Ordered and paid the deposit for my GE620DX-848MY , RM 2599

Planning to buy Diablo 3, but currently got no internet at home, sucks cannot play single player. Any recommendation for a good RPG while I wait ? Skyrim seems nice


Edit: anyone kind enough to buy this HDD ODD caddy and do a review?
http://www.ebay.com.my/itm/2nd-hard-drive-...=item19d0a06808

Is the ODD slot hot-swappable like USB drive?

This post has been edited by alphaz: Jun 3 2012, 05:54 AM

I got it from the promotion - includes razer abyssus and ori win7hp cd as well
Using ODD caddy breaks the warranty kah... damn sad

Search youtube for "diablo 3 ge620dx" a guy played it on 1920x1080, all high, +AA and he got ~25 fps with fraps

This post has been edited by alphaz: Jun 6 2012, 11:11 AM

98C? dafakk

did you use cooler? 98C is damn high

mine is hot too when gaming, highest was 94C (according to MSI afterburner), or 85C according to HWinfo64.

I dunno which one is correct

This post has been edited by alphaz: Jun 8 2012, 11:42 AM

What are your CPU and GPU temps with cooler, and what software do you use to measure the temps?

when gaming, my GPU temp is constantly 93C.

damn high temp. so far i have not experience issues, but i'm afraid the gpu lifespan will be shortened considerably.

you guys got crazy gpu temp too?

is there a way to disable GPU clock throttle? every time the GPU reaches 93C, it halves the clock speed.

applying thermal paste doesn't void warranty?

the unit is less than a month old so the hsf is clean

There are a few variants of MSI GE620DX. Newegg is an American website so the complaints are not reflective of Malaysian models. I've read the reviews on that site and most complaints were due to faulty RAM, which is covered under the guarantee.

LOL

Ok, my laptop has a pretty serious issue here.

The laptop fan has suddenly becomes so loud, I can hear it from 10m away. It sounds like grinding.

It started all of a sudden today. I had to show a presentation to a few big people, when my laptop suddenly made loud grinding noise as soon as I turned it on! Sometimes the sounds was screeching like mouse, it was so embarrassing. Lucky enough someone else brought a laptop so I borrowed his.

BUT DAMN I WAS SO PISSED OFF!

When I returned home, I removed the back cover and the fan, and there was some dust collecting around and on the fan, nothing significant, I've had much worse dust accumulation with my previous laptop but it never caused noisy fan. I wiped everything clean, and when I put the fan back the sound seemed gone. But as soon as I assembled everything, the freaking grinding sound returned! I disassembled the fan again, and I couldn't seem to find any reason for the grinding sound. Sometimes the sound disappeared for 1-2 sec when shook the fan, but overall it was noisy as hell. I could hear it from the next room.

This poor quality is just unacceptable to me. Anyone else have this issue? I want to send this for repair but I need to go to KL, so far. Maybe I'll go this weekend or next week after CNY.

I can bear with the high GPU temperature, but loud noisy fan drives me crazy! I am typing this post while trying to tahan hearing the grinding noise!

MSI guys how to fix this issue? FYI the fan vibrates when I hold it. Sounds like defective fan.

This post has been edited by alphaz: Feb 4 2013, 11:50 PM

Lol, status update after more than 5 years later...

I replaced the defective CPU fan a few years ago, bought from Aliexpress for USD9.00. That fixed the overheating problem. Also bought a cooler pad that helped a lot. I think this laptop has shitty air ventilation and heat conducting. It needs bigger ventilation fins for sure.

Last week I replaced the Kingmax 128GB SSD with a Kingston A400 480GB SSD, and did a fresh Windows 10 reinstall using the Win7 key. Updated all drivers and the touch pad is not buggy anymore. The plastic moulding around the screen hinge has broken, really shitty build quality. Screen used to randomly turn off and turn back on when I smack it, but the problem seems to be gone after reinstalling Windows 10. The battery has been dead for years, replaced with a China battery that also died a few years ago. Probably circuit problem I don't know. A few keyboard keys are not responsive unless pressed hard, I hate typing on this laptop and gaming also ruined. For some reason ants love this laptop and this is what might caused all those issues.

I spent RM2500 on this laptop which was a good deal back then because of FHD MATTE screen (nowadays most laptops have glossy screen), decent GPU, SSD, Legit Windows 7 (box still unopened), and Razer Abyssus gaming mouse. But MSI has shitty support.

Nowadays I wouldn't spend that much on a laptop, so I'll keep this going as long as I can. Planning to add more RAM. 4GB is puny.

This post has been edited by alphaz: Oct 6 2018, 01:16 AM