Nope. I'm calling typo on the keyboard at least, but the Killer Lan IS feasable, knowing how XoticPC and some other resellers spec their GE40s with Killer Ethernet. Similarly the Intel WLAN card.

True that, but you EXPECT something stronger when you see a 17 incher, slim or otherwise. Oh well, the 765 is good enough for most people anyway, and enthusiasts won't be looking for a thin and light for gaming anyway.

@Unseen83: I guess buying online is your best bet for cheap DDR3L right now.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 11 2013, 12:02 PM

Nope. Unfortunately.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 12 2013, 02:49 PM

More importantly, PICTARSSSSSS!

Is the chassis aluminum or plastic?

EDIT: The first owner review of the GS70 courtesy of HWZ: http://bit.ly/19cXWsq

3 hours GAMING on battery WTF. With a 4700 proc no less! Now I REALLY JELLY! Heatwise seems similar to the GE40 - Procs get to 95c under load.

No mention of the chassis materials though, looks like plastic.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 12 2013, 03:51 PM

OI...

Anyhows, I'm very jelly. If only there was a GS40, than I'll totally RAGE...

Video review of the GS70:

http://youtu.be/QaLbVTs2B5k

Only bad thing about the GS70 (other than the built in battery) is the fact that NOTHING seems user upgradable/moddable. The guy in the video above says that opening the chassis can result in twisting the entire thing apart.

A small price to pay for the slimness, of course. But for tinkerers like me, I'll go nuts not being able to adjust anything in the laptop lol.

Hopefully, however, this will entice A LOT of newcomers to the MSI camp. Looks like a great mix of size, mobility and performance indeed.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 12 2013, 08:03 PM

RAM I know won't void. Storage also SHOULD be okay but please check with the MSI Careline first.

@Cimo: All Malaysian sets bro, none of them imported AP crap for MSI lappies YET (unless you import them yourself... ehem, ehem). Warranty is TWO years, and the first year is international warranty (even if you DID import it in, the first year warranty still stands). My experience with MSI services (subcontracted to E-Mantainance) have also has been okay so far, a bit slow-ish but they get the job done satisfactorily, especially if you have access to the main service branch in Kelana Square PJ.

My issue was small though ("apparent" AC adapter death) and it might take a week or more if your "issue" is serious enough that it involves exchange of laptop parts because E-M has to order the parts from MSI direct.

Just in case you were wondering how MSI service is locally for their laptops.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 13 2013, 01:30 AM

Datswai I went to he Kelana Square service outlet... Which looks a liiiiiiiiitle bit better.

Not by much though lol.

Actually for RAM upgrades especially tearing the sticker won't matter - as stated by the MSI Careline and various MSI reps I've contacted. If they see the sticker torn, the service personnel will FIRST look if the RAM have been upgraded - in which case service proceeds as usual.

Somebody else contacted them through email and it seems upgrading mSATA/HDD is treated the same way. AS LONG AS NOTHING ELSE INSIDE THE LAPTOP IS DISTURBED IN ANY WAY.

Though for the GS70 not sure if anything can be done RAM related, considering all the RAM is soldered on the motherboard.

BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT, like I said before, DO check with the CARELINE (ask them to get the people IN CHARGE of the laptop department FIRST!) before proceeding with any SELF MODDING.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 13 2013, 09:27 AM

C309, Block C, Kelana Square,
No. 17, Jalan SS7/26, Kelana Jaya 47301,
Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan

Near that something-something private University.

1) Looking at the specs, both MY version and the current refresh (assuming the info about the changes in the new refresh is NOT just a typo) of the GE40 comes with the Optical Disk Drive. This means that they BOTH do not come with the optional mSATA daughterboard. I have heard info that you can order both the daughterboard AND the ODD SATA HDD caddy from MSI Malaysia, but I haven't had time to check. There are also info floating online that GENERIC SATA to mSATA adapters and SATA HDD caddies CAN be used though, but it seems nobody have tried yet.

2) IINM, the GE60 mSATA slots are on the motherboard, so yes. I can be wrong though.

3) You can check in garage sales for the specs and prices. They all SHOULD be official Malaysian models (I haven't seen MSI AP sets yet, except for a certain somebody who imported his own GE40 in for the mSATA).

4) In theory, YES. It should be possible because ALL OF the MQ chips comes in sockets and are interchangeable. The HQ processors (4700HQ on the GS70 for instance) however are SOLDERED on the motherboard and ARE NOT interchangeable.

BUT, you must keep in minds the ability of certain models to cope with the heat produced by the before mentioned processors. For example, putting a 4900MQ in my GE40 will FOR SURE overwhelm the meager cooling system.

As for CPU BIOS support, MSI has never locked anything in the past and I don't think they will start now. IINM anyway.

For warranty? Keep your old processor and put it back lar lol.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 13 2013, 02:31 PM

Let's see. GE40...

SteelSeries keyboard with multicolour LED... nope.

Awesome MSI gaming Mouse... nope.

Dynaudio... nope.

I no point getting MSI. I saddings nao...

But really, the MSI guys at Lowyat are really unmotivated. At least the Kelana Square guys a bit better - they get the work done even if it takes some time.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 13 2013, 05:33 PM

LOL.

Anyhow, how are you enjoying your GT70 so far? Not taking into account the stressed out MSI guy in Lowyat experience of course. I went there at the Lowyat MSI Service Centre too when I bought my GE40 and asked a few questions... so I know what you mean.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 13 2013, 09:53 PM

A bit steep but for service + still keeping warranty, not bad. I hope that includes the optical disk HDD caddy too.

As for the GS70, check out the reviews and previews online. It ONLY comes with the 4700HQ, due to the fact that it's so thin. The MQ (and the socket) wouldn't fit. All the other MSI lappies come with MQs I think.

"Fermi" is the architecture name for the LAST GEN nVidia GPUs (4xx and 5xx series). The 765 is ACTUALLY one of the "Kepler" chips, which started with the 6xx series GPUs.

In short, any nVidia cards that starts with a number 6 or 7 is a "Kepler" chip.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 13 2013, 11:38 PM

Oh shiat. My GE40 just died. It's simply refusing to start, getting stuck right after the MSI logo - the screen blinking on and off while the power button alternates between orange and blue.

W... T... F...

Now going through the Windows Refresh process. Thankfully most of my more "important" stuff remain backed up in my User directory (which is supposedly kept in one peace through the refresh). Everything else will not be so lucky however (full wipe of everything else).

Resetting and reinstaling everything back to square one is really gonna kill me. Plus I have a splitting headache from 10 straight hours of PayDay 2.

Dem, I have no idea what happened either.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 15 2013, 01:03 AM

Heh. I should have waited and DID THIS. I refreshed it anyway and got everything nuked from orbit Aliens style. Clearly the recovery image had been customised by MSI: it was exactly like it first came, bloat and all.

On the other hand, the refresh tool really did refresh everything from square one except for:

A) Stuff in your user folder (Yay my New Vegas saves!).
B) Stuff you DID NOT install in Program Files (which is weird lol). I lost the registry entries for these programs (installed in C: root) so I need to reinstall anyway, but at least the save files are safe.

Maybe next time I refresh I should do a "recimg" and create my own personalised recovery image to make things easier.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 15 2013, 03:22 PM

Damn, it was Windows update for sure. I just installed the SAME update I installed the last time, now the computer is refusing to boot AGAIN. It's stuck in the SAME blue/orange light bootloop like the last time.

This time I'm just gonna try waiting it out. Sigh.

Oh Win8 Y U NO LIEK ME?

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 16 2013, 07:11 AM

And I actually like Win8.

I waited and waited and nothing happened (I went to sleep and woke up also nothing) so I fullnuked the whole thing with a "reset" (format and image restore). Thankfully the F3 recovery menu also provided access to a working Command Prompt so I could backup everything I needed.

Funnily enough, refresh will still use the MSI custom Win8 image so it's back to day one with all the bloat - this time with a fully formatted C: drive and no User folder.

Suspecting that the "issue" is due to a Win8 update clashing with my patched Uxtheme files. So now using UXStyle to circumvent this whole issue with patching uxtheme. Let's see how that works out.

Ah the trials of the avid tweaker.

Now setting up a recimg refresh image with a clean, no new driver state and later will set up a full system image.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 16 2013, 06:01 PM

From all the hints being thrown around I'm guessing you're in the media line, right?

Anyway I *think* I figured it out. Hence the recimg-ing and system imaging, just in case more shiat hits the fan.

But that aside, this whole thing with MSI warranty services is starting to sound like a case of "we actually have no idea what we're doing" on a national scale. Which is worrying, as it points to very bad consumer communications. They should have explained in a bit more detail like Storm88 has said, at least.

But I've heard shit like this even from big companies like Sony. Imagine owning a WATERPROOF Sony Camera and being refused warranty (within warranty period) for WATER INGRESS.

I was like WTF Sony?

BUT for big companies these "cases" are far and in between. MSI really needs to step up in the support game if they REALLY want to give other "gaming" companies proper competition. Word of mouth is a mighty powerful advertising tool after all.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 16 2013, 10:57 PM

Online still your best bet. Locally it's overpriced and hard to get - Sri Computer has but Kingston oni IINM.

Should be. Unless you're encoding huge videos, compiling multiple programs in parallel or doing virtualization of multiple OSes (or doing all the above at the same time).

For gaming it's GENERALLY enough - most older games can't use more than 4GBs of RAM anyway.

But more RAM is always good.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 17 2013, 04:42 AM