PC Gamer published one review for MSI GS30 2M shadow with gaming dock

MSI’s GS30, with its Gaming Dock, is the first to actually deliver on the promise of using a normal desktop graphics card bolstering a thin ‘n’ light, non-gaming notebook.—Dave James
Highlights:
1.You can switch between thin ‘n’ light laptop to gaming desktop in a trice
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
4.There’s also a huge 16GB of DDR3 memory inside that little package too
5.With the CPU and Iris Pro graphics it’s a powerful little thing in its own right.
more detail:http://www.pcgamer.com/msi-gs30-2m-shadow-with-gaming-dock-review/

MSI GS30 with GamingDock is an ingenious idea and it's simply to upgraded.

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Playtech took a look at the MSI GS30 Shadow with Gaming Dock

Playtech, the MSI reseller in New Zealand took a look at the MSI GS30 Shadow with Gaming Dock.
The overall impression was positive
So.....another MSI notebook to consider .....
my gosh....how difficult to make a purchase decision....
Quotes
"The GS30 was described as thin and light impressing them with its look and overall build quality. The CPU, 1080p antiglare display, RAM and storage were all high points in the tiny package.
Playtech TV also loved the touchpad and keyboard on the GS30 Shadow making for easy use. The Gaming Dock was easy to use and using both the MSI GTX960 and MSI GTX980 cards to do benchmarks they were thoroughly impressed with the scores across the board.
MSI Dragon Centre, SoundBlaster Cinema and the System Control software were all bonuses making for easy use, overall they felt the laptop was well built with a great screen, keyboard and touchpad. While the entire package was a cool, interesting idea which can be appealing for users who want a super portable notebook during the day and a high performance gaming desktop at home."
Some screenshots

Docking is a brilliant idea, but my boyfriend is gamer and an engineer, he is trying to look for independent laptop for its high performance. Does anyone know where can I find independent one from docking?

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.
To tell you more about the GS30 Shadow and the Gaming Dock, we’ve created a little video to walk you through the combo and what you can expect hardware-wise.
The video:

Docking is a brilliant idea, but my boyfriend is gamer and an engineer, he is trying to look for independent laptop for its high performance. Does anyone know where can I find independent one from docking?

One suggestion for MSI

May I suggest one motherboard for you to build if possible?
Same design of MSI K8N Diamond Plus, 8 or more phases for CPU power, at least 2 IDE ports for 4 drives. 6 SATA Ports. 1 or 2 eSata ports. Nvidia Chipset 590. Keep all legacy components such parallel port, serial port and others similar to Diamond Plus. Passive Cooling of chipset. Ability to overclock. Ajustments for Memory, CPU, NB and SB voltages. Solid Capacitors. There won't be other to beat this.
You can build for Intel and AMD processors! I wish I could find one kind of motherboard with this configuration.
Thanks for reading.
Original.

No need for two dvd burners ,or multiple opticals LOL , no need for IDE drives with 8 SATA ports either.
Want them for backup - make it even safer by putting them in a external HD box (sata or usb) , then they don't have to run all the time
and you just neeeds to fire them up when you need to do backup/restore.
IDE with it's limitation of flip flop transfer signalling between master/slave has become obsolete and is replaced by sata , we just
have to accept that .
The one IDE port is just left there in the NF5 chipsets are for optical IDE/ATAPI possibility -due to the lack of (poor) atapi support over sata controllers.
All SATA controller ports (internal) supports e-sata , e-sata is just the cabling and connector and is obtained
by installing a pci e-sata bracket .
I know a NF590 motherboard that "almost" meets your requirements , except for the IDE controller , but
mods doesn't like discussing other vendors boards here .

My Review for MSI Big Bang Xpower & Overclocked

This will be the very 1st X58 big bang series of MSI and the 1st X58 MSI motherboard to have USB 3.0 and SATA 3 connections. Targets the enthusiast, hardcore gamers as well as overclockers. This board is already equipped with OC Genie buttons which was first implemented for MSI P55 series motherboards. YOu will also see later that instead of the old power, reset and Direct OC Easy Buttons. They are all now soft touch. PCI slots were also removed and been replaced by PCIEx16. There will be x6 PCIEx16 slots for this board ready for multi gpu setups. Military Class Components are also implemented into the board like Solid Caps, better chokes and server grade caps.
Here you will see that the components around the socket area are well layout and very good in quality. These are Hi-C Cap on PWM and super ferrite chokes. Im sure this will provide the best efficient voltage to the processor during normal use and as well as during overclocking. See the two 8pin power connector for the Processor? This will provide more headroom for overclocking the processor especially for Gulftowns
Forgot to mention other things like The board has V-Check points to measure actual voltage for CPU Vcore, VTT, DDR and IOH. Debug led indicator for easy isolation of boot up problems or mobo problems. Jumper for removing voltage wall limits and lastly the board includes an audio card for best audio experience.
So next these are the rear ports
Bundled Accessories. Sata cables, Sata power, IDE cable, USB 2.0 Bracket, eSATA Pack, M-Connectors, V-check Cables and a great gadget for overclocking the board on the fly "OC Dashboard" (shows also the current temps, and voltages)
For some serious 2D Bench Results and overclock on air
First run. 4.6ghz Spi32M
Second run. 4.8ghz Spi32m

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What were your settings to get those overclocks?
He's in a competition, I doubt he will reveal this information.

Hardware Review for MSI DR8-A2

I found this review of the "not so enthusiastic" MSI DR8-A2 optical drive.
http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/158/1
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The main negative points: The most noticeable problem is the writing quality with all types of DVDR/RW discs, there are just too many discs that it has problems with. Beside this there are some small point worth mentioning; It’s not a good drive for backing up protected game discs as it do not even qualify as a “one sheep” writer. And it does not support bitsetting and writing/reading 99 minute CD-R discs.
To sum it all up, this is the best we could say: “The DVDR/RW writing quality needs improvements before this drive becomes a good choice.”

That review is ancient:
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Our sample was produced in China and has a production date of April 2004
I very much doubt if this model is still available anywere.

BIOS Settings for MSI p45 platinum q6700 with 8 gigs of viper

hi all ,does any here have any stable settings? i want to change settings in the bios ,tried the duel core DOT and its not much good ,i have windows 7 x64 build 7600,and a T1 thermaltake heatsink , i get it up to around 3.2ghz with the DOT ,stills stays cool only around 19c to 21c even under load,but when i start ruunig some games it freezes up ,i have 2x4870 ati cards 512ddr4 in crossfire ,they pass all the tests with flying colors ,but i know this is capable of much more, oh,, sorry i forgot ,, my bios version is the newest one, whatever that maybe .i dont feel like leaving windows right now , but i just updated last week.right from msi.com website.
thanks
joe

Hardware Monitoring :   Fintek F71882FG
Real Frequency :2673.26 MHz
Multiplier :10x Low/High Multiplier :6x / 10x
Bus Speed :267.3 MHz FSB Frequency :1069.3 MHz (QDR)
Core #1 :2673.82 MHz
Core #2 :2673.56 MHz
Core #3 :2673.43 MHz
Core #4 :2673.57 MHz
CPU Voltage :   1.301 V MaxVID :1.301 V MinVID :1.301 V
Voltage CPU :   1.27 V
+3.3V Voltage :   3.34 V
+5V Voltage :   5.76 V
+12V Voltage :   2.20 V
SB :   3.34 V
VBAT :   3.28 V
VIN2 :   3.58 V
VIN3 :   0.95 V
VIN6 :   0.34 V
Processor Temperature :   22 °C
Mainboard Temperature :   30 °C
Processor :   Thermal Diode
Intel Core 2 Quad (Core 1) :   37 °C
Intel Core 2 Quad (Core 2) :   37 °C
Intel Core 2 Quad (Core 3) :   34 °C
Intel Core 2 Quad (Core 4) :   36 °C
GPU 1 Temperature :   52 °C
GPU 2 Temperature :   50 °C
Hard Disk ST3250410AS :   34 °C
Mainboard :   MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD MS-7512
Manufacturer :   American Megatrends Inc. Version :   V1.0
Date :   05/21/2008 (mm/dd/yyyy)
Address :0x0 on 4096 KB
Copyright :(C)2006 American Megatrends, Inc
Motherboard ID :66-0100-009999-00101111-052108-Eaglelake-A7512200
DMI Version :2.5
Supported Voltage :1.3V
Physical Memory :8192 MB DDR2-SDRAM
DIMM1 (RAS 0, RAS 1) :   2048 (Double Bank)
DIMM2 (RAS 2, RAS 3) :   2048 (Double Bank)
DIMM3 (RAS 4, RAS 5) :   2048 (Double Bank
DIMM4 (RAS 6, RAS 7) :   2048 (Double Bank)
ALL 4 DIMMS ARE CURRENTLY AS FOLLOWS
Manufacturer :   PDP Systems
Part Number :   6400LL Series
Serial Number :   Unspecified
Type :   DDR2-SDRAM PC2-6400 (399 MHz) - [DDR2-800]
Format :   Regular UDIMM (133.35 x 3)
Size :   2048 MB (2 ranks, 8 banks)
Module Buffered :   No
Module Registered :   No
Module SLi Ready (EPP) :   Yes
Width :   64-bit
Error Correction Capability :   Yes
Max. Burst Length :   8
Refresh :   Reduced (.5x)7.8 µs, Self Refresh
Voltage :   SSTL 1.8v
Prefetch Buffer :   4-bit
Manufacture :   2000
Supported Frequencies :   200 MHz, 266 MHz, 400 MHz
CAS Latency (tCL) :   3 clocks @200 MHz, 4 clocks @266 MHz, 5 clocks @400 MHz
RAS to CAS (tRCD) :   3 clocks @200 MHz, 4 clocks @266 MHz, 5 clocks @400 MHz
RAS Precharge (tRP) :   3 clocks @200 MHz, 4 clocks @266 MHz, 5 clocks @400 MHz
Cycle Time (tRAS) :   6 clocks @200 MHz, 8 clocks @266 MHz, 12 clocks @400 MHz
Min TRC :   12 clocks @200 MHz, 16 clocks @266 MHz, 23 clocks @400 MHz
EPP Profile #1 :   Full Performance
Voltage Level :   2.1V
Address Command Rate :   2T
Cycle Time :   2.5ns @400 MHz
CAS Latency (tCL) :   4 clocks
RAS to CAS (tRCD) :   4 clocks
RAS Precharge (tRP) :   4 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS) :   12 clocks
tRC :   21 clocks
tWR :   6 clocks
Memory Controller :   DIMM, SDRAM
Number of connectors :   4
Max. Module Size :   3072 MB
Max. Memory Size :   12288 MB
Supported Speed :   Unspecified
Supported Voltages :   3.3v
Error Detection Method :   64-bit ECC
Error Correction Capability :   yes
Current/Supported Interleave :   1-way/1-way
Alex.Sorry about the long post but i wasn't sure exactly what you needed so i figured the more info the better, oh i noticed this scan reading for the temps are just in C not F

New PSU for MSI P67S-C43 (B3) with new graphics card.

Good morning!
I'm in the market for a new PSU for my system (specs in signature). I think the current PSU I have would be sufficient for the graphics card I'm looking at getting, GeForce GTX 680 FTW+ (EVGA 04G-P4-3687-KR), however, I'd like to go modular. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
like_a_god

A GTX680 system pulls less exactly same power like the same system with GTX260 (both 38A minimum without oc). So in terms of power there is no need for psu upgrade as the TX650 could handle a GTX680 with ease. Considering an oc card it might be 40A required minimum.
None the less this is a MSI forum so next time please don't ask for psu upgrades for an EVGA card. Better get an MSI card instead like N680GTX Lightning or N680GTX Twin Frozr 4GD5/OC (if you need 4GB).
If you want to upgarde the psu just because of it being modular then go for an 850w psu to have a noticeable power upgrade also. The HX850 is then the better choice. If you want a fully modular unit it would take AX850 instead.

BIOS settings for MSI 770-c45 - overclocked with a Phenom II 550 Black Edition

Hi,
Wish I could say I knoew what these bios settings are, but I can't - I really need some help here. Anyone who has this m/b knows that there is a dip switch to help you get a 10%/20% perf increase, but it fails for me...
Anyone have some advice onthe appropriate settings?
Many thanks,
Sayer

here's mine:
Phenom II X2 550BE@4ghz
MSI 770-C45 bios 1.3B2
Team Xtreem DDR3 1866 C8 running DDR3 1550 7-7-7-21@1,8v
cooling Thermalright Ultra 120 extreme, dual fans
bios settings (Cell menu only, I dont think the others setting would affect)
* AMD Cool N' Quiet--->disabled
* CPU Fsb freq--->230mhz...might different with yours, depend on your CPU though
* CPU Ratio--->17.5
* CPU-NB Ratio--->x9
* EC Firmware--->normal
* Advanced Clock calibration--->disabled
* Auto Overclock--->disabled
* multi-step OC booster--->disabled
* HT link control--->x9
* vcore--->1,55v (must use good cooling with this voltage)
* vdimm--->1,84v
* NB voltage--->1,2v
* CPU-NB voltage--->1,33v
other setting are all auto

GOP Request for MSI N770 TF 2GD5/OC Gaming‎

S.N.:602-V282-220B1312024644
vBIOS: h ttps://mega.co.nz/#!fl4VnALI!DGNME7Ylhxk2FQDyr__e33cH6H9dUG0rZwluqjg neOs
I was quite surprised that I don't have UEFI compatible card :(

Use the attached vbios.
Decompress the provided .rar archive with Winrar: http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
Then flash the included file with Nvflash for dos: http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/nvflash_download.html
To do so rename the included file to .rom and create a dos bootstick (https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=165175.0)
Put nvflash and the vbios file on it and boot from the stick. Then type nvflash -4 -5 -6 gop.rom (if renamed vbios that way) and hit enter. Confirm the questions and let the tool flash.

HT201269 I am curious if you can use itunes on one computer for two different itune accounts with different music etc?

Please explain if one iTunes account can hold more than one persons information???

How to use multiple iPods, iPads, or iPhones with one computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495
How To Best Use and Share Apple IDs across iPhones, iPads and iPods
http://www.nerdsonsite.com/blog/2012/06/07/help-im-appleid-confused/
 Cheers, Tom

Help! coloring background one row for 3 seconds in JTable with SwingTimer

Hi, I am struggling with this for the past three days but cannot come up with a solution.
I have a JTable and when i insert a new Row, i want to give that row a backgroundcolor for 3 seconds/ or let it blink for 3 seconds and then let it return to its original background color. While the current row is yellow, i want to insert a new row which also would be yellow for 3 seconds. The previous row would return white earlier than the row after, because that row is inserted earlier.
the problem is, that when i add a new row while the current row is yellow, the new row has the timer of the previous row, which means that the last row inserted will stay yellow for a shirter time, which i do not want.
i want a 3 second bgcolor for everyrow inserted. how can i achieve this ?
My code:
startBlinking() is called when a new row is being added to the JTable
public void startBlinking() throws InterruptedException{
if (timer.isRunning()){
timer.setInitialDelay(2);
timer.start();
----------------------- in another class:
//attributes
Action updateCursorAction = getAction();
Timer timer = new Timer(3000, updateCursorAction);
public Action getAction(){
updateCursorAction = new AbstractAction() {
boolean shouldDraw = false;
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (shouldDraw =! shouldDraw) {
blinkingYellow();
} else{
blinkingWhite();
timer.stop();
return updateCursorAction;
public void blinkingWhite(){
receiverdata_Table.setRowSelectionInterval(0, 0);
receiverdata_Table.setSelectionBackground(Color.white);
public void blinkingYellow(){
receiverdata_Table.setRowSelectionInterval(0, 0);
receiverdata_Table.setSelectionBackground(Color.YELLOW);
}

Cant resist to point out the ease of doing something like this in Swingx <g>
Basically, the way to go is
- install a Highlighter with the visual property/ies you want to use for the highlighting effect
- update its HighlightPredicate (aka: condition for applying the property) as appropriate
Below is a code snippet (as usual runnable as-is in the context of SwingX test support). The candy is, that the exact same highlighting code is re-usable in JXList, JXTree and (probably, should check) JXComboBox
Enjoy
Jeanette
* Created on 17.12.2010
package org.jdesktop.swingx.renderer;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.Timer;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
import org.jdesktop.swingx.InteractiveTestCase;
import org.jdesktop.swingx.JXTable;
import org.jdesktop.swingx.decorator.AbstractHighlighter;
import org.jdesktop.swingx.decorator.ColorHighlighter;
import org.jdesktop.swingx.decorator.ComponentAdapter;
import org.jdesktop.swingx.decorator.HighlightPredicate;
public class DynamicHighlighterExperiments extends InteractiveTestCase {
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        final ColorHighlighter hl = new ColorHighlighter(HighlightPredicate.NEVER,
                Color.YELLOW, null);
        table.addHighlighter(hl);
        final List<Integer> recentRows = new ArrayList<Integer>();
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            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                int insertedRow = table.getModel().getRowCount();
                recentRows.add(insertedRow);
                ((DefaultTableModel) table.getModel()).addRow(new Object[] {insertedRow});
                table.scrollRowToVisible(table.convertRowIndexToView(insertedRow));
                updateHighlighter(hl, recentRows, insertedRow);
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        insertTimer.start();
        showWithScrollingInFrame(table, "highlight inserted rows");
    protected void updateHighlighter(final AbstractHighlighter hl,
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        hl.setHighlightPredicate(new RowHighlightPredicate(recentRows));
        ActionListener l = new ActionListener() {
            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                recentRows.remove(row);
                hl.setHighlightPredicate(new RowHighlightPredicate(recentRows));
                ((Timer) e.getSource()).stop();
        Timer removeTimer = new Timer(1500, l);
        removeTimer.setRepeats(false);
        removeTimer.start();
    // PENDING JW: move into swingx zoo of predicates
    public static class RowHighlightPredicate implements HighlightPredicate {
        List<Integer> rows;
        public RowHighlightPredicate(Collection<Integer> row) {
           rows = new ArrayList<Integer>(row);
        @Override
        public boolean isHighlighted(Component renderer,
                ComponentAdapter adapter) {
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            return rows.contains(modelRow);
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        try {
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        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
}

Can you use one PC for 2 different Ipods, with out erasing the others music from Itunes?

Can you use one PC for different Ipod touch's , with out erasing the other persons Itunes music?

Yes. See:
How to use multiple iPods, iPads, or iPhones with one computer

Display only one row for distinct columns and with multiple rows their valu

Hi,
I have a table having some similar rows for some columns and multiple different rows for some other columns
i.e
o_mobile_no o_doc_date o_status d_mobile_no d_doc_date d_status
9825000111 01-jan-06 'a' 980515464 01-feb-06 c
9825000111 01-jan-06 'a' 991543154 02-feb-06 d
9825000111 01-jan-06 'a' 154845545 10-mar-06 a
What i want is to display only one row for above distinct row along with multiple non distinct colums
ie
o_mobile_no o_doc_date o_status d_mobile_no d_doc_date d_status
9825000111 01-jan-06 'a' 980515464 01-feb-06 c
991543154 02-feb-06 d
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regards,
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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!

PC Gamer published one review for MSI GS30 2M shadow with gaming dock

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