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Maker up to 1.7 mm key travel is retained as a claim, not an actuation distance.","speaker_count":"Four physical 2 W speaker drivers give 8 W summed published rating. Dual-force design and virtual 5.1.2 surround do not add physical drivers. RMS/peak classification is unspecified.","other_certifications":"VESA ClearMR 10000, TÜV Rheinland Low Blue Light and Dolby Vision are explicitly stated. Eye-care certification is not colour accuracy. Pantone Validated is separately stored under colour certification.","spec_sheet_url":"Original selected AM6J matrix storage connector context: Physical platform has one PCIe Gen5 M.2 NVMe connector and one PCIe Gen4x4 M.2 NVMe connector. Same AM6J/9955HX3D/5090 board teardown independently confirms both accept 2280 drives. Its 1 TB review occupancy is not inherited. Exact selected total 2 TB does not establish whether one 2 TB or two 1 TB drives are installed, so both occupancy cells remain unknown. 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No unsupported liquid-metal absence value is stored.","factory_calibrated":"Pantone section explicitly says every display is factory pre-calibrated. This is separate from later reviewer recalibration.","brightness_hdr_peak_nits":"Current display section explicitly labels HDR 1000 peak brightness, while the original matrix separately states 1000 nits peak. Small-window area, duration and test mode are not stated. Typical SDR brightness is not derived from HDR certification.","battery_wh":"Battery and Charging section explicitly states 99 Wh. It also claims fast charge to 50% in 30 minutes in AC mode, without stating the starting charge level. No empty-to-50% time is stored. Adapter and system-off conditions are not established for this claim.","gpu_switching":"AM6J page explicitly identifies MUX Switch and GiMATE Power Gear III in its battery/productivity FAQ. Separate maker CES release defines its Discrete/MSHybrid and Optimus modes. 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Numeric PD 3.0 charging watts are not stated here, so no 100 W limit is inferred from protocol alone.","numpad":"Complete keyboard drawing on pages 3–4 shows a compact layout with navigation column and no dedicated numeric keypad.","pointing_stick":"Complete keyboard drawing and control table show no dedicated pointing stick.","charger_connector":"Page 3 original adapter hookup shows the left-side main barrel connector. Adapter rating is explicitly 20 V/16.5 A, 330 W. USB-C is an alternative input, not the documented main adapter connector.","in_the_box":"Original first-use procedure explicitly connects the supplied main power adapter and AC cord. The exact factory retailer also identifies the 330 W adapter. Regional stickers, sleeves and unrelated carry bags are not combined.","power_modes":"Page 5 hotkey Fn+F7 explicitly cycles ECO/Banlance/Performance. The typographical Banlance is normalized to Balance. Current main maker page separately identifies Turbo. No numeric limits are inferred for Eco, Balance or Performance.","form_factor":"Complete attached screen/keyboard and side diagrams establish a clamshell laptop. No 360-degree conversion is represented.","wifi_module":"Original AM6J manufacturer manual, English page 9, prints the module model immediately above its radio table. Page 10 declaration explicitly identifies AM6J. ProfessionalReview and actual Notebookcheck AM6J test independently identify Realtek 8922AE, but their measurements and storage configurations are not inherited.","wifi_bands":"Original exact AM6J manual table lists operational Wi-Fi bands for RTL8922AE. Stored broad band groups are 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz. Regional channel ranges/transmit power restrictions are not transplanted to US settings. This describes supported radio bands, not a US regulatory power limit."}},{"url":"https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16834725246","kind":"retailer","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["model_numbers","markets","status","ram_gb","memory_slots","storage_gb","storage_type","os","os_family","warranty_years","charger_w","charger_in_box","ram_speed_mts"],"notes":{"model_numbers":"Current exact US factory MASTER 16 6ZJM6USE65SH offering is Ryzen 9 9955HX3D/RTX 5090/32 GB from two 16 GB modules/2 TB NVMe/Windows 11 Home. It is sold and shipped by Newegg. Current backorder status does not establish discontinuation or first shipment date. May 22 First Listed metadata is not used as actual retail proof.","memory_slots":"Exact Quick Info and Memory table say 16GB*2 DDR5. Both SO-DIMM sockets occupied. The separate structured Memory Speed row says DDR5 5600 and now sources its nominal configured 5600 MT/s field. The prose 5600MHz is not interpreted as a measured DRAM clock.","storage_gb":"Exact factory offering advertises total 2 TB, converted to 2000 decimal GB. Drive count, Gen4 versus Gen5 installed drive, slot occupancy and per-drive vendor remain unknown. No 1 TB review unit or 2x1 TB RTX 5080 review arrangement is inherited. Physical connector-length context is documented by the same-model board teardown at https://www.profesionalreview.com/2026/06/01/aorus-master-16-am6j-2026-review/ . It states that the Gen4 and Gen5 connectors both accept M.2 2280 drives. Its 1 TB test-drive occupancy is not inherited into this 2 TB reference. Exact installed-drive distribution remains unknown. The optional partial slot table is omitted so unknown occupancy does not appear as a verified zero free connectors.","warranty_years":"Exact selected US factory retailer specifies one-year limited parts and labor warranty. This is source-market coverage. Older international 1+1 marketing and two-year European configurations are excluded.","charger_in_box":"Exact selected factory Power table identifies 330 W AC adapter, corroborated by its own original manual supplied-adapter hookup. No extra adapters are represented.","ram_speed_mts":"Exact retained 6ZJM6USE65SH structured Memory table separately identifies DDR5 5600. Stored value is the advertised configured DDR5 data-rate class, 5600 MT/s, not a claim of 5600 MHz DRAM clock or a measured running rate. Ambiguous 5600MHz prose remains qualified. Maker matrix agrees on nominal DDR5-5600 family offering. No review-sample RAM benchmark is stored."}},{"url":"https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/laptop/ryzen/9000-series/amd-ryzen-9-9955hx3d.html","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["cpu_clusters","cpu_thread_count","cpu_cache_l3_mb","process_node_nm","integrated_gpu"],"notes":{"cpu_clusters":"AMD exact 9955HX3D has 16 Zen 5 cores, 32 hardware threads, 2.5 GHz base and up to 5.4 GHz boost. No Intel P/E classification is applied. All sixteen compute cores use the Zen 5 classification.","cpu_cache_l3_mb":"AMD explicitly states 128 MB L3, separately from 16 MB L2. Combined 144 MB total-cache marketing is not stored as L3.","process_node_nm":"AMD explicitly publishes CPU-core compute technology TSMC 4 nm FinFET. Separate I/O die is TSMC 6 nm. Stored 4 nm refers only to the compute cores.","integrated_gpu":"Exact 9955HX3D has integrated AMD Radeon 610M, separate from installed discrete RTX 5090. Generic 55–75 W chip limits and 96 GB memory capability are not laptop configured limits. No NPU count is invented from AI gaming marketing."}},{"url":"https://www.gigabyte.com/in/press/news/2408","kind":"press_release","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["release_date"],"notes":{"release_date":"Original June 8, 2026 manufacturer release explicitly announces AORUS MASTER 16 GEN 2 now available, with 9955HX3D and RTX 5090 upper configuration. This is documented actual model-family availability from the India regional maker page, not first shipment of selected US 6ZJM6USE65SH. Final configurations and sales timing may vary by region. Earlier CES/Computex presentations, review loan units and May 22 retailer listing metadata do not establish actual retail. 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