Hi all, after having spent four days of trying virtually every single idea and suggestion that I came across, I now admit to being utterly and totally dumbfounded by the problem that I’m facing. I would appreciate, if somebody could point me in the right direction. My problem is as follows: I’m cu…

Please try using the driver from the graphics driver ppa.

I have the PPA installed and whenever I mentioned drivers “from the repositories” I actually meant drivers from this PPA.

So, for lack of a better idea, I finally reinstalled the whole system (KUbuntu). And decided to activate the loading of “third party” drivers right from the start. After the installation had finished and I rebooted the computer, the boot process froze before reaching the graphical login (driver ver…

update bios check if this is power related by locking performance https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/how-to-lock-powermizer-performance-level-to-the-lowest-level-with-optimus/200078/6?u=generix NB: the linux driver has unlocked boost clocks so you will notice (hardware) failures not apparent i…

Thanks for the suggestions. Indeed, I ended up updating the BIOS, but that didn’t seem to have any effect. I also installed the package mainline, which allowed me to install older and newer kernels than were available in the current version of (K)Ubuntu. Tested a few of them, unfortunately without a…

Hi @marcuschristopher , Based on all the good troubleshooting so far, I’d suggest you reach out to MSI support engineers directly on use and configuration of their Steel Armor slot at SupportCenter | MSI Global - The Leading Brand in High-end Gaming & Professional Creation .

(K)Ubuntu with NVidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti freezes during boot

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generix May 10, 2022, 3:16pm 5

update bios
check if this is power related by locking performance
https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/how-to-lock-powermizer-performance-level-to-the-lowest-level-with-optimus/200078/6?u=generix
NB: the linux driver has unlocked boost clocks so you will notice (hardware) failures not apparent in windows

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