Razer Blade Owner's Lounge

I don't know why people hate on the Razer Blade so much. I think the form factor alone is awesome... it's so thin for a 17'' gaming notebook. It also seems like it can handle most games.

I was actually considering one of these, but I will probably pick one up used or refurbed... Like others have said, if they put a 680m in these it would have been perfect.

 

Thanks for the advice guys! Another quick one for those of you who have replaced the MSATA and HDD, is caching drive mSATA II or III? Would it be faster and cheaper to simply replace the HDD with SSD and install the operating system there? Trying to decide whether I NEED to get a 256 Crucial m4 mSATA or whether I can get away with a SSD as long as space isn't going today be an issue.

Thanks in advance!

 

All up to you, if you get an SSD to replace the HDD you're basically going to have to reformat the cache drive to be a secondary drive, because as others have stated in the thread there is little to no benefit at all using a cache drive with an SSD, if anything it would slow you down more than likely.

a 500 Gig SSD is enogh space for me personally, but my ideal setup would be to have the 256 mSATA and just keep the 500 gig HDD. I don't play 256Gb's worth of games, even if I did, there's probably some of them I would play very often and woldn't mind moving to the HDD (like a lot of random steam games!)

It's easier to swap out the HDD for an SSD, but more expensive, and cuts down on space.

 

Nope.. There's this skinning shop here that does it, they're pros at it cost me roughly 30 USD. Worthwhile investment IMHO, I won't have to worry about scratches then.

 

oh 30 bucks yeah that's not bad. It did look really professional which is why I asked if you did it or not lol. Im eyeing a couple Blades on ebay so hopefully I will join the blade brothers society soon.

 

At the core of it, what I'm asking is, is there a speed difference between installing the OS on the mSATA as compared to an SSD? Am I going to notice the difference? It's definitely cheaper to just replace existing the mSATA (~$250) compared to paying for a 500gb SSD (Samsung 840 pro is about $550) so if I can save $$$ I will.

 

switchblade update released this weekend, adds a new media player (finally), so you can play music and videos directly on the touchpad.

yeah, a 680m isn't feasable at this point. however, the new 670mx would be doable as it runs cooler than the 670m (thanks to Kepler upgrade). So maybe the Blade R3 could be a 770m (Kepler)?

 

No speed difference.

mSATA is just the interface (stands for mini SATA, regular HDDs/SSDs use regular SATA interfaces), they're both SSDs.

 

Probably, or the rebranded 8xx series version. Wish razer would give us some info if they're going to do the r3 and when!

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Its a step in the right direction but the all isn't perfect, has to reread your library every time so those that have lots of music it will be annoying, I have to wait like a minute for it to scan all my music before I can even use it...needs to store a cache of all your stuff somewhere so it doesn't have to do that...the video playback is great though, wish the YouTube app worked as well as that!

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If I buy this R2 right now and they announce the R3 a day after imma be upset lol

 

Anyone having issues with crappy power adapters with their R2? I just got my 3rd one from Razer, hope this one works. 1st one was doa out of the box. Had to use a spare power adapter I had left over from a Asus G73 I had previously owned The 2nd one would pick and choose when it would work. One minute the green light's on and the next it's dead and not providing power to the laptop, then it started giving off a weird ticking noise like it was going to blow up. Razer didn't even question the issue, by the end of day I had a confirmation e-mail that a replacement was on the way.

 

Wow. Havent had issues with mine besides the dog chewing it to hell.and back

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I did have a problem with a Razer that I had replaced. When running some tests, I would get a warning that I wasn't able to run the test because the computer was unplugged, which wasn't. I now attribute that to the power adapter not working well under heavy loads.

 

If you do this the razer boot logo comes back on start up. It won't be he windows logo. It's a really slick (black) razer logo.


Also, I have yet to get a copy of those files, wallpapers, sounds etc... Would someone mind uploading them so I can host them? Thank You

 

Just got internet setup at home I'll try to remember it today - sorry

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sim city and tomb raider sucking my life away...

 

How does tomb raider run on the blade?

 

tomb raider running ulta textures, everything else low and normal, hair FX off b/c it doesn't play well with NVIDIA cards. running at 1080p, getting anywhere from 25-40fps.

 

Shadows as well! Nvidia always sucked at them in my experience

 

Anybody else having the issue of getting into the BIOS by default when switching it on?

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For those that remember my dog chewed up my power supply, I got it resoldered but I don't trust it to last!

Razer got back to me about it, dog chewing isnt covered under warranty! So they're going to charge me...................$100 dollars! Not bad bad at all!

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Had same issue with ticking noise. The replacement was the older one which is twice as thick and runs hot even under normal load.

Kinda ticked off about that considering that I paid so much money to have the latest and most compact components. Thinking of calling them back and asking for the newer power brick.

 

There's a difference between r1 and r2 power supplies?

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I have both an R1 and R2 power supply. They're identical in size.

 

Thought they might be, ming didn't say anything about an updated power supply in the keynote speech about the r2

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Has anyone upgraded their wireless card in their Blade? I'd like to do it if it's possible.

 

Has anyone tried to play Arma 3 on their blade?

 

Yes it is possible, I have seen someone do it. I actually think it was on this forum.

 

I never had a R1 so just assumed it was a R1 power brick. When the replacement brick came, I still had my broken R2 brick and compared the two.

Length and width were the same, but the replacement is almost twice as thick/high and has a new plug hole (on the brick) adapter on the cord to the wall socket.

Instead of the two hole cord, it now has the three hole (Mickey mouse) style plug that some printers and monitors use.

Hope this makes sense, if not I'll post some pictures.

 

No I know what you're talking about - weird. Email them about it!

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What is the full power specs on the power supplies you have? The two prong AC Vs. the three prong?

Three prong means a dedicated ground.

 

I don't have the original brick (two hole) anymore as I had to send it back.

Just to be sure, I'm talking about the plug of the cable that goes into the brick, not the wall outlet.

The replacement sent to me has the following on the bottom:

BLADE
150w power adapter
Model No. :RC30-0083
Product No.: RC30-00830100
AC Input: standard stuff
DC Output: 19V 7.9A
Total 150W

 

Total n00b trying to get the audio files and etc off the USB stick -- Sorry guys I'll google how to decompile the install stuff and see if I can figure it out!

 

interesting they sent you a 150w adapter, mine (both old and current blade) are 120w. the slim and light psu was another selling point for me to buy the blade.

any razer edge potential buyers out there, was happy to find out the usb port is still accessible when using the controller dock (so i can use my logitech wireless heaphones).

 

Awesome! I'm very interested in the Edge, looks really cool.

Those of you that plan on getting the Edge, mind me asking what you'll use it for? I want one, but I can only imagine a handfull of reasons to use it, and most of the things I'd do with it I can just do on my blade! Plan on buying it none the less but I'd feel a lot better knowing I'm using it over my Blade for good reasons. First world problems I know -- Just curious as to what you guys plan to do with an Edge if you already have a Blade

 

what to do with my edge? tablet on the go of course. i use my ipad and galaxy note 10.1 wherever i go for my pastoral work (pay as you go walmart hotspot works great with them), and for preaching and wireless powerpoint projection. but can really see me using this at home with the controller dock sitting in my lazy boy with headphones on. also will be fun for the occassional plane trip.

 

Alright guys my blade is on the way, what do I do first? should I try to insure it with squaretrade or something?

 

if you want an extended warranty then sure, why not. my advice is play the heck out of it. really great month for pc games: crysis 3, tomb raider, simcity, and soon bioshock infinite... take it to a coffee shop and let people drool over it.

 

Sounds good to me, it ships out today. I can't wait.

 

Need HELP here.
I have 1 razer blade r1, i didnt power it on from a month ago now when i press the power on button it doesnt do anything.
then i believe the battery has drained. I plugged in the charger and power on it started to startup normally.
But when i enter the desktop suddenly the screen goes blank and the keboard lights are dimming..

Up to now its still lights dimming from the keyboard(power brick still plugged in)..
when i pull out the charger and i press the power on button it doesnt do anything at all!

can anyone help me please?
thanks in advance!!! will be greatly appreciated!!!

 

If you plug it in and turn it on then unplug the power adapter does it shutoff?

If so could be your battery died. Can't just let rechargeable batteries sit around for long periods of time without being used or charged especially one in a device that still keeps using the juice even when its turned off, blade still trickles charge to the mobo when shutoff to keep date/time working etc etc.

More than likely it hit 0 charge and you killed it by never charging it - laptop doesn't shut down at low power because its got no juice - it still has some but needs that to keep the battery in good health to give you time to plug it in otherwise the battery dies! Literally.

Contact support and buy a replacement battery..

Learned my lesson the hard way but with a car battery. Also watched an episode of that uship show where they were shipping a Tesla accross the country and it had to be delivered before the battery drained and died because otherwise it would cost 40,000 to replace all the batteries in it! Yikes!!

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Just got done placing the order with Razer Support for my new Power Supply $100 Shipped. Hopefully it's not the bigger bulkier three pronged PSU, even if it is I guess its NBD I planned on just using that as the one that stays at home and the ghetto rigged one will be the one I take on the road with me :/

Anyways, there you have it, if you damage your power sup out of warranty, or if you just want to buy another one, it's $100 bones, not bad at all. Same price my additional one for my G73 would have cost me at POS when I ordered it.

Kinda odd how "cheap" it is considering the CEO of Razer said it took something like, 7x more to develop that thing. You'd think they'd want to make some of that money back...Then again...Maybe they already did...not like the laptop was cheap!

 

So if the one I have now messes up I get a fatter one? that kinda sucks.

 

Just lirking and smirking a little more here.

The fatter one would be a 150 Watt, and is only 1/4" Thicker, tops. still 1/3 smaller than any other 150 Watt PSU.

Also for the WiFi issues, seems to be a Windows 8 Intel/NVIDIA Issue, so update in this order:
-Latest notebook drivers here: World's Fastest Graphics Cards, GPUs, and Video Cards | GeForce
-THEN Suggested latest drivers here: Intel® Driver Update Utility for wireless networking

The latest Intel HD Graphics driver breaks the Razer OSD for brightness control. Best to stick with the one on their site.

 

Ahhhh so that explains my wireless issues I had with 8. Well either way the newest drivers off Intel's fixed it. I'm on 7 now anyway, stupid black ops 2 being a gamble if it works with your windows 8 copy or not

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Hi i,m in the UK looking to buy one of these beauties, there is a firm that sells them but they want like £2400 for them when they are like £1700=$2500 in the US. Thinking i could get my mate who works in NY to purchase one and then bring it into the uk for me this would kinda save me like £700 - a pint or 2 when he gets to the uk . I know you have sales tax over there so if he bought it $2500 is all he would pay?

 

New York Tax is about 9% which will add about 225 dollars to your order. If you know someone from Delaware then that would be better because there is no sales tax in that State.

 

Cheers for your time this is still £1825 which will save me getting on £600=$900 which is not to be sniffed at, its a 256mb mssd and a samsung 840 pro 512 when the warranty runs out, i guess i will be taking the risk on the int postage costs if anything serious goes wrong under warranty. Worth the risk you think? has many had to return the unit to Razer?

 

I am going to do the same thing, 256 m-sata with the Samsung ssd. My blade will arrive in a couple days. I have read this entire thread and I do not recall anyone saying anything about having to return their unit.