Turbo mode MSI GT70

I recently upgraded to a 256GB SSD as my main drive on my MSI GT70, I installed windows 7 64bit and reinstalled all the drivers and programs from the MSI notebook disc and the ones i could find on the website.
Now my Turbo button does nothing, when i touch it the light comes on but it doesn't go into to overclock mode and the light shuts off after about 2-3 seconds...
Are there more drivers i need for this feature? If so where can i get them?...
Thank you.

Quote from: zipper.sippola on 12-September-13, 16:52:59
It's crap compared to any decent overclock tool - for instance MSI afterburner. Actually I never saw an overclock tool that underclocks the default GPU clock if the turbo button isn't pressed.
This is no different than EVGA or PNY offering the same video cards but with slightly different clocks, and $50 difference in price.
Say what you want, it's nice since it's included, and you don't pay extra for it. It's not MEANT to replace MSI Afterburner (which btw, is not for mobile video cards.....but many do use it that way). Not every user is going to want to push their core clock up to 850 MHz using MSI Afterburner, or even higher. Most users could care less. Some users want more (I run mine actually at around 1 GHz), and you can still get there with this if you know what you're doing.
Now, if you don't have anything further to help solve this users problem, please refrain from posting.
As far as this user's problem, have you installed the VGA Overclock application as well? If that isn't installed, then the turbo button will not function properly.

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    I have tools like CPUZ, GPUZ, Core Temp, and Corsair Link for my monitoring needs.

    Quote from: xmad on 22-April-13, 22:44:29
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    See examples here:
    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=162043.0
    Thanks for the quick response!
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    OS is restored. At this point Im scared of installing the Samsung Magician software so I make a restore point. This time I want to see what happens if I install the software and run Rapid Mode through Win 8.1.
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    Now it seems that the write speed is consistently good, but again the read speeds are absolutely horrid. I used AS-SSD for the benchmark instead of CrystalDiskMark this time.
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    How did you go about installing Windows?
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    Hi,
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    I have not received my MSI yet and won't touch it for another month or so. I have plenty of time to figure it out. This question been raking my brain for a week, so that's why I'm post for some help. 
    Any information no matter if you're "talking above my head or not" is highly appreciative. If I think I don't know what you're talking about I will ask questions and do tons of research.. I used to be at the top of the GEEK food chain, but starting at the bottom now. I don't mind admitting that. The Army and marriage takes a lot of my time.
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    Quote from: GEEK1731 on 17-December-13, 21:13:35
    Hi,
    I'm a new owner of an MSI GT70 (wife finally let me buy one). I'm not at all new to modding computers of varies calipers. I honestly haven't been in the game in 3 years and coming back up the ladder because the technology has changed. I've kinda been in a geeks purgatory(married and in the ARMY), so life's been really busy for me and has not allowed me to keep up with current tech.
    My Question. Modding my GT70 2OD-497US:
    MAXing RAM to 16GBs, Easy. that's a no brainer.
    where I need help is adding mSata/mSSD to my MSI to use it as a boot drive for the Window 7 Home Premium it comes with.. Thinking about add 128/256GB as boot and recovery as well as other important files and using the 1 TB 7200RPM HDD as pure storage to run programs, videos, movies, and music off of. (I'm not a big gamer)
    I have not received my MSI yet and won't touch it for another month or so. I have plenty of time to figure it out. This question been raking my brain for a week, so that's why I'm post for some help. 
    Any information no matter if you're "talking above my head or not" is highly appreciative. If I think I don't know what you're talking about I will ask questions and do tons of research.. I used to be at the top of the GEEK food chain, but starting at the bottom now. I don't mind admitting that. The Army and marriage takes a lot of my time.
    Add-on to message: I do not know if the GT70 2OD-407US comes with the msata slot board, it should, but can't seem to verify. If not I can buy one.
    So lets back this up with a number of facts.
    I can't find any information about the GT70 2OD-497US so....
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    In all honesty, if you don't have the adapter, I would just order a regular 2.5" SSD drive instead and live with it.
    A couple of other things I can suggest.
    Get at a minimum a 240/256GB SSD. You'll find that after installing Windows and such you only have roughly 75 gigs maybe left on your 128GB SSD. And I just don't think that's enough. The 240/256GB drives are cheap enough now that you shouldn't have any problems getting it.
    When you partition your SSD, only partition it for about 85% of the total space (so 85% of 256GB = 215 GB). Leave the rest of it unpartitioned. This is called over-provisioning, and will help to maintain the overall speed of the SSD (read/write speed) during the entire life of the SSD. The reason it does this is because it provides more space for TRIM to work, even if you completely fill the partition you created. If you had fully partitioned the drive, and almost filled it, the speed would start to deteriorate because there isn't enough 'space' to do TRIM anymore and it has to work harder to do it, causing your overall read/write speed to decrease. This is especially bad on Samsung drives.  (for more information, go search around on www.anandtech.com, plenty of good information and benchmarks to backup my statements)
    Other than those tips, you should be good to go.....BUT!
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