MSI GX740 Fan overheating

Hey y'all , i have a Msi gx740 i bought it about 1 and half a year ago , havent updated it for anything because i couldent figure out how to do it , ive read a bit about that flashing thing and i tried downloading it all , but i havent tried flashing because i dont know how to backup pc , how to boot from a usb and i dont got a usb memory stick , so if there were anyone with any idea or that could help because my fan is so loud all the time , and it gets so hot so easy and turns off , ive tried what ive could do with my Excperience with that kind of pc work , but none has worked out and now im rather tired of it , so i would appreciate any help i could get
:-) (it runs win 7 64-bit)

Ehm My GPU temp is quite high even when idle...
Right now i got 61 Celsius and i only got word, my browser and my email open...
Altho i cant seem to find my fan RPM it just shows 0 on the gpu which prolly isn't true.
I've heard some about with the vbios making ur card go nuts or something but i dont know how it works and or how you should fix it,

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MOVED: Update VBIOS/Fixing msi gx740's overheating issues

This topic has been moved to MSI Notebook.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=155679.0

Hi, what's your model name exactly?
90 degreee is quite normal on ultra slim laptop, such as GS60 series, especially when the system is on heavy loading.
The thermal system can bear such high for a long time without any problem. If you want to lower the temperature, you can use FN+F7 to switch system to Green mode. (some new models have such feature)
When the system is using Nvidia graphic, the power LED will turn to orange, you can check that accordingly.
As for why the temperature is high on AC plug in, that's because only on AC mode, they GPU and CPU can run on full speed, such design is mean to save the battery power. And most of the laptop brand applies the same design concept.

Msi GX740 expresscard slot

Hello.
I just bought an GX740 with core i7 and radeon 5870 but I am having some troubles. Os is windows seven 64 bit premium home.
I use an expresscard for making music (echo indigo IOX expresscard) but it doesnt work fine with the MSI GX740.
The problem is the following :
(Drivers are well installed, many versions have been tried with the same problem)
- If the card is inserted before booting, the system recognize it well, and I can use it. BUT, after a few second of use, the system will totally hang up and stop responding. The sound playing will be looped. I tried to let it for more than 20 min but nothing unstucked..
- If the card is inserted when the laptop is already online, it doesnt detect the card but a pci to pci bridge or something and the drivers can't be loaded properly, so I cant use the card at all. Expresscard is supposed to be hotpluggable....
When the system crashes, there seems to be a problem with winio.sys (seen in the event viewer), but thats the only thing I know, because there is no bluescreen so I have no dumps I can check....
The card works fine on other systems with the exact same OS and drivers so I suspect it's something to do with the way the laptop configures the card (irq, adress etc).
Also, I have the latest BIOS and all the drivers are well up to date.
Does anyone has already tried the GX740 expresscard slot, and if yes, does it work?
Cheers!

OMG!!
looks like msi learned nothing in the past!
please read it all here: same issue with pr200
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=119513.80
exact the same problematic.
after 8month of writing email with msi-techsupport & dev team they released a special bios "workaround" version and it worked. (also with this special bios version the expresscard has to be inserted before boot. if removed and inserted again it also does not work with this special bios)
it has to do with bios parameters which are not correctly set for the expresscard slots. it`s definitly a msi failure and has absolutly nothing to do with the certification of the expresscard.
all expresscards with TI chipset are good for audio use. i`ve also tested with certified cards.
so in short: the result was > msi was only able fix it (partly) with a special biosversion. (problem is sitting in the pci-register values for the expresscardslot
i have all emails saved and can send them out on reqest if somebody needs them for further analysis as i was working on this problem with special pci-register software to show up msi thats their problem. so we were able to fix it for the pr200.

MSI GX740 Unlocked BIOS | split

Hello.
I would like too unlocked BIOS for my MSI GX740.
BIOS: E1727 IMS.10F 05/27/2011
EC: 1727EMS1.406 05/28/2010
Can Enybody help me?

Normal, unlocking bios are not related to official stuffs.
I can start work over it once donation is received:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=134259.0
and to send back to you when its done after 3-4 hours later

MSI GX740 antialiasing problem

I've recently bought a gx740 (eu version, i5 450m)...gpu 5870m. I've a problem with antialiasing.
So far i've tried these games:
JustCause2demo, Company of Heroes, The Witcher, MafiaIIdemo, GTAIV.
In gtaIV there's no option for AA, so no problem, MafiaII works fine with AA....the other games don't work well.
I installed the last catalyst drivers, 10.10 (before i had the "official" ones from msi, i think 8.something)...
With msi drivers i had problems in game menu, too....now with 10.10, just during the game.
Crysis
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/5452/crysis2010102716395345.jpg
Just Cause2
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/9391/justcause22010102717203.jpg
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/8551/justcause22010102717240.jpg
http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8551/justcause22010102717240.jpg
Any resolution or setting i tried with AA enabled (2x,4x,8x... no matter what), it results in this problem. Disabling the AA, the games work just fine.
I don't know....MafiaII works well with AA....i don't think it's a broken GPU.
What can i do?

Quote from: Mark on 28-October-10, 02:38:27
A firmware update was released for the VBIOS of your laptop. If you haven't applied the patch yet, perhaps give that a try. You can download it here: http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=firmware&maincat_no=135&prod_no=1999
Only do the update if your laptop is 100% stable and use the >>MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<< as it's the safest method.
i'm trying to download it but i can't....i click on this "1727_023.zip", then appears a screen that says "The specifications may change without notice. The actual products sold are different from areas. Please check the detailed specifications with your local dealers." and i can't see any download button.....
i know that this vbios update just downlock the gpu on idle...can this be the solution?
Then, last thing....I know that the latest vbios firmware downlock permanently the GPU whereas the last but one firmware downlock the GPU only on idle... (http://forum.notebookreview.com/msi/457412-msi-gx740-5870-1gb-ddr5-147.html)
the one on the msi site (basing on the date), it's the last but one right?

MSI Gx740 matrix

Hello!
Two weeks ago I bought this lovely machine. The only thing I don't like is the matrix and some kind of "dancing pixels", moving pixels. It happends only on gray color or some variety of gray. And here's the question: is there a possibility to change that? Or is there a possibility to change the matrix for LED? I'll be very gratefull for any answers.

I know Stu but there is many threads on internet about that. For example:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/msi/504879-disappointed-gx740-screen.html
http://forum.notebookreview.com/msi/528869-msi-gx740-weird-screen.html
I know that there is more articles somewhere but can't remember. I compared two laptops: mine and Acer Aspire from 2007. And it's pathetic. Acer display got better quality than GX740 lol. I'm really tired of all those dancing pixels, of this "quality". I'm going to wrote a mail to MSI.com and ask them about that. What's making me believe it's a vBIOS version fault is that MSI is releasing some newer versions and they talk about adjustments so maybe that's all about adjustments? Hope so because I don't wanna loose my guarantee. But if it just a poor display quality, I'll change the matrix because my eyes hurts me a lot because of those damn pixels. Besides there are oppinions on notebookcheck.net about poor screen quality in GX740.
EDIT: I forgot to mention: poor quality "exists" only on bright colors. Dark colors looks great but You feel bad when You're launching Firefox and You see something like "granularity" in those pixels. Maybe no-one mentioned about this problem because they can't compare their laptop to other laptop but I compared it with 2 much older laptops.

Msi gx740 bluescreen

Hey
So I just bought the MSI gx740-238NE and Ive only had it for tonight and already experienced 2 blue screens.
I've updated windows, the vga drivers and cpu drivers. I got one before update and one after. After paying 1150€ I should be able to get something that works right?
Anyways, heres the information I get:
Problemsignatur:
Problemhändelsens namn:   BlueScreen
OS-version:   6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3
Språkvariant-ID:   1053
Ytterligare information om problemet:
BCCode:   a
BCP1:   0000000000000000
BCP2:   0000000000000002
BCP3:   0000000000000000
BCP4:   FFFFF80003014477
OS Version:   6_1_7600
Service Pack:   0_0
Product:   768_1
Filer som hjälper till att beskriva problemet:
C:\Windows\Minidump\101410-25974-01.dmp
C:\Users\Gusen\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-55583-0.sysdata.xml
Läs vår sekretesspolicy online:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=104288&clcid=0x041d
Om sekretesspolicyn online inte är tillgänglig kan du läsa vår sekretesspolicy offline:
C:\windows\system32\sv-SE\erofflps.txt
Any ideas?

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After paying 1150€ I should be able to get something that works right?
Quote from: Shinokai on 15-October-10, 06:24:59
Im not that much into computers and stuff, What am I supposed to do? :/
If its brand new, then it shouldn't be blue-screening. Best contact your reseller and ask them if they will exchange it.

Playing Rift on a MSI GX740 ?

Hi
Ive just started playing the game Rift.
But i notice i can hardly even run it smoothly on the High settings.
When i run it on High settings with full resolution and AA-Edge smoothing activated im getting only 25FPS.
If i try to run the game on Ultra settings i get 15FPS.
Anyone else playing Rift on a MSI GX740 and how much FPS do u have on the different settings?
Thank you.

Quote from: Jack the Newbie on 09-October-08, 17:49:50
Yes. However, try to remove the jumpers completely for testing, clear CMOS with main A/C power cable removed from PSU and see what happens. That is the best way to understand what the jumpers do. Weven with the jumpers removed, you can use the BIOS to freely manipulate settings. However, now you will be starting from 400 MHz FSB Clock Speed.
Hmm well if i do that i will automatically overclock my CPU to 3.8ghz and my ddr2 800mhz memory to 960mhz (because of the default 1:1.2 ratio). So i think that step is a bit too much, especially when the voltages aren't corrected when i clear the cmos.
So first i'll try to OC with jumpers on default, and when i get the fsb to 400mhz with voltages changes and the right fsb->ram ratio (1:1) i'll change the jumper to 400
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Just don't use MSI Live Update for that, but
>>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<
Sure thing!

6 cell batteries for msi gx740

I dont like the way my 9 cell sticks out in the back so im looking for one that will aligned perfectly can you guys recommend one?

I am simply indicating possible source and no recommendation is implied for this. For others you might find stores listed on eBay that could possibly have something. Since the one below says it's has Japanese cells it should be pretty good quality. Website indicates worldwide shipping.
Fit machine:
MSI:
MSI GX640 MSI GX740
http://www.love-battery.com/product_detail.asp?id=6642

Msi gx740

I have a msi gx740 doesn't seem to be performing like it should. I read a benchmark about this laptop earlier today that stated certain games and the framerates they got on certain settings. When I have my laptop set to the same settings it doesn't seem to be performing like it should, or as stated by the benchmark. Bad Company 2 gets pretty good fps on ultra settings at 1680x1050, I seem to get a lot of lag when I have those same settings. Also I can barely even play black ops on my laptop, no matter what the graphics settings are it seems to have crappy fps, I heard there were some issues for pc users with this game so maybe that has something to do with it. Anyways I was wondering if anyone could tell me why I am not getting the same fps as someone with the same comp under the same settings? Do I not have something configured right? Any help is appreciated, thanks. Benchmark I was referring to was posted on this forum, and is posted below.
GX740 (1727)
CPU:
i7 720QM ES 1.6GHz - 2.8GHz
RAM:
2GB x 2 DDR3-1066
VGA:
ATI Radeon Mobility 5870 1GB GDDR5
Windows Experience Index:
6.9 / 7.3 / 7.2 / 7.2 / 5.9
3DMark 06:
12481
3DMark Vantage:
P8110
Bad Company 2 Benchmark (1680 x 1050):
Overall Quality - Advanced
Min/Max FPS = 30/45 fps
Overall Quality - Medium
Min/Max FPS = 36/63 fps
To Follow-up (if have time):
i7 720QM ES 1.73GHz - 3.06GHz
DDR3 1333
Battery time

Beware BlackOps is a very heavily demanding game.
My son with a Dual Core CPU and ATI 4850 videocard had to tune down to 800x600 to make it fast.
This game takes a lot of resources, more then any game I have seen before.
Turn AA and such features off.
Try with very low resolution and all features off, then work your way up.
The high settings of this game are way too demanding for most current systems to run smooth.

Have problems with my newly bought MSI GX740

Hey, I already have problems with my newly bought MSI GX740 from JME Data.
The computer is behaving very strangely. To begin with, and so it is extremely tough to boot windows and launch programs, many programs can not even begin to eg Internet Explorer or Norton Antivirus.
When you then turn off your computer and start it again, it starts, as usual, extremely tough right from the bios to load Windows, but then when it should go from the''windowscharge'' to the desktop screen is just black. The cursor is there, but the screen is just completely black.
I have tried to make a''recovery''from windows MSI's built-in recovery function in the BIOS. What it means is that it then reformat the c drive and then reinstall Windows and all programs that were on the computer from the very beginning. This can be very slow to install and when Windows is installed so the problem remains, however, that everything goes extremely slow, and some programs will not even start.
I have also tried to put energy saving options for maximum performance, but it did nothing.
What do you think? Is this something that can fix or is it only to send the rebound?

Well its kinda strange, but i managed to fix it.
I just started in the ''windows secure mode'' or whatever u call it in english, and then when windows started and windows popped up, wich said ''A system change has occured'' or something like that, i pressed accept and after that everything worked perfect

MOVED: Msi Gx740 Overheating

This topic has been moved to MSI Notebooks & Netbooks.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=167214.0

how are measuring if its overheating or not? can you share us your exact temperature of your gpu and cpu under heavy load? With turbo fan on and off.

MSI GX740 overheated graphic card?

Hi everyone,
im new to this forum but i need help how to deal with the overheating when playing games on my gx740 notebook, great machine otherwise!
I have surfed around and saw that many recommend to upgrade the vBios but i dont succed to do this, never starts the installation program when re-booted my computer, i have downloaded drivers and extracted them to a usb stick that i also manage to boot from, BUT it just stands disk error, press a key to continue login or something like that....
i never succed in this, i have like i said read alot in here but dont see which is up to date to do, tried download some nvflash and so also, the only thing i want i guess i want is to upgrade vbios, is there any other way to do this to get graphic card not overheated and reboot the computer!?? Around MAX of 107 c which is huge!! Normally stands around 100 when playing, i guess the card will not leave that long in that case!?
Any ideas?
/Mikael

Quote from: ironmajk on 08-July-12, 07:07:39
What you mean, flash other 2? Now my graphic is around 80-90c still pretty high but better
those [BIOS & EC-FW]:
Quote from: Svet on 08-July-12, 01:16:38
With the Tool you can flash BIOS, EC-FW, vbios
Flash everything to the latest versions,
BIOS ==> http://www.msi.com/service/download/bios-11771.html
EC-FW ==> http://www.msi.com/service/download/firmware-11772.html
One by one.
For all use the same steps, i.e. point to the Tool to corespond .zip/.rar archive,
and tool will do the rest.

MSI GX740 Overheating

I have followed all instructions to update my VBios, and when i finaly get around to running Vflash.bat it comes up with this "\??\F:atiflash.exe cannot run due to non compatability with 64 bit versions of windows"
Please help i am only able to get on the forum for 5 minutes at a time without my laptop overheating and turning off and having to leave it for 20 minutes.

here is how to make USB key bootable: http://www.bay-wolf.com/usbmemstick.htm
after its done, extract all files on it and boot from USB key.
When you see A:\ or C:\ , to save current vbios you have to type:
atiflash -s 0 xxxx.bin [ENTER]
to flash vbios:, type vflash.bat [ENTER]

MSI GX740 - overheats

Hi All.
Got a GX740 laptop that shuts down because of overheating when I'm gaming. I can only make it work with the buttom plate off and standing on a Zalman coolerplate. There is still warrenty on it but can't I fix the problem my self? Here you can se the inside of my machine:

Looks pretty dusty to me. Get a can of CleanSafe or a similar product, a soft bristle brush. Brush the fan off to loosen the dust and then do a good job of blowing the dust from the fan and inside the cooler housing. Blow through the cooler outlet also to ensure you get as much dust out of it as possible

MSI GX740 Fan overheating

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