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The 100MB partition is something from Windows 7. I recently took a new drive and installed Windows 7 Ultimate. There were two partitions by default: 100MB Active and [rest of disk]GB System.

I think the partitions are not unreasonable:

1) Recovery Partition: since there are no OS disks, this is like having it online all the time (as long as your HD is OK).

2) 100 MB Windows Partition: as mentioned, this is setup by Windows.

3) OS_Install and Data: I like having two partitions to segregate your OS/Apps from your user data. I go one step further and relocate all user data/profiles to the D: drive. That way, you really only have to backup the D: since you can always recreate the C: drive from your disks/images.

Homer

 

Where are all the reviews?

 

Was wondering that myself...

Is anyone working on one, yet?

 

My laptop was supposed arrive last week, it didn't yet. Its been at the customs office for over a week now. When it arrives I will try to make a basic review asap.

 

Thanks much! :smile:

 

Thanks for the info. I took a look at the link and definitely haven't done anything like that before, so I might be popping on here to ask questions when the time comes, lol.

 

Thanks man. Try to cover screen quality, heat, noise, keyboard atleast.

1 week in customs is a long time. When I have bought mine from US and shipped it to Norway it have sometimes got "stuck" in customs because the resellers forgot to include a reciept of how much it is worth so they couldn`t calculate tax. My last laptop Asus M60, was stuck in customs because some reseller sent it as a gift and customs tried to get a hold of me to ask me various questions about it. Maybe you should call them and ask what is going on?

 

Should I just tell them the tracking no. and they will see the details? or do I need extra things? I'm living in Belgium and things go really slow here, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was just the normal procedure

 

Yeah the tracking number will be sufficient. If not then they will ask you on the phone. Atleast that is how it is done here in Norway

 

BTW guys. I just posted a screenshot on the Asus forum and it seems that the GTX560M on the GT780R is factory overclocked. So it is something MSI guarantee will work flawless

Asus G74 GPU:
GPU clock: 775MHz
Memory: 625MHz
Shader: 1550MHz

MSI GT780R:
GPU clock: 814MHz
Memory: 625MHz
Shader: 1627MHz

 

Thanks for the info, I hope that it will work out somehow.

 

new video up from gumballtech

YouTube - ‪MSI GT780R design and features (keyboard, ports, display, etc)‬&rlm;

 

Thanks for the linky. MSI seems to be having either a QC/QA issue, or a shipping issue. Seems that problems with keyboard/button functionality are the most common issues so far. Hopefully they take care of this soon; I hate to hear of folks dealing with problems upon receipt.

 

The way I see it is that they have trouble installing the ribbon cables properly, and these cause certain things not to work. I hope that these are all the problems that we will see and people can repair them easily.

 

Yep...was giving them the benefit of the doubt in that aspect, lol. Now, if they'd only remove that stupid warranty sticker off the back, so you could avoid having to waste your time with a phone call, when you need to open up the machine to fix their faulty ribbon job! Silly to have to send back the machine to do check on something simple like that.

 

Do you guys think his keyboard ribbon cable was put in bad, or do you think they keyboard is that hard to type on, or is the keyboard just faulty, or what? xDD He seemed very distraught about they keyboard, but most other reviews place it as one of the best yet. Haha. My laptop will be here by Friday! Ken said he was shipping it today! Right Ken!? xDD

 

Sorry for the late reply, As far as the Crossfade LP's go, amazing audio quality, noticeable upgrade from my Sennheiser HD380 pros. They're definitely heavier on the bass than my sennheisers were, however they're very flat across the spectrum and have a great range of sound frequency. Very comfortable as well, and not gonna lie, they look simply better than anything else hands down. I got the pearl whites. Paid $88 on ebay, but the seller I always went with for headphones isn't active anymore ;(

P.S. my brother has a year or two old pair of noisecancelling dre beats and we both agree my V-moda's out perform those.

 

Wow. That's not too bad at all. When I stop spending so much on vinyl, I might just have to get me a pair. Or try. Haha.

 

That zone in the middle without light is a hardware failure. So we shouldn`t pay too much attention too it. The W button which you have to press hard for the laptop to register it could be on all laptops though
I remember Asus had some problems with it registering all the keyboard punching with their G models long ago. I think a BIOS update or driver update took care of that so MSI will hopefully do the same.

 

I wonder if this actually means anything. I could record a video at 30fps right now from the webcam with the horrible stock driver, it just would have an effective 10 fps. Nonetheless, at least they're working on it. I'd really like to have the webcam working to the listed specs soon.

 

my gt780R-012US is comming, in the week of day 26 I will receive it.

I can not wait to put my hands on this monster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BR

 

Mine'll be here by Friday! I got an email confirming that it shipped today, and I did three day shipping. So.

 

Good to you both!!

Hopefully mine will reach by next week, wee!!

Can't wait to join you all =)


Btw, is the touchpad actually good?

Are there multi-gestures? Vertical scrolling and horizontal scrolling, I heard these were not very convenient as the Synaptics touchpads, right?

 

Looks like my neighbor isn't the only person having an issue the keyboard. In my neighbor's case, it isn't just the 'W' key. He is having issues with W, 2, Q, E, TAB and space bar. It doesn't register. I actually had to type the key '2' 7 times to get it to register. I've tried realigning the ribbon cable per Ken's instructions, but no dice. I don't think this is ribbon cable issue. I believe the keyboard is defective for many. Is anyone else having this issue?

Also, someone mentioned 'bios' fix for this? How is this possible?

It turns out, he bought his laptop from NewEgg. It is has been shipped back RMA today.

This laptop comes with repair / replace only policy, so no refund... He is PISSED! I would be too,if basic input on a laptop is hindered on a $1700.00 laptop. If this problem is wide spread, MSI should send replacement keyboard to those affected, and not make their customers go through the RMA process (losing access to laptop for couple of weeks).

My 2 cents.

Ken: Have you noticed any keyboard issues on any of the machines you've configured and sold? Do you know if MSI is working on this issue?

 

Well you can't except something that's never been done before to be perfect the first go around. This is the first SteelSeries keyboard on a laptop, right? Or something like that? I know it's the first MSI's had. So obviously there are going to be some bugs and glitches in it. I don't think the keyboard it's self is defective. It's probably the fact that the driver they're having to use is brand new since it's the only SteelSeries keyboard. There could be unknown conflicts with drivers. The ribbon cable has been a simple fix on many I've seen and heard about around here. One way or another, I'm sure the problem will get fixed. As for part of the keyboard lighting up, again, it could be a driver or ribbon cable issue, or the backlights could have gotten messed up in shipping or production. This could also be said for the key registry issue. All this is simply speculation, as I'm not very educated in the inner workings of laptops.

 

If it is a manufacturing error, hopefully it is just on the Newegg batch.

 

Amen to that. Hopefully Ken inspected my GT780R closely.

 

I was asking MSI about how to get the same quality on the picture shown on the box and there are I think 10 people got CCed in the email and one of them replied to me with that picture.

Some of them asked their staff to contact Bison for drivers and some of them said it doesn't need drivers since it uses MS drivers.

Haven't got a chance to talk to MSI today since I was having issues on Asus side.

I'll keep you guys update.

Sorry to hear about your neighbor's issue.

To answer your question no I don't see issues like that on the GT780R keyboard I've tested, so far none.

If it wasn't the loose cable then it probably just a bad keyboard, it happen sometimes, I don't have to press hard (except the KENshiro Keyboard test) for keys to register.

If you want to you can PM me and I'll see if MSI can send your neighbor a new keyboard to test, if it turn out it's the bad keyboard you can just return the defective one to MSI.

Don't worry Kevin and lonelywolf90, your keyboard has been fully tested:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvWj6svgbIc&feature=watch_response

 

So my keyboard got the hell bushioded and KENshiroed out of it!? D: xDD

 

Don't feel bad, I think it was my keyboard featured in that video!

 

Anyone playing Dragon Age II? I updated to the 275.xx drivers only to find out there is an issue with them and DAII! I see the game lock after a few minutes with either 275.33 or 275.50 (beta). Someone in that thread mentions "I moved to 275.36 Quadro (modded .inf)", any idea how to do this or should I just wait for the 280.xx drivers?

Homer

 

I haven't noticed any keyboard trouble with my Newegg model GT780R, yet.

I do travel a lot and plan to take it with me so hopefully it's not something that comes loose down the road.

 

Still waiting for someone to reply to this.

 

If no other owner does this test, I will do this for you as soon as mine is returned. I am curious though....... is this a 'deal-breaker' for you, and are you basing your next notebook purchase on this? Sorry, but I had to ask, because these Dynaudio speakers are some of the best I have heard in most any notebook, including the Asus N-Series...... and we are just talking notebooks here!

 

So, the legendary question remains. What is the best [edit: graphics] driver for the GT780R. Any suggestions? [edit: stock, .33 with inf., or .50 w/o inf.] UPS says mine will arrive tomorrow!!!

 

To my knowledge, there is no evidence whatsoever, of rampant issues with the Steelseries keyboard..... even from NewEgg. All I have seen is one report of a 'probable' defective keyboard (your neighbor), and a couple others reporting loose connectors, which is an easy fix. Out of these few instances, there seems to be 'swelling' concerns developing, which are beginning to fuel the proverbial; 'making a mountain out of a mole hill'!

Bottonline: Most reports from users have been very positive of the Steelseries keyboard!

Sorry to hear of your "neighbor's" frustrations, but that is NewEgg policy, and that is where they chose to purchase their notebook. With RMA's it's always good to begin the process immediately, to lessen the pain.

 

Tomorrow? Congrats! Will you sleep tonight? Ken has mine now, and I am awaiting an update. Maybe we can get his opinion on that nVidia driver!

 

another unboxing , of a faulty unit :S :
YouTube - ‪MSI GT780R Gaming Notebook With Illuminated Keyboard Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips‬&rlm;

 

The official MSI policy regarding the camera software is that they only provide the Simple Camera software on the drivers disk, under the Utilities tab. They do not install it as part of the factory load.

The software that Ken showed is what they used to provide but do not anymore because they no longer have licensing for it.

Therefore their position is that they provide the camera and the Simple Camera software, and if users want better software it is up to them to provide it. Here are some that you may want to try - http://www.nchsoftware.com/software/webcam_b.html?gclid=CIjCzOmFyqkCFQN5gwodo0RUMg, http://download.cnet.com/ManyCam-Virtual-Webcam/3000-2348_4-10593500.html, http://download.cnet.com/WebcamMax/3000-2150_4-11325020.html

Sad, but true

Please...don't shoot the messenger

 

Then aren't the images on their website showing full HD with 30 fps false advertising without a disclaimer regarding user provided software?

Homer

 

Sadly, it appears Donald is correct here. I know Ken is continuing to work on this with MSI, and THIS will clarify MSI's position. It's not looking good for the moment, as it seems MSI is evasive of direct questioning!

 

This has been posted already, so it's NOT 'another'! Nothing new here!

 

' Stu' at the MSI Notebooks forum , is trying to be helpful. I have a sense the BisonCam NB Pro, is somewhat a mystery to them as well.

He did confirm that this webcam uses WIN 7 native driver only, so no driver downloads are necessary, and future updates will appear in 'Windows Update'!




EDIT: GEEZ! It turns out the MSI Forum was an absolute waste of time!

 

Tested this out for you and I could hear the rumble at 100

 

It would be, if the speakers were really mediocre. But it seems they are really good. If the 1600x900 screen is good enough, then this is the laptop I'm going to order next.

 

They don't have a 1600x900 screen for this model. Not that I've seen anyways. And I've seen some people talking about it and say that there wasn't a 1600x900 version of this out there. Maybe you could order a screen and do it yourself? I dunno.

As for the subwoofer test, you can bet that as soon as I get mine, it's gonna be put to the test. First I'll turn the bass all the way up, then I'll throw on some dubstep and make the subwoofer cry. Then I'll try it with some of my more bass heavy hardcore music. But the dubstep test will be more good for the type of music a lot of people listen to. I think you'll get a good result with any type of music. Except country. I'm not sure how you get insane bass with country.

 

LOL! 1600 X 900 screen?

And, you asked about a subwoofer.... on a NOTEBOOK for goodness sakes! NO, the subwoofer doesn't hold a candle to my Klipsch Theater Surround system! Sorry, but you make me laugh.

Many have praised the speakers on this notebook, above most...... and there is even a sound test video..... right here in this thread!

(Geez, I think I am having a grumpy day!)

 

Probably due to waiting for your notebook to come back.

 

Jeez. Honestly, that's just a bit shady.

 

Not shady at all. Most laptop manufacturers do not provide software for the webcam.