Where I can find cheap ram for my MSI Katana A15 ( I've 8gb right now, and i need 8gb to make it 16gb)



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Possible to upgrade built in speakers? - Thin GF63 12UCX

Wondering if anyone knows of any way to possibly upgrade the built in speakers. The stock ones work fine but wish they were louder.

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Ummm.

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MSI Cyborg 15 A12V – High temps while gaming, is this normal?

I’m using an MSI Cyborg 15 A12V with i5-12450H + RTX 4050.
While gaming, my CPU hits around 95°C and GPU goes up to ~90°C.

Performance is okay, but I’m worried about long-term damage and thermal throttling.

Is this normal for this model?
Should I be concerned?
Any tips (cooling pad, undervolt, repaste, settings) that worked for you?

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CHARGING PORT STUCK! Help
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Mflash Firmware update MSI Bravo15 C7UCXK
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Linux on msi laptops

I have an msi gf63 thin 12vf632-tr with i7 12650H and 4060 45w. I just want the drivers to work and i want a fairly easy to use distro.

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What the hell is going on to my display 😭

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MSI10.SYS error. What is it and how to fix it.

Hi there.

Some days ago, I cant boot win10 correctly because win10 gives me an blue screen of dead. I search this error and gave me something interesting.

For more context, I installed Docker. This program use something called Hyper-v and use VT-X. I dont want to give you a huge explication but, short story, its something that you can emulate environments.

I uninstall docker and disable the VT-X from the BIOS and everything goes well.
Now the explication of why this gave me the blue screen of dead. There is a sys file inside windows/drivers called MSI10.sys. That program will be "protected" by Docker/Hyper-v and, when Mystic RGB trying to access to the driver, windows automatically "kill" it causing the blue screen error.

its a shame but if you want to have something with Hyper-v and change the keyboard colors, you need to use another program like OpenRGB or SignalRGB.

I hope this can help somebody who has this error in the future.

See ya.

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MSI Cyborg

I am wondering if MSI Cyborg 15 with intel i7 and rtx 4060 is any good

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My humble MSI laptop set up
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MSI Stealth 14 – Balanced Mode no longer limits power after NVIDIA driver update (used to cap ~70W)

Hi everyone,
I’m having a strange power behavior issue with my **MSI Stealth 14 AI Studio (Intel Core Ultra + RTX 40)** and I’m trying to understand if others have experienced the same.

Previously, when using **Balanced mode** (both in BIOS and MSI Center), my laptop was clearly limited to around **\~65–70W combined power**, which was expected behavior. Temps, noise and performance were all consistent with that profile.

Recently, after **updating only the NVIDIA GPU driver** (no BIOS update, no EC update), Balanced mode no longer behaves the same:

* BIOS is set to **Balanced**
* MSI Center is set to **Balanced**
* Windows power mode is **Balanced**
* Yet the system now **exceeds 70W**, behaving closer to Performance mode
* Extreme/Performance modes still work as expected

It looks like the **Balanced profile is being ignored or overridden**, possibly by:

* NVIDIA Dynamic Boost changes in recent drivers
* Desync between EC / BIOS / MSI Center
* Driver-side power management overriding OEM limits

Important details:

* BIOS version is unchanged (E14K2IMS.105)
* M-Flash works normally, but I haven’t updated BIOS
* This started **immediately after a GPU driver update**
* Reinstalling drivers changes behavior, but BIOS settings alone do not restore the old limit

At this point, the only workaround seems to be **manual limiting** (GPU undervolt or power limit via MSI Afterburner), but that’s not ideal since Balanced mode used to handle this automatically.

**Questions:**

* Has anyone with an MSI Stealth / RTX 40 experienced Balanced mode losing its power cap?
* Is this a known NVIDIA driver behavior change?
* Any way to force the EC/Balanced profile to re-apply without BIOS downgrade (which MSI blocks)?

Thanks in advance — I’m mostly trying to confirm if this is expected behavior now or a regression.

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Picked up the MSI Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition 4 days ago… yeah, I’m loving this thing
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MSI Vector 16 HX AI Gaming Laptop

I’m thinking of getting the MSI Vector 16 HX AI Gaming Laptop with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB) and 32 GB of RAM.

Is it good for 3d design? I mainly work with fusion 360 and I’m getting into rhino & blender with some light rendering work, I also use 3d scanners and I do medical segmentation with 3D Slicer.

I will be upgrading from a MacBook Pro 2019 intel core i9 with 16 gb of RAM, and I’m between a laptop (mainly this) or building a PC which I’m hesitant about because of portability.

Also, I found it for around 2700$, is that a good deal?

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MSI vector 16 hx problem
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Does anyone have any good experiences with MSI repair in the uk?

Im thinking of getting my msi katana repaired because it has some performance issues when gaming. Im worried about past reviews saying not to give Msi the laptop for repair since it will take nearly a month. Is this true?

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Msi Katana 15 B13VGK PCB
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Costco Raider 18 woes

I am sad and people suck.

I ordered a Raider 18 AI HX with an ultra 9 285hx and a 5090 from Costco online. They had a good deal and I was pumped. Good deal means it was only 1 kidney instead of 2.

It was to be delivered today and I’ve been watching the door like a hawk.

Finally arrived. I busted it open and immediately something was off. The outer box was taped with what appears to be genuine MSI tape. But the inner box didn’t have any sort of seal on it. I opened that and pulled the laptop out. Now I know these aren’t the sleekest lookers, but this one looked nothing like the pictures.

I turned it on and started setting it up and noticed the intel sticker was the core i9 sticker. I got it to the system info page and it is a 14900 with a 4070.

The box however, including the outer box, state the correct laptops information. The serial number on the computer in the box doesn’t match the box it came in.

I called costco immediately and they assured me they’d send a replacement and I could send this back. I asked him to triple note it that the return is not going to match the box because that’s how it came. I really hope this goes smoothly.

I was so excited to try out this new computer that I blew some major cash on. Now I have some theifs paper weight that I get to send back and wait for hopefully the right one to come again.

Every time I have seen one of these stories on Reddit I always assume the persons full of it, but apparently this stuff does somehow happen.

🫩

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Msi Modern 15 i3

Ho appena comprato il mio secondo pc, un MSI Modern 15 a un buon prezzo. Senza scendere nel dettaglio dell’intel I3 vorrei sapere se questo processore unito a 16gb di RAM e 512gb di ssd assicuri un’utilizzo fluido; intendo una buona navigazione e utilizzo di programmi base tipo Office. Vorrei soprattutto evitare i piccoli rallentamenti o bug che può avere un processore di fascia bassa. Non mi aspetto prestazioni esagerate, semplicemente una velocità senza intoppi. Fa al caso mio?

Grazie a tutti

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MSI 16 hx ai Fan problem

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Has anyone repasted a Katana 15 B13VGK?

Warranty on my laptop is expired so I am looking to repaste it with Arctic MX-6. Has anyone had any issues with repasting this laptop? While I have repasted my previous GL65 laptop, I want to ask if there are any quirks of the K15 I need to be aware of when taking the heatsink off as I don't want to accidentally break things because there was something on this laptop that I didn't think of.

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