MSI MS-1688 A6205 intel i5 M430 (4) 2.27GHz 4GB RAM 500GB HDD

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MSI   

Model   MS-1688 (To be filled by O.E.M.)

 MS-1688

 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 430 @ 2.27GHz

 32KiB L1 cache

 256KiB L2 cache

 3MiB L3 cache

 4GiB System Memory

     2GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1067 MHz (0.9 ns)

     2GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1067 MHz (0.9 ns)

 Core Processor DRAM Controller

 Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port

 Park [Mobility Radeon HD 5430/5450/5470]

 Cedar HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5400/6300/7300 Series]

 Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller

 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller

 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller

 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio

 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1

 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2

 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4

 AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)

 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6

 RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller

 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller

 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge

 HM55 Chipset LPC Interface Controller

 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller

 DVDRAM GT30N

 500GB WDC WD5000BPVT-2

 460GiB EXT4 volume

 5632MiB Linux swap volume

 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller

 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem

 Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers

 Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder

 Core Processor QPI Link 0

DESCRIPTION 

This machine is in good overall condition and works well. 

The listing is for the laptop only - there is no charger, as I am using my Toshiba charger to test this with (same voltage and plug size). 

NOTE: WINDOWS USERS.  

I installed MX Linux on this because it is very user friendly, and will be very familiar in general usage to Windows Users, and it runs well on this age hardware. 

HOWEVER:

This previously had Windows 10 on it, 

so there may (probably) be a license locked to the hardware, if you prefer to reinstall Windows.

I MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THIS FOR YOU PRIOR TO SHIPPING, if you really want and time permits. 

To DIY: 

Just download a Windows 10 image free from Microsoft website, 

and burn it to USB using a tool like "Rufus", 

then boot from that USB and go through the installation process. 

The license should in theory just be locked to the hardware, 

and it is UNLIKELY you should have any problem with Windows automatically licensing during installation.  

I am happy to provide some after sales assistance if you would like to learn, 

or to do it for you before shipping. 

With all that said: 

Here is a fun fact - 

you don't actually need to license Windows these days to use it as long as you want. 

If you don't license windows, certain oblique features are not available, but all the core general features are, so you can use Windows and all its core features forever unlicensed if you like.