MSI GP60/GP70 Owners Lounge

Anyone know if the GP60 Leopard 940M ( http://us.msi.com/product/nb/GP60-Leopard-GT940M.html#hero-overview) has an available mSATA slot?

 

No there isn't.

 

Thanks, Kevin.

 

You have two sata ports, your 2.5" bay and optical bay.

 

So my new Leopard 940M came today and as it turns out, it does have an empty mSATA slot above the wireless card. Here are some pics. In the top picture you can see the empty riser at the top, and the part number- GP60 2QE-836- is shown at the bottom (I blanked out barcodes and serial numbers from the pics). You can also see the black screw below the bottom right corner of the wireless card- this is screwed into an empty stake and it intended to hold down the mSATA card. The bottom picture shows a closeup of the riser and the text "SSD" printed on the mainboard.

I will be getting a mSATA drive in the mail tomorrow, and I plan on cloning the hard drive to it and switching it over to be the boot drive. I will report on how it goes.

 

Interesting, we are not stocking the new one so that must have changed since the old one. I'll be interested to see your results.

 

Generally, it is not an advertised feature by MSI and we've seen mixed reviews about this therefore it's possible that there are two types of PCBs out there.

 

Thinking about a memory upgrade, but unable to find the anywhere a MSI16D3LS1KBG online for UK delivery

Mem1 by ubiquitous_rich posted Feb 8, 2015 at 11:49 AM

Not really sure what the benefits of having 'matching dimms', or even of having 'matched' dimms' to be honest. Looks like the msi16d3ls1kbg is not that great anyway - http://www.memorybenchmark.net/ram.php?ram=Kingston+MSI16D3LS1KBG/8G+8GB&id=5217

Considering just purchasing another 8gig dimm from here http://www.kingstonmemorycards.co.uk/laptop/msi/msi-gp60-laptop

Think this dimm would be bottleneccked by msi dimm, but would give me 16gig. Any advice from those more knowledgeable than myself?

Cheers,
Rich.

 

So long as the voltage, speed and timings are the same then you should have no issue.

 

hey,
can someone here do me a great deal of favor by measuring the key travel in the keyboard (gp70)? does anyone touch-type and is able to successfully reach fast typing?
sorry for my english

 

UP. anyone can say what the key travel is (in mm)?

 

Davin, how did this install go? I'm interested in hearing more about the msata install. What model msata drives are you getting? Is there an optimal setup for combining the 2.5" SSD and msata SSDs in a raid of some sort? Is it any more efficient to have a 250gb msata + 250gb 2.5" SSD than to just have a 500gb SSD? I'm trying to figure out if I should get an msata SSD in addition to the 2.5" to replace the hard disk or just spend all that msata money on a bigger 2.5" SSD. Any thoughts?

 

Looking for a possible new gaming laptop for the g/f, I stumbled upon this:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1152936-REG/msi_gp60_leopard_1053_15_6_notebook.html

I'm assuming this is a new model because I cannot find any information on it anywhere else. Does anyone have any insight on this specific laptop?

 

Hello, what is the best place on the internet where I can buy replacements keyboard keys for my GP70 laptop?

Thanks.

 

Hey there,
Just got myself an MSI GP70-2QE and the manual states
About Hard Disk Drive
Your notebook is equipped with a 2.5-inch hard disk or mSATA SSD (optional).
and the MSI website here: http://www.msi.com/product/nb/GP70-2QE-Leopard.html#hero-specification states:
Storage: up to 128GB SSD+1TB SATA 7200 RPM

has anyone tried msata SSD larger than 128GB
I would prefer to get a 250GB msata SSD but quite a few in this thread even seem to doubt 128gb being possible.
any advise?

 

If the msata slot is full size, you should be able to fit up to 1TB msata SSD. Though I am not aware of any particular limitation that would make you not being able to use it.

 

Thanks, it's just the official MSI site stating the "upto" 128GB that made me a little cautious about getting a larger SSD than stated to be compatible, even though it sounds an odd limitation

 

You are able to fit any capacity msata ssd in that slot, most likely its listed that way because of msi prebuild did not come with anything higher at the time the spec list is made.

 

Yes they don't tend to post actual capabilities in the retail models.

 

Best source is always the manufacturer, for other sources check eBay/Amazon.

 

Currently, there's virtually no limit with mSATA therefore you can install any size of SSD.

 

Hi guys. i have a question that's been on my mind for a while now. dose any one know how to replace the keybord on the MSI GP70? i have no idea were to start. is it a pry off? dose it have screws? my space bar has been a bit off lately and looking to replace it. unfortunetly i cant find much on the web about it.

 

The GE70 teardowns should be applicable for the most part.

 

Check this out.

 

thank you very much. i guess the keyboard will gently pry off right?

 

Yes, pry it gently but never force it.

 

Thanks. Ended up going with a 250GB Crucial MX200, working a charm. The laptop 100% refused to boot into Crucials firmware update utility (Crucial Storage Executive), no matter what i tried. I had to update the drives firmware on my PC's motherboard which booted into the utility 1st time.

Only complaint I have with the laptop is I can't get the numlock to stay on, every reboot it turns off again. tried changing the numlock toggle in BIOS but no luck. Checked the MSI site for a newer BIOS but all they have listed is E175AIMS.10H and my laptop came with a newer BIOS E175AIMS.10I

 

Did you want NumLock to be on in the OS by default?
If yes, then please let me know.

 

Man do you have the links for the backlit keyboards that can be used with the GP60. I want it that 150 bad .

 

Hello everybody

What's the maximum resolution that the GP60 2OD-072US can handle in an external monitor? Because I'd like to buy a Ultra QHD (3440x1440) monitor and I'd like to know if I would be able to use it with this laptop.

Regards.

 

The HDMI can support up to 3840*2160.

 

Hi all

Long time lurker but have never had to register until now

Foolishly i never made a backup of my recovery partition and now its crashed; am I screwed or can this be downloaded anywhere

its the gp60 2pe

Any help would be appreciated

 

Unless someone has it available as a torrent for download, you can contact it MSI for recovery media - assuming they have it available.

 

Thx, was looking for a torrent earlier but no luck unfortunately

 

As ProStar said, the only way to get it is to contact MSI directly. Please note charges will apply since this service is additional and not covered as warranty service.

 

Hello guys

So I have this MSI GP60

it only has a i3-4000 processor, I wonder if it is possible to upgrade its processor to i7.

 

FCPGA socket, so the CPU is modular/removable. As long as the system's firmware supports the upgrade and you use a good thermal compound, you may be able to do the upgrade. I can't say for sure about the firmware, though.

 

Thank you for the insights.

 

You can upgrade to any i5/i7-3xxx series of processors.

 

Hi , GP60 2PE here. What is its compatible ram? Thank You

 

Unless you're replacing the RAM, match what is currently in the system to better ensure stability.

If you intend on replacing the existing RAM, then you're basically looking for: DDR3L (1.35v) - 1600. The CL/timings don't matter as far as compatibility is concerned, but the lower the number, the faster (not much faster).

 

http://www.lazada.com.my/kingston-h...ptop-ram-lowvoltage-hx318ls11ib8-9113502.html So this can be used?

 

It's not 1600MHz... but it will work. Even though it's advertised as 1866MHz, it will downclock to 1600 due to the CPU's memory controller. It would be more cost effective for you to find 1600MHz RAM instead, even though that is good quality RAM.

 

I may have missed something in the previous pages, but I was wondering about installing an mSATA in my GP70 2PE Leopard? I saw some who said there was a place to install it, but others who say there isn't a slot. I have looked at it myself and it appears there is a slot for one above (when looking at it from the bottom with the cover off) the wireless card. Is this where it would go? Thanks!

Edit: I got in contact with MSI Support and it appears that the answers for the two main questions are:
1. The RAM is upgradable to 16GB (2x 8GB DDR3L-1600Mhz) MAXIMUM.
2. The slot next to the WiFi module IS an mSATA port.