MSI GS63VR Stealth Pro Owner's Lounge

Sometimes even being careful isn't enough, if you get a leak / run of LM out of the heatplate(s) onto a critical connection / part, it will be working one day, and not the next.

IDK if this is from LM, but it's exactly the kind of symptom report for an LM sourced failure:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...6-owners-lounge.797128/page-327#post-10450319

Hopefully that's just a power reset away from coming back to life...

It's not worth the potential for failure, LM is only a few degree's better than well applied non-conducting pastes, even for IHS re-pasting.

Stick with the non-conducting pastes unless you have boat loads of cash

 

Hi everyone! And thanks for the quick replies, I will have them into account.

One thing that I want to share with everyone out there: Unless you need the I7 6700HQ running at 3.5Ghz for the tasks that you do, you can reduce it's top speed by going to power options/ edit enery plan/ edit advanced settings/ cpu power management and then there you can set the maximum state of the CPU to 98%. This will disable turbo boost, and fix a top speed of 2.5/ 2.6Ghz.
Playing BF1 I haven't experienced any CPU bottleneck (game adjusted to 60fps) and my max temp with this changes is about 65 degrees celsius while playing a conquest of 64 players.

Enjoy!

 

I repasted the cpu with liquid metal and the temp never go above 70C while gaming. It will be worth it.
just be careful, I used non-conductive thermal paste around the die so the liquid metal won't leak.

 

Quick Update, My 001 model is palmost perfect now...swapped the god awful display for a SDC5344 Panel i Bought new for 60 bucks, Swapped the 1tb Hd for a 1TB SSD from my GS60, Swapped the 128Gb SSD for a 480GB NVME BPX unit i got on sale on Amazon...Clean Install And voila.....Now if i can get 5 hours of battery out of it...that'd be close to perfection. Changing the SSD was more work than swapping the lcd panel...but for space and speed its well worth it. and Icing on the cake was the 107 dollar BB gift card i got cause they lowered the price of the laptop while it was on my return window....Overall it worked out in the end. Went from blaming myself for the stupid purchase in BB to not settling and doing something about it. Money wise it was 1550 + 60 + 220 minus the 107 i got back...overall im happy as i did the best i could under my circumstances..Live abroad...but have a house in the US i go to often.

 

Hi all, new to the forum, have the gs63vr since oct 2016 and love the laptop!!!!.

Yesterday came my samsung oled tv and i connect the laptop to it (hdmi) and work but only with the dgpu, which is nice for gaming but when i want to watch netflix would be nice to use the igpu (to avoid the extra heat). is there a way to do that?.

Thanks in advance

 

Hello,
Since all of the display outputs are wired directly to the dGPU, I'd say it's impossible to use iGPU via HDMI/DP (I don't know about that USB-C/Thunderbolt port though, maybe there's a way).

 

Yeah this is a thing that brother me a lot that both dp and hdmi are through dgpu.
But good news, thunderbolt 3 port is through igpu, you can buy a dongle and use this port to output netflix~

 

That´s a shame, but it´s not that the dgpu get´s super hot anyway.

Sweat!!!!!!, so i can use hdmi/dp for gaming and thunderbolt 3 (with dongle) to netflix, youtube, etc.

Question,

Can i connect hdmi/dp to the tv set (for gaming), and at the same time connect thunderbolt to the same tv set and switch between the inputs to watch them?.

 

I often do that when testing things with LCD monitors. Should work just fine.

 

Hey!

I just got the GS6VR-7F with Kaby and so far I like it quite a lot. I haven't done anything fancy to it except getting rid of all the bloatware and updating drivers. I then undervolted with XTU to -0.165v. However, while playing overwatch the 1060 get's into the 85 degrees territory very quickly. Is anyone here undervolting the GPU and if so: how?

Also doing a quick check with Crystaldisk Info, the 256GB SSD is at 59 degrees - basically doing nothing, while the 2TB HDD is hat 42 in idle. This somehow troubles me.

 

yes use msi afterburner to undervolt gpu.
Heat is usually higher on m.2 ssd but that's completely fine temp.

 

Hi guys I recently installed a clean windows 10 and installed all the drivers however now 5GHz network can't be detected in my laptop. Anyone experience the same thing?

 

Sorry for some reason it got double posted.

 

that's weird....I suggest don't install any driver, let windows 10 to auto detect/install the driver.

 

So I uninstall the current drivers being used?

 

ya you can try it. However I will first check its not the problem of the router.

 

I don't think it's a router issue since all my other devices can connect to the 5g network. How do I troubleshoot? Thank you.


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i saw several review on the youtube and they say GS63VR skylake (1060) are very hot under load(90+degree), how about the new version GS63VR kabylake ? and how the trinity cooler boost work, i saw on the software MSi we can control the fan to the max speed ? if i want to playing some heavy gaming in a long term duration(about 2-3 hours) and i set the fan to maximum speed in the first place, how the temperature will be ? or it will be the same temperature that i saw on the youtube ? i think the right way just asking the real users like you guys here.

sorry in the first place i m new to the MSi product, i m looking for the new lightweight rig, thanks in advance for replying.

 

The temp during gaming is 70 on cpu and 80 on gpu after 2 hours but I did a repaste on both cpu and gpu.

 

how about the stock paste ?? is not doing well ??

 

I'm still using the stock paste and both my cpu and gpu are usually between 68-72 after hours of gaming. It may be just luck of the draw, but at these temps I don't plan on repasting.

 

I haven't seen anything much higher than 80C on mine during normal use, usually lower. I play Borderlands 2 and run pretty heavy realtime audiovisual performance systems developed in Max/MSP.

 

the stock paste is not that good. But I still believe you won't hit 90 degree
also yes you can manually control the fan to max.

 

did you guys using maximum fan speed profile on that temperature ? or just using automatic fan speed?,oh one more thing, is it laptop have a shortcut button to adjust the fan speed from the keyboard?

 

I tweaked out my GPU and CPU fans using MSI's Silent Option app (equal to the fan settings in Dragon Center). Look for my posts earlier in this thread.

 

Ordered my GS63VR Kaby Lake a few days ago from ibuypower. Patiently waiting now.

Just saw the thread about possibility of gtx 1070 coming out soon for the GS series....

Anyways still excited. Config below. Hope I get a good panel.

Spoiler: Config

Case(MSI GS63VR Stealth, 15.6" IPS FHD, Anti-Glare 1920x1080 [KBL])
Processor(Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ Mobile Processor (4x 2.8GHz/6MB L3 Cache) [GS63])
Memory(16GB [8GB x 2] 2133MHz DDR4 SO-DIMM Laptop Memory - Major Brand
Video Card(NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 - VR Ready [GS63])
M.2 Solid State Drive(256GB ADATA SX8000 M.2 PCIe NVME SSD --Read: 2500MB/s; Write: 1100MB/s - Single Drive)
Primary Hard Drive(250 GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD -- Read: 550MB/s, Write: 470MB/s - Single Drive)
Media Card Reader / Writer(Built-in SD Memory Card Reader/Writer [Laptop])
Sound Card(HD Audio with Dynaudio system)
Network Card(Killer E2400 Gaming Network)
Internal Wireless Network Adapter(Killer N1525 Wireless 802.11ac + Bluetooth Combo [M.2])
Operating System(Windows 10 Home + Office 365 Trial [Free 30-Day !!!] - (64-bit))
USB Ports(Built-in 1x USB 3.1 Type C + 3x USB 3.0 + 1x USB 2.0 Ports [Laptop])
Webcam(Built-in HD Digital Web Video Camera [MSI])
LCD Pixel Protection(None)
Laptop Services(Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Paste - Increase your cooling efficiency with upgraded thermal paste)

 

I don't use the cooler boost setting which I think auto maxes the fans. I'm using the advanced setting in the MSI dragon center which allows you to set the fan speed based on the temperature. The only change I made from the default was to set the first setting at 0% so the fan isn't always running. My light use browsing temps are usually around 40c or less. The most graphically intense game I play is battlefield and most cpu intense planetside 2.

 

Just reporting my findings regarding the fact that my laptop couldn't detect my 11ac wifi router. Had to uninstall/delete the driver which I assume came from the packages that I installed from the MSI website and just let windows use its own driver, now the wifi can properly detect 5ghz unlike before. My wireless connection seems to be better too. I wonder what caused the problem to begin with.

 

Just received my GS63VR 7RF last night. GPU and CPU fans are not working. Tech support only open M-F.

Any thoughts? Thanks

Edit: Just FYI happens even when temps go above 65 celsius.

 

So basically under any load temps jump up to 85+C in no time?

 

If im not gaming or watching videos its sits around 64C. Any gaming or anything it will spike to 85+C in no time.

I thought i had the quitest GS of all time for a little bit then realized why it was so quiet.

 

Changing fan settings/profiles in Game Center doesn't work?

 

Nope, I've tried all the settings, multiple restarts, nothing.

 

Not much else to do but return I m afraid.

 

Yep, that's what i was thinking. Thanks for the time.

 

Okay, I just pulled the trigger and ordered the last 2017 GS63VR (-229) Amazon had in stock. Anyone have any experience with the quality of the 1080p display on this, or better yet, know the actual manufacturer and model of panel? I've seen it referenced as both IPS and (more suspiciously) "IPS-level." Call me cynical, but "IPS-level" just reeks of deceptive marketing-speak, like a cheap frozen pizza with "mozzarella-style topping," etc.

I previously tried last year's GS73VR, but I'm hoping the GS63VR is a little better balance of portability vs. performance. The GS63VR's "IPS-level" 1080p display was pretty good, but it also had 120Hz refresh going for it.

Thanks!

 

Just met a weird bug. The Bluetooth LED is always on, I have bluetooth off in control panel but not help

Have anyone experienced this before?

 

If you are experiencing the nvidia optimus dGPU stutter on windows 10 your help is needed to inform MS. Please refer to page 16 of this geforce forum: https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/860554/geforce-mobile-gpus/windows-10-and-optimus/16/ watch the video in the link that demonstrates the problem and if you are experiencing the same issue upvote the complaint.

 

Same here.

 

Note me.

 

Also anyone know how to fix this? Seems there is some problem with program SCM
It will appear whenever I log in windows

I tried reinstall SCM but not help, SCM is kind of important software...

 

update your windows

 

but but...that's the first thing I did

 

Ensure you have the. NET Framework 3.5 from programs and features / manage windows features from the left pane

 

nvm I just realized the problem

in addition to @Phoenix 's post above, you can also try to use revo uninstaller to remove your current version of SCM and then reinstall a fresh copy from msi website

 

Still not working

 

Hmm, this is with latest SCM?


There must be other program corrupting / conflicting.

 

I think so, the version is 13.016.12025
yeah I feel the same way but cannot figure out what's wrong. I tried multiple time reinstall Net Framework 3.5, SCM and still...
Here is the full error message:

Code:

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: Configuration system failed to initialize ---> System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: '.', hexadecimal value 0x00, is an invalid character. Line 10, position 1. (C:\Users\as780\AppData\Local\MSI\SCM.exe_Url_zv0ikcohnhzptbjtykvepncdk0ijftla\13.16.12025.0\user.config line 10) ---> System.Xml.XmlException: '.', hexadecimal value 0x00, is an invalid character. Line 10, position 1.
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseText(Int32& startPos, Int32& endPos, Int32& outOrChars)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseText()
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent()
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Skip()
   at System.Configuration.XmlUtil.StrictSkipToNextElement(ExceptionAction action)
   at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.ScanSectionsRecursive(XmlUtil xmlUtil, String parentConfigKey, Boolean inLocation, String locationSubPath, OverrideModeSetting overrideMode, Boolean skipInChildApps)
   at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.ScanSectionsRecursive(XmlUtil xmlUtil, String parentConfigKey, Boolean inLocation, String locationSubPath, OverrideModeSetting overrideMode, Boolean skipInChildApps)
   at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.ScanSections(XmlUtil xmlUtil)
   at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.InitConfigFromFile()
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.Configuration.ConfigurationSchemaErrors.ThrowIfErrors(Boolean ignoreLocal)
   at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.ThrowIfParseErrors(ConfigurationSchemaErrors schemaErrors)
   at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.OnConfigRemoved(Object sender, InternalConfigEventArgs e)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.PrepareConfigSystem()
   at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection(String sectionName)
   at System.Configuration.ClientSettingsStore.ReadSettings(String sectionName, Boolean isUserScoped)
   at System.Configuration.LocalFileSettingsProvider.GetPropertyValues(SettingsContext context, SettingsPropertyCollection properties)
   at System.Configuration.SettingsBase.GetPropertiesFromProvider(SettingsProvider provider)
   at System.Configuration.SettingsBase.SetPropertyValueByName(String propertyName, Object propertyValue)
   at System.Configuration.SettingsBase.set_Item(String propertyName, Object value)
   at System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase.set_Item(String propertyName, Object value)
   at MSI.SCM.SCMII.SetECOtoEC()
   at MSI.SCM.SCMII.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1586.0 built by: NETFXREL2
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v4.0.30319/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
SCM
    Assembly Version: 13.16.12025.0
    Win32 Version: 13.016.12025.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/SCM/SCM.exe
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System.Configuration
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1586.0 built by: NETFXREL2
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
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System
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1586.0 built by: NETFXREL2
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
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System.Core
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1586.0 built by: NETFXREL2
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Core/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Core.dll
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System.Windows.Forms
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1586.0 built by: NETFXREL2
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
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System.Drawing
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1586.0 built by: NETFXREL2
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
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System.Xml
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1586.0 built by: NETFXREL2
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
WPFOSD
    Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/SCM/WPFOSD.DLL
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PresentationFramework
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1586.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/PresentationFramework/v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/PresentationFramework.dll
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WindowsBase
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1586.0 built by: NETFXREL2
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/WindowsBase/v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/WindowsBase.dll
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PresentationCore
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1586.0 built by: NETFXREL2
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_64/PresentationCore/v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/PresentationCore.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xaml
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1586.0 built by: NETFXREL2
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xaml/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xaml.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Management
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1586.0 built by: NETFXREL2
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Management/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Management.dll
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PresentationFramework.Aero2
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1586.0 built by: NETFXREL2
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/PresentationFramework.Aero2/v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/PresentationFramework.Aero2.dll
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UIAutomationTypes
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1586.0 built by: NETFXREL2
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/UIAutomationTypes/v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/UIAutomationTypes.dll
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MSIECO
    Assembly Version: 1.0.1308.2003
    Win32 Version: 1.0.1308.2003
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/SCM/MSIECO.DLL
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
    <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

Will be awesome if someone can find some hints.

 

Has it come to light as to which GS63VR models have LG vs. Samsung panels?

There are a few variants available at local stores, and I thought I would check as my eyes are somewhat sensitive to PWM.

Specifically, the available models are:
6RF-008CA
6RF-010CA (4k, preferably not as it would hurt battery life)
6RF-034 Pro
6RF-041 Pro
7RF-236CA

 

I uninstalled the MSI scm a long time ago. Is there a specific reason you use it? Windows 10 has all the options to enable/disable bluetooth, wifi ect. right on the taskbar.