MSI GS70 Throttling on Battery

Hello all,
I just got my MSI GS70 and when playing games, if I unplug the AC cord the framerate plummets due to throttling. I checked my temps and they are fine. I changed my power settings to High Performance but it still is throttling on battery power. Any suggestions? Thanks!

These are notebooks, desktop replacements. They're not meant to be used as mobile desktop replacements. Without AC power, it will default to either a much reduced clockspeed on the GPU, or switch to the integrated GPU instead.
Why? Well, the dedicated GPU is made to draw around 90W's (most likely, in the high end cases), and you only have most likely a 93 Watt-hour battery. Add in the power draw of the CPU, RAM, etc... and you might be looking at 180W power draw while you're playing a game. The battery would last MAYBE 30 minutes of game time, and over time the battery would deteriorate much more quickly due to the rapid discharging which it is not made to handle.
All the newer notebooks act this way, as it is more to preserve the system and the battery, as well as battery life, rather than give you a car with a jet engine on a drag strip to see how fast you can go. It just isn't meant to be used that way.

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MSI GS70 Temperature and battery problem?

Hello All,
I just bought my GS70 on 2/9/2014 and I have been noticing some serious fan noises from time to time. I eventually got curious and installed Core Temp. All cores average around 126F (54c). Are these numbers too high? Should I be concerned? What are my options?
I also discovered a problem with my battery yesterday. After shutting down yesterday, I disconnected the power from the computer. This morning I tried to turn the computer on but it was unresponsive. I attempted several times all with the same results. I then saw that my power was disconnected and plugged it back in and it turned on fine. However, Windows display that my battery is at 100 percent.
I grew suspicious that it was an isolated event. To test, I against shut down the computer first, then after it was shut down I disconnected the Power plug on the unit. After couple hours I again try to turn it on and was unable to. I then reconnected the power plug and was able to turn on. Against Windows had my battery at 100 percent. I was wondering if anyone else had this situation.
Any help or advices regrading my questions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!

Hello,
About the CPU temp is normal
About battery can you boot on the battery immediately after you turn it off with ac charger disconnected?
[Without hours of waiting]
Do EC reset: https://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/how-to-reset-the-ec-embedded-controller
then see how its goes.
Also tell your current BIOS and EC versions, look for them in BIOS Setup, system information.

Re: Msi Gs70 Stealth Bad Battery

In Europe typical RMA take 2.5 weeks. week for shipping, couple days for repair and week for shipping back.

Quote from: Svet on Today at 13:06:35have you attached all power cables to the card?
QuoteI have the 6 pin connected not the other slot are both required? And I have just this pc.
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MSI GS70 : Battery Light Indicator Blinking Amber

Hey everyone, my MSI GS70's battery status light started blinking amber a few days ago. It blinks amber whenever the battery is fully charged with or without the adapter plugged-in. The battery is still working, and the blinking amber light goes away when the battery level drops from 100%.
When the battery level is at 99%, and I plug in the adapter, it starts charging the battery. I remember the battery doesn't get charged when it's at this level.
FYI I hardly use my laptop on battery, always using with the adapter plugged-in, so I'm very confused!!
Thanks.

try ec reset https://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/how-to-reset-the-ec-embedded-controller

MSI GS70 Stealth Pro 2PE - Burning issue!

Dear MSI forum users, I am here to ask your opinion on my experience with this laptop, for the most part it is a good machine, but I have experienced a few issues...
First off I noticed that the Space bar only worked on the left side of the bar or the middle, pressing from the right never worked and you had to push down hard to get the left side to respond, I thought maybe it's just a defective key, but upon googling I saw that other users were reporting this, I also noticed the trackpad is abysmal and trying to use it for left and right click is useless, luckily you can disable it and use the mouse supplied with the laptop.
Anyway, when I noticed the space bar issue I thought it such an issue that I should RMA the laptop, to see if the bar could be fixed, however the exchange I had with the technical support guy at OCUK (where I bought the laptop from and have been a loyal customer for years) simply said the following "no one else has contact us about a faulty spacebar. It may just be that is how they are designed and a replacement will not fix the issue. Laptop keyboards are not generally the best as they have to be compact and slim to not avoid conflict with other components."
well that to me didn't seem right, having spend £1450 on a laptop you expect the components to be in working order, I had previously purchased 3 x MSI GX740 from them and all of them still work currently, none of them ever having space bar or track pad issues, nevertheless I had to continue with this laptop since they would not repair it.
The laptop has been running OK over the past year, but I have noticed two more very strange occurrences in the operation of it now.
First off, there's a video of the sound it is making, its like there's a fan in there trying to spin up, but falling back down at the last hurdle. THIS HAPPENS CONSTANTLY, from boot to shut down, it doesn't ever stop doing it.
Please search for my channel Daniel Sharpe on you tube as the forum won't let me post external links :S the video is titled MSI GS70 2PE Fan Failure?
now heres something that really concerns me, for my health mainly, the laptop is running so hot it is leaving burn marks on my legs through trousers, I have got a cooling pad now, but even still I NEVER had any issues with heat dissipation on the MSI GX740 models, no cooler needed it sits on my lap fine and does not burn me, but this one does?!
here are some pictures, the left leg is worse, it fades slightly overnight but yesterday it was purple, I spoke to a doctor who said he has never seen anything like it in his life, it looked like chilblains to him but obviously with the opposite cause, his advice was that prolonged use could cause long term damage, but even if I use it for an hour it burns me.
however, here are speed fan temps for idle (with a cooling pad now in place)
and here are speed fan temps for load
and to top it all off the space bar has now come unclipped from the board and won't go back on properly.
So there we have it, there's a few issues with the laptop, I am mainly worried about the heat and the strange sound coming from one of the fans? (I Think)
please let me know what you think I can do, whether MSI would carry out repairs or something, as a laptop, this clearly isn't fit for purpose, as it can't sit on your lap without burning it!

Quote from: RX-8 on 09-June-15, 16:11:39
GS series are slim & light models, so their temperature must be high and gathered on the surfaces of the bodies. If you're running demanding apps/games, it's uncomfortable and not recommended to put it on the top of your lap (although it's called a laptop). Some laptops won't have this problem that's just because they are not performance/gaming laptops at all or for office use. Some of the laptops are thick and the temperature was decreased and dissipated by the air flow when the heat propagated to the surface.
The screenshots of the temperature you provided are normal for GS70 2PE. The CPU/GPU temperature did go to such a high temperature (actually their top temperatures are between 100 to 105 before throttling themselves). The surface of the bottm of the laptop may be just several millimeters below the CPU/GPU and thermal pipes, so it's definitely very hot when running CPU/GPU intensive apps/games. If putting on your lap for a long time, it definitely causes the low-temperature burn, like the hazard when attaching some warm bags on your skins for a long time.
Regarding the fan noise & touch problem, I would suggest you insist to ask the service point to inspect, repair or maybe replace them. Fan noise may be due to the quality of the fan after a long period of working, but for keyboard they should have other keyboard parts on which the space problem won't exist. I think this is just a flawed keyboard.
I have a Apple Mac Air in my home and it's very cool, but it can't even run SimCity very well. For GS70 2PE, it's just a piece of cake.
I understand what you are saying in regards to the games and temperature, but it looks more like a design issue to me, the MSI GX740 that I have had for 5 years never burned me and did run most of the latest games at decent settings.
I have dealt with this issue by buying a cooling pad, so I'm satisfied on that front.
I did send a support request to MSI about this computer for the fan, touch pad and keyboard issues, but have received no reply as of yet, is this something I should resend? as I have never contacted them directly for repairs before I am not sure of the process!

MSI GS70 rated 4 out of 5 stars by WOG (France)

[Test] Laptop MSI GS70 Stealth Pro
The original article comes from here: http://www.wallofgaming.com/test-laptop-msi-gs70-stealth-pro/
Award
Receives 4 out of 5 stars
Pros
Ease of use
Design
Weight
Raid 0
One additional mSATA port
Thin
Connectivity
Backlit Keyboard
Review Conclusion
Quotes: "The GS70 we test today has been introduced to the market for a while, that is why its a bit heavy for this machine to run the latest games. Even though the screen fluency is not perfect, it turns out to be quite enjoyable to play on this thin and 17" screen laptop, only the temperature is a bit high. The battery life is not great, but for a laptop as thin as GS70, we don't expect more. Moreover, this model is a bit old and you know how time will affect this factor."

found another article reviewing this model, the MSI GS70 2QE.
This time it is done by a media in Italy, the xtremehardware.com.
The editor gives MSI GS70 2QE the "GOLD" award and the "Best Buy" award.
Here is the article in original language: http://www.xtremehardware.com/mobile-review/notebook/msi-gs70-stealth-il-gioco-si-fa-serio-2015022710509/
Overall comments
“GS70 2QE Stealth Pro is a system designed for those in search of gaming passion and who do not want to sacrifice performance wherever they are. It is a notebook that allows you to fully enjoy your favorite titles without any compromises."
- Angelo Ciardiello, XtremeHardware
Few Highlights
• High performance CPU
• High performance GPU
• Space and speed guaranteed by SSD and HDD
• High quantity of RAM
• The screen quality is very high
• High sound quality
• Good cooling performance
• Weight and dimensions moderated in its category
• Excellent quality/price ratio

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Hi Eduard
1. when system is under heavy loading, the CPU temperature could reach almost 9x degree, don't worry, it is normal condition and under Intel CPU specification, once it is over the temp upper limit of CPU, the CPU will turn into throttling automatically
2. the NVidia OPTIMUS is an automatically function that there is no way to switch on/off
3. fan noisy when idle mode, normally it should be very quiet because it is dual fans design, if this noisy still bug you, you may find a nearest service center to check this acoustic level for you
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MSI GS70 Locking the F3 Features

Laptop: MSI GS70 Stealth Windows 8.1
I can't remember what its called when you press F3 when you boot up the laptop.
So I am going off to college and would like to be able to password everything, so far I have my normal login and the BIOS locked, but as far as I can tell someone could potentially wipe my hard drive by just pressing F3 when booting up.
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Apart from setting passwords did you actually made it to ask in any boot? A bit strange for me as this shouldn't happen. In my case after setting up password, no matter what you wanted to do, it would always ask before letting anyone in (made my step father drive mad as he couldn't check what I do on my NB )
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Hi Svet!
Request For MSI GS70 2PC 419XFR Bios Unlock (i5&860M)
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Thank you.
Do you need me to upload the bios file? because I believe that the msi website has the 70R archive which made my laptop useless.
you mean you don't want latest version [70S or 70R],
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MSI GS70 DONT PLAY BLURAYS 3D

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MSI GS70 2QE - Screen Askew

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I bought an MSI GS70 2QE last week. I've noticed the screen is ever so slightly askew, its minor but its offputtng given the price of the laptop. I'm currently in talks with the place I bought it from who are saying they cant see the issue and have contacted MSI who also dont see the issue.
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MSI GS70 Stealth Pro 17, Nvidia Settings won't SAVE

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Where to buy the MSI GS70 2OD-002US in Europe ?

Hi,
I live in Portugal (Europe), and very excited to purchase this laptop, but... with some dificulties trying to get answers to some questions.
1st the 5 physical local stores listed in MSI website after I click "Where to Buy", all replied to my emails saying MSI doesn't sell laptop anymore in Portugal.
2nd I discovered amazon.com is selling it but not amazon.co.uk.. I emailed amazon.co.uk asking if they were thinking selling it, they forward my questions to amazon.com which basically said "we dont control how much you will pay in Customs".
Some 10 companies in UK replied to me saying they only ship to UK mainland.
Till now, started getting a bit frustated in how can be such an awesome machine in a global internet connected world be so hard to get answers and best way to purchase it without needing to pay a flight to UK or some other country to buy it..
So here it is my original list of questions I mailed trying to understand the purchase process:
1) I live in Europe(Portugal) and would like to buy the following laptop:
*MSI GS70 2OD-002US*
2) Does it exists with Portuguese Keyboard ?
3) When is it available to be purchased in Europe ?
4) Where can I buy it online so that it can be sent to Portugal ? And will it be possible online to choose options on the
configuration ? I heard about 2 configs: 2x SSD of 128GB and a 2nd config using 2x SSD's of 256GB ?
5) Where can I buy it offline in a physical shop in Ireland ? (Since seems MSI doesn't sell laptop anymore in Portugal, I got some family living in Ireland so could be a good family visit + laptop purchase trip)
6) How does work the support in Europe ? In case of malfunction/problem will I have to mail Laptop to the country where MSI have its support center for Europe ?
7) What is the "dead pixel" policy on this laptop ? In case I buy this laptop online and it arrives with "dead pixel" will I be able to return it for replacement ? If no, then it will be better to buy it in a physical store where I can check for "dead pixels" before purchase ?
Thanks in advance ~
Greetings everyone on this form which was kindly refered to me from MSI reply to my email, and look forward to learn some new informations and understand where to purchase, how to choose config, the Portuguese keyboard and so on.
Cheers,
Zen

Dear Sir,
Thanks for your to be interested in our new GS70 gaming notebook. If possible, please send mail to [email protected], I will reply you all question you mention.
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I'm using an MSI GS70 laptop and just recently ran into a problem where my audio device suddenly stopped working.
playing GTAV I got the blue screen and reboot, and then this... I believe that the device is turned off like webcam on notebook, we can turn it on by fn + f6, but what about sound?
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Quote from: gilbert1019 on 28-May-15, 09:35:01
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