I have a razer blade pro with a gtx 1080 from 2017 (RZ09-01663) and I am having issues using the thunderbolt port to hdmi output to another monitor.
I have tried:
- rolling back to various versions of nvidia drivers before 512.95
- updating windows
- updating intel drivers
- updating thunderbolt drivers
- power cycling (since the laptop has no battery anymore)
- bios setting thunderbolt to no security
- changing laptop power options from battery life to performance, vice versa
- unplugging/replugging the monitor from power
- different cables (+ confirmed dock + hdmi functions with another laptop)
- everything except factory resetting the laptop since it has important documents and files.
Nothing has worked. According to chatgpt, it believes this model can not support dp-alt mode because there is no iGPU:
Razer made a few rare configurations of older Blade models where:
The Intel iGPU is physically disabled
The laptop runs dGPU-only
USB-C/TB3 supports data only, NOT video
This is often the case on certain Blade Pro and some Blade (late 2016) units.
Note: it was not able to provide me a source for that, so I am skeptical such an expensive laptop wouldn’t support hdmi over thunderbolt.
Specifications only state Thunderbolt 3, no details on if it supports DP Alt mode.
This article states “all razer blades” support DP Alt Mode, but no idea if this applies to ~8+ year old legacy models.
Question:
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Does this model support DisplayPort Alternate Mode via Thunderbolt 3?
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If so, how do I get this razer blade to output video over the thunderbolt port?
Thank you, pls help.