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GPU stuck in P0 state

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Kokoske

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Hello I have problem with my laptop rtx 3080. I was using msi afterburner + nvidia profile inspector before and all was fine, gpu was switching between all states (p8,p0 etc) but after system reinstall it got stuck in p0 state, reinstalling drivers,system again doesnt help. I wonder if its cuz of nvidia profile inspector but I reinstalled system and it still didnt helped so thats weird. Thanks for help and answer in advance
 
As this is a laptop, you can try reflashing your STOCK VBIOS if it still gets stuck at p0.
 
VT1185MF_Rosaria said:
As this is a laptop, you can try reflashing your STOCK VBIOS if it still gets stuck at p0.
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I installed same vbios from vendor site and its still stuck. I reinstalled windows with "reset this pc" option tho and I wonder if there is some files left everytime that cause that issue cuz for example it uses old drivers, reinstall is not completely clean.
 
May I ask what is your laptop model?
If it persists between windows installs, I recommend checking your Bios and EC firmware for signs of any abnormalities between it.
As far as I know nvidia inspector is loaded at boot, try reinstalling Nvidia profile inspector and see what it tells you back. Otherwise, I recommend testing another operating system on your laptop to be sure that nothing has changed in your EC+Bios firmware.

And to add, a full system disk wipe before reinstalling an os from portable storage or PXE would be recommended as well.
 
VT1185MF_Rosaria said:
May I ask what is your laptop model?
If it persists between windows installs, I recommend checking your Bios and EC firmware for signs of any abnormalities between it.
As far as I know nvidia inspector is loaded at boot, try reinstalling Nvidia profile inspector and see what it tells you back. Otherwise, I recommend testing another operating system on your laptop to be sure that nothing has changed in your EC+Bios firmware.

And to add, a full system disk wipe before reinstalling an os from portable storage or PXE would be recommended as well.
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My laptop model is MSI GP66 Leopard 11UH 11800H/RTX 3080 8gb. I ordered pendrive and will try to make clean reinstall + will update bios tomorrow when it will arrive. I wonder if nvidia inspector somehow caused the issue since I found guy on reddit with same issue and he also was using nvidia profile inspector +msi afterburner then it made somehow his gpu stuck in p0 aswell but DDU solved issue, sadly not for me.

Update: I did reset EC firmware settings with MSI guide and still nothing

2# With DGPU mode only enabled gpu seems to switch to other power states so there is some kind of issue when Hybrid option with both gpus enabled is on but its strange that before all was fine.
 
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That points to an NVIDIA Optimus issue then. I would recommend with either:
  • Playing around with Optimus settings
  • Making sure all the chipset/EC drivers are working correctly, or using driver versions that was installed when it was working previously.


    Please do report back after doing a clean reinstall, though. It would tell a lot of things if things do or do not persist after doing a complete reinstall on the system disk.
 
VT1185MF_Rosaria said:
That points to an NVIDIA Optimus issue then. I would recommend with either:
  • Playing around with Optimus settings
  • Making sure all the chipset/EC drivers are working correctly, or using driver versions that was installed when it was working previously.


    Please do report back after doing a clean reinstall, though. It would tell a lot of things if things do or do not persist after doing a complete reinstall on the system disk.
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Even with clean reinstall and basic drivers installed from msi site issue is still here. Since I tried almost everything it looks like its related to some windows update or something probably cuz I have no other ideas.
 
If you think it is related to windows, try another operating system like Linux and see if the GPU PState control is not broken there.
What Windows version and updates have you reinstalled to the laptop?
 
VT1185MF_Rosaria said:
If you think it is related to windows, try another operating system like Linux and see if the GPU PState control is not broken there.
What Windows version and updates have you reinstalled to the laptop?
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Hey, sorry for late answer but I was busy with irl stuff. Its Windows 11 64bit with latest updates but I will try install linux on pendrive today and will check if same issue happen there.
 
I installed linux on pendrive but there is no programs to check gpu behavior. I tried nvidia-smi but there is error so it probably requires full install on disc. Well I will pass on that issue, I will just use discrete gpu tho I still believe its software fault not hardware otherwise Hybrid GPU wouldnt work normal before reinstall of system.
 
If you can, try if it the GPU works properly under Windows 10 22H2. Otherwise, forcing the discrete GPU to always run is a workaround for your issues as you have done currently.
 
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