The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Magnetic MSI 1722/GX720!! And SCM in Win7

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by krdvg, Feb 25, 2009.

  1. krdvg

    krdvg Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    46
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I got my barebones yesterday and installed all the parts I had got over the weekend, C2D T9400, 2x2gb OCZ, WD 320gb, and installed Windows 7. Everything is running fine. Flashed the bios and the firmware to the latest versions.
    I got 2 issues now:
    1) The red strip on the front of the laptop, just above the speakers, seems to be magnetized and pretty strongly too. Its magnetized even when the power is off and the battery is taken out. Its from the speakers mostly, but isnt there supposed some sort of shielding?

    2) SCM crashes when I shutdown or reboot; basically Win7 gives an error saying that this program cannot be shut down, and then there is some reference to memory error.

    Any solutions people? I am going to install Vista and XP x64 on this machine later, just did not have the installation media at my home, had only my roommates 32-bit Win7.

    Apart from the that, the machine is AWESOME. The screen is very good, with no bleeding. The machine is very quiet too. Installation was also easy.
     
    krdvg, Feb 25, 2009
    #1
  2. NecessaryEvil

    NecessaryEvil Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    323
    Messages:
    515
    Likes Received:
    22
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Magnets are supposed to be there to hold the lid closed. Given that my 1651's got magnets strong enough that when I lost a couple screws I found them sticking to my lid, and yet my speakers are on the other side of the laptop, I imagine it's by design.


    SCM worked fine for me in Vista 64.

    Eco/Turbo didn't work in XP x32
     
    NecessaryEvil, Feb 25, 2009
    #2