As someone who just got this laptop today, I'll leave this here for you to consider.

Needless to say, I'm cleaning him up now and replacing with my own thermals.


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9.5mm. Replaced mine already so I know. :3

I got mine from eBay I think, for sub 30 ringgit. Works at Sata 2 speeds, so put hard drives there. Be wary that there are singer online that are only sata 2, and have less secure mounting methods.

Yes, I reinstalled. :3

I'm fresh Installing to Win 8.1 when my 840 evo arrives xD

Black Friday sales

Not sure how many of you still use this laptop, but for those of you who still do here's an interesting mod that I just did for my MSI GE40. The stock display on the MSI GE40 is kinda crap, so to try and extend it's life a bit longer, I just upgraded the display to a 1920x1080 IPS LCD Display

The viewing angles are a lot better, colours are more vivid and no longer does it look super washed out haha

There's a warranty if void sticker on the bottom, if you break it warranty is gone to no surprise, but mine came broken from MSI and they kinda know that.

Display changing is a good upgrade

I don't trust MSI to do the cleaning well enough for me sadly. You're better off sending the laptop off to computer enthusiasts to get it tuned better. :/ I don't think the warranty for this laptop is that long either. It's about a year or so.

I DIY clean and I DIY screen changed hahahha I tried going MSI before for query and warranty, not great but not unexpected.

Ahahahaha. I bought my screen from China, through AliExpress. I'm running an AU Optronics display (y)