So I've spent a good few days sweeping the Insider Forum and also various Reddit / NotebookReview threads from people attempting to upgrade their RAM in Blade 15 / 17 Advanced and Pros.......
I'm really no clearer - will I have success in upgrading to higher frequency RAM?
Hoping to purchase a 3200mhz kit soon, but obviously would like some feedback from Razer before I do, as all I see is failed attempts to run XMP profiles causing black screens at first boot.
The Age-Old Question..... RAM Upgrade??
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So answering my own question for anyone that is in the same situation I was in a few weeks back......
I bit the bullet and ordered a 32GB kit of 3000mhz CL16 RAM from G.Skill (1.2v - that's the important bit). I am also running a Razer Blade 15 Advanced, late 2019 running BIOS v1.05.
Prior to the RAM being installed, I followed THIS BIOS mod to make the Advanced Overclocking Menu visible in the BIOS screen. It worked a treat, and I could see the Memory settings (although the stock RAM didn't have an XMP profile).
- When I installed the new RAM, the laptop would not seem to boot and was seemingly stuck in a boot loop.
- I reinstalled the stock RAM and it booted first time
- I tried the new RAM for a second time, and after 2 boot loops it booted to windows
- I restarted and entered BIOS menu, I could see that the default profile was selected at 2667mhz
- I was able to mod the XMP profile, selected profile 2 and rebooted. It loaded to windows first time.
- I then used Aida64 to validate the new RAM was now running at the advertised 3000mhz using XMP profile 2.
Unfortunately, as I modded the BIOS before installing new RAM, I don't know if you would get access to the XMP profiles without making the BIOS mod.
Either way, all is good and everything is running perfectly. I will wait for costs to drop before trying to a 3200mhz kit.
I bit the bullet and ordered a 32GB kit of 3000mhz CL16 RAM from G.Skill (1.2v - that's the important bit). I am also running a Razer Blade 15 Advanced, late 2019 running BIOS v1.05.
Prior to the RAM being installed, I followed THIS BIOS mod to make the Advanced Overclocking Menu visible in the BIOS screen. It worked a treat, and I could see the Memory settings (although the stock RAM didn't have an XMP profile).
- When I installed the new RAM, the laptop would not seem to boot and was seemingly stuck in a boot loop.
- I reinstalled the stock RAM and it booted first time
- I tried the new RAM for a second time, and after 2 boot loops it booted to windows
- I restarted and entered BIOS menu, I could see that the default profile was selected at 2667mhz
- I was able to mod the XMP profile, selected profile 2 and rebooted. It loaded to windows first time.
- I then used Aida64 to validate the new RAM was now running at the advertised 3000mhz using XMP profile 2.
Unfortunately, as I modded the BIOS before installing new RAM, I don't know if you would get access to the XMP profiles without making the BIOS mod.
Either way, all is good and everything is running perfectly. I will wait for costs to drop before trying to a 3200mhz kit.
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