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never hurt to try.

try to register your notebook and see if they accept it.

 

where and how do i register my unit? Where is the serial number located?

 

The serial # is located under the battery, you have to take the battery out but the sticker where the serial number should be might be ripped off, if thats the case then its stolen most likely.. Or the serial number will be on the side of the box it came in..

Whats the name of the eBay seller you got it from??

 

My serial was under the battery (NOT ripped off).

 

Did you check with Tom Ho to see if it was a stolen unit Darth??

 

the serial number is not there........ stolen? How?

 

MSI Had a big shipment stolen from them.. There is a thread about it in this forum..

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=357924

 

No, because I have had no reason to. Until I need to use the warranty, which I have never had to do with anything I own, I feel no need to.

 

It's not on the actual battery.

 

yah its not there. i have no hope do i. i believe the northbridge is fried.

 

I think it was also on the box...

Did your barebone come in a SEALED (unopen) box? Mine did.

If it's not there, then your only hope is to connect someone like RK and request to buy a new motherboard.

 

No, there was no sticker seal. How much would a new motherboard cost? Who has them available?

 

To be honest, it would be cheaper just to buy another barebones. You can get them for $400.00 still..

 

i have no money though. My dad already gave me a beating todaya, there is no way i can ask him for another 400. Besides, mine was wuxga. All the others are wsxga.

 

you can still try and see how much a new motherboard would cost.

PM this guy http://forum.notebookreview.com/member.php?u=28175

 

The person you bought it from, send him a messege and see if he can refund you or do something for you at least. Are you sure its the motherboard, Did you try and power it back on?

 

To be blunt, the seller is not liable for anything. The unit become dead by the action of the buyer, therefore the seller doesn't have to do anything.

 

It never hurts to ask though, anyways I am going to bed, Best of luck to you. I hope you get it fixed.

 

thanks i am going to contact the seller. I am not sure about the approach though. i am sure it is the motherboard, as i tried to power up again, and it did nothing (besides, i was sniffing the board and found the northbridge smelling like electrical fire). I am really at a loss here. I didn't even get to boot up windows of it T_T

oh, and if i do get one with wsxga, can i just replace the LCD with my wuxga?

 

Yes, you can switch them. If you are going to buy a new one, you can at least sell all the parts you don't use...

Also, I can confirm that this guy is legit, i bought mine from him:
http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/wordwideelectronic_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_ipgZ

 

how much you think i can sell the rest of the laptop without the lcd for?

I give many thanks to RobRKComputers, he has been of much help. He said i can open a dispute with paypal/ebay, as many of these stolen laptops have been popping up. He said i should have no trouble getting my money back. Darth Bane (love ur username btw), you confirm wordwideelectronics is a legit seller?

 

what do you mean "without lcd"? If you buying a new barebone, then that new barebone will come with a new lcd, so you would just swap them...

You probably wouldn't get much since it has a bad motherboard. You probably would get more money by selling everything separately, like the 9600m gt.

 

thats what i meant darth.

 

Yes file a dispute due to the unit being stolen and you sure will get a refund, you will have to ship it back to him at your own expense though, so I hope everything works out for you. Have a good 4th of July..

 

thanks. Is there anybody who sells the wuxga version for the same price? nacr05, you still got urs that you want to sell? What version is it (is it wuxga or wsxga) I need NO parts whatsoever, just the bare barebones

 

There doesn't seem to be a lot of barebones anymore on ebay...

 

Mine is WSXGA and I currently have mine apart, I am upgrading parts on it, I will try and find you a WUXGA barebones.

 

This guy will go as low as $400.00 maybe even lower but its WSXGA:

http://cgi.ebay.com/MSI-1722-GX720-...7464QQptZAUQ5fcompQ5flaptopQQsalenotsupported

Other than him, there pretty much dried up on eBay..

 

After reading this I went to check my barebone and I could not find serial number on mine also. I bought my GX720 WUXGA from ebay couple weeks ago to upgrade my ms-1722 ID1 WSXGA (going on ebay tomorrow).
Could you please tell name of the seller? May be we bought from the same guy. Mine barebone has steel mesh on top of speakers and turbo options labeled on touch panel (exactly as retail MSI version). Did you get the same model?

 

Did you get yours from someone named Danny? If so its a stolen one...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...em=&sspagename=STRK:MEWNX:IT&salenotsupported

This one is stolen..

Here is a Few sellers who sold stolen units:

Alborz69
worldwide electronics
danyd08
expressitemz
snailbait666

and a few others...

 

I bought mine from worldwide electronics and it has a serial number.

 

mine did not look like the retail one. it had no mesh grill. i got mine from the albhorz guy.

 

It can have a serial # and still be stolen.

MSI has long written these off. Only problem is you have no warranty with some of them.

 

Well im looking to buy another one anyway. if anybody just has the bare motherboard to sell, please let me know. would anybody happen to have a complete disassembly guide?

 

I have already gotten a serial number from worldwide electronics and indeed was a stolen unit...

 

okay, who do i e-mail to ask? I honestly don't care cause I have never used warranty on anything.

 

What type wireless card have you installed?
In which slot have installed the wireless card?
And there is always some reserve power in the system, there for it's advised to always press the power button say 10 times to release the reserve power.
For some reason i don't understand how you have managed to do this.

 

I was installing my Intel 4965 mini pci e wifi card into the wifi card slot (the one with all the antennas ) just as i was screwing it in POP psh.... smoke. gone in an instant.

 

You weren't installing this card while your machine was turned on, were you? At the very least, you need to always disconnect the AC power and remove the battery when working inside any machine. You obviously can't fry a machine if you do that.

 

I would have to agree..

 

Yeah, I'm trying to imagine the scenario where you install a mini PCI card, POOF, smoke, dead....

 

Lol i sent the seller a message 3 days ago about the serial number, no response so I think im gonna go ahead. Does MSI embbed the serial number in the bios like IBM/Lenovo does? I'm used to working on those, so i don't know if MSI does this as well. Would be a good idea really.......

 

Does anyone know of a hard drive bay to replace the optical drive?

 

Hi all, quick update on my ID2. It arrived today in Australia (tmycoolseller on ebay, he has been temporarily banned recently for not providing enough contact info to ebay/paypal? Sounds strange but apears to be true). The serial number is intact, but I havnt checked if its stolen. Before he got banned he had another 2 for sale, so look out for his return.

It POST's with the T7700, all the info appears in BIOS and everything. But I dont have a HDD yet, so will report back soon with the install

 

I seem to be having a problem with my intel 5300 wifi card. It doesn't always connect automatically on startup. It will about 40% of the time. When it doesn't start, I have to diagnose the problem with vista and then tell it to get a new ip address. It will then get the ip address and start. Once it starts, it works perfectly. Is anyone else having this problem? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all for the great information on this board.

 

Only problem I had with my 5300 card was that when I would use my cordless house phone my internet would disconnect.. odd but true..lol

 

Here is a 1722 ID2 WUXGA Barebones:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...ROSI_PR4_PCN_BIX&itemcount=4&salenotsupported

 

just to make sure, we can put any mini pci e wifi card in that slot right? it doesn't have to be an intel 5100 or a 5300 right? It could be a dell 1500 broadcom card right?

does anybody have a disassembly guide?

 

I found this disassembly guide, it isnt official but offers more detail than the MSI box one (perhaps that URL is an MSI site, not sure).

http://my-msi.hit.bg/MS-1722Disassemble_SOP.pdf

I plan to use an Intel 43xx wifi card, will update soon if it works.

narc05, wrt cordless phones, some work on the same frequency as wifi. In your access point firmware, you should be able to select a channel from 1-12. You probably cant find the phone channel, but trial and error will give no drop outs on a channel 2-3 away from your cordless

And that ebay ID2 is the same seller I just bought from. Its listed as new and sealed, and I belive mine is new. But its not what I would call sealed, as in there is no physical seal preventing somone from getting it out of the box and replacing it.. if you know what I mean. However he is trustworthy and I belive its new. He has good comunication and I can recomend him as a seller.

 

Heh, I host this, but I haven't been here for a while...
I also have a guide for Ms-1651, if someone need it. It's from 2 parts, because my web provider doesn't allow me to host that big files.
Part 1
Part 2
Have Fun!