I'm experiencing constant freezing issues with my Lenovo laptop, particularly when I'm gaming. The screen starts to lag significantly, then it completely freezes up. After about a minute, I get the dreaded blue screen. Once this happens, I can usually play again on the same day without issue. It doesn't seem restricted to just gaming either; it can occur while browsing or using Word. I've even done stress tests where the laptop performed perfectly for an hour. I've reset it and made sure everything is updated.
Here are the specs:
- Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 7 8845HS
- Memory: 32 GB LPDDR5X-6400MHz
- Storage: 1 TB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe Gen4 TLC
- GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4050 laptop-GPU 6GB GDDR6
- Battery: 4-cell Li-polymer 84 Wh
- Power Cord: 170 W slim 30% PCC AC adapter
Does anyone have suggestions for what I can try next, or what might be causing this? Should I just send it in for repair? Also, I noticed that while gaming, the GPU temperature reached 90 degrees Celsius with only 1% capacity being used.
3 Answers
It may be a good idea to also monitor the temperatures of your CPU and GPU during gaming. Hitting 90 degrees Celsius is quite high and could be causing the freezing. Consider cleaning the fans or using a cooling pad.
Have you checked for any crash logs? It's pretty helpful to see what's going on when you get a blue screen. If you can get into Windows, look for any minidump files in C:WindowsMinidump. You can compress them and upload to a file-sharing site for analysis. This could give you more insight into what's causing the crashes!
Have you tried updating your NVIDIA GPU drivers? Sometimes outdated drivers can lead to instability, especially with gaming. Just make sure everything is current!
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