~GX660(R) Owner's Lounge~

I see eight in device manager. So it would be correct if I have a quad-core cpu. I was reading through the pages of this thread and found a program link for HWiNFO32 and it show it as 4 cores. It must be the way vantage reports it or it does not truly support multi-core which I doubt is the case.

The external monitor would not be set above 1920x1080 resolution, like my laptop.

 

Sirius is the 1920x1080
Vega is the 1366x768


Try and find the Vega model over ebay or you could order the full HD one and simply replace the screen which i am doing sometime next month.

 

Anyone try the new bios that came out today?
MSI Global ? Computer, Laptop, Notebook, Desktop, Mainboard, Graphics and more

 

i thought the sirius and vega models were only called that in japan and hong kong???

 

I got the same sticker too... so sad...

 

According to the EU law , removing the sticker to upgrade your Rams and HDD will not void your warranty.

 

That's correct.

Japan are the best peoples to get new laptop screens cheap and sometimes very good and will last.

I have 2 Sirius backup screens and 1 Vega but the Vega cost more money as they cost more to make than the Sirius i think.

 

Thanks that is good news!

 

hellllo...i wanna update my bios because my webcam and bluetooth is not recognized by windows. so the question is: is there anyway possible to backup the current bios? in case of goes wrong, because im a real when it comes to bios updates, happy new yeaaars

 

try fn+f6 for webcam
and
fn+f9 for bluetooth

 

Any suggestions where to find cheap but "perfect" replacement screens? FullHD is not necessarely required. I managed to get one GX660 very cheap, but there is one slightly (it's either dark green or blue) bright pixel with it.

I already found this: MSI GX660-053US replacement Laptop LCD Screen. Brand-new screens (never used).

I assume that even that there is that 053US suffix here, that doesn't meant that it wouldn't fit other (for example non-US) GX660(R) models as well?

 

Try this first:

JScreenFix - Fix stuck pixels and screen burn-in

or find some other similar program. I was able to repair a pixel that was stuck green on a screen with a program like that.

 

I have been able to play around with this laptop and it seems pretty good for music use. I run vst guitar amplifiers on it and it kicks! The screen is great if you need to use programs. Can't wait to try Sonar.

I've even tried to play some Age of Conan on it and it seems a playable config can be found even for that game. I'm very happy with this machine.

the speakers on this thing are amazing for laptop speakers. Best I've heard. Of course you all know this.

 

hey, i got the notebook too... i have read the whole thread. anyone tells he get a clock speed from 100/150 in idle and 900/1000 by load... but catalyst shows me a clock of 300/500 and 700/1000. does anyone knows how i cant get this value? :S (GX660R-i7)

 

900/1000 is an overclocked state. Standard clocks are 700/1000 for gaming performance. Not all GPUs can reach that high clock, some can't even overclock as they become overly unstable.

Use GPU-Z or other software to detect clock speeds.

My max clocks are 900/1030 but I use 880/1030 to keep things controlled and stable.

 

anyone played cryisis on it yet .
i was gonna buy it but wanna no your impressions.
now im not expecting it to run at 1920x1080
but 1600x900 or1280x768/1024 is fine.
i no that crysis is cpu heavy so i guess u guys with i7's do better then the i5. but yeh any input would be appriciated

 

does anyone know if there are any websites that sells laptop skins for this laptop model? thanks for your reply.

 

Now... I use my GPU overclocked all the time so I am not a stock indicative of GX660s. I went through all crysis in all high 1920x1080 at 30fps+ and while I usually had minimum fps around 25 or more, the later levesl proved to much so I stepped down to medium settings to get smooth gameplay

Any lower res than 1920x1080 will give you better results, as such res is too taxing.

 

1.whts your oc at.
2.i got mine at 860/1030
3.what did you use to oc
Edit 1.nvm saw your sig

 

Just a quick question for you GX660/R owners, can it use the i7 620m? I want this or the i7 640m due to the high clock speeds. But I'm thinking it might cause me issues with the onboard video? I'm either going to replace my i5 450m with one of those two chips, or get a an i7 920xm, but would rather not due to the big price gap.

 

Hey Guys. I have a MSI GX660 (I5-460M)
Im considering buying the I7 920XM (QS) When it gets cheaper.
Is the MSI compatible with that one? And do I have to flash the 660R bios for the i7 then?

 

I'm pretty sure the i7 920xm is drop in compatible with the GX660, and no you don't have to flash the 660r bios. I think thought that the power supply may not be adequate and you might have to get a higher wattage power brick, but I could be wrong.

 

wazzup guys, does anybody know if Msi gx660 has a function if a bios update goes wrong, the bios will go back to previous configuration or will it be completly ruined if someting goes wrong

 

As far as I know it does not have that feature. To be honest though, you should be fine with the bios it comes with.

 

there is a msi program that will update the bios for you safely for tek noobs

 

To use this program you must be using 32 bit windows and I am unsure it would work then even.

 

It does work on 64bit OS.

 

YouTube - MSI GX660R Core i7 Radeon 5870 Gaming Notebook Unboxing & First Look

check this great unboxing and first impressions vid off youtube, im subscribed to this guy and he really does know his stuff. Cant wait for the promised review and overclocking!!

 

lol he's from NCIX. I do a bit of my shopping there.

 

Im having trouble with my bluetooth and webcam and led lights that doesnt work, thats why i wanna do a bios update(if it will work) somebody else that had/have this problem. i can only turn on the lights during the boot sequense. so would a bios update or a clean install of win 7 fix this

 

do you know how to activate these??

also on the lights issue on msi led manger and enable from there.
it worked for me

 

sorry if this is a stupid question, but is my laptop using raid 0 ? i thought it was the default settig? its just that i have a c drive and a d drive, the d drive is called the data drive, and i have just used it for storage and backup of the other drive. however all my other stuff seems to be on the c drive and my music and backup is on the d drive, i thought raid 0 split the storage of everything between the 2 drives equally? sorry but im a noob to stuff like this

 

Yep, by default it's in RAID0.

The two "drives" that you see are partitions within the RAID array.

 

ok thankyou, solong as i know nothings wrong

 

if i have figured it out the webcam is enabled with fn+f6 and the led manager says "dont support led manager, please reinstall led manager"(something like that), windows says that the bluetooth is not connected...plz help...the led can i live without but webcam and bluetooth me want

 

im thinking you should do a fresh install.

bluetooth-fn+f9 .
but yeah a fresh install might be the best choice

 

there is no webcam software included, so you need to download some to use the cam, it took me a while to figure this out i thought my webcam wasnt working but it just needs software! then cntrl f6!

 

lool go to msi ,utilites camra recorder software

 

hey guys! i need help, i have a MSI GX660 (the i5 one), so far i'm kinda happy with it but there's a thing that bothers me... It randomly freezes for like 1-4 sec on games like DoTA(at watching replays), Dragon Age: Origins, and Oblivion. I also played Assassin's Creed on it but haven't experienced freezing while playing it. I'm just wondering what could be the problem here??
Thanks in Advanced Guys!

 

Check what hard drive make you have.

is it wd blue???

if so you should upgrade them to 7200rpm hard drive
or momentus or ssd.

that is the reason by the way

 

uhhm.. thanks but, how do i check it?

 

download sisoft sandra and from there you could see every each component name in your computer, like HD name and even the temps for your harddrive

 

I've had something strange happen to my gx660r screen twice.

When casually browsing on the internet, my screen would suddenly dim lower than the lowest brightness setting. Turning the brightness all the way up wouldn't fix it either. Only after a full restart would it be back to normal.

I'm worried that my graphics card is damaged or my lcd screen has problems.

 

dissable raid and go to your device manger


or
Open up your laptop and have a look

 

Ok found it, yes it's WD Scorpio Blue. Thanks for the help! and Does putting a new hard drive on another slot would fix my problem? coz i got some softwares already installed and i can't afford to lose them?? sorry still a newbie in hardwares and stuffs about laptops

 

well you can keep the one with the os like i did as long as you change the drive you have games installed on then the problem will be fixed..

there is however another fix as the actuall problem with those hard drives and the reason they freeze is because they are parking/unparking. i posted a fix a while back(which dosent work 100% of the time) but if your not the most tech savy person it probably would be best for you to just replace your hardrive

 

It might be possible that the backlit cable is loose which drops the backlight and leaves you with a "shut down" LCD. It works and all, but you can barely see what's going on.

When you do a full restart after it happens, do you move the LCD around? Try to reproduce the issue. Did you change video drivers recently? Did it happen since you bought it?

 

would you mind to enlighten me about "parking/unparking" of hard drives? is it harmful? cause the most probably thing i'll do is to find fixes about it as i can't find the time and money to upgrade my laptop at this time...

 

i was lucky and got the hitachi drives, no probs whatsoever

 

Well, I did custom flash my vid bios to idle at 100/150 and overclock to 860/1040. But, I don't see how that could be the reason of random dimming. It's been fine like that for 3 months. Also I did not move the LCD around or update drivers.