Computer Chaos

2022-11-22 - Tuesday - 03:01 PM - My Laptop Log.

My 2021 ASUS laptop crashed again. I migrated from my 2016 Yoga laptop to this 2021 ASUS laptop near the end of October of 2022. So, I got this 2021 laptop in 2021. I've experienced problems in 2021 an 2022. I've been using this laptop all the time or most of the time this month of November 2022. I've experience problems these past two months and also a few times the past two years as well on this 2021 laptop. I've talked about it. I wrote about it in my diary and logs. It may be CPU related. I think my CPU is AMD. I see nothing saying Intel. I think the GPU is integrated and not dedicated. Most laptop GPUs are integrated with the CPU meaning together on the same socket or unit. My problems may be related to those components, hardware. It may be related to the NVMe SSD hard drive. I'm using Ubuntu Mate 20.04, 64 bit. The Linux kernel is 5.15, MATE 1.24.0. My laptop is 64 bit. This time today after my computer froze with the audio loop on the YouTube video, I tried some commands. I typed Alt + SysRq + R. I tried different combinations of those three keys on the built-in keyboard. I decided not to take any chances on my wireless USB keyboard, I went directly to the keyboard on the laptop itself to type it in. I tried not just that code ending in R but also E, I, and B. I don't think these commands are case sensitive. I want to assume if nothing happens, then it must be SSD related meaning the SSD is stuck, frozen, crashed, or something. I hope the issues is more software and big related. If it is hardware, that may require fixing or replacing which can cost money for the new hard drives, CPU, computer, hardware, components, parts, etc. Drivers can be changed perhaps. My computer is using the Nvidia 470 for the GPU driver I think. But some people may have problems with that driver. So that might be an issue for me.
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Nvidia TU117M

My 2021 ASUS Laptop CPU & GPU:

sudo cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'name'| uniq
CPU/GPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3750H with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx. FP5 socket. Made for laptops. Clockspeed: 2.3 GHz, turbo up to 4.0 GHz. 4 cores, 8 threads. Cache Size: L1: 768 KB, L2: 4.0 MB, L3: 4 MB. CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2019. Integer math: 28,903 MOps/Sec. 14,851 Floating point math: MOps/Sec.

sudo lshw -C display
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
resources: irq:69 memory:f6000000-f6ffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:f000(size=128) memory:f7000000-f707ffff
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Picasso
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
version: c1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi msix vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=amdgpu latency=0
resources: irq:24 memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f01fffff ioport:c000(size=256) memory:f7500000-f757ffff

sudo update-pciids #optional command, requires internet
internet
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 283k 100 283k 0 0 123k 0 0:00:02 0:00:02 --:--:-- 122k
Done.

lspci -nn | grep -E 'VGA|Display'
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] [10de:1f91] (rev a1)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Picasso/Raven 2 [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series] [1002:15d8] (rev c1)
If the report shows two different hardware devices, then you probably have a "hybrid graphics" system, with an iGP (integrated graphics processor inside the CPU) and a dedicated GPU.
sudo apt-get install hardinfo
GPU: NVIDIA TU117M GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q. GDDR5, 128 GB/s bandwidth.

2019-01-06 - Release Date - AMD Ryzen 7 3750H - Picasso series, Vega 10. Radeon RX Vega series. This is an GPU that is in my 2021 ASUS laptop. GloFo 12LP (14LP+) fab.
SSD: 1 x 256 GB M.2 NVMe PCIe. Ports: 1 x USB Type-A (USB 2.0). 2 x USB Type-A (USB 3.1 / USB 3.2 Gen 1). Ethernet: 1 x RJ45 (Gigabit). Wifi: Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac); Dual-Band (2.4 & 5 GHz). 48 Wh Lithium-Ion battery. 150 W power supply, 100 to 240 VAC, 50 / 60 Hz AC input power. 260-Pin SO-DIMM 2400 MHz DDR4 32 GB RAM. 2.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 3750H Quad-Core up to 4.0 GHz. 4 MB L3 Cache. My laptop specs.. The SSD might be generation 3, Gen3. Not sure. Specs.

CPU Model: R7-3750H. Ryzen 7 3750H is a 64-bit quad-core high-end performance x86 mobile microprocessor introduced by AMD in early 2019. This processor is based on AMD's Zen+ microarchitecture and is fabricated on a 12 nm process. The 3750H operates at a base frequency of 2.3 GHz with a TDP of 35 W and a Boost frequency of 4.0 GHz. This APU supports up to 32 GiB of dual-channel DDR4-2400 memory and incorporates Radeon Vega 10 Graphics operating at up to 1.4 GHz. AMD Ryzen™ 7 3750H Mobile Processor with Radeon™ RX Vega 10 Graphics. My 2021 ASUS laptop.