Razerblade 2018 base model.. no way around 32gb limit?

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Hey,

I would love to get 64gb ram on this thing. Is there a custom bios floating around, or is that even possible? Technically the 8750h supports it, is it a hardware mobo bottleneck?

Thanks!
 
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You'll have to ask Razer about that. They designed the custom board and provide a custom BIOS to go along with it. They officially support up to a max of 32 GB for the Blade 15 2018 model.

Hey, at least Razer allows the end user to swap out the OEM RAM with this model. The Stealth model, on the other hand, has its RAM soldered to the board.

My guess is that around the time Razer developed the 2018 Blade 15, 32 GB SODIMMs were not a thing. So while it might be physically possible to support the proposed 2x32GB SODIMMs, Razer, in typical fashion, has moved on to its next revision.

While it's a long shot, a custom BIOS might be the trick. The Blade has always had a notoriously barebones BIOS, so it will most definitely be some kind of hack attempt.
 
Im sure razer will just make something up like apple would, so you buy someting more expensive, even if it does work. I'm wondering what the actual limitation is, like what is the science behind it and can it technically be modified.
 
Buy the memory from a place with a good return policy and try it.
 
Buy the memory from a place with a good return policy and try it.

isn't there a thirdparty website that can tell you how much it actually takes? I know theres one for macs, then I put 16gb in my 2010 MBP when apple stated it would only take 8gb
 
Hey,

I would love to get 64gb ram on this thing. Is there a custom bios floating around, or is that even possible? Technically the 8750h supports it, is it a hardware mobo bottleneck?

Thanks!
Often times this limit isn’t the case. Especially as newer more dense modules become available.

For instance I was able to run 36gb (32+4 onboard) of ram in a Lenovo laptop that said it wasn’t capable of more than 20gb. So sometimes it works.

The specs for the laptop and chipset were released before 32 gb modules were available.
 
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Often times this limit isn’t the case. Especially as newer more dense modules become available.

For instance I was able to run 36gb (32+4 onboard) of ram in a Lenovo laptop that said it wasn’t capable of more than 20gb. So sometimes it works.

I hope it's the case here. The reason I feel Razer intentionally limits it is because there's an "advanced" model, their advanced model for 2019 takes 64gb of ram, while their base takes 32gb ram. 32gb sticks have been introduced well before the 2019 models. I have the 2018 base so we'll see, unfortunately there's no vendors in my city and ordering might be annoying. May not be able to return for such a reason also.
 
I hope it's the case here. The reason I feel Razer intentionally limits it is because there's an "advanced" model, their advanced model for 2019 takes 64gb of ram, while their base takes 32gb ram. 32gb sticks have been introduced well before the 2019 models. I have the 2018 base so we'll see, unfortunately there's no vendors in my city and ordering might be annoying. May not be able to return for such a reason also.
If just order the ram from somewhere you can return and try it out.

If it doesn’t work you know it’s likited
 
a what is the CPU in that laptop? CPU is most likely going to determine addressable limit as it contains the memory controller.
 
I'd do what the other guy said. Get some from a store with good return policy and try it out.
 
a what is the CPU in that laptop? CPU is most likely going to determine addressable limit as it contains the memory controller.

The BIOS has to set the memory controller up, If it's limited to 16GB DIMMs then at best you'll get half the RAM of 32GB DIMMs. At worst you'll not be able to boot.
 
The BIOS has to set the memory controller up, If it's limited to 16GB DIMMs then at best you'll get half the RAM of 32GB DIMMs. At worst you'll not be able to boot.

So then it's a software limitation? Couldn't somebody technically make a custom bios? Seems like an easy work around but then again I know nothing
 
So then it's a software limitation? Couldn't somebody technically make a custom bios? Seems like an easy work around but then again I know nothing

It could be a software limitation. If so, then a modded BIOS could be made to up the limit. But that's rarely easy to do, and very risky.

But it could certainly be a hardware limitation, For example, the CPU might only provide enough address lines to each DIMM slot to access 16GB modules. So you'd need four DIMMs to get 64GB.

Finally, there could be no limitation at all and they only published the limits of available hardware at the time the system went to market.

Like others said. You'll just have to try it out.
 
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