Recent content by Akutalji

American site works too. Lol. Thanks for the prompt help!

Friend gave me his old (not really old) GE40 2OC-217US Dragon Eyes edition. Specs: i7 4702M - 16GB RAM - 128GB SSD + 1TB 7200rpm - 760GTX 2GB - 1600x900 screen 14" While the factory reset was doing it's thing, I went to MSI's website, thinking that I'd have no issue finding the drivers. I went...

Perfect. This laptop didnt come with an optical drive, but the slot is 9mm. Thank you.

I figured that. I was asking if this particular model will fit in Acer Apire V V3-472G-59XN.

Just got this Acer laptop yesterday, box said it came without an ODD, which I was ok with. Get it home, and see the optical drive cover on the side. I remove the single screw holding the bay in place and pull it out. It's just a plastic piece, Now then, I've seen some models that have the...

My brother had the exact same issue on his Sager laptop from a while back (2nd Gen i5, GTX600M 2GB, 16GB RAM). He did almost as much as you did, in terms of troubleshooting (swapped HDD, RAM, tested both, stress tests for CPU/GPU/combined). After several phone calls with Sager's customer...

Personally, I always do a little research on any laptop I intend to buy, or talk to someone who owns the same model. A quick google search on any model of laptop yields several reviews (I personally always check up on notebookcheck.net), and will give you a heads up on any of the faults or...

Sounds like either a short somewhere, or a crack in the motherboard (even a microscopic one, just enough to cut current). You ruled out several other possibilities (overheating, HDD, RAM), so the motherboard is likely the culprit. Warranty that, if you can. If not, then Dell can fix it, for a...

The R7 M265 (a.k.a. the 8750M) is actually a pretty hot chip. (My Acer sports the same GPU, paired with an A10 wih two fans, still spits heat when gaming, around 85C). That particular chassis only has one fan, and chances are both the CPU and GPU are both on the same set of heat pipes, making...

Tried another hard disk, same issue. Unfortunately, a generic win8 will not do, as it is an OEM laptop which requires the specific recovery media (on disk, not USB)

jpickart - Would an Intel cpu be better for Minecraft? (do not know how to properly quote :P ) Yes and No. Intel CPUs are more efficient, and clock for clock, give you more power. Unfortunately, their iGPUs lag pretty far behind even against AMDs A6 series. I believe you would see greater FPS...

I'd recommend getting at least an A8 (Quad core processor), it should run minecraft more reliably, as it is a CPU heavy program. The A8s also come with a more powerful iGPU, and will also help with gaming. Look for a notebook with 1360x768 resolution, as you will be able to run minecraft at full...

MSI trackpad isn't great, but the build quality is actually pretty good (owned MSI laptops for years). The G60 Ghost is a very thin laptop, so it's bound to have some give to it. I'd still recommend it.

Hey guys. I'm stumped here. Reviving a laptop from the dead (nearly literally. replaced CPU, fan and heatsink, screen, front and back bezel). Finally got it to boot with the old HDD that came with it. It would boot, then next restart/cold boot, it would go to recovery. Refreshing did not work...

Unfortunately, removing the sticker to allow the removal of the backplate voids the warranty.... Did alot of digging since this thread, and the GX70 has two 2.5" bays, and three (yes, three) mSATA III ssd mounts configurable in 0, 1, 0+1 raid formation (total speeds up to ~1300mbit/s) Two ram...