I've been having a nightmare with my gaming laptop for months. Whenever I start a resource-intensive game, my laptop often crashes in various ways: sometimes I get a black screen, other times it's just a frozen screen, or even a fully red screen. Sometimes the game crashes while everything else seems fine. I've done a lot of troubleshooting, including cleaning out the fans and replacing the thermal paste on the CPU and GPU, but nothing has worked. I've also done a factory reset as a last resort, but the crashing continues. I see some error messages involving event IDs and processor speed limits, and I suspect my power supply might be an issue since I've read that it could affect the GPU. I'm really at my wits' end and could use any guidance on how to resolve this!
3 Answers
Have you tried doing a clean install of Windows? Installing from a USB can sometimes fix hidden issues that a factory reset might miss.
Unfortunately, it seems like many Omen and Victus laptops face VRAM degradation issues. If that's the case, you might have to try locking the memory clocks using the command 'nvidia-smi -i 0 --lock-memory-clocks=810' for now. Just be aware that it might result in lower performance until you're able to get a new laptop.
It sounds like your crashes could be linked to a graphics issue. Consider updating your GPU drivers through the Display Driver Uninstaller guide, as that can help fix corrupted driver issues. Here's a link to the guide: [Display Driver Uninstaller - DDU Guide](https://www.wagnardsoft.com/content/how-use-display-driver-uninstaller-ddu-guide-tutorial).
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