⟐ Commented March 19, 2021 at 5:18 MST

the GS65 model is a pretty popular gaming machine but is plagued by malfunctioning fans. After about 1 month of use, buyers report one (or both) of the fans start making rattling noises. Can you create an MSI GS65 dissasembly guide, including replacing/fixing the fan if possible? I am considering buying this machine, but am reluctant to do so unless i at least know it’s user-fixable.

⟐ Commented October 30, 2021 at 19:05 MST

⟐ Answer edited October 02, 2023 at 8:43 MST

My laptop sometimes gets really hot, the CPU goes up to over 90 degrees Celsius (not seen it over 100, yet). Same happens to the GPU, but only when doing things like rendering images of 3D-models.

The CPU gets to those temperatures after playing games like Minecraft for an hour or so, which feels weird since it is a gaming laptop and should be able to handle Minecraft on middle settings. The CPU usually is about 25-60% when getting to these temperatures.

When doing things like watching Youtube or similar, the CPU is running at about 50 degrees C and the GPU at about 40.

I know that the GPU fan is a bit faulty, it’s now running at about 1000 RPM when maxed while it from the beginning was at 6000 RPM. The CPU fan is still running at 6000 RPM.

So I get why the GPU gets hot when doing things like rendering, so I usually lock it to only be able to use half of the GPU power, it’s still at about 80-90 degrees but staying stable.

The temperature and fan speed data are taken from the MSI Dragon Center menu.

I have tried opening the computer and blowing away all possible dust I can find, I can’t get to the heat sink or fans because then I have to remove the fan assembly from the heat sinks. I didn’t have thermal paste when doing this, so I didn’t touch it.

Now when it’s getting to summer here in Sweden and it feels like it’s hotter outside than ever before, so the problem has been getting worse.

So I would really like some help and tips on what I should do, to at least make the temperatures better.

1: Do you have any tips on what I should do?

2: Is that idle temperature normal?

3: Is it bad or more, how bad is it for the CPU running at those temperatures?

⟐ Answer edited August 07, 2022 at 12:28 MST

Now, I want to extend this upgrade to screen as well. Recently, MSI has announced GT60 Dominator 2QE 4K Edition with GTX 980m/970m. It has same motherboard MS-16F4, same BIOS E16F4IMS.51A, same EC firmware 16F4EMS1.517 and offers similar CPU (i7-4710HQ). I've already bought a screen "LQ156Z1JW02 ultra high resolution 3200*1800 15.6". It's on its way and in a week time I'll have it. I bought this screen believing that my laptop has same specs as high end latest offering from MSI. So, there shouldn't a matter of putting more strain on the existing hardware.

My question is:

Do I need to upgrade the LVDS (video cable) of my laptop to support 3K or 4K resolution. If yes, can anyone provide me the part number of the video cable from any MSI GT60 with 4K screen laptop. My laptop has 40 Pin connector.

Or is it a bad decision :).

⟐ Answered June 21, 2018 at 15:16 MST

I bough 2 years ago my MSI GE62VR 6RF Apache Pro laptop, it had a nice config with a GTX 1060 a core i7, an SSD and 16Gb of RAM but there's one drawback to this ... The screen.

It is a nice one but there's a big problem: It's a 60Hz locked one... 60 FPS gaming is nice but my hardware is good enough to go beyond it so as the next laptops got a 120Hz screen, I'd like to know if its possible to buy a 120Hz 15.6" screen from the new MSI laptops and replace my 60Hz one.

Can someone please help me ?

⟐ Commented October 07, 2019 at 12:37 MST

Hello,

I bought a new keyboard from Amazon, but got stuck after I removed the motherboard. The keyboard for this model is under that metal cover which is connected with many plastic stubs. Have any idea how can I replace the keyboard?

Is this spare replaceable or need to have the whole panel?

Thanks

⟐ Answered July 20, 2020 at 15:02 MST

Recently, i bought an MSI ps42. However, i found that the storage capacity was not enough. Does there happen to be a repair guide i can use?

Thanks

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⟐ Answered October 03, 2024 at 0:08 MST

I wonder if it is possible to change the QWERTY keyboard of the MSI GS70 Stealth Pro with an AZERTY one.

How would I be able to do that? Where to order? How to replace?

At this moment this is my most pressing concern in buying the device.

Kind regards

Bavo

⟐ Answered October 12, 2017 at 15:13 MST

I recently bought an MSI gaming laptop (the GS66) The performance and specs are generally find but the fan seems to make a lot of noise. You can adjust the settings to make it work less hard, but that makes the machine heat up too much when in gaming mode.

My question: Is there a high quality fan out there that I could replace the existing one with? One that performs better and makes less noise.

Keen to hear your insights and with kind regards, Jasper

⟐ Answer accepted December 04, 2022 at 10:59 MST

⟐ Answered April 13, 2020 at 5:27 MST

⟐ Commented March 03, 2023 at 6:35 MST

Just fell off my bike with my MSi GL65 on the backpack and due the impact one of the superior corners of the screen chassis got a bit bent, luckily it didn’t broke the screen, but a light leak is appreciated. So, anything would happen if I leave it untouched? or should i teardown the screen in order to unbent the chassis?

⟐ Commented March 22, 2022 at 18:14 MST

⟐ Answered June 16, 2020 at 10:23 MST

I have this GE72 2QF APACHE PRO laptop for about 2 years. (using it for ~1.5).

The screen had burned green pixel on it from day one :( But never mind that...

I always had it connected to a separate monitor and used that other monitor as the main display, and turning ON and OFF the laptop's when I need an extra screen, in Extend mode.

Yesterday while i was playing some YouTube videos on the laptop display and playing Hearthstone on the main display (the external one) I noticed the colors on the laptop's went pink.

There's also ghosting on the corners so if i leave an app like notepad open for a few mins I can still see the title and such on the corners of the screen when i close the app. (called "Ghosting").

And turning it on and off didn't fixed it.

Opening/Closing the lid slightly (or more than that) doesn't seem to cause any effect on the colors, they are just pink when the display is ON.

I added links to 2 YouTube videos I recorded showing what I'm talking about.

Links:

https://youtu.be/Std5P8HC1S8

https://youtu.be/ATyq5OBU_V4

also some pictures:

I tried opening it, unplugged and replugged the cables, didn't worked at all.

it's pink even before Windows comes up (in BIOS etc).

I reinstalled Windows (regardless of this issue, got a new SSD...yay)

but it didn't helped, didn't expect it would since the problem exists even before Windows come up.

What is more likely the problem, the LCD panel or the video cable? change the panel is easy, changing the cable is too much dangerous work...

Hope you have some knowledge about this, Thank you.

⟐ Answer accepted May 11, 2018 at 5:17 MST

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