http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/ Engadget Comments for MSI's customizable GX640 gaming notebook now shipping http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/Apr 23rd 2010 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/Apr 23rd 2010 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/Apr 23rd 2010 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/I hope more manufacturers use ATI.

I never want to support NVidia again after they have screwed over millions of users with ALL of their 8600 chipsets being faulty, overheating and dyeing. And NVidia hushed it, pretended there were no problems because it would have cost them $200 millions to issue a recall.
My $1500 laptop kicked the bucket soon after the warranty ended (overheated videocard) thanks to NVidia. Fuck them.]]>Apr 23rd 2010 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/Apr 23rd 2010 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/
All NVidia 8600 video cards are faulty, all of them overheat. But which ones crap out sooner and which ones later - that's a Russian roulette.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1028703/nvidia-g84-g86-bad

Those cards were put into Apple, Dell, HP laptops.
NVidia even lied to Apple that the ones that were shipped to apple were fine. Apple performed their own investigation and it turned out, that NVidia lied, and 8600's in Apple laptops were faulty as well.

As the result Apple extended their warranty to 3 years total on those laptops for free, Dell to 2 years total.

HP did not extend at all and kept denying the problem. My laptop was HP. I will never buy HP laptop again. Ever.

I wish Apple were using ATI in their notebooks.]]>Apr 23rd 2010 9:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/
As for systems that do not work anymore, it's more then likely the chip has just lifted off the motherboard. you can have them re-balled or you can get some aluminum foil and a heat gun (look for how to do this on youtube) and reconnect the chip to the board.

I'm convinced the mane problem is that the chip does not have any pressure on top, so when the chip heats up and cools down so many times (overheating is past 95-100c) it creates cracks in the solder that makes the connections. I have only seen on system with a damaged chip, the rest i was able to repair (50+, thanks Nvidia for making me money).]]>Apr 24th 2010 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/Thanks for the heads up, but you said:

"...you can make it so it will never fail with a copper shim vs. a peace of rubber or rubbery foam! And while your add it, clean up the old crap from the ___cpu___, and put ceramic of silver based conductive paste..."

It's the video card that overheats, not the CPU.
If I understood you right I should remove some kind of factory rubbery foam and replace it with copper shim? Or did you mean to put a copper shim and pressurize it with a peace of rubber? Could you please give more detailed step by step instructions? Are there any pictures on internet to illustrate how to do it? Thanks!!!]]>Apr 25th 2010 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/Apr 23rd 2010 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/Apr 23rd 2010 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/Just curious. What do you use with your laptop that uses bluetooth? ]]>Apr 23rd 2010 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/Apr 23rd 2010 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/
Telephone?]]>Apr 23rd 2010 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/Bluetooth mouse and file transfers from my cellphone. Occasionally I also have used a Bluetooth headset as well.

Thanks guys. I can finally see the complete specs now.]]>Apr 23rd 2010 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/Apr 23rd 2010 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/Apr 23rd 2010 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/
I had a MSI 1036- Overheating issues, Rma'ed constantly
MSI 1029- Memory from GPU died twice. Then mobo went bad
MSI motherboard, 2 years crapped out on me and North bridge fan broke, the other mobo north bridge fan broke and I bought a aftermarket cooler, that mobo still works but who knows for how long.

MSI's techsupport sucks, there customer service sucks, I would never buy a product from them again.

I should of gone with an Asus Barebone instead of MSI..]]>Apr 23rd 2010 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/
I even went so far as to e-mail every person I had been in contact with at MSI about my situation and the CEO, documenting every date and every RMA number. Did I receive a single response? Nope.

So yeah, go ahead and buy this MSI gaming laptop! Just don't be surprised when it dies 9-months later and find yourself up a creek.]]>Apr 23rd 2010 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/Apr 23rd 2010 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=788]]>Apr 23rd 2010 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/I see that it is indeed GDDR5. Should be a nice gaming notebook.]]>Apr 23rd 2010 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/Apr 23rd 2010 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/Apr 23rd 2010 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/Apr 23rd 2010 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/Apr 23rd 2010 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/Apr 23rd 2010 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/Apr 23rd 2010 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/
Who needs an ipad when you can get PS2, the best gaming machine ever made, for less than $100??]]>Apr 23rd 2010 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/Apr 23rd 2010 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/
This is 15.4" screen dude. Do you want to kill your eyes?]]>Apr 23rd 2010 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/Apr 23rd 2010 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/Apr 23rd 2010 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+Laptop+with+Intel%26%23174%3B+Core%26%23153%3B+i7+Processor+-+Black/9741729.p?id=1218165344675&skuId=9741729&st=asus%20g73&cp=1&lp=1

Depending on your preferences, size, aspect ratio/resolution, aesthetics, or brand perception might make you lean toward the MSI, but a true gamer puts value for performance first. Just sayin'. =)]]>Apr 23rd 2010 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/Apr 24th 2010 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/
I definitely like my 1920x1080 matte LCD though

I hope they don't expect to cool a core i7 AND the video card with 1 HSF

it will be louder than my 4890s

I agree with the previous poster though - I wish this had come out about 3 months earlier - it would have had a fighting chance against my Envy]]>Apr 25th 2010 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/msis-customizable-gx640-gaming-notebook-now-shipping/
The barebones version will be out fairly soon supposedly also.]]>Apr 26th 2010 4:06PM