ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14: first repair (part 2)

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(continuted from here)

...it took me 2 hours 24 mins to get home 🤯The usual peak period traffic was worsen by the heavy rain.

About 70 mins into the ride, I was informed (via phone call) that the motherboard had been repaired but it seems that my RAM was also damaged and they would show me later.

Meanwhile, I texted Ban to ask his help to cook rice and boil a couple of eggs. He then had two near-accidents:

  • One at the carpark of a mall: nearly hit a car.
  • The other was at home: the lid of the pot that he used to cook the eggs exploded but fortunately none of the glass pieces hurt him.

I was so relieved that he wasn't hurt in either case. Gave him a hug when I knew this. Didn't matter much that the rice was undercooked because he forgot to add enough water. Poor Ban.

I prepared the salad first so that we both could start with that first while I prepare the salmon don and eggs. We then finished our dinner at our usual pace while regaling each other about our respective woes.

As expected, traffic was light by the time we went to Plaza Low Yat. Evidently my laptop was working again: staff used it to show me that total RAM was only 8 GB, instead of 16 GB as it should be. So, they offered to replace the defective 8 GB (he kept using the phrase "upgrade") for a fee of RM 150, which I agreed. Incidentally, the repair of the motherboard cost RM 650, as expected. So total fee is RM 800.

As an aside, I wonder what will stop any repair shop from substituting a normal functioning component with a defective one, prove to customer that it is defective, offer to change it and simply reinserting the original functioning component? Unless you're very familiar with each component's unique identification, you wouldn't know something fishy is going on, correct?

The good news is that up till now, the laptop is functioning well. Hopefully it'll last for long! 

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