MSI Releases MAG 321UPX QD-OLED and MAG 271QPX QD-OLED Support Firmware Update

[btarunr]

MSI, the world's leading manufacturer of true gaming hardware. We received feedback from users requesting a firmware update for the MAG 321UPX QD-OLED and MAG 271QPX QD-OLED gaming monitors. MSI team has implemented firmware update capabilities for these models. Below are the models that support the update. By checking the firmware version through OSD, you can determine if you need the latest firmware version service from MSI. All future MAG QD-OLED models will come with firmware update capabilities.



Applicable products:

• MAG 321UPX QD-OLED
• MAG 271QPX QD-OLED

You can check if you need the latest update by following these steps:

• Press the OSD button on the back of the monitor.
• Check the firmware version displayed in the bottom right corner.

If your version is FW.011 or earlier
Please contact the nearest service center to get the latest MSI firmware update.

If your version is FW.012 or newer
Your QD-OLED monitor is equipped with the latest firmware update capability.

For more information, visit this page.

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[Madn3ss795]

Per the support page the monitor firmware can be updated over DP to DP connection, so no need for a service center. Interesting feature.

 

[SN2716057]

Is it possible to screw-up this update and if so how do you recover?

MSI, the world's leading manufacturer of true gaming hardware.

I always chuckle at the first sentences.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Per the support page the monitor firmware can be updated over DP to DP connection, so no need for a service center. Interesting feature.

DP has an auxiliary channel which isn't user accessible under normal circumstances, but that was intended for this kind of thing.

DisplayPort - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[64K]

I always chuckle at the first sentences.

Its the same company that slapped EXPERT on one of their video card lines. I still like their hardware though. The goofy marketing....not so much.

 

[azrael]

Would be nice to know what actually is changed in the new firmware. Unless they just updated the version number because "users requested a new firmware".

 

[TheLostSwede]

Its the same company that slapped EXPERT on one of their video card lines. I still like their hardware though. The goofy marketing....not so much.

They have an entire range of EXPERT notebooks too...

Would be nice to know what actually is changed in the new firmware. Unless they just updated the version number because "users requested a new firmware".

Two clicks, two clicks... Was that too much for you?

 

[64K]

They have an entire range of EXPERT notebooks too...

With that logo on my notebook maybe I can now sit next to an Apple user without feeling less-than.

 

[TheLostSwede]

With that logo on my notebook maybe I can now sit next to an Apple user without filling less-than.

Ah, no, my bad, it was Creator, Summit and Prestige.
Asus is the company with the ExpertBook laptops.

 

[azrael]

They have an entire range of EXPERT notebooks too...


Two clicks, two clicks... Was that too much for you?
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Considering that the link in the article just links to a more verbose page with the same content on MSI's site, apparently so. However, I've since learned that MSI apparently had no plans for firmware updates for their "lower-end" OLED monitors, so the actual news-worthy piece here is that now they do.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Considering that the link in the article just links to a more verbose page with the same content on MSI's site, apparently so. However, I've since learned that MSI apparently had no plans for firmware updates for their "lower-end" OLED monitors, so the actual news-worthy piece here is that now they do.

This is said lower end models. Hence why MSI put out a press release to say that they will offer updates.
Also, if you had clicked through to said verbose, there were links there straight to the firmwares.

 

[stimpy88]

A nasty, lying, greedy little company finally gives in to common sense. This is a textbook example of when the Marketing department run the show.

 

[mxthunder]

I think it was a good move on their part to make this happen. Now there is even less of a reason to buy the 321URX over the 321UPX