Official MSI GX640 Owner's Thread

[catacylsm]

Hey lightning, sorry to hear of this problem, but it seems something is causing the PCI device to act in 1x speed instead of 16x, this is possibly the problem you're also having,

There is a thread open about it and hopefully the issue will be resolved promptly.

[adampk17]

your pictures of the 9 cell battery coming up? I am waiting...

With the 9 cell battery




You can also see an example of the finger print smudges on the lid in this pic.

[adampk17]

I know that it may be a stupid question, but how long is the length of the power cord?

Cause, with my Sony Vaio FW, the length was not enough (about 6,5').

Thanks

Total length of the power cord is about 12 feet.

[catacylsm]

Thats not bad at all and i bet the battery life is buzzing ^^

[_Lightning_]

Hey lightning, sorry to hear of this problem, but it seems something is causing the PCI device to act in 1x speed instead of 16x, this is possibly the problem you're also having,

There is a thread open about it and hopefully the issue will be resolved promptly.

So, it is driver-related problem and nothing something I have to repack and return it? I sure hope it is just an easy fix! It has been rather annoying, having it go black all of a sudden and not coming back...

[adampk17]

So, it is driver-related problem and nothing something I have to repack and return it? I sure hope it is just an easy fix! It has been rather annoying, having it go black all of a sudden and not coming back...

By chance did you install new video drivers from ATI's website? Don't if you haven't already. If you did try reverting to the ATI drivers on MSI's website.

[adampk17]

Temps

Mine seem to be a little higher than those posted earlier. My ambient temp is 72 F.

GPU at Idle: 64 C

CPU at Idle and throttled down: 51 - 53 C
CPU at 100% for 1 Hour (OCCT LINPACK): 77 C
(GPU went to 72 C as, I suppose, a result of the hot CPU.)


I've noticed that it's picky about throttling down the CPU. With the Windows 7 sidebar.exe process running and consuming ~3% of the CPU it will not throttle down, the processor runs at the full (non-turbo) speed of 2.33 GHz. This speed causes the fan to kick it up a notch and run noticeably louder.

One thought is that I haven't done a fresh install of Windows 7, I just did the best I could to clean up the factory install. Do you guys think a fresh install will make a lick of difference?

[wishmaster.dj]

With the 9 cell battery




You can also see an example of the finger print smudges on the lid in this pic.

thank you for honoring my request.


Also, could you run a few battery time tests and let us know?

Thanks!

[_Lightning_]

By chance did you install new video drivers from ATI's website? Don't if you haven't already. If you did try reverting to the ATI drivers on MSI's website.

No, I have not! Thank you for the heads up!

[adampk17]

Hey lightning, sorry to hear of this problem, but it seems something is causing the PCI device to act in 1x speed instead of 16x, this is possibly the problem you're also having,

There is a thread open about it and hopefully the issue will be resolved promptly.

Can you link me the thread on this problem?

Thank you