05-17-2021 01:06 PM
05-26-2021 05:52 AM
Danishbluntsir can you tell me which pm8150 i should buy.. i found different pm8150 so i kinda confuse which one the right i have to buy.. thankshttps://zentalk.asus.com/en/discussion/comment/168396#Comment_168396
When they say mb replacement they replaced your ic chip on the logicboard. As far as im aware they replace the power ic with a much stronger and reliable chip, so after this you shouldnt have any restart issues anymore.
View post
05-26-2021 07:18 AM
kychamePretty sure the rog2 uses the pm8150b chip. Just open your phone and look for yourself if you want to be 100% sure.https://zentalk.asus.com/en/discussion/comment/168410#Comment_168410
sir can you tell me which pm8150 i should buy.. i found different pm8150 so i kinda confuse which one the right i have to buy.. thanks
View post
05-26-2021 10:53 AM
DanishbluntOkay, I get that you have better info and explaination, but that tone could have been better.Clueless user suggesting instead of replacing dying PM8150 make it die completely instead. I don't know why some people have this urge to come up with some stupid ideas how to somehow blame it on something else because they refuse to accept reality. It's well documented that the PM 8150 chip is dying and that it causes black screens, restart issues and phone not turning on.
Can't wait for the topic "Phone doesnt turn on, has to be a software issue!"
For those who are curious why his workaround works for the time being is simple. The more the power IC degrades, the less capable is it of holding stable voltages. So when doing mondane tasks or pushing the device to the limit will cause these restarts, much like when your VRM's on PC also cannot keep up no more. When you turn on xmode, then it will automaticly force the device to run in a sort of "turbo" mode, now this is known to push uneccecary amount of voltage to the chip, so having more unstable voltage won't cause a restart, however this does is accelerate the rate of which the power IC chip is dying and potentially even damaging the SoC due to even more unstable high voltage instead of lower voltage causing restarts, now if the SoC gets damaged, ASUS might not offer a free repair, replacing a cheap PM8150chip is no problem and it is for free from what I can gather on the forums, but replacing a high end SoC because of the stupidity of a user is a whole other problem.
So if you face restart issues, don't be stupid like OP, get it repaired instead of trying to kill your PM8150 entirely and the SoC along with it.
View post