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marine1

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Got this beast the other day.

MSI Pretige 14 Evo Laptop
11th gen Core i7-1185G7 @3.0GHz

32gb Ram, 512gb SSD

I have never seen a machine boot up this quick. Even with all my software loaded.
It's insane.
Only issue is the screen is a little small and the speakers are crap.
Very low volume even on full.
Is there a workaround ?
Otherwise the machine is blazing fast.
Makes my desktop look like an old man with a walking stick.
Truly insane startup speeds

Is there a way to increase the volume somehow beyond 100 percent ? Surely I'm not the only one complaining ?
 
marine1 said:
Got this beast the other day.

MSI Pretige 14 Evo Laptop
11th gen Core i7-1185G7 @3.0GHz

32gb Ram, 512gb SSD

I have never seen a machine boot up this quick. Even with all my software loaded.
It's insane.
Only issue is the screen is a little small and the speakers are crap.
Very low volume even on full.
Is there a workaround ?
Otherwise the machine is blazing fast.
Makes my desktop look like an old man with a walking stick.
Truly insane startup speeds

Is there a way to increase the volume somehow beyond 100 percent ? Surely I'm not the only one complaining ?
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I guess plug screen into laptop and use a USB amplifier or the likes and connect real speakers.

-> replace your desktop with this set up
 
The issue is the quality of the build. It's an MSI. Unfortunately you'll have to make do or get a Bluetooth speaker. Far easier.
 
WAslayer said:
Please don't be that person that uses the built in laptop speakers.. never in the history of laptops, have the built in speakers been great..

Get some half decent Bluetooth in ears or headphones instead..
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I've had HP laptops with pretty decent built in speakers that allow YouTube vids to play at a reasonable volume.
 
Like most have mentioned, get external speakers, if that is not an option, you can try one of the various Sound boosters, such as this one:
 
Bluetooth earpods, headphones or speakers.

Only real solution at this point.
 
marine1 said:
Got this beast the other day.

MSI Pretige 14 Evo Laptop
11th gen Core i7-1185G7 @3.0GHz

32gb Ram, 512gb SSD

I have never seen a machine boot up this quick. Even with all my software loaded.
It's insane.
Only issue is the screen is a little small and the speakers are crap.
Very low volume even on full.
Is there a workaround ?
Otherwise the machine is blazing fast.
Makes my desktop look like an old man with a walking stick.
Truly insane startup speeds

Is there a way to increase the volume somehow beyond 100 percent ? Surely I'm not the only one complaining ?
Click to expand...

Shud have gone with this: (Far better value and build quality etc compared to MSI)

Clearance Special - 12th Gen Dell Latitude 7430 Ultrabook (i7-1255U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Windows 11 Professional) - R16,500

12th Generation Dell Latitude 7430 Ultrabook 12th Generation Intel Core i7- 1255U (10 Core, 12 MB Cache, 12 Threads, up to 4.70 GHz) 16GB DDR4 3200MHz RAM 512GB PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive 14.0″ FHD (1920×1080) AG, Non-Touch, WVA, 250 nits, FHD IR Camera + Intelligent Privacy, WLAN, Carbon Fiber...
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marine1 said:
MSI Pretige 14 Evo Laptop

Very low volume even on full.
Is there a workaround ?
Click to expand...

Is there no Audio control panel from Realtek, etc ? I'm on another brand of laptop but that's where I improved mine. Maybe look on MSI's website if they dont have additional software to download.
 
At Incredible Corruption they sell those Volkano USB C External Docks.... Those allow you to plug in all type of external devices....

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marine1 said:
Is there a way to increase the volume somehow beyond 100 percent ?
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sourceforge.net

Equalizer APO

Download Equalizer APO for free. A system-wide equalizer for Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 / 11. Equalizer APO is a parametric / graphic equalizer for Windows. It is implemented as an Audio Processing Object (APO) for the system effect infrastructure introduced with Windows Vista.
sourceforge.net sourceforge.net
sourceforge.net

Peace Equalizer, interface Equalizer APO

Download Peace Equalizer, interface Equalizer APO for free. System-wide PC Audio Equalizer and Effects app for Windows 7 to 11. Before reading on, note there's scam website under the peace equalizer name. Only this site here on SourceForge is the actual website by me, Peter Verbeek.
sourceforge.net sourceforge.net

Install both.
 
:ROFL: That was a proper cleanup :thumbsup:

@marine1 , what is the primary use of your speakers?

I prefer bluetooth pods for just about everything, but might add external speakers at some point.
Sharing more will be off topic and start another storm, so let’s stop there ;)
 
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