HP 17 Laptop Ryzen 5 3500U more VRAM?

[JMacAMD]

I also have an HP product with the same processor, my model in the HP-15db1xxx... I noticed that they put in a single stick of 8gb 2666mhz ram, meanwhile it clocks down to 2400mhz as that's all the CPU can handle and it's only single channel.  I've since upgraded my RAM to 32GB dual channel and installed a nvme drive as well.  We should be able to modify the amount of VRAM as it's just wasting the machines potential and is frustrating for a technical user.  The Vega 8 graphics is the highlight of these machines and I'd prefer 8gb of vram over 2GB, while my system still won't use up the other 24GB.  Thanks for the post!

[banhien]

@JMacAMD 

Unfortunately there is no option in BIOS for you to alter VRAM. System will work this out and assign spare/available RAM to VRAM up yo max limit when required.

Regards.

[JMacAMD]

Yes, I realize this... But not because it can't be an option, because HP chooses to "tattoo" the motherboard and remove factory options in the BIOS, making the consumer incapable of using the product in which he or she purchased the way in which they wish.  Is there anyway to receive an unmodified BIOS from HP?  This way I could flash my BIOS myself (or just use the HP Update Software if provided from HP upon request) and then change the amount of VRAM to run alongside the Vega 8 iGPU as AMD intended.  Because it's not currently an option doesn't mean that it cannot be an option.  By doing this HP is making the AMD hardware worse than it is.  This would provide a massive increase in graphical performance on these Ryzen Mobile processors.  The BIOS doesn't give you any options really (because HP got rid of them from the factory version from Inyside I would guess).  HP should have support for those customers who want to access the advanced settings menu in the BIOS.  On several older HP machines I've owned it was just a key combination to grant access to the menu.  Why is user control being lost as time goes on?