Hi! I started experiencing an issue with my gpu about four months ago. I have a 2020 HP Omen laptop with GeForce GTX 1660ti and Ryzen 5 4000 series. My graphics drivers have started to crash very often, always when im playing games, even undemanding ones. My external monitor flickers, freezes and colorful pixels show up, then the laptop usually bluescreens or stays frozen until i turn it off. I've been desperately trying to fix it, did stuff like changing the thermal paste (unfortunately that was the first time since purchase), tried different drivers, power plans but nothing is working so far. I eventually gave up trying, thinking this was happening due to the gpu's age and everyday use. Recently though, i decided to try switching to integrated graphics instead. I wanted to play minecraft without it crashing, which wouldn't rlly require a good gpu. But I encountered the same exact problem, my graphics drivers crashed and the laptop bluescreened. I'm not very tech savvy, but this makes me think this is actually a software, not a hardware issue. I haven't used integrated graphics at all, and my cpu works perfectly fine, so this really confuses me. Anyone got an idea what the problem might be? Is there any hope i can still fix it? (Can provide extra info if needed, just not sure whats relevant)
By - seabotany
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