Laptop/MSI

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-git^AUR or msi-ec-git^AUR.

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.