Come on guys I cannot beleive there's still no video review of this beast with benchmarks and proper commentary, please guys who have this give us some videos to chew on whilst we wait our packages to arrive. For example because I made an international order and my friend will bring it 'as soon as possible' I have no idea how long until I have it, so please give me some videos pals![]()
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Meaker@Sager Company Representative
Well go look at the 780DX? same hardware.
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The touch buttons all work on the PowerPro R 12:17, including TDE, Turbo Cooling and Cinema Pro.
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I asked this elsewhere, but I'll ask here too.
I have purchased the 1761 barebone and I can't seem to set up RAID 0 in the BIOS. There aren't any options for it. My BIOS is version E1761IG6 (v3.06). Is there any place to get an update? I just want RAID 0 to work.
My second question is in regard to the RAM. I bought 8GB (2x4GB) ADATA 1600MHz RAM and it is running it at 666MHz and not 800MHz. It does support Intel XMP. Yes, I know that it defaults to 1333 so ensure it will be supported, but how do I use it at its rated frequency of 1600? Also, I do have an i7-2760QM (ES) which does support 1600MHz RAM.
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So I overclocked the 570M to 730/1460/1750 and ran 3DMarkVantage and got an incredible score of 15,522 3DMarks.
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Intel XMP is typically NOT supported by laptops because the BIOS does not allow for multiple memory profiles...so, it clocks it down to DDR3/1333. I would return that memory and buy DDR3/1600 without XMP support. -
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Guys can the 2630QM be overclocked using a program like I did with my T9400 on my old Asus laptop? I just used some sort of program with sliders and upped the clock to hell and back.
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No, sandy bridge CPUs can't be overclocked.
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Could someone please send me the latest version of the barebone BIOS please? I'm interested in modding it to support overclocking.
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What overclocking? I'm afraid you won't find any. This topic has been discussed for months now. Only the Alienware M18x has the capabilities to overclock via BIOS.
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A seller on ebay is offering a backlight keyboard from Steel Series for their MSI 1761 laptops. They are also offering the keyboard as a $60 stand alone item and claim that it is suitable for "GX780 GT780, GT780R, GT780DXR, also works on MSI GT780 BAREBONES!!!!"
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Yeah, they have them in stock now.
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Has anyone seen the keyboard upgrade offered by one of the resellers active on these forums?
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Nope, and none of the resellers here have confirmed anything...yet.
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Powernotebooks.com has some gameplay footage from the PowerPro R 12:17 on their site. Here is the link!
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Yeah, box it up and send it to.....
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How do I make the touch button for the DVD work? it works when outside windows so it's clearly a driver issue, what driver do I need to download? Thanks in advanced.
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S-bar needs to be installed and running.
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Donald@Paladin44 Retired
The button will work when you are in the BIOS, but in Windows 7 you need to have the S-Bar utility installed for the eject button to work, and Windows 7 has to be booted with the blue star at the top of the screen loaded.
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Are you kidding me? I have to have that ugly thing on my desktop? I'd rather eject from My Computer.
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Donald@Paladin44 Retired
I am curious why a blue star on the desktop, which would usually be covered up with your active windows, would be considered ugly and unwanted??
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Mostly because the idea is ridiculous , I'm one of those obsessive users who remove every single running process until perfection, this blue star would go against everything I 'stand for' when it comes to using a computer.
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I find it quite funny how so many absolutely hate the S-bar star icon. To each their own I guess. Most of the time, I eject from the computer instead of the touch button, but I still keep the S-bar running.
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I've decided to join the club and just placed my order for an MSI 1761 barebone from Gentechpc. The only changes I made to Ken's stock settings are to add a second 750GB HDD and a 4x BluRay Drive. Hopefully it will ship tomorrow or Monday. Sweeeeeeeeet!!!!
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Congratz Moses, you absolutely made the right choice - I just finished playing GTA IV with everything set to 'Very High' and all sliders on 60.
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hey guys, tonight i ran furmark for 20 mins on my powerpro r 12:17. i know i should have done this when i first got it, but i hope this still helps.
it maxed out at 87 degrees celcius after 20 mins, without the turbo fan on, which is much better than i had anticipated.
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Swapped in an AUO173HW01 v4 glossy screen. Best TN panel I've ever seen. Colors are much more vibrant. No bluish hue or grainy anti-glare coating texture unlike the default chi mei screen. If you still need matte, the AUO173HW01 v5 is matte and supposedly good too. I've had an AUO matte panel before and the anti glare coating is way better than the chi mei coating.
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Great news! Powernotebooks.com is offering the Steel Series Keyboard upgrade for the PowerPro R 12:17. Ahh it's nice to have choices. Haha.
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I wonder how they are managing that without the second cable needed for the backlit keyboard. Last I heard, someone mentioned that there was only one cable in the barebones version... They must have found a way to add it in.
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would someone with a barebone try it out?
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trade secret huh? Can you drop a hint on whether the MS16F2 can use the same method?
just yes or no will do.
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Donald@Paladin44 Retired
The MS 16F2 motherboard will not support the Steelseries keyboard.
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So would you be willing to describe how you managed to get it working on the 1761 barebone?
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I'm interested, especially why the MS-16F2 can't work with it. It is just because it isn't "MSi Qualified", but in reality there's no difference?
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New PowerPro R 12:17(MSI 1761 barebone with GTX570M)
Discussion in 'MSI' started by Tim4, Aug 21, 2011.