Comments on: MSI Wind BIOS update available: let the overclocking begin

By: Electric Vagabond

Electric Vagabond — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:14:34 +0000

Hey James thanks for the link. Just letting everyone know as it states in my guide the overclock only works on AC Power. When you press Fn+F10 on battery power it enable eco mode which underclocks the CPU by half to 800MHz. So battery life isn't a concern for the overclock mode because when on battery it simply isn't an option.

By: Galt

Galt — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:48:27 +0000

Another nice development for the MSI Wind, a very easy use to use tool has been created to patch the bios to swap the functions of the FN and Ctrl keys. It's also easily reversible, check it out: http://forums.msiwind.net/post50560.html#p50560 This was a major annoyance for many people, I think this is a great fix.

By: Boca

Boca — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:06:53 +0000

Combine the over clocking with the new 9 cell battery found at lion battery for pre-order... http://www.lionbattery.com/description.php?noproduit=1630 ... and forget about any battery life concerns. Eats away the mobility a little bit though.

By: Cody B

Cody B — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:21:15 +0000

A guy in a brown truck just dropped off a 6 cell wind a few minutes ago. I think i might ghost over the image I have on my 3 cell. Then update the BIOS on one of them and see the side to side performance difference.

By: seamonkey420

seamonkey420 — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:01:54 +0000

sweet! i'll be flashing tonight! :)

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:31:11 +0000

Sounds like they re-enabled a tweaked version of the Turbo function that they originally had and then removed. http://www.jkontherun.com/2008/09/msi-blew-away-t.html I'll have to see what the performance gains are when compared to expected battery life decrease.