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dekades
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BLADE 15 RTX 30 SERIES | Still the Best Gaming Laptop

Actually, I'm pretty interested in the 240 HZ QHD display on the Blade 15 Advanced. And two of the big requirements that I have on my Blade 17 Pro, dual M.2 2280 slots and an SD card reader have made their way to the Blade 15 Advanced now. This allows me to downsize from a Blade 17 Pro back to the Blade 15 Advanced, with better battery life, and still keep my 4 TB of storage. I still have some concerns about thermals (even my Blade 17 Pro (9750H) runs hot at times), but this is starting to look like the perfect machine for my use. I do have a question about the QHD display; some specs list it as 95% SRGB, and others list it as 100% SRGB. Which one is it?

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GR8-Ride
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Razer Blade 15 Advanced (2018) missing webcam & mute microphone

Meandro_I have the same problem,and I tried to update both the EC to 1.03 and BIOS to 1.07.It didn't work at all. EC and BIOS updates didn't work for me either, so Razer issued an RMA for me, and I shipped it to their test / repair facility here in Canada. Unfortunately they're out of parts, as apparently they need to replace the entire display in order to fix the webcam & mike. So I'm either out a laptop until they get the parts, or they have offered to ship me a refurbished unit. I actually wish they would have just issued me a credit, and I'd order a new system directly from Razer.com.

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4 years ago
GR8-Ride
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Razer Blade 15 Advanced (2018) missing webcam & mute microphone

Like yourself, I'm not a real user of either the Mic or the webcam, so I'm not really out of sorts about the lack of functionality. Where it becomes an issue for me is the fear of "what's next?". I bought this machine through Microsoft, and have the AMT Performguard extended warranty, so I have 2 years as well. The hassle with warranty repairs is more the concern about being without the machine for several weeks. Maybe I'll just buy myself a 2019 Advanced model with the 2080 Max-Q to use in the interim. :-)

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4 years ago
GR8-Ride
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Razer Blade 15 Advanced (2018) missing webcam & mute microphone

So the next obvious question is, did that work for you? As it's not working for me, and I've updated both the EC to 1.03 and BIOS to 1.07.

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Internal microphone issue on Razer Blade 2018

You're not the only one with this problem. I've had this on my 2018 Blade Advanced for several months now. I've always used a wired headset or USB speakerphone, so it hasn't been a huge issue, but it's good to hear that I'm not the only one seeing this.

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Firebat246
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I present to you Firebat's Blade 15! (144hz/i7-8750H)

sleekByzantiumbuzz736Fellas, your temps are all nice and good but I'm more interested in noise. Say if I disable 2 cores, limit turbo to 3.5, undervolt it and disable dGPU, do you think I will ever hear the fans while working in excel, word, web browser with 15 tabs etc? I also might switch to Linux for work related tasks. For me RB15 should be a professional device with gaming as a bonus, so 60/40 = pro/gamer. Also, I propose we always mention the GPU of the blade we're testing, there's a big difference in thermals between 1060 and 1070 RB15 and it might lead to misunderstandings if we compare them. So this is my exact use-case, though I'm probably 80 Pro / 20 Gamer. I travel extensively for business (30+ weeks per year), and the Blade allows me to have a system that can entertain me in the hotel room, while still having good battery life and not looking too "gamery" when I'm in customer meetings. I run PPT, Word and Excel constantly, and in the office, plugged in or not, the

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I present to you Firebat's Blade 15! (144hz/i7-8750H)

Firebat246You actually may want to contact support as your temps should not be hitting that high that often. Even when I stress test my Blade I never hit 100c if I undervolt. All of the Prime 95 tests for example don't even go near 100c. May not be able to test much further with your unit unfortunately. It is running way too hot in comparison to what I have seen. I think two things are going on with my latest results....one, I normally run TS to undervolt, and it was late last night, so I wasn't paying close attention when I posted the results, but it appears as though having both XTU and TS running wiped out my undervolt settings. Secondly, while the temps were higher than I'd like, it seems that across the board these latest 8th Gen Intel mobile CPUs are tending to run hot everywhere. I think if you have one that's running significantly cooler than anyone else's that you're likely to be the lucky winner of the silicon lottery, rather than the norm. I might think about a repaste

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I present to you Firebat's Blade 15! (144hz/i7-8750H)

With Max fans (5,000 RPM, manual), and undervolting by -140mV, these are the latest results. I still get all 6 cores to thermal throttle, though now I don't see any PL throttling according to XTU. HWInfo64, however, shows Core Power Limit reached on all 6 cores. Running through the graph on XTU, it's interesting to see that my Package hits 100C a bunch of the time, yet CPU utilization is only about 40-60%. I'll run another test tomorrow night in which I limit Turboboost to 36x on all 6 cores. That seems to generally keep my CPU temps well under 90C (on Doom anyway....not sure about BF1). Patrick

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I present to you Firebat's Blade 15! (144hz/i7-8750H)

When I'm playing Doom, it tends to run a bit hotter than yours. I run max settings on Doom, and my GPU never gets above 73-75C. My CPU though, bone stock, will run all 6 cores up to high 90s C, and pretty much every one of them will thermal throttle. However that is on Gaming mode with default fans (Auto, max=4700); I might try it with fans on manual and 5,000 RPM, to see what difference that makes in thermals. My home office tends to run a bit warmer than yours....it's probably 24-25C in my office. Patrick

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I present to you Firebat's Blade 15! (144hz/i7-8750H)

Firebat246So this is thermal throttling as opposed to power limit. If you are hitting 100c you will definitely get thermal throttled. What is more important in this case is the power limit throttling even when temps are kept in check. Try again but with an undervolt and see what you get! Yeah, I get that....in a completely stock config, it will definitely thermal throttle (though there was 1 instance of PL throttling in the hour that I was playing BF1). I wanted to run a comparison of what it's like in a bone-stock config; I'll run one tonight with an undervolt of -140mV on both Core and Cache, and I'll run a third with the undervolt as well as Turbo limiters (I drop it down to 36x on all 6 cores). Those are three of my four profiles created in TS (fourth is battery mode with turboboost disabled). In the past, undervolting itself has not "solved" any thermal throttling issues, though it's usually only a single core that hits the thermal throttle limits (vs all 6 when stock). Lim

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I present to you Firebat's Blade 15! (144hz/i7-8750H)

Firebat246Thanks for the info.. we are going to need a graph showing how your clock speeds were doing throughout. XTU is best for this.. just to keep everything streamlined if you don't mind! Thanks again! Make sure to check the boxes in XTU that will show the power limit and thermal throttling so we can see each. Hopefully this is more what you're looking for. This shows one instance over the past hour of Power Limit throttling, on a bone stock Blade 15 (no undervolt etc). Patrick

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I present to you Firebat's Blade 15! (144hz/i7-8750H)

Here is some data from playing Doom for the last 45 minutes. Patrick

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I present to you Firebat's Blade 15! (144hz/i7-8750H)

Firebat246Farcry 5, FFXIV, Battlefield 1, and Assassins Creed Origins all get to the 90s and sometimes hit 100c for me. I'm not even gonna bother repasting again.. stock vs Thermal Grizz was not worth it. The Graphite based paste Razer uses is actually pretty good. Unless you are gonna LM it (which we still haven't even seen great results from) I wouldn't even touch it. So now that I've had this system for over two weeks, I think I'm mostly done with the benchmarking / testing / tweaking side of it. I was running MSI Afterburner to see if I can squeeze some extra score in FS, but I realized that I wasn't really getting any better scores. With the stock (Razer) 389.04 drivers, I'm getting scores of 13,917 running stock config on my Blade 15 (no undervolt, no turbo boost limits, etc). I had noticed earlier on that I had gotten some scores into the mid 14,xxx (peak of 14,445) mark, but I've never been able to reproduce that score. MSI Afterburner, even running +160 Core (max I cou

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I present to you Firebat's Blade 15! (144hz/i7-8750H)

Actually, I think it will only hit 4.1 GHz if you're running on two or less cores. Running 4 cores the boost max drops to 4.0 GHz. I suppose an easy way to test would be to run Cinebench 15 in a single core test, and see if it ramps up to 4.1 GHz on it's own. That would at least prove that the system is capable of it. I wonder if there are any benchmark tools that allow you to restrict the number of cores in use (beyond just the single core limit)? Patrick

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I present to you Firebat's Blade 15! (144hz/i7-8750H)

Firebat246I have the same experience... however only when JUST stressing the CPU. Once I stress CPU and GPU I will get either power limit or thermal throttling even if the CPU temps are in the 70s-80s. I can assume you that you will see the same issues in gaming situations, depending on the game. When my CPU is in the 80s during multiple cinebench runs.. it doesn't throttle at all. Same temps... but with GPU load.. throttling. Ahh, now I see what you're experiencing. I was just playing Doom for a bit (using my "Gaming" profile in Throttlestop). And I noticed that my CPU power draw never exceeded 36W. I forgot to check what my boost ratio was, but given the lower power draw, I'm pretty confident that it wasn't boosting up to 3.6 GHz (my peak turbo ratio under TS for my "Gaming" profile). Patrick

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I present to you Firebat's Blade 15! (144hz/i7-8750H)

So, in light of your question, I just ran 6 back to back to back benchmark runs of Cinebench R15, with HWInfo64 running in the foreground so I could watch the output in real-time. I do use multiple profiles in Throttlestop to maintain temps while gaming, but one of my profiles (default, actually) is bone-stock (no undervolt, no turbo limits, nothing...). Across 6 back to back runs, I saw all 6 cores boosting up to 3.9 GHz, and CPU Core #2 did hit 99C (rest were 91C or below). So my one core did thermal throttle. When I check power, my CPU hit a peak package draw of 57.281W. No repasting or anything done to mine, and in this case, it was running completely stock settings, Windows Balanced Power mode, and Synapse 3 set to Gaming Performance mode. So in my case, I can hit boost clocks and stay there the entire time Cinebench R15 is running, and it seems to be pulling full power. Patrick

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I present to you Firebat's Blade 15! (144hz/i7-8750H)

I just checked my machine, ran some benchmark tests, and I'm hitting at least 55W+ in CPU package power in the system. I have not repasted my system at all, and I'm maintaining boost clock up to 3.9 GHz on all 6 cores (albeit with some high temps). Patrick

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The RAZER Blade 15 (2018) 4K (UHD)

So I'll agree with that sentiment as well. I was REALLY holding out for the 4K, touchscreen Blade 15, because I'm a resolution junkie (I'll admit I do not really care about touchscreen on a standard, clamshell laptop). And then I stopped by the Microsoft store one day, checked out the FHD, 144 Hz display, and they had them in-stock, and I walked out with one. And now that I've been using my FHD Blade 15 for over a week (two, if you include the first one I had some issues with...namely one stuck pixel), I'm completely satisfied with the FHD display. I have a gigantic, LG 43UD79-B sitting on my desk right beside my Blade 15 (hooked up to my Corsair One with 1080Ti in it). It's 60 Hz, and while it's an awesome display, I have to admit, the 144 Hz display is buttery smooth. I always thought high refresh rate displays were only useful for competitive FPS gaming, but even in day to day life, I love this display. And as I'm getting older (50), I find that FHD works for me on a 15

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I present to you Firebat's Blade 15! (144hz/i7-8750H)

So, I've been doing some more testing with this, and while XTU seemed to work reasonably well, I might see if I have even greater success with Throttlestop. I undervolted my CPU cache by 0.125mV, and undervolted my CPU by 0.250mV, and turned off BDPROCHOT in TS. Running FS, Unigine Heaven and Cinebench back to back to see about loading the system up, and generating some extreme temps, here is what I've seen. Running Firestrike @bone-stock (no undervolt, Windows on Balanced, Synapse 3 on Gaming, Auto fans), I got 5 out of 6 processor cores up in the 90+C (two peaked at 99C, one at 98C, one at 97C, and one at 96C, with the final core at 89C). Ambient room temp is a little high, at about 78F./ 24C. Running at -0.125mV on cache and -0.250mV CPU core, I'm getting back to back Cinebench scores (6 straight runs) of: 1235 1240 1238 1216 1228 1230 After my 6 runs of Cinebench, Core #2 gets up to 98C, Core #4 gets up to 91C, the rest are in the 70s and 80s. Quick Firestrike test right a

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I present to you Firebat's Blade 15! (144hz/i7-8750H)

Yeah, I've ordered some thermal pads for my 970 EVO, as I did see temps on the drive get up to 74C when running Unigine Heaven for 60 straight minutes. One funny thing that I've noticed, most of my cores are running (-0.135v core/cache undervolt still) high 80s to low 90s (91C max) when stressing the system. However, one core (#2) seems to ramp up to 98C, even if the other cores are running 10C lower on average. HWINFO will report a thermal throttle on that single core. Performance results are otherwise quite good...just ran 6 back to back Cinebench tests: 1231 1222 1230 1212 1200 1229 So overall stability seems solid, and no significant issues with performance at all. Again, Cinebench shows solid results, and I'm getting pretty good results (and fairly consistent) with FS (low of 13,9xx and high of 14,4xx), and good results on Unigine Heaven (4241 on FHD, high quality, custom preset). I had been waiting to pick up the 4K version whenever it was released, largely because I'm

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I present to you Firebat's Blade 15! (144hz/i7-8750H)

So, bringing this one back up again, since I've been playing around with my new Blade 15 for the past couple of weeks. One thing I've noticed, I swapped out the factory Samsung PM981 512GB SSD for a new Samsung 970 EVO 2TB, and when running some tests, I've noticed that my CPU package temps have gone up somewhat whenever I'm pushing the system. Previously I'd peak (with a Core/Cache voltage offset of -0.135v using XTU) in the low-mid 90s at worst (I believe the worst I've seen was 96C). With the new 970 EVO in place, I'm now hitting 100C for brief periods (CPU package temp), though it's not thermal throttling, power limit throttling or current limit throttling. Running on balanced Windows power plan, and Gaming mode on Synapse 3. Decent enough FS scores....running mid 14,000s on a regular basis with that config. But somehow, FS is causing the CPU package to hit 100C (reported by XTU and HWInfo). Now, I did just drop it by another 0.005v to -0.140v, and my peak was 96C runn

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