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    Life span and durability of gt72?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by crkguyman, Jul 31, 2015.

  1. crkguyman

    crkguyman Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys love you all I recently just got my gt72 dominator pro with g-sync gtx 980m, core i7 5700 hq with 24 gigs ram. I was wondering how strong is the usb ports cause I feel like its a bit tough for me to insert my flash drives and pull them out most of the time and I feel like it is going to break with the way I am trying to insert the usb and eject them can somone tell me how durable they are?

    also I would like to know if the speaker grilles at the top are resistant to minor liquids like cleaning liquid and water? Would it be okay to use cleaning liquid/water when cleaning near the speakers? There seems to be 2 layers of speaker grilles the very top black plastic grilles with slightly larger holes and the red grilles underneath with micro holes protecting the speaker drivers from dust and other objects. From the looks of it msi did look like they did take protection into consideration when designing it but would it be okay to use liquid water sprays to clean the keyboard and where the speakers are located?
     
    crkguyman, Jul 31, 2015
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    zipperi Notebook Deity

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    I'd say keep liquids off! Just lightly damp cloth perhaps. And stop bruising the ports! Or buy a Toughbook....
     
    zipperi, Jul 31, 2015
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    The ports will be stiff to begin with and then loosen to normal, this ensures none are loose and shipping and will give a full life span.

    NO LIQUIDS.

    Mildly moist micro fibre cloth for all cleaning duties.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jul 31, 2015
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    Super Bee Notebook Consultant

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    Liquids and electronics don't mix! The results could be shocking! :eek:
    Use compressed air to blow out any dust that accumulates. Use short bursts to not build up condensation. ;)
     
    Super Bee, Aug 2, 2015
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    crkguyman Notebook Enthusiast

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    can I ask you something this might sound stupid but I was eating an orange and when i chomped on the the orange the orange juiced sprayed onto my keyboard and speakers not alot of juice. my speakers and keyboard still work fine. Should I be worried as I didn't turn off my computer when this happened, I continued to use it as I thought its not alot of water, I just went and got paper and wiped it off. Should I be worried?
     
    crkguyman, Aug 2, 2015
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  6. Support.3@XOTIC PC

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    Nothing too major to worry about. If you wiped it up the best you can thats about the most you can do. Since it was just a little bit of juice hopefully it didnt cause any issues.
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Aug 3, 2015
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    You would know by this point if it had caused an issue, I would use a mildly moist cloth to make sure it's not left sticky.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Aug 4, 2015
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