Will the warranty does not work if I upgrade the ssd?
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Some people have said if you call MSI and explain what you're going to do before opening it (and breaking the sticker), they will make a note that your laptop is still covered. I'm going to do that when I pick up another 8GB module for mine.
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Don't think so. The vendor I got mine from had doubled the factory ram and that didn't void the warranty. Was considering adding a 500gb ssd to mine too. Fully read warranty docs and I think you are good to change it.
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hi, I'm Eric, I got the computer new. I don't know how long the warranty is. It boots from cold to online in eight seconds with the SSD, amazed me. The screen is very wide, I'll use the machine, but will get one with a squarer aspect ratio next time.
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Yes you can upgrade the SSD, dont worry about losing RAID 0 capability as it doesnt provide any redundancy or data mirroring capability. It is supposed to give a small performance benefit in parallelism of read and write operations but the reality is very minimal. You can upgrade to 256 or 500Gb SSD (S7-392 model so I'd expect it to work with the S7-391) however you need to be aware of certain bios settings. Suffice to say its not for the beginner. You need a 50mm msata replacement, very important. You can take the old one out and buy a caddy for $20 and plug it into the USB 3 and have a very fast external drive. NOTE REPLACEMENT OF THE SSD WILL VOID THE WARRANTY. Yes you can upgrade the SSD, dont worry about losing RAID 0 capability as it doesnt provide any redundancy or data mirroring capability. It is supposed to give a small performance benefit in parallelism of read and write operations but the reality is very minimal. You can upgrade to 256 or 500Gb SSD (S7-392 model so I'd expect it to work with the S7-391) however you need to be aware of certain bios settings. Suffice to say its not for the beginner. You need a 50mm msata replacement, very important. You can take the old one out and buy a caddy for $20 and plug it into the USB 3 and have a... » Read More Yes you can upgrade the SSD, dont worry about losing RAID 0 capability as it doesnt provide any redundancy or data mirroring capability. It is supposed to give a small performance benefit in parallelism of read and write operations but the reality is very minimal. You can upgrade to 256 or 500Gb SSD (S7-392 model so I'd expect it to work with the S7-391) however you need to be aware of certain bios settings. Suffice to say its not for the beginner. You need a 50mm msata replacement, very important. You can take the old one out and buy a caddy for $20 and plug it into the USB 3 and have a very fast external drive. NOTE REPLACEMENT OF THE SSD WILL VOID THE WARRANTY. « Show Less
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I can not answer that question because I did not install the SSD. I brought it to the greek squad at Bestbuy. Sorry I can't be more helpful.
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even if it is possible, i wouldn't do that, the ram and processor are soldered, and is probable that they don't match the electronic and physical charactaristics of the laptop's mainboard, lost of warranty, etc... maybe a better idea for improving performance is change the mechanical hard drive for a ssd, it's effective, quicker, simpler and cheaper
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Hello, I'm Jewel with Kingston Technical Support, here to answer your question. That is not correct. The SSD like other internal drives is not operating system specific and will function in systems with SATA3 or SATA2 connections. What is operating system specific is the Acronis TruImage Cloning software included in the bundle package. New current version that is shipping is compatible with Windows 8/8.1. For any further assistance, please call us at 1-800-435-0640 (USA and Canada only) M - F 6am - 6pm PT and I or another available Technician will assist you. Thank you for selecting Kingston as your upgrade partner.
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I've had this laptop for 6 months and haven't had a single problem. However, anecdotal evidence is hardly what you need. If people are alleging component failures, it's probably true. Then again, that's what a warranty is for.Unrelated: Cross your fingers that you don't get the Sanforce SSD. I was lucky and got the faster SSD. According to the reviews it makes a huge difference in performance. You won't know which drive you get until you open the box.
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I've had a mixture of strange issues with mine which is the N56VM-AB71 ... Random freezing etc. but I installed an SSD and I'm hoping that's the issue. I am fairly sure I can't get it fixed under warranty having removed the hard drive.
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The ram is soldered down so that amount you get is what you're stuck with. You can upgrade the hard drive and replace it with a solid state drive which makes the device faster, specifically the boot up time. I bought this laptop for my mom and replaced the hard drive with a Samsung 840 SSD with no issues. A SSD will also keep internal temperatures lower since the memory is flash (like your thumb drive/usb stick) vs. a hard drive which has moving parts.
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Yes, provided the amout of data to be cloned/transferred from the HDD does not exceed the capacity of your SSD.
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As the previous answer said, yes but not easily. It's an ultrabook so things are pretty tightly packed in the case. I did it a few weeks ago to get dual-channel speeds (no idea why it's only 12GB out of the box) and to replace the mechanical drive with a SSD. I called MSI beforehand and they said it wouldn't void my warranty, but they (obviously) wouldn't cover any new parts installed.Here's a good guide: http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/msi-gs60-ghost-pro-mini-review-and-upgrade-log.200251/
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This link works just tested it.http://poweredbymushkin.com/support/ssd-firmware-updates
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If you have 2 internal drives now you would have to replace one of them with the SSD drive unless you run the SSD Externally .
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I have not had any problems at all. My Mac runs fasterwith the ram upgrade and this ssd and am really pleased
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The drive has a 5-year warranty and is provided by OCZ Storage Solutions - A Toshiba Group Company. The old OCZ Technology SSD assets were acquired by Toshiba last year and OCZ now operates as a subsidiary of Toshiba - a really good thing in my opinion as they were a small level fabless company before and now have the backing of a major, stable company. If you need help of any kind you can contact the ocz support forum (awesome IMO) or talk to plain tech support here: http://ocz.com/consumer/support
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Hi, I have not had occasion to try, so I can't answer the question first-hand. Here is a link that says the RAM is all soldered (not upgradeable) and that the SSD form factor is not one of the usual commercial standards. http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1903/3/ There are different hardware versions and revisions, so your mileage may vary, but I would assume not (easily) on both counts.