New laptop recommendations

Hello you all,

I have just recently bought a gaming laptop, specifically MSI Crosshair A16 HX D8WGKG-200XES AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX 64GB 1TB SSD RTX 5070 QHD+ 240Hz.

Just got it yesterday and already installed windows and updated driver from the partition and so far it’s been great, but I have never had a gaming laptop before so I don’t know if I should do something more to it.

Thank you so much.

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How to request second SSD kit

I know I should contact support but none of the categories show something related can someone please tell me how to request it without saying contact support? Thanks.

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MSI Laptop Performance mode and Using external monitor

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this is my msi cyborg rtx 4060 laptop in windows setting i have set the performance to Best performance and in the msi center it is on extreme but this HW monitoring shows balance, am i getting full potential out of the laptop?
and also i wan to upgrade to ASUS 2K 180Hz monitor and i think it supports higher FPS at DP port, so what cable do i need Type c to DP or HDMI to DP? to get higher FPS and also what is the purpose behind using the 2nd display only or should i set it to extended?

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MSI CrossHair or Vector , which to choose ? I would use that in Gaming,Coding and Cybersecurity tools usage.

Budget can be flexible for both. I am from India and people here are saying that MSI have very bad to worst build quality and weak hardware. Is that true for Crosshair and Vector series as well ?

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Payment authorization form

Hello guys. I sent my laptop for repair and was wondering if you shared the payment information with MSI? Grace or whatever the name is? I don’t feel comfortable sharing my credit card information via PDF but not sure is it the only way to do this? Were you charged the exact amount per what you paid? Thank you

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Msi cyborg 15(rtx 4060 45w to 75w)
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Is 95C normal on Katana GF66 12UD normal?

Hello!
Ive had this now for 3 years. I didnt exactly want a laptop but was still very grateful. Played happily on it for over a year and noticed the CPU Temps over a year ago. I noticed it was 95C and applied thermal paste on it and it was still on 95C and thought: "I guess this is normal" and moved on. Ive had no problems with it to this day all though im going to clean it again whenever I got time.
I was just wondering if this is a normal thing on this model or on gaming laptops.

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Is this fixable?
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do msi laptops really have bad build quality in general

A few months ago i picked up a msi pristage ai evo 14 inch from 2023 its a solid laptops the keyboard is bright good for me for typing, i can flip my screen by pressing f11 for whatever reason. But the trackpad has been feeling a little loose sometimes to the point. where it feels like it might fall apart. i also noticed their is very silent coil whine coming from the cpu area when i move my fingers on the trackpad.

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MSI GE67HX - Laptop charger no longer working properly
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My backlight chip has burnt out, can anyone help me identify it?
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Fixed keyboard does not light up
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Msi laptop always on dgpu

My MSI Katana 17 B13U with RTX 3050 is always running on the dedicated GPU, even during light tasks. I tried multiple fixes. Initially, selecting “Auto-select” in the NVIDIA settings worked, but after about a month, the system went back to using the dGPU all the time.

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MSI GS66 Stealth 10UH broken af

I need help. I got this laptop back in 2021 and within the first 2 years, it’s been messing up .

the main things is how loud the fan is just from turning on. it’s so loud that I can barely hear myself. the other main thing is how hot it gets even if i’m not playing anything. it goes up and over 90 degrees Celsius and literally burns me. I can smell how hot this thing is.

other problems that occur is the screen switching between a blue hue to a warm hue randomly, battery going down crazy fast, and recently it’s crashed twice from playing Mortal Kombat.

mind you, i recently factory reset this laptop and MK is the only game i have downloaded now. and I tried to take it to Best Buy (Geek Squad) so they can fix it and they didn’t even open up the laptop or do jack shit. i tried to sell it to Best Buy and they tried to give me like $100 for a $2000+ laptop……..

nothing has worked. idk anything about laptops, so pls dumb down anything u guys say 💔

and if it matters my processor is Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz (idk what any of this means either)

to put it short: got laptop 4 years ago, gets too hot, fan too loud, screen switches hues, battery drains fast, crashed twice, don’t know what to do. Thanks. :-)

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my msi is a whole furnace bro

how does cyborg a13v overheat after like 20 minutes of cs2? and how do i get it to last longer

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Need help about buying this laptop
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Msi thin b13 gpu not using and black screens when it does

My laptop have been have trouble for weeks every time I restart it there is like a 10% chance it uses my GPU and even if it does it black screens after a little while

extra info

Getting this issue “D:/WINDOWS/System32/LogFiles/Srt/SrtTrail.txt”

and this one driver irql_less_or_not_equal

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MSi Stealth 15m MSI centre
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Keyboard keys failing + keyboard backlight issues on MSI Stealth (bought Oct 2023) – should I format or give up?

Hello, I really need some advice because I’m starting to panic a bit.

I’m using an MSI Stealth 16 studio A13V laptop that I bought in October 2023, so it’s still relatively new. Lately, I’ve been



running into multiple keyboard issues:

\- Numpad 1 and 2 are not working properly

\- The letter “O” is failing (Had to change its position in the keyboard)

\- The Backspace key feels like it’s slowly dying / becoming unreliable

\- The keyboard lighting has faded a lot There are no more lighting settings available (it’s stuck at a very dim brightness)

I tried turning the keyboard light off completely, thinking it might reduce stress on the keyboard

What’s weird is that the indicator lights (ESC, F1, Caps Lock, and the power button) are still very bright, so it doesn’t seem like a full lighting failure

I honestly don’t know if this is a software/driver issue, firmware problem or a hardware failure (keyboard dying already??!!!)

I’m not sure whether I should try formatting it or is there a troubleshooting method i need to try or just accept that the keyboard is failing

I really love this laptop, which makes this frustrating. My previous laptop (HP Omen) lasted me 7+ years ( I only replaced it because the battery completely died). That’s why this feels way too early for major issues.

Has anyone experienced something similar on MSI laptops or the Stealth series?

Is formatting even worth trying, or does this sound like a hardware problem?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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