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Topics started by figrin1

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figrin1Insider
posted in Systems

The Blade Stealth Bible (Late 2020)

BOOK I: INTRODUCTION For me, getting a new laptop is a sacred event that is steeped in ritual: The new laptop arrives. I light some candles in an an anagram pattern around my desk. I install basic updates and software, taking note of the performance impact. I run some benchmarks. I download an arsenal of software dedicated to performance tweaking and hardware monitoring. I spend a handful of hours undervolting the CPU and GPU as well as tweaking power settings to get the best results for battery life, fan noise, and temperature. I run more benchmarks. I automate all my tweaks to maximize performance while plugged in, and battery life when unplugged. I try to achieve total automation, i.e. no need for any input from the user other than plugging in or unplugging the laptop. Yes, more benchmarks. ;) Last, I culminate all of the trial and error into something part-review, part-guide about what I’ve learned. (That’s what this is!) I hope you find this thread useful, and that we can use i

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3 years ago
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figrin1Insider
posted in General Discussion

This forum is broken

When trying to write a new post, every 10 seconds or so a blank error splash screen appears and then everything written in the post is deleted. It makes posting anything near impossible. (On Chrome and Edge, both fully updated, from a Blade Stealth 13.)

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Sye_The-Vie
Vanguard
3 years ago
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figrin1Insider
posted in Systems

Can anyone explain the Power Limits on the Early 2019 Blade Stealth?

It's been about a year since Brad Ling and Notebookcheck highlighted the strange power limit behavior on the Blade Stealth Early 2019. Namely, that this 25W CPU will, for seemingly no reason, adopt a 15W power limit, even when the temperatures are low, it's plugged in with a 100W power supply, the dedicated GPU isn't being utilized, and Synapse is set to Creator Mode. I've found with my own unit, that my CPU will run just great, boosting up to 40W and then settling down to 25W consistently for weeks on end, only to suddenly refuse to go above 15W power limit, even after rebooting, toggling Synapse power settings, etc. Does anyone have the knowledge of BIOS/CPU's/etc. to explain this behavior? To be clear: I know that there are workarounds where you can trick the BIOS into giving more power to the CPU. But I want to know when and why it (seemingly) randomly gets stuck at a 15W in Creator Mode. There has to be an explanation to the behavior, but as far as I can tell there is no one th

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4 years ago
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figrin1Insider
posted in Razer Synapse

Feature Request: Profile Switching on Plugged In & Battery

Would love not have to open Synapse and navigate through the menus to switch the power profile whenever I've plugged in or unplugged my Blade. Will continue to pipe up about this until it's a feature. In the meantime, anyone know of any workarounds for automatic power profile switching? Is there a way to build a macro that accomplishes this? Cheers

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4 years ago
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figrin1Insider
posted in Razer Support

Blade Stealth Support Nightmare

It all started about two weeks ago... I was installing the latest BIOS update for my Blade Stealth 13, and it worked fine for a little bit, and then my laptop wouldn't turn on at all. It was bricked. After trying to do some troubleshooting, Razer Support asked me to ship it in, and said they'd replace the motherboard for free. Great! I was incredibly grateful that Support offered to replace my motherboard under warranty. But what has followed since that initial repair has been absolute mayhem. Repair #1 - Razer Replaces My Motherboard, Laptop Comes Back with Multiple Issues I shipped the laptop to Razer, and they got it back to me incredibly quickly. I had the laptop back in my hands in 5 days. It was amazing. I was so happy, and I couldn't believe how so many people online were complaining about Razer Support. ...until I turned on my laptop. As soon as I powered it on the laptop froze, and became completely unresponsive. After hard rebooting and logging back in I realize that the

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4 years ago
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figrin1Insider
posted in Razer Support

2019 Blade Stealth goes into 'High Performance' power mode without explanation

Recently I've noticed the battery on my 2019 Stealth will drain very quickly, without any explanation, when I'm just using it for word processing (Synapse set to 'Low Power', keyboard lighting turned off, and screen brightness down low). Today I started with a fully charged battery, and after only two hours of typing and lightly browsing the internet, I received a notification that my battery was down to 10%. Because I didn't bring my power adapter with me, this means my work day has come to a screeching halt. Out of curiosity, I checked Windows 'Power Options' and saw that my power profile had been set to 'High Performance' instead of 'Balanced'. This profile makes it so that the CPU stays in a heightened power state, which would explain why my battery had drained so quickly. The thing is, the Windows High Performance profile is supposed to be hidden by Razer, and I haven't created any custom power profiles to circumvent this. So something else is switching the laptop out of Balanc

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Razer.Caziel
4 years ago
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figrin1Insider
posted in Systems

Undervolting the Stealth 2019? (XTU and Throttlestop not working)

Hey all. I'm trying to figure out how to undervolt this new Blade Stealth. It was piece of cake on my 2017 Blade 14, but so far XTU refuses to install ("platform not supported"), Throttlestop refuses to open ("mfc120u.dll was not found"). Any ideas? Cheers

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5 years ago
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figrin1Insider
posted in Razer Synapse

Performance Profile Auto-Switching

Just wanted to chime in and say that it would be great if Synapse allowed you to switch power profiles based on whether the laptop is plugged in or not. There's almost no point to running my Stealth in "Creator" or "Balanced" mode when it's unplugged, and no point to running it anything except "Creator" when it's plugged in. Windows can already be set to Battery Saver as soon as the laptop is unplugged, but I occasionally forget to switch to Low Power in Synapse when I sit down at a cafe to get work done, only to find an hour or so later that my battery is half gone.

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5 years ago
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figrin1Insider
posted in Systems

Blade Stealth Hobbled by Firmware

I've got a Blade Stealth on the way, and of course I'm researching what I can do to get the most performance out of it. Just found this excellent video by Brad Ling. Apparently the processor is being hard limited to just under 3.0Ghz under load. Even tweaking power settings in the BIOS can't circumvent this because Razer has hard-coded certain power limits into the firmware. "There's no way this laptop is actually going to deliver the performance it's meant to deliver. Very disappointing... this is the first laptop I've seen that doesn't have to throttle due to it's actually adequate cooling solution, but they just had to make it throttle." Someone in the comments claims that there's a way to 'trick' the CPU into thinking it's receiving less power than it's getting and circumvent those power limits. Wonder if anyone has any thoughts on this, and/or has been able to try it out? [CODE]Advanced/CPU VR Settings/Core IA VR settings/ IMON Slope = 50 IMON Offset = 31999 IMON Prefix = -[/C

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5 years ago
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figrin1Insider
posted in Systems

New Stealth MX150 Unplugged Performance?

Hey all, I know that with the full sized Blades there's a performance drop when trying to run games unplugged (the GPU requires more power than the battery can provide). I'm curious if there's a similar effect with the MX150 on the new Blade Stealths, or if you can expect maximum performance from a system that's unplugged? Cheers

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5 years ago

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