I recently purchased a Razer Blade 14 (2016) knowing that it was in non-working order thinking this would be a simple fix but it has proved to be much more difficult. The seller stated that there was a "problem with the GPU" that the computer would boot into the bios but once if he tried to boot into Windows it would black screen. That was the only history I got.
The laptop currently has no internal storage (only takes M.2 and I don't have any on hand), but I figured I could test by booting from USB, no luck. I have a Windows install on a SSD that I tried, no luck, I got the same results as the seller. So I then tried just booting from a Windows installer USB stick. This showed a little change as I was actually able to see the Windows icon for a few seconds before it black-screened, same with the Linux USB.
I'm currently at a loss as there is no way in the BIOS to disable the discrete GPU and just have it run off the integrated intel one.
Specs:
The laptop currently has no internal storage (only takes M.2 and I don't have any on hand), but I figured I could test by booting from USB, no luck. I have a Windows install on a SSD that I tried, no luck, I got the same results as the seller. So I then tried just booting from a Windows installer USB stick. This showed a little change as I was actually able to see the Windows icon for a few seconds before it black-screened, same with the Linux USB.
I'm currently at a loss as there is no way in the BIOS to disable the discrete GPU and just have it run off the integrated intel one.
Specs:
| Model Name | Blade 14” (2016) - Intel i7 6700HQ - GTX1060 |
| Display | 14.0 in IPS UHD+ |
| Graphics | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 (6GB GDDR5 VRAM) |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ Quand-Core processor with Hyper Threading 2.6/3.5 GHz (Base/Turbo) |
| Chipset | Mobile Intel® PCHM 100-series chipset, HM 170 |
| Memory | 16GB dual-channel onboard memory (DDR4, 2133 MHz) |
| Operating System | Windows 10 (64-Bit) |
| Storage | 256GB SSD (PCle M.2) |
| Communication | Killer™ Wireless-AC 1535 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac + Bluetooth® 4.1) |
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