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FPS in games halved after i hit my laptop

Okay ehm, so i was playing some games, stuff got ugly and i got pissed off. to keep the long story short i hit my laptop right in the middle of the keyboard (yeah i know i'm a dumbass). My laptop has an aluminium frame (ASUS N551JK-cn157h) and i hit it with enough force to dent it. 

Everything still works, and it even boots up in seconds due to the SSD i put into it. But when i try to play games again, it plays them at half the framerate i had before the 'incident'. 
When i checked the temps in MSI afterburner it said that my GPU was between 95 and 99 Degrees celcius, but my laptop was barely warm. (When i play a game for a while, and the GPU heats up, i can usually feel it below the spacebar). Later when i let it "cool down" , even though it wasn't hot, i tried again. But the results were the same, shitty fps. I put some examples down below. I drew a cirkle on the picture, which shows where i hit my laptop, i don't know if it helps.

Like with 'The Isle' used to run it around 40 fps, and now it runs at an amazing 13 to 20. Same thing for GTA 5 Online. And overwatch went from 70fps to 20/30.
I hope someone could help me out a bit. If you need more info or need me to run some tests, please tell me. 

Basic specs:
Intel core I7 4710HQ 2,5 Ghz (3,5 Ghz turbo)
8 GB RAM
NVIDIA GTX 850M

laptop cirkel.jpg

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You probably disconnected the heatpipes from the CPU/GPU due to warping. You're going to have to take it apart and reshape the metal parts.

Or go to zandparts (or equivalent) and order a new chassis.

 

EDIT: might I also advise some anger management courses.

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Open it up and check if the cooling was dented, you might need to reapply thermal paste as well. Other than that, try not to hit a laptop that looks as thin as a MacBook?

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Just now, Majestic said:

You probably disconnected the heatpipes from the CPU/GPU due to warping. You're going to have to take it apart and reshape the metal parts.

Or go to zandparts (or equivalent) and order a new chassis.

Yeah i would like to do that, but my laptop is kind of hard to pry open. I have tried it before, but it required so much force that i gave up because i was afraid of breaking it in half. the only thing that is easily accesible is the hard drive and the RAM. I haven't managed to find an online video of how to open it up

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1 minute ago, casperable said:

Yeah i would like to do that, but my laptop is kind of hard to pry open. I have tried it before, but it required so much force that i gave up because i was afraid of breaking it in half. the only thing that is easily accesible is the hard drive and the RAM. I haven't managed to find an online video of how to open it up

That's really your only recourse, and try not to damage your own things in the future?

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Have you taken out the screws below the rubber pads on the bottom? I JUST got finished repairing a zenbook, which is probably even more tricky than yours.

That one had hidden screws behind the top two rubber pads.

 

fml had to buy a seperate screwdriver set for that piece of shit T5 socket :/

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Just now, thegreengamers said:

Open it up and check if the cooling was dented, you might need to reapply thermal paste as well. Other than that, try not to hit a laptop that looks as thin as a MacBook?

Yes i know, as i stated in thread, it was quite dumb of me to do. But my laptop certainly isn't as thin as a macbook. It's about 2 to 2,5 times thicker. But nonetheless, my laptop is really hard to open up. as i replied to "majestic" 'I have tried it before, but it required so much force that i gave up because i was afraid of breaking it in half. the only thing that is easily accesible is the hard drive and the RAM. I haven't managed to find an online video of how to open it up'.

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1 minute ago, Majestic said:

Have you taken out the screws below the rubber pads on the bottom? I JUST got finished repairing a zenbook, which is probably even more tricky than yours.

That one had hidden screws behind the top two rubber pads.

Hmm, didn't think about that. I'm going to give it a shot tomorrow, i'll let you know how it went.

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Just now, casperable said:

Hmm, didn't think about that. I'm going to give it a shot tomorrow, i'll let you know how it went.

Make sure to tag me, i'm not going to be checking this thread.

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Just now, Majestic said:

Make sure to tag me, i'm not going to be checking this thread.

will do, thanks

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5 minutes ago, Theguywhobea said:

That's really your only recourse, and try not to damage your own things in the future?

yeah, again i know i shouldn't hit stuff. Especially when it's fragile technology, the thing is, didn't really think about it while i was in the moment. I'm just trying to find out if there is another solution besides buying a new laptop.

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Take it apart and see what's up.

 

Sounds like quite the rage there.

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