MSI Modern 15 A5M

Hardware
PCI/USB ID
Working?
Touchpad
06cb:7e7e
Yes
Keyboard
PS/2
Yes
GPU
1002:164c
Yes
Webcam
04f2:b695
Yes
Bluetooth
0e8d:0608
Yes
SD Card reader
10ec:525a
Untested
Audio
1022:15e3
Yes
Wi-Fi
14c3:0608
Yes
TPM
1022:15df
Yes
Installation
Secure Boot
needs to be disabled at first startup and after UEFI updates.
Sometimes Wi-Fi may not work properly (not connecting to networks). That issue can be solved by powering off laptop and holding power button for 60 seconds to reset BIOS settings.
Firmware
This article or section needs expansion.
Reason:
This section needs to explain if/what is supported by
fwupd
. (Discuss in
Talk:MSI Modern 15 A5M
)
Secure Boot
functions well with custom keys, make sure to disable automatic reverting to factory keys.
Accessibility
The BIOS interface is keyboard driven and does not require the use of a mouse.
Thermals
Fan control can be tuned by
installing
isw
AUR
.
Battery
This article or section is out of date.
Reason:
isw
AUR
is abandoned: the maintained alternative is
mcontrolcenter-bin
AUR
. (Discuss in
Talk:MSI Modern 15 A5M
)
Battery charge limit can be tuned by
isw
AUR
(PR:
https://github.com/YoyPa/isw/issues/41
).
According to MSI Center Pro there is 3 modes:
Mode "Best for Mobility" (Charge the battery to 100% all the time)
# isw -s 0xef 228
Mode "Balanced" (Charge the battery when under 70%, stop at 80%)
# isw -s 0xef 208
Mode "Best for Battery" (Charge the battery when under 50%, stop at 60%)
# isw -s 0xef 188
Keyboard
Toggle
Fn
key always on with
Fn+Esc
. The keyboard backlight works properly.
The LEDs on the
F1
(Audio mute) and
F5
(Microphone status) keys do not work.
It is possible to control keyboard backlight with
powerdevil-git
AUR
widget after installing
msi-ec-git
AUR
.
Function keys
Key
Visible?
1
Marked?
2
Effect
Fn+Esc
Yes
Yes
XF86Fn_Esc
Fn+F1
Yes
Yes
XF86AudioMute
Fn+F2
Yes
Yes
XF86AudioLowerVolume
Fn+F3
Yes
Yes
XF86AudioRaiseVolume
Fn+F4
Yes
Yes
XF86TouchpadToggle
Fn+F5
Yes
Yes
XF86AudioMicMute
Fn+F6
Yes
Yes
XF86WebCam
Fn+F7
Yes
Yes
XF86Launch1
Fn+F8
No
Yes
Keyboard brightness change
Fn+F9
Yes
Yes
XF86MonBrightnessDown
Fn+F10
Yes
Yes
XF86MonBrightnessDown
Fn+F11
Yes
Yes
Screen projection
Fn+F12
Yes
Yes
XF86Launch2
The key is visible to
xev
and similar tools
The physical key has a symbol on it, which describes its function
Screen overclocking
Laptops with the 089RU model number have a
B156HAN02.1 panel
that can be stably overclocked from 60 Hz to 90 Hz by modifying
edid
settings.
Troubleshooting
This article or section is a candidate for merging with
#Battery
.
Notes:
Could be condensed into a single sentence explaining to load the ec_sys kernel module. (Discuss in
Talk:MSI Modern 15 A5M
)
Using commands such as:
# isw -cp MSI_ADDRESS_DEFAULT
# isw -s 0xef 228
may fail showing the following error:
/sys/kernel/debug/ec/ec0/io: No such file or directory
The solution is the following command:
# modprobe ec_sys
See also
Probe from
hw-probe
AUR
:
https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=035a9bb7fa
MSI Modern 15 A11M article:
MSI Modern 15 A11M
EDID settings repository:
https://github.com/xRoBoTx/OC-EDID-List
BIOS updates and manual :
https://www.msi.com/Business-Productivity/Modern-15-A5SX/support
BIOS update how-to video :
https://piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=39UPPi8M1fk&local=true&dark_mode=true