The ASUS ROG GL502VM comes with an Intel Core i7-6700HQ processor and NVIDIA GeForce GTX1060 graphics and comes with a 15.6-inch IPS FHD screen, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, and 1TB HDD.
The best feature of this gaming laptop is that the graphics card is upgraded to NVIDIA’s GTX1060. Its performance is stronger than that of GTX970 graphics cards and GTX980M graphics cards, and it is currently the best mobile graphics card with the best energy consumption ratio.
It uses a sinking shaft design. All the ports are concentrated on both sides of the fuselage. Among them, the left side of the ROG GL502VM provides the power jack, RJ-45, Mini DP, HDMI, USB 3.0, and USB TYPE-C port.
The right side of the body provides a headphone jack, a USB 3.0, a card reader (supports MMC/SDHC/SDXC), and a security lock slot. For a 15.6-inch gaming laptop, the ROG GL502VM still has a relatively rich number of ports.
In this guide, we are going to show you how to remove and upgrade the SSD, RAM, and HDD on the ASUS ROG GL502VM.
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1. Removing the bottom case
Remove all visible screws from the bottom case.
Insert a pick under the bottom case. Slide the pick along the bottom case to take off the bottom case.
Under the bottom case, you can get access to the battery, SSD, HDD, Wi-Fi card, RAM, speaker, heat sink, cooling fan, and motherboard.
It features a 15.2V, 64Wh Li-ion battery.
2. ASUS ROG GL502VM RAM upgrade & Install
The laptop comes with 8GB DDR4-2133MHz RAM onboard and has a spare RAM slot. You can install an 8GB or 16GB DDR4-2133MHz RAM, and the laptop supports up to 24GB DDR4 RAM.
3. ASUS ROG GL502VM M.2 PCIe SSD upgrade & Removal
Although the ROG GL502VM’s M.2 slot supports PCIe 3.0 and NVMe protocol, and the price of the laptop is not low, ASUS is still only equipped with an M.2 SATA SSD.
Here’s the Samsung 128GB CM871 SSD.
4. ASUS ROG GL502VM hard drive upgrade & Removal
Remove four screws and lift up the hard drive module. You can remove the hard drive.
The laptop comes with a 1TB 7200RPM hard drive. If necessary, you can replace it with a big-capacity hard drive or 2.5″ SSD.
5. Removing the wireless card
Remove one screw securing the wireless card.
Unplug two antenna cables from the wireless card and take the card out of its slot.
Intel 8260NGW Wi-Fi card supports 2.4G/5GHZ dual-band.
6. Removing the heat sink and cooling fan
The cooling module of the ASUS ROG GL502VM features a dual-fan, triple-copper design. The CPU and GPU are covered by two heat pipes, and one heatpipe is connected to the fan’s heatsink. The fan and heatsink can be removed by unscrewing the screws, making it very easy to clean up dust.
The GL502VM keyboard, screen, cooling fan, and adapter are available in our parts store.
Source: cfan.com.cn
I need help. I tried to clean my gl502vm coolers, but when I tried to remove the cooler that is next to the wi-fi module, I could not, because it was stuck to the metal underneath it, which was fixed to the motherboard. Should it be like this? Because I can see that piece of metal on the images in this post, and can I remove it from the laptop?
That’s the heat sink, it’s a complete component with the fan, you need to remove the fan and heat sink from the motherboard together.
So, there is no problem if I install a Samsung 970 Evo Plus as the first drive?