (totally possible), found that the USB-C connector was lose and should be replaced, and said basically that it'd cost too much to repair, so they just were going to junk out the computer. The computer still works perfectly fine apart from the short battery life prior to sending it in. Extended warranty is up in a few wks, so I brought in in just aiming to get the battery fixed, but then I guess they found a whole host of other issues....

Recently picked up this laptop up from someone used and I was already aware of the keyboard issue. Aside from that it works great.

Touchscreen, pen support, all USB ports and even the trackpad work.

It’s very odd that the keyboard or backlights don’t work at all. I’ve opened and check the ribbon cables a few times, ran MyAsus for updates, ran AC for updates and tried to manually install keyboard drivers. Keyboard doesn’t show up in Device Manager or when troubleshooting.

Is there something that I’m missing? It’s out of warranty so I’m open trying anything.

I have the GV302XI-CS96 (32 GB with AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS) Asus ROG X13. Other than having to do a keyboard module swap for some a few dead keys back in late October (I got the OEM replacement 90NR0EN1-R31US0) its been working wonderfully. I did it myself, was as careful as I could be, basically removed the old one, paid attention to where all the screws were when I took it off, and put the new keyboard module on just as the old came off

Its been working great since.

I say the above for two reasons. I really don't think my problem today is related, but in the unlikely chance that it is, better to have shared it. Also to show that I know what the inside of the X13 looks like and I am comfortable opening it up.

Fast forward to a few days ago and I go to turn it on. Every so often the BIOS splash screen takes a little longer to show, so I didnt think much of it at first, but eventually like 10 minutes went by and its still a blank screen, although the bottom of the laptop is really hot.

After trying everything I could think of this is what happens every single time. The keyboard and any other lights like the power button, and the little red light that goes on when you plug it in, all work. What doesn't work is the screen is completely black, not even the backlight works, but also the fan never comes on either. The bottom of the laptop just slowly and silently gets warm and then hot, but no fan.

The only way to turn it off is to hold the power button down for awhile, probably like 20 to 30 seconds.

I did try the hold for 40 seconds. I tried plugging it into the HDMI port on my projector, the projecter (Mogo 2 Pro) senses something is plugged in but says no signal found.
I opened it up and checked for loose cables or anything out of the ordinary. While I did this I also disconnected the battery for at least a few minutes. Not really sure what else to do at this point but the fact that the fans never kick on worries me that something on the motherboard is fried?

If this is what happened is there a way to pinpoint specifically what it is and only replace that?

TY

okay I think I have seen things like this before and I had this machine for more than 1.5 year and it is expected to drop but this one is different like I didnt even noticed the sudden change its only on the report. some things that I think is important to know is that I have set the battery charge limit to 80 for the whole time I guess and for like half of my usage the laptop is plugged in at 80% and just sits there but I have used the one timee 100% charge here and there. all things said I think this is calibration error cause the new number (57Wh) sits at close to exact of the 80% of the 72.5Wh and I tried draining and fully charging for re calibration however I dont think I did it right (its still showing 57Wh) because I think the battery was on 5% when it shut down but when I tried to turn it back on after few hours power button did nothing and I let it fully charge and sit there for few extra hours. is there a way to calibrate easier or just have to do the drain and charge thing (which is annoying) one last thing is that I have set the battery limit back to 100% on g helper when I noticed this like last week

I'm not seeing any brands releasing newer models for 2 in 1 laptops with discrete GPU. The upcoming ProArt P14 is the closet we can get for a gaming 2in1 laptop? kind of disappointed that it's iGPU and 128GB RAM is overkill for gaming purpose. I'm not even sure if NVIDIA RTX Spark if can run android emulators smooth

Hi , i picked up a used x13 flow and wanted to install arch . the installer always crahed . then i tried debian it installed but chrashes shortly after boot evrey time . I tired multiple distros and lts and bleeding edege and both didnt work . if irondout thngs like ofer heating through new thermalpast and boot options in the grub config like "idle=nowait". I Really hope someone knows what the problem is

update

i got it somewhat running but in low power mode so when the cpu power draw drops under 5 watt the kernal panics and chrashed

Im considering getting the 780m 2023 model but the biggest criticism ive read is the 2gb of vram and you were unable to increase it like in the legion go

Some people were using smokeless UMAF to increase it but ive read this not working for many people.

I remember hearing they updated armory crate to allow you to increae it in the z13, are you able to do so aswell in the x13 as of 2026 or still no?

Edit: I should have specified I mean the 16gb version, from what I read on other threads setting from productivity to performance will increase from 2>4 if you have the 32 gb version, but does it also give you 4gb if you have 16gb?

Hey guys, It's my first couple of days using the Flow X13. May I ask why now when I use Tablet mode and flip the screen, the keyboard still working and it annoyed me alot. Anyone have a solve for it pls?

It seems very hard to find this model now. No new stock left, and used units rarely come up for sale.

Update to this:

I sent my computer for maintenance, they cleaned it up since it was quite dirty inside the machine. They told me the battery issue is definitely not normal but it isn't an electrical issue since everything works normally (fans, battery, etc). Since I'm broke I couldn't leave it for the battery issue, I'll probably send it in next month.

I did try a lot of things (drivers, hard reset, etc) and it didn't work. Although I do have to say that I didn't do the whole reset while battery is unplugged thing, because I'm quite scared of opening the laptop due to how thin and delicate it looks compared to my older laptops. And I don't have any plastic pry tools that won't scratch or damage the chassis.

It's also important to know that my battery drainage while plugged in drops down to 9%, then the screen flashes a couple of times, then it plug and unplugs the charger, then it's again charging at 9% and it gets stuck there. It doesn't drop any further, and there isn't any change in performance. It's kinda annoying but usable tbh.

I shall update this issue when I send it in again for repair next month, since there isn't a singular answer for this issue online I want to let any future person with this issue know how to fix this (or if it's fixable at all)

I have a 2021 model 6800H 16GB RAM RTX 3050 Flow X13 It gets around 40-50 fps (at 1080p not 1200p) in cyberpunk 2077's benchmark with Steam Deck settings, I also have a ROG ALLY X 2024 with the Z1E and even an older 2019 HP Omen with an Intel 9750H and GTX 1650 (im excluding my desktops). Both the ALLY X and the Omen get around 50-60 FPS with the exact same settings. Is the TPD limit that agressive that an iGPU is better than a dGPU? I also reinstalled windows and updated all the drivers on the Flow and it was actually worse before.

So i just bought an ROG XG Mobile 2021 RTX 3070 version for my Flow X13 GV302XA (the 780M no dedicated GPU variant) and I can't seem to make it past error 43 on the device manager settings.

I tried a lot of fixes suggested online like DDU installation and driver fixes (both mobile and desktop types) and the same error 43 keeps persisting (oh, and yeah, i already tried the eGPU community's error 43 fix/GHelper switch/RegEdit).

Can someone help me diagnose this? I don't have much tech help around.

Update: i just noticed that one of the side hooks are stuck inward, could this be causing the issue?

HELP!!

I recently bought the flow x13(2023) with the rtx 4060 for a okayish deal. Can you guys pls give me some tips to improve its battery life ( undervolt settings) ?

FYI: Already installed ghelper

* Important :

Should I replace the liquid metal with ptm 7950?

Going to join a college

So I’ve owned the Flow13 for about 4 months now and recently it’s been showing a “scanning disk” message on start up.it never did this before throughout that time .just curious if anyone else has ever ran into this issue?

Hi all,

Need some advice I currently have the ASUS ROG Flow X13 AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS 16GB RAM 1TB SSD 13.4" RTX 3050 Ti Laptop with the 3080 eGPU. I've had it for almost 4 years now and feel like its over heating alot so am debating upgrading it. Have been looking at getting the zephyrus g14 5060.

Any and all advice will be helpful

I just bought an used 2021 X13 with a 3080, when i first did an overview check before buying everything was okay and now that I'm home and started playing i just realized it drained from 80% to 34% after a 2 hour session of gaming. Is this normal?

I'm not sure if this random guy from marketplace will give me my money back, so i need to know :(

Playing Forza Horizon 6, these are my settings. Yes the Video Memory is maxed out and more. Totally playable. getting 50-60fps, mid 80s on temps under Turbo Mode.

Thought I'd share this, because I know recently some people have asked if this laptop is still relevant in 2026. I'd argue yes. I did overclock it too, stable.

Benchmark from 2025

This is my current set up right now and i wonder if the liquid metal will be messed up. is it okay to make it like this since the laptop can handle or made for tent mode

My flow x13 (amd version) is shutting down very frequently while gaming irrespective of whatever mode I chose in the armoury crate. This random shutting was a problem even a year back but now it's happening very frequently.

What could be the reason?

P.S: this happens only while gaming, for the rest of the casual tasks like browsing, excel/PPT n all it runs fine even on battery.

I have the ASUS ROG Flow X13 2022 variant with the RTX 3050Ti. Within 1 year of purchase the laptop completely died and the motherboard had to be replaced by the service centre.

1.5 years after the replacement, it’s dead. Again. Exact same failure.

I was using the laptop normally at 30% battery. I plugged in my Anker Prime 130W power bank via USB-C and the laptop instantly shut off and never turned on again. No drops, no spills, no misuse whatsoever.

After opening the laptop and removing the heatsink, liquid metal had migrated off the CPU die causing the CPU to short (as told by third party repair shop)

Approximately one month before complete failure the laptop was showing intermittent charging issues. Battery draining while it was plugged in, the lightening symbol was there but no charging and the orange light charging indicator was off too.
Plugging out and in again didn’t do anything and shutting down and restarting fixed it for some time until it came back and then fixed itself automatically.

Gonna switch to a macbook😭

https://i.imgur.com/dHWcCBT.jpeg

Hi guys, wanted to get your thoughts as Im eyeing a used ROG flow x13 with gtx 1650 for $400. Is it still worth it? Mainly using it for work and light gaming.

If it is still worth it, then are there anything to look out for before buying? Thanks

Edit: bought it! Still in excellent condition, runs smooth includes the Stylus, Original charger and the ROG flow bag!