selling FS - MSI GS60-2QE Ghost Pro | 4720HQ | 970m | READ

[K4sum1]

Price: $150

 

Condition: For Parts (Please read carefully, laptop works but has some issues)

 

Warranty: None

 

Reason for sale: I don't have the tools or will to fix it or even a use for it.

 

Payment: Paypal

 

Item location: Western Kentucky (DM for more precise location)

 

Shipping: Included in price

 

International shipping: No

Handling time: 1-3 days

Specification: This is a MSI GS60-2QE, it's not in the best condition, but it mostly works. Selling it AS IS because of the below issues.

 

Issues: The biggest issue is that one RAM slot doesn't recognize any RAM. The laptop has 2x4GB in it, but only one stick is recognized. It still appears to boot and work though.

 

The laptop refuses to charge the battery, it's only included the balance the weight of the laptop. Should probably be recycled or rebuilt.

 

The trackpad can be funky at times, it can think a ghost finger is touching it making using it hard. It looked well used and glossy in the center. I tried sanding it to see if that would fix it, but I don't think it had any effect

 

Some of the bottom screws are quite worn, they might need replacing before they become stripped.

 

There are some more minor cosmetic issues like a few chips and scratches here and there. The F1 key is crooked, could likely be popped out and back in to fix, but I don't have the best luck getting keys back in so I haven't tried it. There are some odd white marks near the upper middle of the display, I think these are pressure marks from general use, but not entirely sure. The plastic front display frame is snapped around the bottom center right of the frame. I tried gluing it back together but just made it look worse. The bottom plate has some plastic pieces glued to it, but the glue has failed with time, the back plastic piece is detached from the bottom plate, as well as two of the corners on the front side, but these can likely be glued back onto the bottom plate.

 

A couple of issues I forgot to mention making the post:

The CMOS battery died, so I made a DIY one with the old connector, a CR2032, and tape, however that CR2032 also died, so the connector is taped in the SSD bay.

The keyboard is RGB, but either the green or blue channel (I can't remember) is a lot darker than the other channels. You just need to decrease the intensity of the other channels to get whatever color you want.

 

Specs:

Intel Core i7 4720HQ

Nvidia GeForce GTX 970m

2x4GB DDR3 SODIMMs (Only one shows up due to the second memory slot being broken)

No HDD/SSD

15.6in 1080p 60Hz display

Intel Wireless 3168

Comes with charger

 

More pictures in the below posts

[K4sum1]

Up close pictures of cosmetic issues:

Crooked key

Failed trackpad repair

Screen blemishes

Frame crack

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[ryan]

im inerested but who uses their trackpad that looks like quite a bit of usage bro

[K4sum1]

7 hours ago, ryan said:

im inerested but who uses their trackpad that looks like quite a bit of usage bro

"The trackpad can be funky at times, it can think a ghost finger is touching it making using it hard. It looked well used and glossy in the center. I tried sanding it to see if that would fix it, but I don't think it had any effect."

[K4sum1]

Is the price too high or is there just no interest here?

[saturnotaku]

That hardware is 7+ years old at this point, and the fact that there are several things wrong with it means that realistically it's probably worth less than half of what you're asking. Since it's still quasi-functional, you could probably donate it and take a tax writeoff. Otherwise, take out the RAM and storage and just recycle it.

[K4sum1]

I've lowered the price to 150 (~125 for laptop, ~25 for shipping).

 

The taped in CMOS battery died, so I edited the post to add that, and I also taped (actually sticky tacked, but whatever) the connector into the blank SATA drive spot because it's probably just going to die again if I taped another battery in.

 

If I can't get rid of this for 150 I might just shelve it to repair it. I'm not going to recycle a relatively powerful laptop, or sell it much below that.