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Recently, the largest fan on my MSI GS66 Stealth was making a horrible clicking sound, running very low RPM in Dragon Center, then finally decided to die. Are there any replacements that are reliable, because I am not very well versed in buying parts. The fan, I believe, is the GPU fan on the far left when opening the laptop. Thank you ahead of time for any patiences that has to be used with me, just because I have been playing games my whole life, does NOT mean I know a thing about how lol

Hello everyone! I just brought my new MSI MAG 341CQP QD-OLED monitor today, and i have some pretty bad problems with it, while plugged in via display port. When i put my monitor to anything higher than 60Hz it starts this weird flicering, and also an ocasional power cycle, as you can see in the linked video. I tried switching to the included hdmi 2.1 cable, but that was even worse becouse i couldn't even set the right resolution on that. I also tried it with a type C cable, and with my Asus vivobook pro 15 m6500xv-ma050 laptop, it was better, but still coudn't work as it supposed to (nothing higher than 100 Hz). I'm not sure that my monitor is bad, but there is a chance for that as well im afraid. I ordered a better DP cable, so i will try that, especially, since i dont know wheter my current cable is 1.4 or not. Any other idea would be very much appriciated! Ps. Sry for my english, not a native speaker

Issue: Installed a new M.2 drive for the OS on my son's PC and have been getting regular freezing/crashing. Attempts #1-#3 were with the TOP slot below the CPU. I had everything from no post, to a CPU debug light, to the M.2 not being recognized by BIOS or the Windows Installer. Attempts #4-#5 were with the BOTTOM slot below the GPU. No CPU debug lights, goes right to BIOS, and allows me to install windows The problem I can't seem to figure out now are the random crashes that don't show any critical events in the System Log except me forcing the restart.. I'll be browsing a website or doing something very simple like browsing settings to update drivers and the PC will lock up randomly. It's not during the install or even download of anything. It's simply viewing a website or window. The pattern is the same, Windows completely freezes then goes to a black screen and lines of various colors and sizes. Each crash looks different from the last as the examples below show. What I Know: BIOS is on the most recent version Chipset drivers have been updated Windows Updates all complete minus a preview version that gets stuck installing I haven't removed the CPU/Stock Air Cooler since first installing. This freezing issue wasn't present with the SSD/HDD combo last week. It only started with the M.2 Would this lean towards something with the CPU or Motherboard considering the debug LED and the fact that top slot is controlled by the CPU? What steps should I take next to diagnose and fix without just buying a new motherboard and CPU and slapping them in? I can obviously remove the CPU to check for bent pins. I would have done that last night but need to buy thermal paste on the way home so I can re-install once I'm done. Is there anything else I can do to diagnosis the crashes maybe in a piece of software of test of some kind? Could this be the actual M.2? Anything I can do to test that as well? Specs: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X XFX SWFT309 6700XT 12GB MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus 16GB Corsair Vengeance 3000mhz Corsair CX750M 80 Plus Bronze WD Black SN770 1TB M.2 Gen 4x4

Alright. I made the mistake of doing a clone of my son’s SSD to his new M.2. I got a conflict error in Disk Manager and decided I would be smart and change drive letters once I had the M.2 recognized in windows which was where all the problems started. After that we started getting a ton of crashes (screenshots attached) and the machine hasn’t been the same since. Those crashes were on 2 new installs of windows using the old SSD. The M.2 would also sometimes show up in windows under disk management and device driver and sometimes wouldn’t. Now I just want to install windows on this new M.2 (WD Black SN770) and not use the SSD but can’t get past the bios. I’ve read to get the motherboard to recognize the M.2 so you can do a windows install to remove the other drives so I’ve unplugged them and no matter if I do CSM or UEFI the MSI bios fails to see this M.2 drive as you can see in the attached pictures. I need it to be seen here to install windows on it right? I’ve cleared cmos and previously updated bios to a build date of 3/11/24. What am I doing wrong? At this point I just want to install windows on this M.2 but can’t progress past this now. sincerely, a dad who screwed up his sons PC upgrade and the issue is now over my head. Ryzen 5 5600X MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus AMD 6700XT M.2 is WD BLACK SN770

Recently I have bought a pc with msi b760m gaming plus mobo and gigabyte eagle rtx 4070 super but msi center doesn't detect the gpu can't control fan or most importantly the logo's led. Tried rgb fusion 2.0 and gigabyte control center these app doesn't even open. What should I do? I am not facing any problem apart from annoying color on the logo. Thanks in advance

Hey there everyone! I saw a deal of this MSI Pro MP243XW 23.8" 1080P 100Hz display in Amazon (international shipping) for $89.99 US. Has anyone used this monitor, or know of trustworthy reviews? It has pretty good (yet very little) reviews in Amazon, and I have heard it's an amazing monitor for the price, but it's mostly people on Telegram groups and small channel reviews in languages I might not understand. I currently use a 75Hz 1080P 5ms response time monitor, as well as a secondary old HP display (1024x768) that was given to me for free. I kinda want an upgrade, I would get the new monitor and keep using my previous ones, but Idk whether to wait for something else or go for this one. My budget is as high as that deal btw (I guess max is $100). What do you all think? Any comments are welcome. If you're gonna search for a recommendation, I would appreciate it if you chose Amazon, since it does free international shipping to my country (Colombia). Thanks!

I have an MSI GP66 Leopard laptop that I want to install PopOS on, but I have to disable secure boot. I can go into BIOS and change the option to have secure boot, but when I save changes and reset and go back into BIOS, it is re-enabled. If I try to reset my keys to default, I get an error that tells me that "secure boot is locked out" and it won't let me change it. I've even tried setting an admin password for the BIOS and after I reboot (I set it to check every time) it reset to not having a password. Do I just have a faulty BIOS? Or is there something I'm missing?

I have had problems with Bluetooth on my new motherboard, Earlier in the week I was able to connect bluetooth devices without any problem, but now it won't even let me turn on bluetooth in windows settings. Currently, I have: Checked for windows updates Tried installing drivers (MSI will not let me install the Bluetooth drivers) I have checked BIOS to make sure that the device is turned on and selected. I have gone through device manager and uninstalled both the wireless and the bluetooth drivers, and now the whole tab of bluetooth devices is no longer present I have used MSI center to try and scan for drivers Fresh Install of Windows I am currently at a loss for what I should do, I've already spent way to much time trying to figure out what the problem is. Current Specs 7800x3d MSI B650 AM Wifi 2 TB WD Black NVME SSD 32G 6000 Mhz T-Force DDR5 Ram RTX 2060

Greetings everyone. Currently looking for a monitor upgrade from my AOC C72G2, a 1080p Curve VA 165hz monitor. I am torn between Dell G2724D and MSI MAG 274QRF QD E2. I'm tempted to buy the MSI since it has more features on paper(KVM switch, usb hub, quantum dot) and it's newer but I can barely find any review of it, I also worry about their quality control. Seems to have quite a few post about dead pixel, while Dell has a singular post about backlight bleed after a few months. Should I go with the Dell or the newer unreviewed MSI?

My MSI Laptop (MSI Summit E13 Flip Evo A11MT-223) has been shutting off without warning, the battery is near full too. Not even a BSOD, just completely dies on me. To turn it back on, I have to plug it in, close it, open it and press the power button. This has happened 4 times within the last few hours and I don't understand why. It has only happened when I have it unplugged. I highly doubt it is overheating because I have the fans set to balanced mode, and it shut off without the laptop feeling hot at all or the fans even spinning. In windows 10 event viewer it says I have 4 critical events that happened in the last hour (it has crashed 4 times) Event ID 41, saying it has rebooted wihout cleanly shutting down first. Any ideas on what's wrong?? I updated windows and other drivers. Do I need to clean fans or something? I've had it for about a year and a half with on and off use.

Hi all, Edit: the issue seems to be more fundamental. I can get into BIOS, and I opened hardware monitor to look at my CPU temps and after being there for a while I wanted to close it and my BIOS froze. Rest of the story provides context on how I got to this situation... I'm slightly panicking here. I had a good working setup with just Windows 11 (pro) installed (upgraded from Windows 10 pro) on my newly build machine (tech specs will follow). I installed Ubuntu as dual boot in a separate partition on the same SSD as my windows is located. It booted into MOK (I had secure boot set up) but I had issues with that so I passed it. It booted fine a couple of times when so I performed the necessary updates but after that it the problems started. I reboot into ubuntu and at the login screen it works fine, but trying to login in or open a different tty (ctrl+alt+f2 e.g.) it froze again (not getting into the desktop at all when logging in or not even reaching the tty). I tried rebooting into windows and I'm getting a different BSOD every time. Trying to boot into Windows recovery mode works, but when opening CMD I'm getting different BSODs as well. Couple I've had were: - IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL in ntoskrnl.exe - MEMORY_MANAGEMENT when trying to run DISM in cmd in recovery And a couple more but didn't have time to take a picture because my pc rebooted immediately. I tried swapping the boot order back hoping that was the cause, but then my BIOS froze... I don't understand how to get the dump files in this situation since booting from my Windows 10 install USB is freezing as well on the windows logo. My BIOS is on E7E26AMS.150 (just the version with which it shipped) and I see on the MSI page that there is a BIOS update available. But honestly, with my BIOS freezing I'm really afraid to start flashing a new version on it... what If it happens during the update? OS - Windows 11 + Ubuntu 22.04 dual boot x86 (32-bit) (i think I'm sorry I'm not sure) What OS was originaly installed on the system? Windows 11 pro retail Is the OS an OEM version (came pre-installed on system) or full retail version (YOU purchased it from a retailer)? purchased from retailer Age of system (hardware) less than a month Age of OS installation - have you re-installed the OS? less than a month CPU model AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Boxed Video Card model ASRock AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Phantom Gaming 20GB OC MotherBoard - (if NOT a laptop) B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI (MS-7E26) Power Supply - brand & wattage (if laptop, skip this) Seasonic Focus GX-750 System Manufacturer what? Laptop or Desktop? Desktop Is there anyone able to help me? Things I tried: tried going into Ubuntu advanced, pick the older version in recovery but after browsing in the settings for a while it crashes and spews out this enormous log (see attached picture). tried booting into my Ubuntu boot USB but that freezes at boot logo tried booting into my Windows 10 pro USB but that freezes at boot logo

Please read the entire post. About a year ago I've built a system with the following parts: - Intel Core i5-11400 CPU; - MSI B560M-A PRO mobo; - 24GB Crucial 2400MHz RAM, later maxed out to 64GB DDR4 2666MHz Corsair Vengeance LPX RAM (this is important); - 500GB Kingston Fury Renegade M.2 PCIe Gen4x4 SSD; - AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card; - Corsair CS850M 850W Semi-Modular 850W 80 Plus Gold PSU (reused from my previous setup). Since the beginning I have noticed the motherboard behaved strangely, even when brand new, during the first few days of use, it would plain refuse to POST... This would fix itself with reseating everything... If I enabled the ERP ready power feature in the UEFI, the computer would take 3 to 5 seconds to power on after I pressed the power button, sometimes it would take longer. So I never enabled that option again. But the weirdest behavior started after I swapped the 24GB RAM for the Vengeance LPX 64GB kit. At first the motherboard only recognized one stick, had to switch them around to get the 64GB accessible. Everything then was fine, even the XMP profile got enabled automatically. But I noticed the mobo would take longer than usual to POST with the new RAM. Nothing major happened until last month... when I shut the display down and went to do something else...later I came back, GPU fans were on full blast and there was no video output to the monitor. I hard restarted the PC... the motherboard for some reason reset the RAM frequency from the rated 2666MHz to just 2133MHz. I then tried enabling XMP again twice, on both attempts the mobo reset the speed back to 2133MHz and gave me a textual warning that the RAM overclock was not stable. (This was, in fact , the first sign something was seriously wrong). But by the 3rd time it worked fine. I also noticed that sometimes on Linux, after a reboot, there would be no display output. Pressing Ctrl Alt Del always fixed it. There were no new major problems or crashes until the night of March 8. After running absolutely fine for the entirety of the day, while I was watching a YT video, the browser tab with the video literally crashed. "Gah. Your tab just crashed." -- At this point, the machine was minutes away from going to PC Heaven -- I didn't know that, and just shrugged the error away as a bug. Though I was still a bit worried because this was my first time seeing that message. 5 minutes later... the entire OS froze, a very loud static noise was heard on the speakers, and the audio from the video started repeating over and over like a broken record. The PC was completely unresponsive, I force restarted it as usual... but this time, it no longer came back. No POST, no USB, no nothing. The mobo will now get stuck on a boot loop alternating for 3 times between the red CPU debug LED and the orange DRAM one. Until it gives up trying to start and stops with the solid orange DRAM LED. My effectively brand new general use and workstation PC is now dead after a little more than 1 year. Is it financially viable to try and fix it or I might as well use the opportunity to upgrade to a newer platform (AM5 or LGA 1700 with DDR5) and also a brand spanking new higher quality PSU? I might even consider jumping to a prebuilt system like the Dell XPS 8960 or the Precision 3660 as I love Dell's reliability and quality.

Hey guys, so I've had this MSI GS66 stealth for a little over 3 1/2 years and I've noticed for awhile that the battery doesn't hold it's charge that much between shutdowns and turning on and thought that the battery is simply worn out. I'd charge it to 80% Friday and shutdown before closing the lid, ensuring the power light goes off. Then, when Monday comes around, the battery could be 40-60% charge from 80%. I've noticed this discharge before since owning the laptop and thought it was related to one of the power states but I'm unsure which does what and if they can be adjusted in the BIOS. I've tried searching for possibly solutions but didn't come across anything that works. According to HWinfo, the remaining capacity of the 99Wh battery is at 44.034Wh with a wear level of 41.5%. I've only charged the battery to 80% using MSI's software and never to 100% to preserve battery life. I did just recently do a calibration and that seems to have helped slightly with the discharge between shutdown-start over the weekends. I really just use this laptop for college and have no plans on replacing it anytime soon so is there anything I can check before deciding on replacing the battery? Also, is there any way I can get a genuine MSI replacement and not risk using a third-party battery? Thanks!

So I've been on the fence about two motherboards from MSI, the MSI MAG z790 Tomahawk Wifi and the MSI Pro z790-a Wifi (priced the same where I can buy them) This is for a modded build with a specific theme and the motherboard needs to be white or close to white (aka I would have to mod the Tomahawk with a paint job) From what I've seen the Tomahawk will have more Io ports while the Pro will have certain newer things like wifi 7 and some of the ports are faster although fewer Although this is a showcase build I wanna make the best bang for the buck choices so my question is which one would I be better off with considering what they both offer and that one of them would require more work to make it fit in with everything

So I have been troubleshooting for days and took my pc to a local shop (with outstanding reviews) and after a week they gave it back with no diagnosis. My system specs, msi MEG X570 motherboard, ryzen 9 5950x cpu, msi 850gl psu. Trident z 3600mhz 32gb (4x8gb). I have been using a rtx 2060 short term and it works perfectly fine with this system. I decided to upgrade since rx6000 series cards can be found at great deals now and purchased a used msi gaming z trio 6800xt from Amazon. The seller said it was in like new condition and visually I agree, no wear on the pins, no scratches anywhere. I threw the new card in and turned the system on and the card lit up and the fans spin. But no display output. I even here the windows startup chime so I know the system is booting. If I throw the old 2060 back in it works like nothing is wrong. The 6800xt will wake my monitor but then says no signal and goes back to sleep. I have tried every port on the card. DP and HDMI. My motherboard/cpu combo has no integrated graphics. I have even tried plugging both cards in at the same time but had the same outcome of no display. I am still within the return window for a full refund through amazon and I'm leaning that way rn but I can't find this same card available anymore. Any insight on things to try?

As title states, I have a machine running Ubuntu Desktop (for now) that successfully booted. I tried to configure a 2 hardware RAID 1 arrays on 4 of the non-boot HDDs, and after applying the config in BIOS, I'm hanging on the BIOS logo screen for 20 mins with no change. This is the second time this has happened; previously this resulted in a total motherboard bricking. CPU: AMD 5600G; using the integrated graphics MB: MSI Pro B550-VC AM4 ATX Boot SSD: Samsung 970 Evo 500GB HDDs: 2x 1TB WD Blue drives, 2x 4TB WD Red Drives (connected via Sata, all showed up in the BIOS) OS: Ubuntu Desktop (just to test the config; likely moving to debian) BIOS config: enabled RAID mode, restarted, cleared the drives, applied 2 RAID 1 arrays. This has me completely stumped. Any advice is appreciated. Thank you

Guys I'm panicking a little bit. I recently bought a 4tb m.2 to replace 2 old HDD's and 1 SSD Nvme drive. I installed it in the remaining bottom slot of my Mobo and disconnected the HDD's. I did all this with power off and plug disconnected from the PSU. When turning on the computer it goes in diagnostic mode and doesn't boot in Windows, I didn't change anything regarding my boot drive, it's still in the same slot and hasn't been touched. In the BIOS, my 4 Nvme's are all detected but I can't select them in the boot order. What should I do ? Did I brick my PC and lost my data ?

I have had my pc for a little over a year and today I had it on for about 10 minutes and I unplugged my headphones from the front io then a spark happened on the motherboard at the JAud1 plug and caused a burn mark. I contacted Microcenter to start a claim and they said they won't warranty it because of physical damage even though I purchased their 2 year replacement plan

hi there, im looking to upgrade from an aoc 24g2 144hz 1080p 24 inches to 2k 27 inches and these are the choices that are currently available at my country. https://www.zonadigitalsv.com/produ...t-ips-180hz-1ms-gtg-dp-hdmi-hdr10197105079663 https://www.zonadigitalsv.com/produ...170hz-1ms-gtg-hdr-hdmi-20-dp-vesa824142311387 thoughts? thanks for your time.

Hi, I have this issue with my MSI pulse GL66 where the screen keeps jumping and I would like some help in figuring out what the problem is, I connected it to an external monitor and there is no problem so I'm not sure what the issue is, thanks in advance. I attached a video to show an example of what is happening. VID-20240212-WA0011.mp4

Motherboard : MSI H610M-E Pro Processor : i5-12400F It was last night i shut down my pc properly, and this morning i can not turn it on, i have no idea why. -If i remove the gpu, the motherboard stops restarting but it is stuck at VGA Light On (White), and since the CPU does not have integrated GPU, it does not display anything. -If i install a GPU, when i turn my PC on, it will restart infinitely before it displays a logo or bios (it does not display anything). -All the GPUs(RX 550, GTX 1050 Ti, and RTX 2060) i tested working on my friend's PC, including my RAMs and PSUs (Corsair CX 450, Cooler Master G800) - I have removed all parts and cleared CMOS for more than 6 hours, i also clean the motherboard with 70% alcohol. -If it is a corrupted bios, i can not fix it, because the cpu does not have iGPU. I do not have another cpu or motherboard to test with, and my friend PC is not the same. It is even a year since i bought the motherboard and cpu, but the seller refused to fix it. Is there a way to fix it? There is no IT Support Store or anything related Computer Service nearby, it is a small village. or If it can not be fixed, is this a motherboard's problem not the CPU ? so i can buy a new motherboard without wasting my money, because as far as i know a dead CPU will infinitely restart even without a GPU, Am i right? Thank you Friends.

I just go a MSI Aegis R 13NUD-461US from Costco for my birthday. It has a 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700F and a GeForce RTX 4060Ti. With 2TB of HDD and 1TB of SSD I wanted to ask if there is anything I should do to help the computer run at its best? note: This is my first desktop computer. I also noticed that when I look a dark object that covers most of my screen the whole screen dims down, how might I prevent this. I am also not afraid to changing almost any setting that do not break the warranty. Thank you for any help

Hello everyone.. The question might sound weird but i just want a second opinion.. My friend recently told me to build his gaming pc.. he had a tight budget so i was looking for deals.. and i found one.. i picked ryzen 5 2600 with a b550m aorus elite as a package for 100$ US, now considering his usage he won't be upgrading that 2600 for atleast a year or two.. since he doesn't use his pc that much.. so he has no problem if i swap his b550m aorus elite with my b450m pro vdh max.. Now my build has a ryzen 5 5600 which is overclocked to 4.8ghz all cores at 1.24v.. i compared these results online and i am in a luck with my processor.. this is a really good oc for 5600.. and i tried cinebench r23 for 6 hours straight and i had no issues with the stability ever i m using this oc for about 7 months.. Now i have a gen 4 nvme ssd.. and my current mobo support gen 3.. and also b550 aorus has some other great features like 3 pin argb headers.. also it probably would make more sense in my opinion to use that board with my 5600.. Still i want to confirm should i switch to that board? And is the vrm config better or atleast same on that board compared to b450m pro vdh? Since i do want to keep my oc.. i know i have a option to try it but i want to get some opinions before changing everything

It's exactly what the title says. I have Ryzen 5 7500f and 32gb (2x16) of ddr5 Kingston Fury I've tried: One ram stick and no ram stick Popping out the cmos battery, waiting 10 minutes before putting it back in Flashing bios Checking bent pins, even sent a macro picture to a friend and still nothing Letting it just run for 15 minutes Reseating the cpu and cooler None of these have worked for me. Any help would be appreciated

Need some insights, maybe anyone went through this before. I have a Z490 MEG ACE, paired with i9-10900k. A week ago I had a problem when I booted my PC, it went straight to BIOS and loaded defaults. I activated XMP, saved and everything was OK until today. For the record, yesterday I was on the PC for 4-5 hours with no problems, turned it off normaly. Today the PC did not start, no power. The led on power button on the board is on. I tried to check out the issue. I checked cable connections from PSU, cleaned everything up, removed everything, even RAM. My first guess was the PSU. I tried 2 different PSUs, but I only had at hand models with only 1 8-pin connectors to test. The same happens, led on the power button is on when I plug it in, nothing works, PC doesn't start. Tomorrow I need to try to fix it because I have work to and depend on it. Do I really need the 2 8-pin connectors to at least get the fans going? Or should I look into the CPU/Motherboard instead?