Hi All,
So, I had this issue pop up about couple months ago. It was fine when I bought the machine. But apparently this was a common problem for others.
So, I did all the troubleshooting I could. Updated vbios, bios, drivers, even reinstalled OS couple times and changed liquid metal. Ran all sorts of tests.
So far, I figured out a way to reliably recreate this issue, and that's it. I checked all the threads here and in other forums, but no luck.
https://linustechtips.com/topic/1518213-laptop-shuts-down-hard-with-zero-warning-or-blue-screen/
Thread with all the debugging data.
Anyway, I can't seem to reply to any of the threads here, so I am creating a new one. But yeah, I can reliably create this bug and it is most definitely software related. F1 22 game crashes after benchmark every single time. And based on the gpu z and fps counters, gpu is just going into some random power saving mode which causes this issue. I start with about 90 fps and it dips slowly to 50 fps. If the dip doesn't happen and game stays at 90fps, then there is no crash. If I force it to 30fps, game still dips to 20fps and crashes.
I was unable to recreate this behaviour in any other game reliably. In some games it crashes randomly, in some games, no crash even after hours of use. But in F1 22, after the benchmark, it will crash almost always during the loading screen.
Anyway, I am still looking for a solution, as all the solutions suggested in other threads do not work. And if you have this game, I am hoping if you can test out my theory and see if it indeed crashes.
P.S. I am on windows 10. Latest drivers and vbios and everything. I was not facing these issues when laptop first arrived, so not sure what change caused it. I tried going to oldest vbios and that didn't help either.
And yeah, I am happy to help test more things if anyone has any suggestions.
