Love this laptop, but I need a heatsink for a GX627 so that I can upgrade my graphics card....has anyone found a source for these...
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nope and ive been looking for a while now. even tried directly through msi. id love to drop the 4850 in this thing
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Hey all!
I've been using my gx 620 from dec of 2008 and it has now 7% of battery loss.
I want to buy a 9 cell one for extend the runtime from 1:45 min but i can't find it anywhere.
Can someone post a link where can i buy it? Or a part number or something that can help me finding it.
I'm in Hungary, but i have paypal so international shops are accepted.
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* OEM system operation was stable
* System begins to boot up with high pitched squealing noise and screen throughput seems to be interrupted - grey screen i.e. power but no image
a couple 4 second button reboots got me back to normal.
But the problem obviously won't go away - Clearly a defective video-card.
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yup my 9600gt took a crap as well.. luckily i had a spare barebones to pull one from but now i have a barebones minus a gpu.. sucks
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anyone know waht the processor limit is on this model? Can it handle quad cores?
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hi, i'm considering buying this laptop but i have a few questions:
1. Can the lighted media control above the keyboard be turned off? it looks kind of tacky when lit IMO. Or is there a cable inside that i can reach be unplugged?
2. does it have a backlit keyboard?
3. how easy is it to open up and upgrade?
4. how often does the fan on this machine go off? i mainly just web browse, no flash video, and i want a quiet laptop doing those things. My Dell Studio 1555's fan goes off at 42C, cools to 30C, then goes off at 42C, repeat
5. how are the speakers? will it be better than the Dell Studio 1555 (with subwoofer) sicne it is Dolby Digital quality?
6. Is it true the battery life is only 1.5-2hr?
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Hello all, I just got this laptop a few months back, and I'm very satisfied with its performance - except for the battery life, but that can be fixed easily once I get a 9-cell pack for this.
Anyways, I've noticed on occasion that whenever on I'm battery power, my graphics card speeds become underclocked. I'm told that it's part of the laptop's power saving features. I'm not too fond of this feature though.
Is there any way to disable this feature?
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2. It doesnt have a backlit keyboard
3. Its very easy, there are two access wholes (or what you call it), one covers HDD, and other covers CPU, GPU, Chipset, Mini-PCI card slots, but they have a warranty sticker.
4. The fan runs all the time, but during idle and light usage its whisper quiet, my Idle temps are 33-35 C for the CPU, ~41 C for the GPU.
5. The speakers are quite weak, the Dolby thing means it has output for high-quality sound.
6. Battery life depends on usage (i guess you know it already), i get 2hrs 10 mins - 2hrs 30 mins with wireless on, brightness at 2/9, balanced Vista mode and 6 cell battery.
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Darth Bane Dark Lord of the Sith
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Really? I thought you can only switch off Intel Speedstep in the BIOS, but i have an older version, 1.0s. Can someone with 1.0z confirm this please?
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[email protected] Company Representative
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Hey everyone!
Can someone explain what is this?
1st pic: Is it for Antenna? tv stuff?
2nd pic: What is that?
3rd pic: CpuZ reports 4 ram slotsIs it a bug? or i have some special version of laptop?
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Yeah, I think that's for an external TV antenna, but they don't ship a tuner in the US.
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ok,thanks!
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i dont think so, the heatsink wouldnt fit/would be too small to handle all that heat (see the GT627's one, thats better), the power brick may not be able to provide enough power, and also the BIOS support...
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Darth Bane Dark Lord of the Sith
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good news
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At this point its safe to say a 9800m GS, GT, GTS 160m, 4850 will definitly work with a heatsink mod.
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Hi,
what MXM version does this laptop have?
http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Notebooks_Intel(R)/MSI/GX620-409NL/-1079361/?
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Dose anyone know how to turn on the red lights on ? (the ones surrounding the blue keys , the red lights arnt turned on on my laptop
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If you mean these lights above the keyboard, like on the picture, then I have to disappoint you, there are no lights there, cant be switched on.
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fff so they did that for looks???
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Yes, I think so.
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I had a few questions regarding the multimedia buttons on the laptop.
First of all, what software are the buttons compatible with? I've seen that they work with Windows Media Player so far but I have no interest in using that program. Ideally, I would like to know if it is possible to get the programs working with either the Zune software or iTunes even.
Is it possible to reprogram these buttons to have a different function, such as volume control?
Also, how exactly does one go about reprogramming the P1 button?
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I cant give you a full list of players that support it, heres the list of media players I use, they are all compatible:
KMP Player, VLC, Winamp, GOM Player, PowerDVD, (Windows Media Player).
I tried to get Quicktime to use them, but i couldnt, i dont know if it supports them.
As to reprogramming, I dont know, i think you would have to mess around with SCM or EC Firmware, but Im not sure.
P1 Button only works if you have SCM installed. Right click SCM in taskbar, and choose User Defined Button (i think), and there you can set which program you want to start when you press it. -
vlc 0.9.9 here,media keys working only with WMP
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You have to configure some of the players to support the media keys, VLC is one of them.
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I'm thinking of getting the MSI Gx620 but on the MSI website it is not on the list of models available for the Window 7 upgrade ... did they just forget it or does it not come with the upgrade?
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I also have a question about the keyboard flex ... is it hard to get used to?
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I personally had no problem with the feel of typing, but I didnt like the sound it made sometimes, so I followed the keyboard flex fix guide here on the forum, and fixed it, its really easy.
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Does anyone know if the upgrade coupon comes in the Canadian version of the GX620 ... because that will definitely be a deal breaker for me ... and no one answers when i call MSI Canada
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Anyone experience heat or durability issues with the 15% or 20% overclock? When I say heat, I mean upwards of 80C and when I say durability, I mean your CPU died of exhaustion.
MSI made it SO easy to just push a button to OC...I want to have it running all the time, but not if it'll reduce the lifespan of my CPU... -
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one thing to note for those who buy the 620 or 1651 and have the upgrade to win7. if you flash the bios to anything prior to 1.0z you will loose the slic table in the bios to activate win7 oem wise. anything prior have the slic for vista pre installed in the 620 bios but not for win7 so your win7 will go to non activated status after removing 1.0z...
just wanted people to know since they were still asking about 1.0s with the options in it. for 1.0s it will not automatically activate the oem version for you -
The Upgrade List Is UP!!!!!!!!!! MSI Canada yay .... GX620 available!!!!!
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Watch this video on how to install a spacer (Scotch dobule sided foam tape) between the keyboard and the laptop chassis:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5294724954182930778#
I did this to my gx620, and the keyboard is much firmer, it is much better to type on. MSI should have installed a spacer between the keyboard and the chassis...
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hey everyone on msi driver update page there's 2 version of drivers:
TV Tuner Drivers for GX620 (Digital)
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TV Tuner Drivers for GX620 (Hybrid)
what is the difference between those 2?
Msi Gx620
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