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Replies posted by Ragnarblade

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w9jds
w9jds
posted in Systems

Is the Razer Blade 15 Decent?

Buddy , you're right. It seems Intel and Nvidia are still "married" and AMD is only getting the rtx2060 for now. AMD seems to be trying hard to use their Radeon 5600 and 5700M chip to compete to Nvidia offerings at a much lower cost. The 1st model from Dell G5 that features both AMD 4800 CPU and Radeon 5600 / 5700m might be interesting. The early reviews seems promising just looking at the GPU benchmark scores - especially when the Dell G5 is only 879 bucks USD. Imagine a machine of that price that has 8 cores + 16 threads CPU and GPU performance close to a Nvidia 2070 maxQ. Its a shocker ! https://hothardware.com/reviews/dell-g5-15-se-review?page=3

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rotundus
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nvidia RTX 2080 ti models?!?

rotundusIve recently bought the Razer Core X Chroma for my 2019 Razer blade 15 adv with 2080Qmax. Im planning on purchasing a nvidia rtx 2080 ti. However, ive noticed there are several versions - Asus, Founders Edition, EVGA, Gigabyte, MSI etc.... Why are there so many versions? Which one will be best for my razer laptop setup? Im confused on what to purchase. Note - I mostly do video work and a little bit of gaming. Thanks Gtx2080 is a chipset produced by Nvidia. Manufactures like msi , Asus , gigabyte etc buys the Nvidia chip and build their own circuit board and fit the Nvidia chip, fans etc . It is then sold as a graphics card as ready to install product There's some performance differences between each of those brands as each manufacturer circuitry and quality differs, even though the Nvidia chipset used might be same. Check some reviews before you buy. Especially take note of the fan noise and thermals , as some manufacturer might sell a graphic card at low price and ch

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tkhaos08
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New Blade 15 Base Model RAID Support

tkhaos08First time Razer owner here. Does the new Blade 15 Base model have hardware RAID support since it can take two drives. And are there enough PCIE lanes to see a performance increase? Thanks in advance :) Yes you can run raid spanning on 2 drives. The performance improvements are evident but not very noticeable in daily usage. Check the YouTube for those tests comparisons. You will have to invest on 2 nvme with same capacity and preferably same speed , running raid increases the nvme temps as data are span between both and when 1 nvme fails, the raid is broken and you will lose data. It's not a mirror raid that offers redundancies.

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3 years ago
w9jds
w9jds
posted in Systems

Is the Razer Blade 15 Decent?

JoikansaiDon't get i9 on thin light category it's wasting money since Intel CPU is too hot on this cassis can't maintain the full performance of it, and m15 is already known hot unless you disable or limiting turbo boost or repasting it at day one it will run on 90ish on intensive use, like gaming. Blade 15 2020 can handle thermal better. Just use extended guarantee or buy from some reseller with good service and refund policy like Amazon etc and I think you're good. OP want to upgrade 32gb RAM and with g14 half soldered ram it can only maxed 16 dual channel, and 2060maxq is mid range GPU, maybe not suitable for some hardcore gamers and you'll stuck forever with that. If he can wait, within 3 months , we will way more powerful gtx2080 full performance models fitted with amd GPU. Intel has released the latest i7 10875 CPU which is 8 core and 16 thread but looking at the benchmark , the amd chips consume way lesser power and delivering the same performance output. Year 2020 will be

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w9jds
w9jds
posted in Systems

Is the Razer Blade 15 Decent?

w9jdsAfter having the absolute WORST experience ever with Razer and the Razer Blade Pro a couple years ago, I distanced myself from the company and all of it's products. (Took 2 years of fighting with support, multiple complaints to the BBB, and never actually got a fully working machine. Even had to sell it "new" for a couple thousand dollar loss because I was just done. You can check my past posts if you really want to see.) Anyway, I am on the market for another machine, and as an engineer I want something that can handle any kind of load (probably upgrade to 32 Gb of RAM if not more) and be able to be used for any kind of ML as well as some hard core gaming. Can the machine handle it? I'm honestly on the fence between this, the top of the line Surface Book 3 (which has the 32Gb of RAM), and the Alienware m15 with the i9 and 32Gb of RAM for the same price and the top Razer Blade 15 (with 16Gb). My personal opinions are if it was 2 months ago, I would have recommended you Intel bas

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NPLegacy
posted in Systems

Very faint but high pitched spooling fan noise RAZER BLADE STEALTH 13 (Late 2019)

NPLegacyHey guys, I just got my new razer stealth 13 yesterday with the GTX 1650 Max-Q configuration, its an incredibly well built machine, but I'm curious if hearing a small audible spooling noise from the fan during intensive gaming is normal? I know the fans kick in overall for cooling, but should there be this faint high pitched sound? It actually sounds amazing, like a turbine spooling up lol, but its my first time with a razer laptop and I'm just wondering if there is cause for concern? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks, Nav My stealth 13 fans are relatively low tones.. when at load, it has a low bassy fan sound and never high pitched.

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3 years ago
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Hobo2020
posted in Systems

Bios on External Monitor

Hobo2020That didn't work. I had already tried this method based on an online video . I disconnected all cables going to the monitor but it still won't display bios. I appreciate your reply. another method is to look for a remote desktop software and use another PC to remotely control your laptop and configure bios

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Hobo2020
posted in Systems

Bios on External Monitor

Hobo2020Hi, I've got the RZ-02202E75 17.3 Razer Blade Pro with a cracked screen. Not necessarily a problem most days as I have an external monitor connected. But now I need access to the BIOS and bios doesn't display on the external monitor. I've tried different button combos with different timing. Still can't see bios on the external. Any suggestions on how to proceed? Do you know how to open up the laptop ? if you do , check out the laptop hinge area , there is usually a cable that runs to the motherboard. That is the display connector (running from the panel ) to the motherboard for most of the laptop models, including razer's. if you manage to disconnect that cable from the motherboard , it will not detect the presence of the laptop display panel during boot up and the bios display will be shown onto the external monitor instead. that is probably the only i am aware of that you can get the bios screen to be shown on external monitor as the USB C display or HDMI display is

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Ragnarblade
posted in Systems

Razer 13" stealth MX150 2019- the misunderstood product

The best I had gotten so far after all the tweaks and mods.

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shasha0804
posted in Systems

RAZER BLADE 2019 XTU PROBLEM

I just tested the GTA V on my Razer blade 17 pro - I7 7820HK with GTX 1080. The original factory machine out of a box is a hot oven without any tweaks. Here's a screenshot whilst the game was running for 10 mins and the highest CPU temps recorded was 66 deg cel on 3 cores and 74 deg on 1 of the core. Whilst the game was running and the character was idle - the CPU temp was between 50-55 deg cel

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Joikansai
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3 years ago
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shasha0804
posted in Systems

RAZER BLADE 2019 XTU PROBLEM

Lastly, when your laptop is idle and if your CPU and GPU temps are above 50s.. you should consider to repaste.

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Joikansai
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shasha0804
posted in Systems

RAZER BLADE 2019 XTU PROBLEM

shasha0804Do anybody know how to cool down my razer blade 2019 by XTU when I am playing games GTA5. My keyboard are always hot and it shows 80-85 temperature. Please show me i picture, after doing research in Xtu i still don't know how do use it! My razer blade is i7-8750 and rtx2070 maxq version. Thank you! To reduce the heat built up , you can perform the following in combination A. Raise / tilt the laptop. Laptop stand, laptop cooler or even a book beneath. Remember not to block the fans. B. Cpu Undervolt which you had already done using Intel xtu. C. Undervolt the GPU and slightly under clock the GPU at the high voltages using msi afterburner. D. Depending on your screen frequency, if your laptop screen is only 60hz, you can limit the FPS to 100. If it's 144hz display, then fps limit of 150 -160 is sufficient. Nvidia usually gives you the full fps that the graphic card can deliver for every game. The problem is if your display screen frequency is only 60, the hu

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Joikansai
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3 years ago
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Ragnarblade
posted in Systems

Mod - Razer stealth 13 - get rid of the muffled speaker sound

Step 1 : open up the case and speakers are located on the left and right section respectively , just beneath the grille. Each speakers are held by 2 ( + ) screws. Unscrew them Step 2 : Flip over the speaker component( there's NO Need to remove the wiring) You will see the speaker for each side - is fitted with a twin firing speaker transducer. The reason why the speaker sounded muffled and soft ( even at 80 -90% volume) is because the speaker manufacturer had stick on a thin black layer of mesh. This mesh is meant to prevent dust as some other laptops designs has large grille spaces. The speaker is made by 3rd party OEM factories. This speaker mesh film is redundant on the razer stealth 13 as the laptop speakers grilles has mirco holes (unlike dell or HP where the grille spacing are huge) and underneath the stealth 13 grilles , there is yet another layer of dust prevention mesh applied ( on the laptop chassis) , hence the speaker itself the mesh is redundant. It will

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ttsesm
posted in Systems

Do you guys get this in your blades as well?

It's definitely static feedback . My assessment for your situation is it is caused by some poor capacitor or resistors on your motherboard. The mic is a cheap component and I'm sure they would had replaced it during rma. The mic is wired to the motherboard via a ribbon connector. Now if the mic wasn't the cause,. The feedback must be from the circuitry from the connector on motherboard to sound card dac chip. It's not going to be fixed until the motherboard is replaced as the audio chipset is soldered onto the board. P/s. My Razer stealth 13 early 2019 model also has strange crackling sound from onboard speakers at full volume and that's from both left and right speakers , I can hear that when I put my ears to the speakers grille. I didn't send in for rma as I think after rma , the Razer technician will likely unable to fix this and create more problems

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Ragnarblade
posted in Systems

Bought the Razer blade pro 17 (2017) 4k GTX1080 in year 2020 ??

After some additional copper heat pipe mods - highest score so far - 4232 For those who are keen to benchmark your own laptop - you can download heavens 4 benchmark here (free) https://benchmark.unigine.com/heaven

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Ragnarblade
posted in Systems

razer blade pro 17 ( 2017 ) GTX1080 still kicks ass

Just look at the dual nvme running raid 0 . Lousy performance out of the box. This was the diskmark benchmark by a reviewer in year 2017 https://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/Notebooks/Razer/Blade_Pro_2017/ssd2.jpg Razer must have hired a bunch of marketers as laptop designers who know nothing about hardware and marketing that RAID0 has amazing speed and throwing whatever technology they have for marketing purposes Truth is raid0 is probably faster in enterprise server hardware (SSD large size hdd). Running raid0 simultaneously on dual NVME in a slim chassis with poor cooling (like this razer blade pro 17) is just asking for trouble. here's the same samsung NVME on my laptop after getting rid of the silly raid0 and having proper thermal pads for cooling. This was a samsung NVME produced in year 2016/2017 !

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Ragnarblade
posted in Systems

razer blade pro 17 ( 2017 ) GTX1080 still kicks ass

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ilakarsu
posted in Razer Support

165w Power Adapter Issue - need help!

ilakarsuHi I have an issue with my power adapter that it'll only charge when the cable, at the 90 degree angle will only charge when it is tightly bent. This just randomly happened after having the power adapter lying around at the exact same position for like a month and not touching it. The cable was always in a normal position, nothing was bent etc. I went through a big procedure to finally boil the issue down to this part of the cord. FIrst talking to razer support, which was totally useless. They basically asked me for a lot of informations from model numbers to receipts etc. only to tell me in the end that I would have to order the spare power adapter from the razer store. Which is not even available. It has been out of stock for a VERY long time and they were not able to help me any further with future availability dates. Useless. I ended up going to an electrician and we measured the power outtage, it was down to 1-3 volts. Argh. Obviously not enough power to charge my compu

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Ragnarblade
posted in Systems

Bought the Razer blade pro 17 (2017) 4k GTX1080 in year 2020 ??

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Ragnarblade
posted in Systems

Bought the Razer blade pro 17 (2017) 4k GTX1080 in year 2020 ??

Heavens 4 - 4067 score - my highest so far from this laptop after some thermal pad tweaks and airflow optimization. Still waiting for the copper pipes that i had ordered and see if i can optimized the GPU thermal further. In my benchmark test, the GPU will throttle at 90 deg cel. it's not hitting the peak performance yet based on the clockspeed

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3 years ago
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avkwong
posted in Systems

Is this possible on the 2019 Blade 15 Advance

avkwongI have a 2018 Razer Blade 15 Advance with the NVIDIA 2080 RTX. Did some reading and I think the nvidia gpu will only output through the hdmi port (disappointing) and not the USB c. I've got one of these https://plugable.com/products/ud-ultcdl/ So can I...plug a 4k display to the hdmi port and then use Dock above to output to 2/3 more external monitors using displaylink. I presume that I would need to configure the display adaptor setting to select which monitor gets which gpu output? Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks in advance. i'm using this type C hub at home on my Razer 17 pro https://en.j5create.com/collections/docking-stations/products/jcd543 If you plug Monitor A to your laptop HDMI port , and plug 2 monitors (HDMI or displayport) to this docking station hub and from the docking station type C connector , plug it to your USB C /thunderbolt port on your laptop . you will be able to have 3 monitor display concurrently.

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Ragnarblade
posted in Systems

Razer 13" stealth MX150 2019- the misunderstood product

JoikansaiRazer powerbank that was supposed to power 45 watt older blade stealth can charge just fine 1650maxq late 2019 and even a MacBook Pro 15. If your Powerbank can supply stealth mx150 I’m pretty sure it can also power 1650maxq model. if the 45w power bank can charge the razer stealth 13 with GTX1650 that requires a 100W charger, that is awesome.

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Ragnarblade
posted in Systems

Bought the Razer blade pro 17 (2017) 4k GTX1080 in year 2020 ??

figrin1MSI Afterburner is known to force the dedicated GPU to continue drawing power even when not in use. Did you try switching that off? Yes, makes not much difference to the battery life since there's no optimus support for the old GTX1080

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Ragnarblade
posted in Systems

Razer 13" stealth MX150 2019- the misunderstood product

today i tried using an external power bank - Cygnett USB C 20000 MAH (74wh), the battery bank has a USB C output that can output 45W. The razer stealth 13 2019 with MX150 GPU comes shipped with a slim 65w power adaptor but surprisingly , the Cygnett 45w usb c battery bank is able to charge the stealth 13 with MX150 effectively. i don't think the 45w power bank will charge the stealth 13 with GTX 1650 model. That laptop needs and is sold with a 100w power adaptor.

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Ragnarblade
posted in Systems

Bought the Razer blade pro 17 (2017) 4k GTX1080 in year 2020 ??

interactiveLavasite834Thank you very much, one more thing, i have a RBP too, but i did a clean install on mine, and i lost my THX display settings, do you still have yours? its under ''C:\\Windows\\System32\\spool\\drivers\\color" and it should be called ''Blade_THX'' i don't have their display color profile anymore . I do have a copy of a spyder calibrated color profile for the 4k screen. You can download it from my shared drive here to see if it works better https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-nwlLGJqie04Q7z9ZHkYOeL2VQ9x37S-

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