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[Kilador]

Hello fellow users!


I use my laptop with an external monitor and keyboard when I'm at home, and the machine stands in the shelf therefore I don't have easy access to the P1 button.
I am looking for a way to enable/disable Turbo Mode from windows, without to have to press the P1 button.

I have been searching for this on the internet but found nothing...

If anyone could help me with this matter it would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
Kind regards.

[kenshinesca]

I think there is a problem with my power plug in on my 780R. I have to either push the power adapter up or down for it to make contact with the adapter to where it will actually charge it. The laptop is used so it could be the adapter but it just seems like when I put a bit of pressure on the plug it makes contact and starts charging.

So what can I do about this? I was thinking of buying a new power plug-in off ebay just to see if it will fix the problem. Is this a common problem with the plugin on the laptop?

[smitty123]

it should fit snuggly so i'm thinking if your connector is loose inside the laptop that would account for the lack of contact. ask one of the good resellers on the front page maybe they can fix it for you for cheap. or better yet, its not that old of a computer you might still have some warranty left on it. check with www.msi.com or MSI Online Customer Service and contact them with your serial number to see if you qualify.

[Gant]

I have been wondering about something. Why is there a THX TruStudio PRO sitcker on my gt783, I have no program installed that is THX.

[WhatsThePoint]

i wanna believe you WTP, but here's a weirder one, in KLM go in standard&normal profile, then choose the inner most row of colors, then make it sleep and when the lid is re-opened the 2nd inner most row is chosen by magic for any color! All colors. i don't get why it would switch like that.

Another related bug: in KLM go in standard/normal profile, this one is only for green color, the 2nd green block shows up as yellow on the keyboard instead of lighter green. Which are the same color as yellow's 2nd block(row). Another bug.

attached pix are blurry but that's my fault for not using the flash and no tripod, i wanted the colors to really show up. You can see the colors and the KLM wheel on screen, i highlighted the area chosen in paint.


flickr link in case the pic doesn't show up: klm wheel bug | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

I was able to duplicate the 3 green bug.
1st try = green-green-yellow
2nd try = green-green-white
3rd try = green-green-green
Change to duel color
Exit KLM
Open KLM
Select Standard Normal
1st try = green-green-green

I think there is a problem with my power plug in on my 780R. I have to either push the power adapter up or down for it to make contact with the adapter to where it will actually charge it. The laptop is used so it could be the adapter but it just seems like when I put a bit of pressure on the plug it makes contact and starts charging.

So what can I do about this? I was thinking of buying a new power plug-in off ebay just to see if it will fix the problem. Is this a common problem with the plugin on the laptop?

The internal power connector is soldered to the motherboard.This connector is a bit delicate so if someone trips on the power brick cord it can break the soldered points.When the graphics card is removed the power plug on the motherboard is exposed for examination.

If you are not handy at delicate soldering then get it serviced under warranty.

I have been wondering about something. Why is there a THX TruStudio PRO sitcker on my gt783, I have no program installed that is THX.

Look in the taskbar by the clock for the THX icon.You may need to click on the little white triangle.

If it's not there get the newest version found on the new GT70 utility downloads.
MSI Global ? Notebook - GT70 0NC

[smitty123]

after using this laptop for 4 months now, i feel i've got the hang of it using it everyday, and i've got some observations on usage of the keyboard and mouse pad for the msi people if they're reading this.

Note to MSI Engineers & Steelseries Designers: put the Fn key on the right side of the keyboard where i can use it with my thumb and HOME/END keys make em seperate from PgDn/PgUp they're just too usefull to be used with the Fn key, and put the windows key on the left.

i'm always having to use both hands to use what used to be a quick shortcut like winkey+e opens Explorer or if i want to select a word or sentence of text it used to be quick and painless now its overly complicated to select words in a sentence to copy&paste them elsewhere. have to use both hands and do hand gymnastics to do something that only took 1 and worked fine before just to include the Fn key now in the procedure with the home/end keys.

Freaking bad call on whoever designed the keyboard. It looks snazzy but so dang complicated.

And bring back the windows key on the left, no i don't open the start menu in games by accident ! i just don't press down on the keys with my palm that much where the windows key is/was/should be. we both know thats just a gimmick anyway. it might be valid on a desktop keyboard but not here on this laptop the steel series keyboard is recessed in the laptop , its set in lower than a normal keyboard so we don't need it to be away from the "gaming triangle".

And make it an island keyboard, seriously i'm always hitting the arrow keys while typing, put em more distant so you don't hit them by mistake, messing up my paragraphs.

And allow to leave turned off the mousepad via the s-bar at boot up rather than rely on the Synaptics driver to do it "when it senses a mouse plugged in" it doesn't work!! That messes up your gaming more than the windows key. having your thumb or palm of your hand fly over the mouse pad while trying to walk your character forward in game is gonna make it look up a the ceiling while your mouse is controlling the character.

Saved the best for last, why in the h*ll did you put 2 of the same keys "|\" ? One above the enter key and one on the right of the space bar. 1st these keys were used in dos allot more than they are these days and 2nd if anything this is the age of internet it would make better sense to have put a forward slash / than a backslash key \ there.

/rant over

thanks and hope this can be fixed in the future.

i'm off trying to find a program to switch some keys around.

[smitty123]

I was able to duplicate the 3 green bug.
1st try = green-green-yellow
2nd try = green-green-white
3rd try = green-green-green
Change to duel color
Exit KLM
Open KLM
Select Standard Normal
1st try = green-green-green

hi, i'm not sure what it is exactly you did, the problem is the 2nd picture should be more green than yellow. its the same yellow as the 3rd picture. while the 4th is the continuation of the green "column" on the wheel.

now if you set it to all green, sleep your puter, then wake it it will just go from green to yellow because it changed from 1st row of green on the wheel, the darkest, to the 2nd row by itself.

[brave candle]

Hi all
I am waiting for Crucial SSD 265GB
is there any problem with crucial ssd?
I read that msi gt780 does not recognize any SSD except Intel SSD

[smitty123]

Hi all
I am waiting for Crucial SSD 265GB
is there any problem with crucial ssd?
I read that msi gt780 does not recognize any SSD except Intel SSD

my GT780DXR works fine with the crucial M4. i'm guessing your gt780 would too.

[brave candle]

you did make me happy


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