GT80 Titan Touchpad Problems

Greetings,
There have been a number of posts here and in other forums about the dual-function Synaptics touchpad of the GT80 Titans. It can function as a traditional pointing device or it can function as a numpad. It's a brilliant idea but it has a few "gotchas".
MSI recently posted a FAQ to address one of the problems here: www.msi.com/faq/nb-1654.html. The problem addressed in this FAQ is the numpad function no longer working.
Unfortunately, the FAQ misses the most common cause of the problem that I've seen: Disabling "Tapping" in the Synaptics touchpad settings. Some users will turn off the "Tapping" setting because they don't want a tap to be interpreted as a mouse click when they use the touchpad as a pointing device. Why? Because it is too easy to accidentally "click" when you don't want to. Many users prefer to use the mechanical buttons of the touchpad for clicking. The problem is that disabling the "Tapping" feature also disables the Numpad function because it relies on tapping. After the user have disabled "Tapping" they discover that the numpad no longer works and become frustrated.
In my opinion, the dual-functions of the touchpad in the GT80 Titan have been poorly implemented for a variety of reasons such as:
1 - There should be separate Synaptics touchpad settings for the two modes. One set for use as a pointing device and another set for use as a touchpad. The most obvious reason is because many users do not like "Tapping" enabled for a pointing device but they need "Tapping" to be enabled for the numpad function.
2 - The touchpad's mechanical buttons are only active when the touchpad is used as a pointing device. However, they are illuminated only when they are inactive and the touchpad is used as a numpad. This is backwards. The illumination should be turned on when they are active and it should follow the keyboard backlight setting controlled by Fn+Pgup and Fn+Pgdn. The illumination should be turned off when they are inactive during numpad use. As it is now, the touchpad buttons are impossible to see in the dark, making it easy to click the wrong one. I hope this can be fixed in a future BIOS update.
3 - There is no way to make the numpad mode the default. For example, I use an external mouse most of the time and would like the touchpad to function as a numpad by default when I turn on the Titan each morning.
Kind regards, David

4 - The numpad illumination cannot be dimmed and it needs to be. In the dark, it is way, way, way too bright! It needs to follow the dimming of the keyboard backlight with Fn+Pgup and Fn+Pgdn.

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Gt80 touchpad problem

I just bought a gt80 and finished all driver setup with the attached CD, and now my computer doesn't function well. I'd really appreciate it if anyone could help me solve them.
The 1st one is about the touchpad. When it's activated, cursor on the screen starts to keep pressed for several seconds and then release, and just keeps doing that until I deactivate the touchpad. I unistalled Synaptics Pointer driver and reinstalled it but still the same.
The 2nd problem is about battery plan. I was so excited that I can play most games with highest graphics setting and clicked all the "download" I could find in Steam before I went to bed. About 2 a.m., I woke up and went to check how everything goes, and to my surprise I find my GT80 automatically slept somehow. I started it up and double checked the battery plan, it was set to highest performence with "don't do anything when close screen". Then I closed my screen and waited for about 10 min, and it still went to sleep. It was too late so I had to give up. Why the battery plan doesn't work? And most surprisingly, I can't find a way to turn off the screen. I can't find fn buttons to do that, could anybody help? Thank you very much in advance!

Hi paintothemax,
These MSI forums are organized a bit strange and you've posted your message in the wrong place. The GT80 Titan is a gaming notebook so you're in the right general area but you should have posted the questions in the "GAMING Notebooks" forum. It is accessed by clicking on the red "GAMING Notebooks" title at the top of the section.
The "GAMING Notebooks" forum also has some subforums under it such as the "Steelseries Engine" forum where you posted your message. Don't use these subforums unless your post relates directly to them. Your post is not a "Steelseries Engine" post.
When you enter the main "GAMING Notebooks" forum, you'll see its five subforums listed first. Scroll down the page below them and you'll see a large red section. These are the "Sticky Topics" for the "GAMING Notebooks" forum. Keep scrolling down and you'll finally see the "Normal Topics" section with the most recent posts. Hopefully one of the moderators will move your post there so it will have a better chance of receiving replies.
Personally, I think the forum organization is kinda screwball here. I had some trouble with it at first, too. So don't feel bad.
My company recently purchased a GT80 Titan-001 so I may be able to offer some help. But we downgraded ours to Windows 7 Ultimate so the details will vary somewhat.
Quote from: paintothemax on 29-May-15, 15:44:56
I just bought a gt80 and finished all driver setup with the attached CD, and now my computer doesn't function well. I'd really appreciate it if anyone could help me solve them.
This doesn't make sense. Why did you have to "finish all driver setup with the attached CD"? I would have expected your Titan to arrive with all factory-provided drivers pre-installed. It would be helpful if you list the individual steps that you took.
One possible concern is if you or your computer vendor updated the system BIOS. MSI recommends that users never do this unless instructed to by MSI or your computer's vendor. If you, personally, updated the system BIOS, it is probably out of sync with the EC (embedded controller) and this can create all kinds of weird behavior. If your vendor updated the BIOS and they are not expert with MSI gaming notebooks, they may not have known about the EC quirks, either.
MSI says the EC must be reset every time that the BIOS is changed. The procedure varies, depending on the notebook model. To reset the EC of your Titan, begin by turning your Titan off. Then, while it is off, press and hold the power button for 12 seconds.
Another way to reset the EC is to disconnect the battery---but this is a very advanced procedure that is not intended for users because the Titan has a non-removable Li-ion battery.
Once the EC is reset, it will resync with the BIOS and many problems should simply "go away".
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The 1st one is about the touchpad. When it's activated, cursor on the screen starts to keep pressed for several seconds and then release, and just keeps doing that until I deactivate the touchpad. I unistalled Synaptics Pointer driver and reinstalled it but still the same.
It sounds like the Tap settings are not configured the way you want. They are controlled from the Synaptics Device Settings which is nested under the Windows Mouse Properties. In Windows 7 you'd open the Windows Control Panel and go to Hardware and Sound > Devices and Printers > Mouse. The last tab labelled "Device Settings" should be the Synaptics settings. Select "Synaptics TouchPad ..." in the list of devices and click on the "Settings" button.
You should see a tree list on the left. Expand the "Tapping" section. There are three main sections: (1) the "Tapping" section, itself, (2) the "Tap and Drag" section, and (3) the "Tap Zones" section.
"Enable Tapping" must be on or you won't be able to invoke or use the numeric touchpad. Some new Titan owners have turned this off and then wondered why the numeric touchpad won't appear any more. But most of the other Tapping settings (in the "Tap and Drag" and "Tap Zones" sections) can be turned off. You may be able to get the touchpad working the way you want with these settings.
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The 2nd problem is about battery plan. I was so excited that I can play most games with highest graphics setting and clicked all the "download" I could find in Steam before I went to bed. About 2 a.m., I woke up and went to check how everything goes, and to my surprise I find my GT80 automatically slept somehow. I started it up and double checked the battery plan, it was set to highest performence with "don't do anything when close screen". Then I closed my screen and waited for about 10 min, and it still went to sleep. It was too late so I had to give up. Why the battery plan doesn't work? And most surprisingly, I can't find a way to turn off the screen. I can't find fn buttons to do that, could anybody help? Thank you very much in advance!
We had a similar problem and we tracked it down to MSI's SCM (System Control Manager) software. It can undo your custom power plan. We didn't want to uninstall the SCM because we rely on it to quickly turn the WiFi and bluetooth radios on and off as needed. Fortunately we found a workaround.
Our solution was to manually configure every one of the default Windows power plans (in Windows 7 they are: Balanced, High performance, and Power saver) so they do what we want. That way, regardless which power plan the SCM chooses, it will do what we want.
You will need to drill down into the details of each power plan in order to configure it fully---most of the settings are only available when you click the "Change advanced power settings" link. When you do, you should see something like this:
Hard disk
---Turn off hard disk after
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
Internet Explorer
---JavaScript Timer frequency
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
Desktop background settings
---Slide show
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
Wireless Adapter Settings
---Power Saving Mode
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
Sleep
---Sleep after
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
---Allow wake timers
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
USB settings
---USB selective suspend settings
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
Intel(R) Graphics Settings
---Intel(R) Graphics Power Plan
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
Power buttons and lid
---Lid close action
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
---Power button action
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
---Sleep button action
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
PCI Express
---Link State Power Management
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
Processor power management
---Minimum processor state
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
---System cooling policy
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
---Maximum processor state
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
Display
---Dim display after
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
---Turn off display after
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
---Display brightness
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
---Adaptive backlight
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
---Dimmed display brightness
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
Multimedia settings
---When sharing media
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
---When playing video
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
Battery
---Critical battery action
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
---Low battery level
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
---Critical battery level
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
---Low battery notification
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
---Low battery action
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
---Reserve battery level
------On battery: ______
------Plugged in: ______
The above settings should enable you to achieve what you want. But we found that a "custom" power plan was useless because the SCM overrides it. The trick here is that the SCM always chooses from one of the built-in plans that come with Windows. And, since Windows allows the user to edit each of the built-in plans, you can achieve what you want by changing them.
Kind regards, David

My Titan died!!! Does the GT80 Titan have a reset switch?

Greetings,
When I purchased my GT80 Titan notebook a few weeks ago, I knew that it didn't have a user-removable battery. But I was shocked that I couldn't find a reset switch when I needed one!
After working late Friday night, I turned off my Titan. The next morning on Saturday I tried to turn it back on but nothing happened. Nothing lit up. The display was dark, the power button stayed dark, the keyboard was dark and the WiFi, Power and SSD/HD LEDs along the front were all dark.
I had been using the AC adapter Friday and the battery was fully charged when I shut the Titan down that night. The AC adapter had been connected all night and was on and working now. The Titan had also been connected to my network via gigabit ethernet cable.
Since it had rained Friday night, I wondered if there had been any electric surges or if static had built up inside the notebook. I doubted the AC adapter would be the source because it was plugged into a full sine-wave UPS and was well protected from any irregularities on the power lines. That left the ethernet cable which connected to a router in my cable modem as a possible source.
There was just one other possibility (that I could think of): a defective lid switch. If the lid switch had failed, my Titan might "think" the lid is closed even when it is not. This could also prevent it from turning on. I hoped this wasn't the case because my Titan was not even 2 weeks old and had been handled like a baby. I expected more robust construction for a flagship product like this.
Since it was Saturday, I couldn't get help from MSI. The problem was: I needed my Titan to finish a job that weekend. What to do?
Normally, the first thing to do would be to unplug the notebook. Remove its battery. Press and hold the power button for 10-30 seconds to discharge any static present. Wait a few more minutes to allow any energized capacitors on the motherboard to "loose" their energy. Then re-install the battery, hook up the AC and try to start it again. This usually solves the static problem.
But that's a non-starter with the Titan because you can't remove the battery. So I hunted for a reset switch. You know the kind: a tiny hole through which you insert an unbent paperclip to press a tiny button which temporarily disconnects the battery from the motherboard. But I couldn't find one. The only paperclip hole I could find was the one in the blu-ray drive (to mechanically eject the tray).
I thought: "Maybe a key combination will do a reset." So I tried pressing and holding the Power, GPU and Fan buttons in various combinations but they didn't seem to do anything. Finally, out of ideas, I did what I didn't want to do and started to open the case of my Titan.
I removed the bottom panel (12 screws) and top panel and carefully examined both sides of the motherboard as best I could, looking for a reset switch---but never found one.
Next, I carefully examined the battery cables (left front corner when viewed from the bottom). Normally, you have to remove the left fan and GPU heat diffuser in order to access the battery cable connector on the motherboard. This would be a major job that I wasn't willing to undertake. And this is the only way to disconnect the battery as far as I can tell.
But it looked like there was enough room to disconnect the battery cable without removing the fan or heat diffuser. Sure enough, with care and a thin flat-blade screwdriver, I was able to push the connecter away from the motherboard, removing it. Mission accomplished---battery disconnected!!!
Next, I pressed and held the power button for 60 seconds (with all the trouble this took---I wanted to be sure I discharged the static). Then I let my Titan sit for over 40 minutes with the battery disconnected so there would be plenty of time for an residual energy to dissipate from the capacitors on the motherboard.
At last, it was time for reassembly. It was trickier to reconnect the battery connecter than to disconnect it. You have to be very careful not to push on any wires---just push on the plastic part of the connector with the screwdriver. Once you get the connector aligned properly with its socket on the motherboard, it will slide in easily.
Then I replaced the bottom and top covers and tried to turn on my Titan. It still wouldn't start. Next, I connected the AC adapter and, Voila!, the power button worked and it started. As soon as Windows had booted up, I checked the battery's power level. It was at 98%---almost a full charge just as I had expected.
I was very glad to resurrect my Titan on Saturday when MSI tech support wasn't available. And, any time rain is in the forecast, I'll be careful to disconnect my ethernet cable after I've turned off my Titan. But I was very angry at not finding a reset switch of any kind. Surely this notebook has one and I just didn't see it. Who would build a computer device of any kind with a non-removable battery and fail to provide a reset switch. It's unthinkable to me.
So I have to think that there must be some easier way to "reset" a GT80 Titan if it ever visits static twilight land again. If someone reading this topic can contribute some information, it would be greatly appreciated.
WARNING: What I did to my Titan (taking it apart and disconnecting the battery) is NOT recommended for novice users. This requires great care because many of its components are highly susceptible to static damage. You need to ground yourself to the chassis while you work on it so that you have the same potential as it does. If this really is the only way to "reset" a GT80 Titan, then you'll need to take it to someone qualified to do it. Don't turn your expensive Titan into a brick!!!
Kind regards, David

Quote from: chc on 18-May-15, 12:07:19
If you meant EC reset, you just need to press power button for about 12 seconds.
Thanks chc,
Every bit of new information is helpful toward documenting the "undocumented" features of the Titan. But the EC reset is not the same thing that I'm talking about.
Most folks seem to be missing the subject. There are a variety of things that can happen to a notebook computer that make it impossible to turn off or restart (in the Windows "restart" sense). The most common problem is a software problem. When a turned-on notebook "hangs" or "freezes", pressing and holding the power button for several seconds will force a shut-down. Afterward, you can start the computer again and it should boot up normally---unless there is a hardware problem.
But this is not what I'm talking about.
There are two battery systems in most notebooks. There is a small non-rechargeable battery on the motherboard that provides enough power to maintain the clock and system BIOS settings. And there is a large rechargeable battery to power the rest of the computer.
When the BIOS is replaced with a newer version, the new BIOS will often be out-of-sync with the embedded controller (EC). The embedded controller affects lots of things like the cooling fans, some keyboard functions, WiFi, bluetooth, GPUs, etc. In some extreme cases, a notebook computer with a new BIOS may not turn on until the EC is reset. MSI recommends that the EC be reset any time the BIOS is replaced---it should be done immediately afterward.
How do you reset the EC? Remove the notebook's main battery. Obviously, this won't work for the Titan and other notebooks that have non-removable batteries. In this case, some notebook manufacturers provide an "EC reset" switch for some models---but I don't know if these switches disconnect the main battery completely---they may only remove power to the EC circuit. If the reset does truly disconnect the main battery from all circuits, then it is sometimes labelled a "battery reset" switch (this is the name Toshiba uses).
Evidently the Titan takes a different approach---according to chc, holding down the Titan's power button for about 12 seconds will reset the EC (I'm assuming this only works while the Titan is turned off---otherwise it would simply trigger a forced-shutdown as described above).
But this is not what I'm talking about, either. (Besides, I tried holding down the power button for over a minute and the computer still would not start up.)
The problem I'm talking about is a build-up of static electricity inside the computer. This is the same static electricity that shocks you when you touch your finger to another object after sliding your shoes across a carpeted floor. You see, notebook computers operate without a connection to electrical ground---so they can pick up a static charge more easily than "grounded" computing and electronic devices. The static charge may not be large enough to permanently harm the notebook but it may be large enough to interfere with its operation.
When can this happen? During a thunderstorm or any time the notebook is located in an environment where a lot of static electricity is present. It also happens in space because there is no "ground". As I understand it, it is a periodic source of trouble aboard the international space station.
To correct the problem, you usually need to do two things: (1) Remove the main power sources from the notebook. This includes unplugging the AC adapter and removing the main battery. (2) Press and hold the power button for 10-30 seconds to give the static electricity a path to the power control circuit where it can (hopefully) be safely discharged.
The problem with the Titan and other MSI computers with non-removable batteries, is there is no convenient way to remove the main battery. Therefore, if static electricity builds up, there is no convenient way to discharge it.
Now I can't be certain that the reason my Titan wouldn't turn on two weeks ago was due to static electricity. It was a weekend and my troubleshooting tools were limited. Perhaps the EC decided on its own to go crazy. Perhaps something in the power supply is intermittent and failed for the first time---and I'll have to wait for it to fail again before it can be identified. But the conditions for a static electrical problem were present. There had been a rainstorm that night after the Titan has been shut off. The Titan was connected via ethernet cable to an incoming cable modem and line from Comcast. And the symptoms pointed to a static electrical problem.
Until I disconnected the battery's power cable from the Titan's motherboard, my Titan was dead as a doorknob. It gave absolutely no sign of life when trying to turn it on. It was as if the power switch no longer worked.
So, to my mind, what the Titan needs (as well as all MSI notebooks with non-removeable batteries) is an independent reset switch that will allow the user to temporarily disconnect the main battery for as long as the user presses the switch. If an "EC reset" switch will do this, fine. But I don't think it will work if the power switch serves double-duty as an EC reset because the user needs to disconnect the battery at the same time he/she is holding down the power button to dissipate static electricity. I believe the Titan's power switch cannot do both at the same time because I tried it multiple times and it never helped my Titan.
Perhaps there is some other method to dissipate a static electrical build-up. If there is and it is easier to implement---then I hope it is provided in future products like the Titan.
Kind regards, David

GT80 Titan 094 - Lag when saving?

On occasion when using a text editor, notepad for example, or attempting to save a .PDF that I am viewing in the browser I choose 'Save' to write to disk and there is measurable delay, ~20+ seconds, for the Save File Dialog prompt to appear and the Title Bar on the application displays 'Not Responding' if you attempt to click anywhere in the application window (caused by the save dialog running on the UI thread?). This does not happen very often but is a bit annoying when it does happen.
Anyone else experiencing this issue?

Hi rpisarzjr,
20 seconds sounds like a long delay. I see a short delay occasionally because I turned off indexing on all four of the SSDs in my GT80 Titan. I think I left it on for the HD but I haven't been using it. The SSDs are so fast, that you usually don't notice much of a delay with indexing off. But I don't recall seeing anything nearly as long as 20 seconds.
There are any number of culprits that could be responsible for the delay. The trick to tracking down and eliminating them is being able to reproduce the problem. If the problem is intermittent, then troubleshooting could be a long process. Some sources of file "Save" delays could be security software (like antivirus, antispyware and antimalware software). Other sources can be the web browser and plug-ins that you choose to use.
I use Firefox and I've noticed that it will gradually slow if I have it open for hours, opening and closing lots of tabs. The solution is usually to exit Firefox, then restart it. Sometimes, restarting Windows, itself, helps.
If you're able to reliably reproduce the problem, I recommend using MSConfig or your favorite startup manager to disable all non-Microsoft services. Then add them back one-by-one until you identify the source of the slow-down. Then research the offending service to discover what is happening.
Kind regards, David

GT80 Titan 094 - Realtek HD Audio Manager

On the Speakers -> Speaker Configuration tab the Speaker Configuration drop-down only lists stereo as an option yet in various online forums and tutorials I see options for Dolby 5.1, THX 7.1 and other theater level surround sound choices.
The stereo option appears even when I have four external speakers and subwoofer connected.
Is there a driver update or something else I need to upgrade in order to have support for these other sound options?

Hi rpisarzjr,
My GT80 2QE (Titan-001) is the same and this is perfectly normal. I think part of the problem you're having is the unclear labeling of the tabs in the Realtek HD Audio Manager.
The Realtek DSP (digital signal processor) in our Titans has two audio "outputs": (1) analog and (2) digital. Each one appears as an output "device". The analog output is labeled "Speakers" and feeds the stereo headphone jack and the built-in speakers. The built-in speakers are only stereo, too, even though they have five drivers (two full-range transducers per each of the two stereo channels and one subwoofer that is shared by both stereo channels).
Some notebooks include analog surround sound outputs and therefore have Dolby Digital and/or DTS controls in their Audio Manager software. But it is rare and our GT80 Titans do not. The tab labeled "Speakers" is the analog tab. Since the Titan does not include analog outputs for surround sound, you will not see any surround sound options under the "Speakers" tab.
The only way to get true surround sound out of the Realtek DSP in the Titan is via its digital output. It uses an S/PDIF optical jack which must be connected via Toslink optical cable to a complimentary digital input to an external DSP. This could be a home theatre receiver, HDTV with built-in surround sound decoding, or a high-end computer speaker system with its own DSP.
When you use the Realtek DSP's digital output for Dolby Digital or DTS surround sound, the Realtek DSP serves only as a "pass-through" device to send the unprocessed digital surround sound signal out the S/PDIF connector. That's why you must have an external DSP to decode it to the analog audio that your external speakers will need.
It is not normal to find any digital surround sound controls in the Realtek HD Audio Manager software unless Dolby Digital Live has been activated. The Realtek DSP in our Titans is capable of generating a Dolby Digital Live signal from a non-surround stereo source but MSI apparently didn't license the technology and did not provide the controls for it in the Realtek HD Audio Manager. However, if you search the internet, you will find some hacks that enable you to activate it, yourself. Just remember: The only way you'll hear any digital surround sound is with the digital output using an external DSP that can decode the Dolby Digital (or DTS) signal. None of this will benefit the analog ("Speakers") output because it is hardwired only for stereo operation. Plus, the built-in amplifier in our Titans has only two channels and only does stereo.
Don't confuse "fake" surround sound for the real deal. For example, MSI's new Nahimic software will create a "fake" surround sound effect which you can hear over stereo speakers or headphones. It messes with the phasing of the two-channel audio signal to trick your ears into thinking the sound stage is quasi-surround. But these are just gimmicks which add distortion and are worthless in my opinion.
Unfortunately, this stuff is way more complicated than it needs to be.
Our Titans also have digital audio outputs as a part of their HDMI and mDP ports. These are the video outputs from our NVidia GPUs. If you total all of the built-in audio outputs in our Titans, we have five. One digital audio output each for the three video outputs, one digital audio output for the Realtek DSP, and one analog ("Speakers") output from the Realtek DSP which feeds both the headphone jack and the internal speakers. Each of the four digital outputs can pass a full 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound signal.
Finally, the digital audio is usually controlled in the application where the audio originates---not with the Realtek HD Audio Manager. For example, when I play a blu-ray movie, the surround sound audio controls are in my Cyberlink PowerDVD software. The Dolby Digital or DTS selection is made there along with the speaker configuration.
Kind regards, David

MSI GT80 Titan SLI Review (GTX 980M SLI)

A video review of the MSI GT80 Titan SLI Gaming Notebook.
Full review: http://bit.ly/1AOhd45

how do you think about the switch between touch pad and num-key?
(image from laptop magazine review )
Quote from: littlecallcall on 02-April-15, 12:58:25
is easy switch touchpad vs number Key? The keyboard so amazing. good product.

Extreme Ultra MSI GT80 Titan (PC Custom, UK)

ANOTHER AWARD for MSI GT80 Titan!
It can be my so-called Dream Gaming Notebook, which means that I wont have the budget to buy this one yet there will always be a place in my heart for this model. I salute MSI for making this product a reality.
The reason I put this article here is evil. Yes, I am guilty hahahahah!
Just like purchasing luxury bags or jewelries, I dont have money for it but I shall try every possible ways to convince my friends to make the purchase. It's like I've done the research and have bought the product (just not with my money )
okay, lets get down to business!
The editor from PC Custom, Mike Jennings, commented that the MSI GT80 Titan "Incredible speed, high-quality ergonomics, a decent design and a top-notch screen."
Here are some highlights of this article
• No compromise when it comes to keyboard quality - it's as snappy and solid as the best desktop units
• The smooth touchpad's two buttons are light and snappy, and the surface doubles as a numeric keypad
• The GT80 has one of the beefiest laptop specifications we've seen
• MSI includes a bespoke backpack, metal tin that includes five gold keys, wrist rest & mouse mat
• There's no disputing the GT80's gaming ability.
• The high-end storage undeniably helps
• The chassis didn't overheat and the noise wasn't too bad
• The speakers are good too, providing a surprising amount of volume and rich bass
• The top-spec GT80 is still as good as it gets
• A whopping 32GB of RAM is supplied with the top spec
Tests
Full complete article is here

Yes it has been designed thoughtfully for DIY users if they wish to upgrade those gears in the future.
There are indicated numbers on metal plate to show how the sequence is, please check below picture for reference.
Quote from: Lind on 22-May-15, 15:40:11
WOW WOW WOW!!! that's a amazing design, easy to upgrade!!!

Any word on GT80 Titan release?

I'm really curious to know approximately when the GT80 Titan will be released. Is there any information on this? Google search only came up with websites announcements back in October predicting it would be released near the end of 2014, last year. Soon? Are we talking a month, couple months, 6 months+, end of 2015? It would be really nice to know so I can plan my new laptop purchase, my current one is getting old. Thanks.

Here's the latest media review about GT80, let's check it out!
http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/5/7495073/msi-mechanical-keyboard-gt80-titan-laptop-ces
Quote from: jhaakons on 06-January-15, 11:22:21
Yeah today Newegg reviewed it on their youtube channel, and put it up on their website for a release date of Jan 14th.
$3,299.
I was hoping they'd have a model around $2500 at most. Still beats Alienware.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=GT80+Titan+SLI-001&N=-1&isNodeId=1

GT80 Titan SLI - pushing back technological boundaries in new and exciting ways

Another GT80 review to share with you guys, this one's from the UK media, the Eurogamer.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-msi-gt80-titan-sli-review
How can you not want it? I am saving my piggy bank to get myself one of this cool stuff.
Quote "There's clearly a market for products like this - as niche as it may be - and when you physically have the GT80 Titan SLI in your possession, you can kind of see why...., this PC is pushing back technological boundaries in new and exciting ways. It crams an almost absurd amount of performance into a relatively portable form factor, while the upgradability and the superb keyboard make it feel like a special, one of a kind product. Its sheer insanity may justifiably stupefy the majority of the PC audience, but for that tiny, affluent niche this machine was made for, its charms may well prove irresistible."
GTX980M SLI vs Titan X/ GTX 980 1080p Benchmarks
[60fps] Crysis 3 1440p GTX 980M SLI vs Titan X/ GTX 980 Gameplay Frame-Rate Test
GTX 980M SLI vs TitanX/ GTX 980 1440p Benchmarks
Here you can see the quad SSD set-up, two modules of RAM, the optical drive to the left and the 1TB laptop drive to the right.

Quote from: gizakon on 01-July-15, 23:43:19I'm having this exact same issue with my GS60 2QE with the 1080p panel. Sleep no longer works, I have to shutdown everytime I commute, and after first boot...the 970m is no...

GT80 Titan SLI Awarded Editors' Choice by Computer Shopper

The GT80 Titan SLI review is out from Computer Shopper, giving the Titan their Editor’s Choice Award! This beast of machine really out-performs the competition and re-defines the standards of a true desktop replacement notebook .
Read more: http://www.computershopper.com/laptops/reviews/msi-gt80-titan-sli#review-body
Pros:
•   Cherry-switch keyboard (a laptop first)
•   Clever touch pad placement and numeric-keypad implementation
•   Field-leading SLI gaming graphics
•   Above-average upgradeability
Quotes:
•   “MSI knows gamers, to be sure, and the Titan SLI was designed to max out the gaming power in a semi-portable form factor. And where it does compromise, it does so wisely.”
•   “In that curious mixture of overkill and restraint, MSI succeeded with the GT80 Titan SLI, in its own way: You can’t buy a gaming laptop remotely like it from anyone else, and the graphics power for gaming—both on the 1080p screen and with external displays—is unparalleled among laptops at this writing.”
•   “Typing on the GT80 Titan SLI keyboard was unlike any other laptop typing experience we’ve had, with very deep travel and quiet action as we typed.”
•   “When we tested Nvidia’s desktop reference video card for the GeForce GTX 980, we attained a score of 10,803 in our 3DMark Fire Strike benchmark test. The dual GTX 980M SLI arrangement here rang up at 13,027 with the SLI running at full tilt, beating what we saw from the full desktop GTX 980 card by a goodly margin.”
•   “Beyond the impressive networking mix, the audio subsystem is also a standout.”
•   “There’s simply nothing else like it on the market today.”
   Performance:

Quote from: oktnight on 02-April-15, 12:23:46
don't you think the design of touch panel-numeric pad is innovative?
image by laptop magazine of below link
http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/laptops/msi-gt80-titan-sli-gaming-laptop
The design of touch panel-numeric pad so cool.

[SOLVED] Synaptics touchpad problem eeepc 1000HE

I installed Arch on my eeepc 1000HE yesterday and configured / used it happily for most of the day - but then it developed a touchpad problem which I'm struggling to fix.
If you lift your finger from the touchpad the mouse cursors 'forgets' / 'resets' its position.
eg When you put your finger back on the touchpad the cursor jumps to a different position. For one thing, this means you can't tap to click, because when you lift your finger to tap, the cursor jumps somewhere else (usually a slight move, but usually away from the item one wants to click).
Also, when needing a few swipes (eg to move the cursor left to right across the screen), the cursor jumps away from its current position (to the left - sort of back to its original starting position) each time I lift my finger to make the extra swipe.
The problem seems to have started when I had a tv plugged in via the vga and was managing screen switching with xrandr and the screen-switch function key (I'm trying to set up the eeepc as a mythtv frontend) but this could be coincidence.
Some settings etc -
Relevant parts of /var/log/Xorg.0.log seem to be -
[ 19.547] (**) Asus EeePC extra buttons: Applying InputClass "touchpad"
[ 19.547] (II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
[ 19.548] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
[ 19.561] (II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 19.561] compiled for 1.10.0, module version = 1.4.0
[ 19.561] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[ 19.561] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 12.2
[ 19.561] (II) Using input driver 'synaptics' for 'Asus EeePC extra buttons'
[ 19.561] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
[ 19.561] (**) Asus EeePC extra buttons: always reports core events
[ 19.561] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event8"
[ 19.713] (--) Asus EeePC extra buttons: invalid x-axis range. defaulting to 1615 - 5685
[ 19.713] (--) Asus EeePC extra buttons: invalid y-axis range. defaulting to 1729 - 4171
[ 19.713] (--) Asus EeePC extra buttons: invalid pressure range. defaulting to 0 - 256
[ 19.713] (--) Asus EeePC extra buttons: invalid finger width range. defaulting to 0 - 16
[ 19.714] (**) Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" "0"
[ 19.714] (**) Option "VertEdgeScroll" "on"
[ 19.714] (**) Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "on"
[ 19.714] (**) Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "on"
[ 19.714] (**) Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "on"
[ 19.714] (**) Option "TapButton1" "1"
[ 19.714] (**) Option "TapButton2" "2"
[ 19.714] (**) Option "TapButton3" "3"
[ 19.714] (**) Option "CircularScrolling" "on"
[ 19.714] (**) Option "CircScrollTrigger" "2"
[ 19.820] (--) Asus EeePC extra buttons: no supported touchpad found
[ 19.820] (EE) Asus EeePC extra buttons Unable to query/initialize Synaptics hardware.
[ 19.886] (EE) PreInit returned 11 for "Asus EeePC extra buttons"
[ 19.887] (II) UnloadModule: "synaptics"
[ 19.887] (II) Unloading synaptics
and
[ 19.964] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad (/dev/input/event7)
[ 19.964] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 19.964] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad'
[ 19.964] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 19.965] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: always reports core events
[ 19.965] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: Device: "/dev/input/event7"
[ 19.980] (--) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: Found 3 mouse buttons
[ 19.980] (--) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: Found absolute axes
[ 19.980] (--) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: Found x and y absolute axes
[ 19.980] (--) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: Found absolute touchpad.
[ 19.980] (II) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: Configuring as touchpad
[ 19.980] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[ 19.980] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[ 19.980] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input7/event7"
[ 19.980] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad" (type: TOUCHPAD)
[ 19.981] (II) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: initialized for absolute axes.
[ 19.981] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[ 19.981] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[ 19.981] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 19.981] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 19.992] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad (/dev/input/mouse0)
[ 19.992] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
I have commented out the touchpad section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf (un-commenting made no difference) -
#Section "InputClass"
# Identifier "evdev touchpad catchall"
# MatchIsTouchpad "on"
# MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
# Driver "evdev"
#EndSection
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf looks like this -
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
Option "TapButton1" "1"
Option "TapButton2" "2"
Option "TapButton3" "3"
Option "VertEdgeScroll" "on"
Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "on"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "on"
Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "on"
Option "CircularScrolling" "on"
Option "CircScrollTrigger" "2"
Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" "0"
EndSection
I thought the issue might be related to this https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/20830 , but adding MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf didn't make a difference.
My Daemons array looks like this -
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus !network wicd netfs crond lircd samba alsa !hal sshd gdm)
Removing the ! before hal made no difference.
I am using gnome. Changing the settings in the /desktop/gnome/peripherals/touchpad/ folder with gconf-editor makes no difference to the problem.
I am using kernel 2.6.38-ARCH. Using the fallback kernel didn't help.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Last edited by belbo (2011-04-26 12:58:17)

Update. After some more searching the forum I thought downgrading udev may help. Since I had a fresh install I needed to install the AUR downgrade package. I did a yaourt -Suy before doing so which, amongst other things, installed a new kernel (4-1) and upgraded yajl. When I tried yaourt -S downgrade I got an error re yajl - error while loading shared libraries libyajl.so.1, canot open shared object file, no such file or directory, and then "error: target not found: dowgrade".
Any help really appreciated.

GT80 Titan SLI: Graphics performance

It’s not without reason we make a lot of noise about the GT80 Titan SLI – we’re immensely proud of all its unique features, not to mention the fact that it’s our most high-performing system, and probably the fastest gaming notebook out there. We can rant and rave about the keyboard for weeks (and we have done, internally), but in the end, it’s down to performance figures… Something we thought we’d share with you.
You will not have missed the fact that we’re using two NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M with 8GB each, in SLI, leading to… Well, see for yourself, below.
In general, the SLI solution in the GT80 gives a performance boost of more than 60% compared to a single GTX 980M, as found in our GT72, or for that matter in a lot of other high-end notebooks. For example, this solution scores noticeably higher in 3DMark Fire Strike than an overclocked GeForce Titan desktop system – just to give you an idea of what kind of powerhouse the GT80 really is.

Quote from: oktnight on 02-April-15, 12:23:46
don't you think the design of touch panel-numeric pad is innovative?
image by laptop magazine of below link
http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/laptops/msi-gt80-titan-sli-gaming-laptop
The design of touch panel-numeric pad so cool.

GT80 Titan SLI – the keyboard

Just revealed at CES earlier this month is the all-new MSI GT80 Titan SLI – the world’s first gaming notebook with a mechanical keyboard. We’ve spoken about it at length at the launch itself, and it is pretty eye-catching, so it didn’t go unnoticed even for the most battle-hardened media visiting.
In any case – you know about the GT80 Titan SLI, it comes with dual 980M graphics and high-power CPUs, but the party piece is its mechanical keyboard. For now, we’re offering the GT80 with Cherry MX Brown switches, but for the future, there might be different offerings, such as MX Red.
The reasons we’ve chosen the Brown switches can be seen on the picture above. Cherry itself positions it as an “advanced gaming switch”, and being a gaming notebook, it’s a bit of a no-brainer. It is also a silent solution, unlikely to upset anyone unnecessarily.

Quote from: oktnight on 02-April-15, 12:23:46
don't you think the design of touch panel-numeric pad is innovative?
image by laptop magazine of below link
http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/laptops/msi-gt80-titan-sli-gaming-laptop
The design of touch panel-numeric pad so cool.

GT80 Titan SLI unboxing

We love to rave on about the GT80 Titan SLI, and today, we’re doing it for you in video format. Enjoy our 12-minute video guide into what you hopefully want to know about the 18.4” leviathan.
Link:

Incredible machine!

GT80 Titan SLI modularity

The GT80 Titan SLI is both a successor as well as an improvement on the GT72 in many ways. Obviously, it’s a completely new design, and the two don’t have much in common, but in one critical aspect, it shares the possibility to be upgraded in the future. The GT72 comes with a replaceable MXM graphics card, while the GT80 takes this a couple of steps further by pretty much full modularity.
The placement of the keyboard means you can remove the somewhat unusual large top cover with two screws and access HDDs, ODD and the M.2 2280 type SSDs (all slots clearly numbered).
Through the bottom you can access the dual GTX 980M GPUs as well as the RAM. Another unusual feature is a ribbon cable running between the graphics cards – this is the SLI bridge.
As you can see then, we’re building on the GT72 upgradability DNA, but make it even easier for those who go for the top-of-the-line offering.

Mechanical Keyboard !!! The first brand to issue this feature, MSI really cares about gamer's need~~

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