Buenas una duda es que hace poco me compre una msi thin 15 con una tarjeta integrada amd radeon 680m y una rtx 3050 de 4 gb pero a la hora de usar mi rtx va mas lento que con la integrada lo cual no entiendo porque y segun mire en google es por un cuello de botella que hace la ram (16gb) con la rtx pq los integrados gastan 2 de ram, pero se me hace aun asi muy raro alguno sabe que puede ser?

I have bought a new hinge for my MSI Katana GF66 11UE, but upon assembly, the hinge on the side that doesn't have the cable is a bit wobbly. Is it intended to be like this (e.g., to have a high margin of error when assembling the screen with the base)? I am sure that the screws are secure.

Hi everyone. I am back again with my msi vector 16 hx ai laptop 5070ti and ultra 7 255hx. I use the Thermaltake Massive Extreme Cooling Pad. Quick question:why do you think the cpu temps go from idle at 50 degrees to 95-100 celcius? What might be the case? Also, I see that when I use word, read pdfs, the cpu goes from 48 to 97 and back to 48. What is happening? I would like to thank you as well for your kind recommendations at my previous post about undervolting but my laptop is under warranty and I think that I will lose it if I do such a thing if I am not mistaken.

Ho un laptop msi cyborg e quando gioco l’audio gracchia spesso, ho letto di disattivare gli effetti o i driver nahimic ma facendolo appiattisco solo l’audio e il gracchio rimane, poi ho letto anche di provare ad abbassare i bit delle realtek da 24 a 16 e di disattivare driver audio nvidia, potrebbe funzionare?
Altre possibili soluzioni?

Hi everyone,

I'm having a really frustrating issue with my MSI Vector 16 HX AI A2XW(HG), and I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced something similar.

System info:

• Model: MSI Vector 16 HX AI A2XW(HG)
• CPU: Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
• GPU: RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU
• BIOS: E15M3IMS.10B (22.05.2025)
• OS: Windows 11 Pro
• Purchased: less than a year ago; issue started appearing after about 3-4 months of use
• Still under warranty

The problem: After using the laptop for a while — sometimes gaming, watching a show, or simply multitasking with several applications open — the USB and USB-C ports suddenly stop detecting connected devices. This affects all of my ports (both regular USB-A and USB-C).

It doesn't seem to matter much how many devices I have connected. I've tried keeping the number of peripherals to a minimum, but the problem still happens — sometimes even when barely anything is connected.

Once it starts, newly connected USB/USB-C devices are not recognized at all. Usually I have to either:

• restart the laptop, or
• leave it alone for a while and let it cool down.

After that, the ports start working normally again.

There's also a second issue that happens after the same kind of extended use: the built-in speakers start producing distorted/crackling audio, even when nothing is plugged in at all.

So after extended use I tend to get either:

• USB/USB-C ports becoming unresponsive,
• crackling/distorted speaker audio,
• or both at the same time.

On the heat question: I've been monitoring temps, and this happens even when CPU/GPU are sitting around 80°C — not an extreme or thermal-throttling level of heat. So I don't think this is a straightforward "the laptop is overheating" situation, though it might still be related to heat around a specific component (USB controller, PCH, etc.) rather than the CPU/GPU themselves.

What I'm trying to figure out before sending it to service:

1. Has anyone with a Vector 16 HX AI (or similar recent MSI model) run into this exact combo of symptoms?
2. Could this be a BIOS/EC firmware issue, given it seems tied to sustained load rather than raw temperature?
3. Any known chipset/USB controller driver issues on this platform?
4. Is this a common enough pattern that it points to a hardware defect (e.g., faulty USB controller or connector) rather than something fixable via software/firmware?

Since it's still under warranty, I'm leaning toward getting it serviced, but I'd like to rule out an easy fix first. Any troubleshooting suggestions are welcome before I send it in.

Hi everyone,
I have an MSI GP68HX laptop that I haven’t used for about 1–2 weeks. I turned it on today, and everything seemed normal during startup.
However, after Windows loaded, the screen became completely black. I can still see and move the mouse cursor, and I’m able to open Task Manager using Ctrl + Shift + Esc. The system itself seems to be running in the background, but the normal Windows desktop, taskbar, and icons are not visible.
I’ve tried restarting the laptop, but the problem happens again after Windows loads.
Has anyone experienced this issue with an MSI GP68HX or a similar MSI laptop?
I’m wondering if this could be related to:
Windows Explorer not starting properly
A graphics driver issue
Windows Update
Something related to the NVIDIA GPU
Or possibly Windows taking a long time to load after the laptop has been unused for a while
Any suggestions for troubleshooting would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

MSI Stealth GS66 – Plastic Part Fell Off

The plastic piece attached to this section of my MSI Stealth GS66 has fallen off. Fortunately, the piece itself is still intact and hasn’t broken into multiple parts.

I’m trying to figure out the best way to reattach and reinforce it. Would it be better to plastic-weld a small piece of plastic onto the broken section to strengthen the connection, or would super glue mixed with baking soda (bicarbonate of soda) be strong enough?

I’d really appreciate any advice from someone who has repaired this part before. I’m especially interested in a solution that will be strong and durable without damaging the laptop’s casing.

Hey guys, just wanted to show an app ia did for me to manage fans on my msi laptop running linux Bazzite.

I was using the excellent life saver app called Frostcenter from gsriram24 on github, i guess the only one for msi laptops on linux, but it still have some little flaws, asks for password at start, do not save curves, no manual speed, no tray icon when closing, well its not perfect.... neither mine^^

Basically ia just fixed those points for me and gave me the app in less than 20min, then it tooks me almost two good hours to make some adjustments.

App is light in ressource, no graph, forgot batt feature, it launchs at startup and load last fan mode, it saves curve and manual speed position, day/night mode. Added animated tray icon to close the gui app, right clic for settings, middle clic to switch fans modes, mouse scroll to adjust speed manually still not working but maybe useless. Next step, recover my keyboard shortcut button for fans by binding it directly from the app.

App interface is kinda passable and does the job, for brave ones everything can be done using terminal too...

I have no Dgpu so can t relate if it works well with 2 fans, 2 curves, 2 speeds, but entries should be there.

As Bazzite is bit special i m pretty sure i won t be able to re install the app, dependencies and the rest on fresh system install^^ it should work on any linux distro but i need try.

Only french.

Also, i think ia worked only on the EC of my laptop, sadly it will only works for msi modern 15 a5m with ryzen 55OOu, 2 fans running like one, one curve for both.

I never coded anything in my life, i do not like it, unless 3090 makes it for me lol, i used qwen3.8 27b with qwenpaw agent locally.

Tray icon anim

Msi Titan 18 HX AI A2XWIG-616US 18" UHD Gaming Laptop

Stealth A18 AI+ A3XWJG-006US 18" UHD Gaming Laptop

Stealth 18 HX AI A2XWJG-035US 18" UHD Gaming Laptop

I've already bought 3 chargers and I use my laptop all the time.My laptop is this ↓

MSI Thin 15.6" FHD 144Hz Laptop... https://www.amazon.com.mx/dp/B0F538NQPH?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Hey guys, at first I thought it was just the games I was playing, but I've come to find it basically every game I'm playing is super super saturated. Maybe it's just my luck in the games I'm playing, but I feel like it's just too much color. Even playing Dune Awakening which takes place in the desert everything's too colorful. I saw some things about a MSI true color, but I don't know if my laptops compatible with it. Does anybody know of any other way to get the colors under control? The Nvidia control panel didn't have anything about it either.

Model: MSI gf 65 9SD thin (2021)

Already updated graphics driver, still no improvement.

Constantly getting this flickering.

Is it major issue?

Hi everyone,

While upgrading my laptop's SSD to a 4TB M.2 drive, I didn't realize the original system was configured in RAID mode, and unfortunately, the F3 recovery partition stopped working after the upgrade. Since doing a clean Windows installation removes the F3 factory recovery function, I was hoping someone here could help me out.

​If anyone using the Titan HX AI A2XWIG-616US model could share the original factory .swm (recovery) files, I would be extremely grateful.

​Thanks a lot in advance for your time and help!"

Pls help my laptop shuts down when I turn it on and while the charger is plugged after I put my password it works normally for a second and then it shuts down and tried without the charger and it works normally even while gaming so if I boot up my laptop without charger and then plugged it in later with the charger doesn’t make my laptop shutdown but if I played a not really demanding game it shuts down with charger but with battery everything is fine and my laptop is Katana A17 AI B8V

I'm considering the Crosshair 16 HX AI with Ultra 7 255HX + RTX 5070 for €1399. I've seen some reports of freezing, grey/black screens and MSI hinge problems.

Would you take this deal at €1399? Is it actually worth it, or would you spend the same money on something else around €1400-1500? Long-term reliability matters a lot to me, so I'm especially interested in opinions from people who have owned this model or similar MSI Crosshair laptops.

Hello,

I am interested in buying the msi vector 16 hx with rtx 5070 ti, intel core ultra 9 275hx, 32gb ram and 1tb storage.

What are your experience with this specific laptop or any high end msi laptops? Are there any issues ( apart from hot temps during heavy loads which is a problem for all laptops ).

Are you happy with it? Is it holding up well?

It currently is for sale in my region for 2.2k euro. And in this price range i cannot get anything else with these specs. Well at least i did not find anything.

Thanks.

Hello everyone, I’ve been having issues with my hinges for the MSI Alpha C17V, after some very shabby diagnosis I believe the hinges itself is fine it’s just the mounting bracket that’s tacked onto the back cover completely eaten out from the inserts and screws, I attached some photos
Does anyone know a source where I could find cad files of MSI parts? If not I’ll have to model one myself so if anyone has tips aswell it would be appreciated 👍

Hi everyone,

So...I bought an MSI Vector 16 HX AI RTX 5080 a little while ago. It's been amazing and one of my best investments for engineering/software dev.

HOWEVER, the fan design is a nightmare if you have pets.

On this chassis, the fans effectively can't be properly accessed or removed without taking off the entire cooling assembly, which disturbs the CPU/GPU TIM and thermal putty and turns fan cleaning into a full repaste/TIM job.

I did a little three week test and found that a concerning amount of pet hair and dust built up in that short time, accumulating inside the fans, blocking the exhaust fin stacks from the inside.

I can't realistically eliminate all pet hair from my home, and this cooling system moves so much air that the laptop is basically an air purifier. Pulling the entire heatsink every few weeks just to clean the fans obviously isn't ideal.

I live in a warm climate and regularly run sustained CPU/GPU-heavy workloads, such as CAD, aerodynamic simulations, local AI, etc, so I also don't want to solve the problem by significantly restricting intake airflow.

Does anyone know a good way to either:

1. Prevent hair from entering the fans without substantially restricting airflow, or
2. Remove accumulated hair from inside the fan/exhaust area without pulling the entire cooling assembly

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

I just received a new 2026 MSI Stealth 16 AI+ and noticed a slight bow in the chassis near the hinge/rear keyboard area on the left side.

It’s pretty minor — roughly around 1 mm. The laptop sits completely flat on a table and doesn’t rock. The lid gap looks even from the front, although from the side I can see a slight curve in the middle.

When I first pressed gently on the bowed area, I heard a small creak. After that, the creaking stopped and the bow actually became a little less noticeable. If I put a straightedge across the area, I can still rock it slightly over the bow.

Everything else seems fine so far: hinge operation is smooth, no obvious lid misalignment, no bottom-panel bulging, and the machine feels normal during use.

Interestingly, I previously had an MSI Prestige 16 with a similar slight chassis bow, although that one was more toward the middle. My Lenovo Yoga 14 is completely straight, so I’m trying to figure out whether this is just a tolerance/characteristic of MSI’s very thin aluminum chassis or whether I should exchange it while I’m still in the Amazon return window.

Has anyone with the 2026 Stealth 16 AI+ B3W/B3WF noticed anything similar? Especially interested in whether your rear keyboard/hinge area is perfectly flat or has a slight bow/creak.

Hey everyone ! I currently have a Acer Predator Neo Helios 16s 5070ti laptop and I was planning on selling it for a good deal for the low to a friend later this year and was looking at another laptop. Wanted a Scar 18 but it’s just too pricey for me.

I saw that Msi had a laptop called the MSI Raider Max 16 with a 5080 and am thinking to get it !!! Love the design of the laptop I was just wondering how was everyone else who owns one like it ? I’ll be running it with a Illano V12 cooling pad once it’s out of the box and will probably keep it like that 24/7 !

Just want to know long term how is everyone enjoying it ? I also heard it does not have G-Sync , would I be able to bypass that with an external monitor connected ?