Windows runs fine but I do not use windows unless I have to. Linux is hugely problematic on system.
BIOS:
Version 327: 2023/03/01 (latest)
CPU:
Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 6800H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled
arch: Zen 3+ rev: 1 cache: L1: 512 KiB L2: 4 MiB L3: 16 MiB
System:
Kernel: 6.8.0-53-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.2.9 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.2.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 22 Wilma base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ROG Strix G513RC_G513RC v: 1.0
Constant lockups / crashes in linux mint. CPU Softlock/Hardlock/segfaults
Screen freezing while able to hear movies continue in background, sometimes able to still switch to other console and log in for few seconds before system completely locks up.
Desktop manager crashing and running in fallback mode for a while before completely failing.
Fails Daily. sometimes as many as 10 times.
Freezing outright half the time. Sometimes logs have no entries for many hours before failing.
Has been going on starting about 6 months after purchasing in 2023. Replaced all ram, replaced ssd, replaced wireless, no changes.
running several different memory testing utilities for several days at a time found no faults. (and why would it as windows never crashes)
At some point I noticed it helped if I put Nvidia Power Mizer on "prefer maximum performance" as soon as I started.
Eventually noticed it crashed less if I had played minecraft for five min or so before using it for other purposes... but if I had stopped playing for a few hours it would eventually die
Recently, after reading about ryzen cstate issues on amd community i figured I would start minecraft and open it to lan so that the game did not pause when I left it this seems to keep all the cpus active as long as the game is running. If I stop the game or let it pause for too long the system will crash.
Based on THIS Discussion and THIS Discussion which refer to processor.max_cstate and rebuilding kernels.
THIS Discussion which suggests that the "intel_idle.max_cstate" setting in the kernel is responsible for some of the issues.
as well as my own observations as outlined above, I am wondering if someone knows of, or can help me determine, which settings apply to my system.
Do I have to build my own kernel before using the kernel command lines ?
Is it safe to use the kernel options in grub or could I cook my system by mistake?
Thanks in advance.
