Official MSI GX640 Owner's Thread

[Ikara]

From someone who's had that happen a time or two, it is because the electrical system you're plugging into is poorly grounded; so you (to a degree) become the ground. Fortunately, it's not so poorly grounded that it kills you or the laptop, but it's enough to make it uncomfortable for you. Will it damage your laptop? Short term: probably not. Long term: probably.

Had the same problem with my laptop when using it in London with an adapter (it was bought in Korea)... However now that I am in Belgium and using it without adapter this static electricity completely disappeared!

[soulkeeper]

I have now my GX640 for 1 week. my problem is when i start playing games maybe half an hour may screen goes blacks out and i can hear sound just buffering. games like NFS, left4dead, max payne2 and even counterstrike. Any idea guys how can i fix this? I already updat my vga driver

[butter123]

I have now my GX640 for 1 week. my problem is when i start playing games maybe half an hour may screen goes blacks out and i can hear sound just buffering. games like NFS, left4dead, max payne2 and even counterstrike. Any idea guys how can i fix this? I already updat my vga driver

You will need to update the video card bios too. You do it under dos however. It could also be overheating, check the video card temperature

[butter123]

I wonder how you guys set different profile for this laptop. I want it to have 300/400 for the videocard at idle and stock speed when gaming. What software do you guys use?

[jonathan300]

I wonder how you guys set different profile for this laptop. I want it to have 300/400 for the videocard at idle and stock speed when gaming. What software do you guys use?

Use this tool: techPowerUp! :: Download AMD GPU Clock Tool v0.9.26.0 For HD 5870
It is the AMD GPU Clock Tool. You can create different profiles with it by editing the shortcut on the desktop. Edit the target in the shortcut properties to where it looks like this "C:\Program Files (x86)\AMD GPU Clock Tool\AMDGPUClockTool.exe" -eng=300 -mem=400
Then when you click on the shortcut it will automatically adjust your clock settings with the values you entered into the target line. If you want to make more profiles just copy the shortcut and adjust the values and name the shortcut the profile you want it to be.

[jonathan300]

Is anybody else having bluetooth problems with this laptop? I have not yet been able to connect to any bluetooth device that i tried to connect it to. Nothing will show up when i search for devices. I have tried everything that i kno of to fix it. I have the bluetooth button enabled on the touchscreen. I even reinstalled the drivers countless amounts of times and nothing works. Now i am just using the Microsoft bluetooth stack and it still cant discover bluetooth devices. I even have the "Allow Bluetooth devices to find this computer" setting checked under my bluetooth settings.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
I am beginning to think i have a defective bluetooth adapter in my laptop.
Other than the bluetooth problem this laptop is amazing. It's a great "Bang-for-the-Buck"

Nevermind I got it to work

[soulkeeper]

You will need to update the video card bios too. You do it under dos however. It could also be overheating, check the video card temperature

Video card temp is only 50deg to 55deg when playing games b'coz i have gopd ambient temp in my room.

Maybe i need to update the video card bios thru dos, my problem is i don't know how to do it. Can you guys give me step by step procedure how to do it. thanks a lot in advance

[jonathan300]

Video card temp is only 50deg to 55deg when playing games b'coz i have gopd ambient temp in my room.

Maybe i need to update the video card bios thru dos, my problem is i don't know how to do it. Can you guys give me step by step procedure how to do it. thanks a lot in advance

Use this tutorial: how to flash your bios with a usb stick and other bios discussions.

[soulkeeper]

Use this tutorial: how to flash your bios with a usb stick and other bios discussions.

Thanks, but that one very risky i cant do it on my own ... i have one question. is it ok to uninstall may previous ATI driver and install new one emailed to me by MSI tecnical support. Bco'z i already update it but still the same maybe because i updated it first with ATI catalyst from guru3d

[NotEnoughMinerals]

Thanks, but that one very risky i cant do it on my own ... i have one question. is it ok to uninstall may previous ATI driver and install new one emailed to me by MSI tecnical support. Bco'z i already update it but still the same maybe because i updated it first with ATI catalyst from guru3d

You're talking about how to install a new driver when what you want ot be doing is flashing the vbios. You want to wasnt your vbios which doesnt require uninstalling anything