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# Laptop/MSI

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## Model list

Model version | Date | Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wi‑Fi | Bluetooth | Power management | Other | Remarks
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
GE75 Raider 8SX | 2019-01-08 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |  | See dedicated page.
Modern 15 - A11S | 2021-06-01 | Yes | Yes* | – | Yes | Yes | Untested |  |
P14 A10RB/A10SC/A10RAS | 2020-06-11 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No fingerprint driver for Linux. |
P15 A10SC | 2020-05-29 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No fingerprint driver for Linux. See #BisonCam. | Some Fn keys do not work. Always on Fn keys can be disabled via `Fn+Esc`.
GV62 7RE | 2025-02-12 | Yes | Yes | Untested | Yes | Yes | Yes | See #BisonCam | See #Intel Management Engine For NVIDIA see Optimus.
PS63 Modern | 2019-12-22 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | See #BisonCam | Touchpad is disable when wake up from suspend, needs to reset the i2c bus. See custom script.
GS63VR | 2019-08-15 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested | Yes |  |
GS65 | 2018-06-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |  | Sleep turns on airplane mode. Nouveau does not work.
GS73VR | 2017-03-06 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested | Untested |  | See Map scancodes to keycodes for P1 `0xef` and ECO `0xce` key.
GS75 | 2022-07-017 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |  | Sleep turns on airplane mode. NVIDIA preferred for battery life.
GP602QF | 2018-06-20 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested | See #BisonCam. | For NVIDIA see Optimus.
GE60-0ND | 2019-01-30 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested | See #BisonCam. | For NVIDIA see Optimus.
GE66 Raider 10UH-14BE | 2022-12-05 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |  | For NVIDIA see Optimus.
GF75 Thin 10SC | 2021-08-16 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested | Untested | See #BisonCam. |
GS66 11UX | 2021-11-24 | Yes | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |  | NVMe drive, Screen refresh rate, and Audio have caveats.
Alpha 15/17 B5EEK | 2022-06-09 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | MSI Mystic Light is unsupported. You can turn mystic light off. Changing color is not officially supported by Open RGB, but its possible using HID Interface. | Some Fn keys do not work. Sound quality worse than Windows: absent Nahimic support.
GP66 Leopard 11UH | 2023-01-08 | Yes | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Untested | Yes |  |
GF65 Thin 10SER | 2023-02-06 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |  |
Delta 15 A5EFK | 2023-12-03 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | openrgb can be used to control keyboard lighting. Supergfxctl can be used to switch between the GPUs, as well as PCI passthrough via OVMF. | Audio/Mic mute LEDs do not work.
Creator Z16 | 2024-02-24 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No fingerprint driver for Linux. See #BisonCam. | See BBS#293009 to get keyboard lighting working.
GP62 7QF | 2024-09-03 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes* | *Hibernation needs tweak Advanced UEFI settings needed to disable the dGPU
Bravo 15 B7EDP-024US | 2024-09-24 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |  | Fails to wake up from suspend.
Prestige 13 AI+ Evo A2VM | 2024-09-03 | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No webcam support |
Vector A18 HX A9WX | 2025-06-15 | Yes | No Mic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |  |
Crosshair 16 HX AI D2XWGKG-054 | 2025-12-30 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |  |

## Tips and tricks

### BisonCam

Models with a BisonCam integrated webcam just need to activate it with `Fn+F6`.

### Embedded Controller

Some models are supported by a community developed driver.

If you need the added functionality, you can install it with msi-ec-dkms-gitAUR or msi-ec-gitAUR.

### Intel Management Engine

Intel ME firmware needs to be updated from Windows.

See Windows PE/Tips and tricks#Update Intel Management Engine firmware with the files provided by MSI on their BIOS Update webpage.

It may still reported as vulnerable after update. Intel ME may be disabled in the advanced UEFI settings.

### Advanced UEFI settings

An unlocked version of the UEFI settings is available on most MSI laptops since 2019. To access it, press `Alt+RCtrl+RShift` or `LAlt+Copilot+RShift` then `F2` once inside the UEFI.

Warning It is possible to completely brick your laptop with advanced settings. For example, you would not be able to use any screen (integrated or external) if you disable internal graphics, blocking the use of the UEFI to restore a working configuration. In such case, one might attempt to reset all UEFI settings by powering off the laptop, then holding the power button for ~30 seconds (the laptop will turn on, then turn off, then the power button starts blinking and stops blinking).

### Incomplete shutdown issue

If you face an issue where you power off the laptop using the `poweroff` command and the shutdown sequence completes successfully, but the keyboard backlight remains on and the fans keep spinning while the system becomes non-functional, check `journalctl -b -1`. If the logs look normal, then this is likely a firmware or hardware-related issue. It cannot be fixed directly, but the following workaround may help.

Note This workaround is only applicable to systems using GRUB. If you use a different boot loader, follow the appropriate steps for adding a shutdown entry and automatically selecting it for that specific boot loader. See Arch boot process#Feature comparison for supported features and boot loader capabilities.

Add a new shutdown entry to GRUB:

    /etc/grub.d/32_custom

    menuentry "Shutdown" {
    halt
    }

Regenerate the GRUB configuration:

    # grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Allow the following commands to run through `sudo` without requiring a password:

    /etc/sudoers.d/90-grub_reboot

    username ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/grub-reboot, /usr/bin/reboot

Create a custom command for powering off the system:

    /usr/bin/poweroff-msi

    #!/bin/sh
    sudo grub-reboot "Shutdown" && sudo reboot

Once `poweroff-msi` is made executable, you can use it to properly shut down the system. Make sure GRUB has a valid timeout configured, otherwise the workaround will not function correctly. Unfortunately, this issue is fairly common on some MSI laptops.

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