Blade Advanced 2020 BIOS v1.08 - Why disable XMP? | Razer Insider

Blade Advanced 2020 BIOS v1.08 - Why disable XMP?

  • 17 April 2021
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Hey Razer, hopefully one the HWeng employees comes across this...

What's the reasoning behind removing XMP in the newest v1.08 BIOS update?

Undervolting was removed with BIOS v1.03 and not brought back in 1.04, 1.06 or 1.08. And now in 1.08 we're also losing the ability to fully utilize our XMP memory sticks we paid extra for that have been running perfectly stable?

I feel like there's a large disconnect between your consumers and hardware engineers. Is there any actual reasoning behind it? It surely can't be just those Crucial Ballistix DIMMs running at out-of-your-spec 1.35V.

I inspected the BIOS update and it's not just a feature toggle like it was with UV, someone actually went through and removed all overclocking-related EFI modules within the BIOS file (PeiOverClock, OverclockInterface, DxeOverClock, OverClockSmiHandler), along with crippling the OverClocking menus in BIOS Setup so that they can't be invoked anymore.

I understand there must've been some more updates to other EFI BIOS modules that would warrant a new BIOS, but why is the main "feature" of this release actually a physical removal of all OC references? Normally I'd just mod the BIOS and unlock UV, but in this case it'd require so much work to get XMP back I will probably just stay with modded 1.04 or 1.06 forever. I might do it for the fun of it anyway, but why go to such lengths?

Is XMP coming back in the next update? What about UV? Pretty please? Just unlock the thing for your power users already please...
Keep XTU interface locked for all I care but make the BIOS-level UV available for everyone. Re-enable XMP.

Thanks

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I TOTALLY AGREE with you. I don't even understand why razer have removed the xmp profile support. It was stated as a feature for the advanced model of 2020. I don't even think that doing that is legal.Saying that you can use xmp profile and removing it after few months.I managed to downgrade mine back to bios 1.06 but man... what a pain in the ass.
where did you get the bios update, i cant find it anywhere?
LenTex
where did you get the bios update, i cant find it anywhere?

The bios update 1.08 have been removed by razer.
podupuis
The bios update 1.08 have been removed by razer.

And the older ones? Because i cant update it or i dont know how to update it. And im still on 1.01 on my blade 15 2021
LenTex
And the older ones? Because i cant update it or i dont know how to update it. And im still on 1.01 on my blade 15 2021


The bios update 1.06 is for the 2020 model. The bios you currently have is probably the latest one. If there is an update you will find it on the support page of your laptop on razer website.
yeah ive seen that but i was confused because it says on the website that my laptop supports resizable bar but if i run the installer it says that its not compatible. So i thought i missed the bios update and searched for it but didnt find anything not even the razer support could help me but thanks for the information.
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FYI the current firmware version for the Razer Blade 15 Advanced 2020 are as of follows:
BIOS - v1.06
EC - v1.01
Intel Management Engine Interface - 14.0.48.1605

Information based on what I currently have, at the time of this post.
There's always someone who doesn't read the title and replies about something completely different lol

That said yeah it seems that Razer silently pulled the v1.08 update from their support pages around April 22nd... interesting huh