MSI GS30 Shadow & Gaming Dock

GS30 Shadow - The Gaming Dock
The GS30 Shadow was just launched at CES, and already there are questions going around, mainly related to the Gaming Dock. For those of you still unfamiliar with the GS30 Shadow, it's a slim 13.3” notebook with a high-end Core i7 CPU with Iris Pro graphics, Super RAID with a bunch of SSDs – with no real gaming capabilities of its own.
The Gaming Dock though, changes all this. You simply dock the notebook into it and through magic (a PCI-E 3.0 x16 connector), you can hook up any desktop graphics to your GS30. The dock holds said PCI-E connector, a bunch of USB ports, a Killer LAN port, audio jacks, a 3.5” HDD as well as speakers in the front panel. The idea is that you have everything plugged in at home (including external monitor(s), keyboard and mouse) and simply pop in the GS30 when you get back home from work or school.
Obviously there are technical limitations as well, that we want to highlight. You can't use the built-in monitor on the GS30, because all PCI-E signals are being sent to the gaming dock when plugged in. This also extends to the keyboard, touchpad and speakers, meaning you must have these separately on your desk. It's sort of the point of the Gaming Dock, using the keyboard on top of the dock would most likely be uncomfortable, but we still want to make it clear.
All in all, we're excited to have launched the GS30 Shadow with it's full-bandwidth Gaming Dock, as it fuses full-powered desktop graphics where you want it (at home) with a properly mobile notebook for the road.

Now the official youtube channel is offering an introducing video
let's check it out! 

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    Highlights:
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    2.The dock’s connection to the notebook is a full x16 lane PCIe 3.0 socket.
    3.It’s a beefy quad-core, octo-thread processor of Intel Haswell ilk running between 2.8GHz and 3.5GHz
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    more detail:http://www.pcgamer.com/msi-gs30-2m-shadow-with-gaming-dock-review/

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  • GS30 Shadow and Gaming Dock internals (video)

    GS30 Shadow and Gaming Dock internals
    The GS30 Shadow is a light, slim machine with a high-powered, high-voltage Intel Core i7 CPU and the usual stuff you find in an MSI Gaming notebook. One thing it does lack though, is a dedicated graphics card, instead it comes with a PCI-E 3.0 x16 connector and a sizeable dock, the Gaming Dock, in which you’ll be able to fit a full desktop graphics card and a few other goodies.
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  • GS30+Gaming Dock introduced by Le Parisien (France)

    Just saw this.
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    Original full article: http://www.leparisien.fr/magazine/plaisir/vie-numerique-les-consoles-sortent-le-grand-jeu-17-03-2015-4611617.php

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    Hi All,
    I would welcome some advice. I am about 4 months into a new machine build:
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    * Tested the video memory
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    Quote
    We are sorry to hear you were unable to get two kits working in the same system. It is not guaranteed two kits can operate at the rated specifications since they were not pre-matched, tested, and guaranteed at factory. With multi-channel motherboards, perfectly matching memory is necessary to achieve high frequency. This is why we must offer high capacity 32GB, 64GB kits, otherwise we can just sell one module at a time and have you purchase as many as you need. Unfortunately, memory does not work that way. If you purchase a 16GB kit rated at DDR3-2133, you should have absolutely no issues. For any further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us directly for assistance.
    Thank you
    GSKILL SUPPORT
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    Also in the end, I really just want a stable machine. This is a basically an office/engineering machine.  My initial thinking was that if the system was unstable at 2133 then there is something wrong with it that needs to be fixed.  It sounds instead like getting to 2133 is not guaranteed, and is much more of an art than simply throwing the modules in and powering up the system.
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  • REQUEST UEFI GOP VBIOS FOR MSI GTX 780Ti GAMING 3G

    I just received my new MSI GTX 780Ti GAMING 3G,  but now windows 8.1 pro won't do the ultra fast uefi boot! I need a uefi/gop vbios for this card please!
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    link to my ROM:
    http://www.filedropper.com/gk110

    Quote
    Present Vbios: 80.80.21.00.77
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    Quote from: GOP / UEFI Vbios requests - Read Here First on 29-March-13, 22:47:26
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         A.) Upload a copy of your current vbios somewhere and give us a link. You can save a copy of your vbios using >>GPU-Z<<.
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    nvflash /v >rep.txt [ENTER]
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    screenshot of CPU-Z:
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    Quote
    Create a bootable usb stick (https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=165175.0).
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    Model: MSI R9 290X GAMING 4G
    S/N: 602-V308-01SB1402008189
    BIOS Version:  015.042.000.000.000000
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    Quote
    BIOS Version:  015.042.000.000.000000
    That is useless. Add link to your real vbios saved to file:
    Quote from: GOP / UEFI Vbios requests - Read Here First on 29-March-13, 22:47:26
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    3.) If we need to check if thier is a more recent version. We can check your Vbios in one of two ways.
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    S/N: 602-V308-01SB1312025606
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    Use the attached.
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