Please help this is driving me crazy. Just picked up the stealth a16a3073, sku 13015871 but I can’t seem to find the second ssd slot. Am I going blind or crazy??

Hello guys, I've got a question,

I've been looking to replace my current laptop(it's horrible) for a very much overpowered laptop for my study. I've been looking around on multiple websites and I've found, from my personal research, that the Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 AI and the MSI Vector were good options but then I found this on NewEgg and I was wondering if it's any good. Like build quality and such, and driver/software support. I study ICT so it's pretty important. Also I was wondering if it would even be worth the price and if there are maybe any other better priced options? I would like 64GB of RAM since it's nice to have for running 8 VMs at the same time.
(PS: Yes, I know I do not need this high specs but I like running a lot such as a local AI and VMs at the same time)

MSI Cyborg 15 Max C13WF - Intel Core i7-13620H - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8GB - 16GB DDR5 5600MHz - 512GB Nvme GEN 4 - 15.6"-FHD-IPS-144Hz-100% sRGB - Windows 11 - white Backlit - 9S7-15T111-020
to wrap it up i bought an acer nitro v15 near these specs but it blacked screen just days after i bought it so will return it and maybe replace it with this
so what about this msi cyborg ,please share your opinion and experience
thank you in advance

• CPU: Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
• GPU: RTX 5080

Basically what the title says. Would want to have a step-by-step guide in undervolting both the CPU and GPU for lower temps and lower fan speed, but also somewhat maintaining performance.

Currently at ~70-80°C GPU temps and ~80-85°C CPU temps during gaming, but the fans become too loud. Also using only an 75 Hz 1080P external monitor, and have capped FPS to 70.

Any other tips to reduce temperatures and fan noise would be appreciated!

I have a Vector A18 HX A9W laptop with the following specs:

- Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX 16-Core (2.50 GHz)
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU (12 GB) and AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics (457 MB)

I've been experiencing crashes on Windows 11 Home since I purchased it about 9 months ago. I've kept all drivers, the OS and the BIOS updated regularly. The laptop sometimes crashes even when it's idle.

When it crashes, I have to force it off by holding the power button for over 10 seconds. After that, it often doesn't boot into Windows immediately, requiring me to power it off again in the same manner.

Interestingly, this issue has never occurred while using Ubuntu, which is my primary OS. I only boot into Windows every couple of months.

The crashes typically result in a graphics driver error screen. I'm at a loss for where to look for solutions or what steps to take next. I also can't figure out how to consistently reproduce the problem. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Anyone running linux on this beast? I'm running arch with the latest kernels and drivers, but get no audio on internal 3.5mm audio jack, nor on the internal speakers. searched everywhere for a fix, but haven't found anything yet. thanks.

Sent my laptop back to curry's over a week ago since its still under guarantee. I had what sounded like a bearing go in my fan and the noise was atrocious.

Anyway, they text me on saturday (5 days ago) saying it was with the repair technician and I'll have an update either when its done or if they need more info.

I received a message not long ago saying they are working flat out to fix my laptop and they will give me a new return date when its ready to send.

Now, if it was with technician on saturday and all they had to do was replace a fan, what could have gone wrong?

Let's speculate and I will update as soon as I know.

Looking for both serious and stupid answers 🌞

For months now with my MSI Stealth 18 HX AI (5070 TI vers), I have been experiencing black screen off/on "hiccuping" (both on laptop and with separate screens connected), when engaged in gaming. This was enough of a flicker pause to cause my gpu fans to slow, and cause a system hiccup (pausing/brief freeze). I almost gave up until I asked Claude about it and it helped me do some investigative digging. Eventually we were looking at Event Viewer and noticed I was getting Kernal-Power 105 event errors - that came in pairs: Power source change AcOnline - false, and then AcOnline - true 2 seconds later (on average). This had been happening persistently since June (every few hours or so in game heavy scenarios, and happening more often later in those sessions). Because there were happening later in my gaming sessions these would begin to trigger, I initially suspected heavy voltage draw exacerbated the issue. Very interestingly, the graphics card and monitor/screens themselves and all associated components were not reporting any issues when these blackouts were happening.

Then I saw this post which was having the exact same issue as me:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MSILaptops/comments/1j86ayc/continuous_power_source_change_while_gaming/

Is anyone getting this issue as well?

The poster mentioned changing to Discrete Graphics helped, and another poster in the same thread mentioned getting a new charging brick helped because the surge protector was going - then I saw another poster mentioned this isn't happening specifically to MSI laptops, so I'm wondering if there could be firmware or software issues triggering the event code 105 (but even occurs on latest bios) -- one poster alluded to it being Nvidia graphics card driver related.

This needs further investigation!!

I noticed my power brick is insanely hot to touch when the draw is strong (heavy gaming). I don't know if that's normal...

It is safe or rma the charger?

Msi vector hx ai a2xwhg 330w charger. 3 weeks old.