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## Model List

Model version | Date | Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wireless | Bluetooth | Power management | Modem | Other | Remarks
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
MSI GE75 Raider 8SX | 2019-01-08 | Prime offloading (PRIME) on NVIDIA. Outputs on Intel UHD Graphics | Requires configuration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | n/a | RGB Backlighting works. | Requires some configuration to work properly. Sound will sometimes crackle at start & end of audio streams and there is no known solution to that problem. Touchpad has some minor scrolling and palm-detect issues.
MSI Modern 15 A11M | 2021-06-01 | Hardware acceleration with VA-API with intel-media-driver | Requires sof-firmware | Not available, only via adapter | Yes | tested ok with pipewire-pulse |  | n/a |  |
MSI P14 A10RB/A10SC/A10RAS |  | Prime offloading (PRIME) on NVIDIA. Outputs on Intel UHD Graphics | Yes | Not available, only via adapter | Yes | Yes | Yes | n/a | No fingerprint driver for Linux | All works except fingerprint scanner
MSI P15 A10SC |  | Prime offloading (PRIME) on NVIDIA GTX1650 Max-Q. Outputs on Intel UHD Graphics | Yes | Not available, only via adapter | Yes, correctly configured, minor lspci bug | Yes | Yes | n/a | No fingerprint driver for Linux | Some Fn keys do not work. Also, the camera has a physical switch on the keyboard, triggered by Fn+F6. Always on Fn keys can be disabled via Fn+Esc
MSI PS63 Modern |  | Optimus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | n/a | BisonCam integrated webcam works out of the box with Cheese just needs to be activated with Fn + F6. | All works out of the box with newer kernel above 5.x. However touchpad is disable when wake up from suspend. Needs to reset i2c bus. Add a custom script in /lib/systemd/system-sleep/restart_trackpad
    #!/bin/sh
    case "$1" in
        post)
                echo -n "i2c_designware.0" > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/i2c_designware/unbind
                echo -n "i2c_designware.0" > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/i2c_designware/bind
        ;;
    esac
source : https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1865745#p1865745
MSI GS63VR |  | Optimus with i915 and nvidia | Yes | Yes | Yes |  | Yes | n/a |  |
MSI GS65 | 2018.06.01 | PRIME with intel and nvidia | snd_hda_intel | alx | Killer 1550 | btusb | Yes | n/a |  | Sleep turns on airplane mode. Nouveau does not work.
MSI GS73VR |  | Intel HD graphics + NVIDIA Corporation GP106M [ GeForce GTX 1060 | Realtek ALC898 Analog | Qualcomm Atheros Device e0b1 | Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac |  |  |  |  |
MSI GT72-6QE |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
MSI GP602QF |  | NVIDIA GeForce GTX950M Optimus with Intel inactive | Yes | Killer E2200 | Yes | Yes |  | N/A | BisonCam integrated webcam works out of the box with Cheese just needs to be activated with Fn + F6 | Almost everything works out of the box, some configuration needed for NVIDIA just follow Optimus instructions.
MSI GE60-0ND |  | NVIDIA GeForce GTX660M Optimus with Intel inactive | Yes | Killer E2200 | Yes | Yes |  | N/A | BisonCam integrated webcam works out of the box with Cheese just needs to be activated with Fn + F6 | Almost everything works out of the box, some configuration needed for NVIDIA just follow Optimus instructions.
MSI GF75 Thin 10SC |  | Optimus PRIME or Bumblebee | Yes | Realtek RTL8168 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet | Yes, iwlwifi module |  |  | Integrated webcam works out of the box with Cheese just needs to be activated with Fn + F6. |
MSI GS66 11UX | 2021 | PRIME with intel and nvidia | Requires sof-firmware | Realtek Killer E3000 | Killer Wi-Fi 6E AX1675x | Intel AX210 | Yes | n/a |  | NVME drive, Screen refresh rate, and Audio have caveats

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