🛠️ How to open ASUS TUF Gaming A16 FA608 - disassembly and upgrade options

hello this is Nick from laptop media and today we will show you how to open the Asus tough gaming a16 f608 to have a look at the internals of this gaming laptop you have to undo 11 Phillips head screws the one in the bottom right Edge is captive and it will raise the panel up in this area which eases the whole disassembly process pry the front the sides and the rear with a thin plastic tool there are dust filters in front of the two vents on the inside of the bottom panel alongside numerous plastic elements that enhance the internal structural support this notebook is equipped with a 90w hour battery to detach it slide up the small metal cap on top to release the connector wear gloves to avoid short circuits carefully lift the connector by its sides with the aid of plastic tools then undo the four Phillips head screws that secure the battery in place the capacity is enough for around 8 hours of video playback our test was conducted with the battery saver preset activated in the windows power and Battery menu the performance mode is turned on in the Armory crate app and the DC fan operation mode is set to to Windows preset that's it's a compact gaming device and that's why the memory is soldered still you get up to 32 GB of lpddr 5x 7,500 MHz Ram in dual Channel mode which is plenty for storage you can rely on two m.2 slots compatible with 2280 Gen 4 ssds the right one offers twice as many pcie lanes than the other one Speaking of which the presence of the Wi-Fi 6E card in front of the left s SD slot still amazes us in a negative way if you install an nvme there it'll cover almost the entire wireless card which could lead to connection problems the system nvme which has a plastic film on top is wrapped in a heat shield the cooling seems potent it has two Arc flow fans five heat pipes shared between the CPU and the GPU three large heat sinks on top and many heat spreaders for