MS-1039 Expected in Early March

i was just trying to get back on topic

 

Ha! This is great stuff guys, keep it coming.

Incidentally, does anyone actually have a 1039 yet? The engineering looks solid, but I'm curious about heat dissipation. If I recall the 1029 had some initial difficulties in this area. Any verdicts?

 

Well there are a few of us who are....................well if I use the word the forum edits it out but you get the idea. Have not heard anything on the heat disapation (sp?) properties yet but the design looks fairly promising.

 

Here is the pic of the assembled cooling system you wanted:


And here is another:
http://www.rkcomputer.net/downloads/photos/ms1039_cooling2.jpg

 

That's just your cover for attacking Coffee Shark.
I don’t think you were trying to help the situation.

umm first it was wrong of me to even joke about anyone being "told" that was my bad.
but I did mean it as a joke and nothing serious.
so I am very sorry if I offended anyone.

this was uncalled for.

If I remember correctly ...syxbit never had a MSI laptop before...

well what opinions would a **Enter brand name here** Laptop user have about a MSI Laptop?

umm None!

this is why they dont post here.(a exception to the rule is syxbit for some reason...)
This is a review site, to tell how great or how lousy you think the product is not the company.

this site is called "NotebookReview" not "CompanyReview"

if you don’t even have a MSI laptop you should have no opinion!!!.

this is all you needed to say and they would have be off the subject.
you have no reasion to attack coffee shark.

and the only reasion I am standing up for coffeeshark is because he been a great help on these forums.

when Syxbit on the other hand hasn't been.

 

Noclue4uhere, thanks for the pictures. It looks like a very good setup.

Does anyone have a 1039 yet? Unleaded said they were in US over a week ago. Any impressions from anyone? Any 3Dmark05 benchmarks? Any resellers (like Noclu4uhere) run 3dmark05 yet?

Thanks!

 

The last were the results i gave you, haven't had the time to do it again. I will try this weekend when i get mine together and let you know the results

 

hum hum

http://forums.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=37730&page=41
post #410



ps.: I didnt know when i talk to the Rk Tech, but im sure it was our friend
noclue4uhere

 

a few more hi-res pics, some upclose of the touchpad and such



The touchpad looks white due to flash, but it's really more of a silver and doesn't contrast as much as it looks in the pics.

 

wow that’s awesome looking,

any pictures of the top badge?

Thanks Coffee Shark!

 

hmmmm. you're lucky i'm on a coffee buzz. give me a few minutes.

 

The barebones does ship with a blank badge, there isn't a hole like there was in the 1029/1036 systems.

 

You need to call out Unleaded, i want to see his badge, I know he has them and I know the design was cool.

 

zomg you're X-meld? All this time I thought you were rawpowerpc
speaking of Unleaded where is he? haven't seen him post in a while
cool logo btw, beats an alienhead any day!

 

he's around, very busy, i actually accidentally called him today, pushed the wrong name on my cellphone, told him I wasn't going to be able to go to the gym tonight (which would be difficult, since Unleaded is on the East Coast and I'm in utah).

 

have a question for you coffee


do you know the refresh rate for the WSXGA and for the WXGA ?

( in ms )

do you think Ill see some "ghosting effect" on the screen when I will play ?

 

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha...........................Are you sure you didn't drink too much Vodka

 

lol no, they both have the same first name, just hit the wrong one.

Unleaded: Hello?
Coffee: Hey, I can't make it to the gym tonight.
Unleaded: Huh?
Coffee: Yeah, I have some stuff to do, sorry.
Unleaded: Huh?
Coffee: Wait, I ****ing dialed the wrong number. hahaha
Unleaded: Hahahaha dork

 

THanks for your answer coffee...

 

Bwahahahahahaha........that is too funny.

 

sorry, paz, I don't have the ms rate of the notebook LCDs, it's not a published spec that I have seen or that I can find.

The expected rate is from 16-25ms or less for most laptop LCDs, but it's hard to find out exactly which manufacturer MSI is uing and which screens are fitted to which models.

The latest notebooks for gaming have not had ghosting issues, that I have heard, from the MS-1029 forward.

I've requested the actual rates from MSI.

 

Thanks Coffee Shark you made my day!!!!!!

 

geeeeezzz 16-25 ms !

thank you soo much Coffee !

 

lol, just rename his entry on your cellphone as Unleaded or Rawpower

 

The first we got was with cd drivers/MT40/2GB 400Mhz/3dmark05 @ 3969

Just installed omega drivers, default setup for drivers/MT 37/2GB 400Mhz/3dmark05 @ 4149

I'll make some changes and let you know the results tomorrow

 

My results are in line with the above given the normal variance in 3DMark2005: 3885

A couple initial observations after spending some time with this system:

1. The battery is NOT 4800mAh as was advertised, it is 4400mAh like the 8 cell in the MS-1029 (I have not yet conducted run down tests).

2. The keyboard is a SUBSTANTIAL improvement over that in the MS-1029. The keystrokes are impressively quiet and responsive. I consider this to be one of the best changes over the model the MS-1039 replaces.

3. Fan noise is lower than in the MS-1029 and the fact that it vents to the rear is a huge improvement.

4. There is some warming over the right palmrest...about the same as the MS-1036. Not uncomfortable but definitely noticeable. This is actually a step backward from the MS-1029 which was eerily cool over the palmrest.

5. As mentioned prior to release, gone is the aluminum alloy on the underside of the system. There are pros and cons to this. On the con side, the MS-1039 is not as rigid as was the MS-1029, though the grade of plastic used is high quality and there is little to no flex owing to the system's "skeleton". On the pro side, the plastic on the bottom does not conduct heat the way aluminum does so this system does not get uncomfortably hot on the bottom so it might actually be used on one's lap.

6. Trackpad and mouse buttons are much better than on the MS-1029, though I'm not entirely sold on the textured surface of the trackpad versus something smoother. The mouse buttons are larger and more responsive than the recessed buttons of the MS-1029

7. Fan noise has been reduced over the MS-1029.


PS. Did I mention that the keyboard is MUCH better than the MS-1029's

 

Bah, I actually think your badge came out better than mine, Coffee. Oh, and I don't give a **** if you can go to the gym or not



Pardon the image as I don't have any image editing software installed on the system I'm currently using.

 

i was always wonderng. what is the rawpowerpc logo supposed to be? looks like a chair?

 

Hey unleaded long see no time. Coffee will be giving you a call next week to say he can't make it for drinks too.

 

That´s nice!!! It´s a really nice score.

I just hope by august/setember MSI could come up with a dual turion version of this !5.4" notebook.

 

Im surprise nobody have done a review yet !?

 

Oooooh nice logo.....

by the way thanks Unleaded for the mini review and also welcome back!

 

a few questions..

looking at the pictures, i see 4 buttons in a line above the keyboard..but on xmeld/rawpower/etc., there are 6 buttons. Can anyone with a ms-1039 comment on what it really is?

also, anyone heard of/can comment on ibuypower.com or cyberpowerpc.com?

 

The ms-1039 has 4 buttons, the picture you are looking at with the 6 buttons is an older picture.

 

gochu,

here's a few pics from a few pages back of the real system.

 

also, agreed with Unleaded on palmrest heat - not bad, but could be better (right side).

But the keyboard is tons better, too.

Our biggest feedback is the 'rougher' touchpad surface, which people seem to like over the smoother style. You can see the texture if you click on the touchpad picture in my previous post.

 

Thanks for your replies..just some more questions

any opinions on cyberpowerpc or ibuypower? does anyone know if their laptops are well built/reliable? they don't seem to offer as much as xmeld or raw power (no built-in bluetooth option for example)

wxga glossy vs wsxga+ non-glare

does a 6 cell battery jut out the back of the ms-1039? how bout 8-cell because cyberpowerpc and ibuypower offer 8-cell battery?

 

Has anyone tried running the latest Omega drivers on their 1039 yet? I installed them yesterday but I can't get the tray tools to work (it gives me an error about communicating with the BIOS). Does anyone else have the same problem? I ran 3DMark05 and got a score of 3551 with the Omega drivers, which seems quite low compared to the score of 4149 that Noclue4uhere got (and that was with the MT-37, I have the MT-40...). Any ideas?

 

The battery does not stick out of the back. The MSI stock list does not show any 8-cell battery as an option (the 6-cell is the same in the 1034 and 1039).

The WSXGA has not come in yet, so no opinions there, but the WXGA is great at that resolution, that's just up to you. The WXGA screen is the glossy MSI screen like on the 1029.

 

Ours are working ok, which version are you running? This is what we have downloaded and installed: rad_w2kxp_omega_38231_7z.exe

 

I have the same version. I reinstalled the drivers and got to the part where ATT asks if the GPU is an IGP or Laptop and I think I clicked no last time in haste. Anyway, I can run ATT fine now so all is well. Oh, and I just ran 3DMark05 again and got 4221 this time around.

By the way Rob, when I got my laptop I couldn't install Windows because it kept shutting off after 10min or so. I opened it up and plugged in the fan...

 

this is absolutely UNACCEPTABLE
which inexperienced company did you buy this from????
tell us so we can steer clear.
after all, that's what this board is for...to help potential buyers make informed decisions.
I myself am waiting for the WSXGA+ model, and would like imput of where NOT to buy from.

i know what some of you are going to say
"oh, don't complain, he said himself, it was a relatively simple fix"
but there are lots of people who don't know, or don't dare to open up their laptop.
disgraceful!
we wait, and wait, and then we get a carelessly built product.

come to think about it, i seem to remember reading something about this kinda build quality on http://www.resellerratings.com/seller7185.html
about a certain company...
check out what happened to Gallantus.
the same kinda thing. things weren't tested before being shipped out.
i thought buying from a small company was supposed to avoid these problems.

just beware and be sure to check resellerratings.com before making a purchase.
you don't want to make a mistake when you're spending over $1500

 

Wow, I didn't know my comment would create so much backlash. If you're going to base your buying decision on one simple mistake that any company could make and not focus on more important things like excellent customer service then I don't think I should say anything. Yes, it was a simple mistake that shouldn't have been overlooked, but I don't think the company deserves to be completely discredited for it. Even if I couldn't have figured it out myself and had to send it back to get fixed, I would still buy from this company again.

 

Our apologies for that, this notebook was delayed many times and we tried to get all our orders out as fast as possible to our customers that have been waiting. We made a mistake and I assure you that we have taken steps to prevent this from happening again. Just glad you knew what and where to look and were able to resolve it quickly.

 

Wow, someone needs to take 3 big steps back, take their meds, and calm down. All companies suffer from these little mistakes from time to time. I used to work for a cutsom build desktop pc shop and small things did happen from time to time. I actuallly forgot to hook up the CPU fan *gasp* on a system once. CPU got hot and system shut down. checked and plugged in the fan, it happens. Now move on.

 

I'm sure people appreciate you coming on to mention the resolution of the issue, and it sounds like the original poster is satisfied with your service.

Don't mind the other comments, they're mostly aimed at me and only involve one person, who doesn't realize that most resellers average only a few sales from the online boards per month and that their constant barrage of garbage doesn't affect anything.

By the way, on the 1039, I like that MSI separated the heatsinks on the cpu/gpu this time, unlike the 1029. Should keep things cooler.

 

Now that’s just not right, we (resellers) are here answering all you questions, helping, posting pictures of new products and more. A mistake is made and now that reseller is no good? Mistakes happen and whoever tells you otherwise is misleading you. We try to keep them to a minimum but this is the real world and they do happen. Reseller ratings?? Yes it’s a guide to go by but you are only getting one side of the story, there may be more to the chain of events than what you read. This has happened to us also and by what you are reading you will be lead to believe that that we were careless and have poor customer service. If you had the complete story you would believe differently
The reseller you are bringing attention to here is not the one who made this mistake, but has posted in just about every MSI thread that I see, answering questions and helping with problems. Reading through those posts with the accuracy of his answers and his commitment to this and other forums my guess would be that he is someone who is committed to customer service. I am sure there is more to what happened than what you read at reseller ratings.

 

he s rude , forget about him , one like this is below 200 good one

 

Just got mine in the mail yesterday. It was my first laptop build, and it went to gether very easily in about an hour from start to finish.

With an MT37 processor, 1gb of PQi ram (PC3200), a 7200 RPM HD, and using the stock drivers, I pulled a 3956 3dMark 05. I'm pretty stoked! Gonna grab the omega drivers tonight and see how much of a difference they make.

/waves goodbye to his trusty desktop

 

nice scores, brownie. let us know how the Omegas run.

//a little warm on the palmrest during OS install, huh? but not so bad after that.