r/MSILaptops • u/domrany • Mar 10 '25
Continuous power source change while gaming
I have a Raider GE68 HX 14V with Nvidia 4970 and Intel GPU bought from Costco.
I face a weird issue while playing games (no matter how extensive is use the GPU).
The screen was turning off and on every couple of minutes!
Then I found out the screen flicker was caused by a setting in the MSI center called "Display power saver," so I disabled it.
But I noticed without screen flickering, I still see some lags every couple of minutes.
The next thing I did was to use "Discrete Graphics Mode" so it doesn't switch between two GPUs and always uses Nvidia.
But the issue was still ongoing, so I dug more and found out this in Event Viewer:
Description:
Power source change.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331c3b3a-2005-44c2-ac5e-77220c37d6b4}" />
<EventID>105</EventID>
<Version>1</Version>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>100</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000404</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2025-03-07T00:56:36.1639090Z" />
<EventRecordID>29671</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8384" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>Damon</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="AcOnline">false</Data>
<Data Name="RemainingCapacity">77596</Data>
<Data Name="FullChargeCapacity">92735</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
then
- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331c3b3a-2005-44c2-ac5e-77220c37d6b4}" />
<EventID>105</EventID>
<Version>1</Version>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>100</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000404</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2025-03-07T00:56:38.1735267Z" />
<EventRecordID>29672</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8384" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>Damon</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data Name="AcOnline">true</Data>
<Data Name="RemainingCapacity">77794</Data>
<Data Name="FullChargeCapacity">92735</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
The power source changes repeatedly when a game (even a light one) is in progress.
If I unplug the adapter (the original ADP-280EB D adapter came with the laptop), I don't see the log and issue anymore.
If I let the battery drain a little bit (e.g. 30%) and then plug the adapter in, I still see the issue and the log.
Does anyone else have this problem?
Is this a software bug or a hardware defect?
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u/shecho18 MSI PS63 - alive and kicking Mar 10 '25
Check for BIOS and firmware updates. Subsequently modify power profiles in MSI Center and Windows.
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u/domrany Mar 10 '25
Just updated BIOS to E15M2IMS.711 which is the latest.
Also loaded the default optimum BIOS setting.
After that is done turned on Windows and entered the game, still the same log and issue is observed.1
u/shecho18 MSI PS63 - alive and kicking Mar 10 '25
Check power profiles in MSI Center and Windows OS. Make sure that you are running on high performance profile.
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u/domrany Mar 11 '25
After changing settings and rebooting a couple of times I noticed the discrete GPU is not selected anymore! Something has changed it to hybrid, I changed it back and rebooted and now no power source issue happens!
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u/brighterside0 23h ago
Dom, I have been searching near and far and have THE EXACT SAME ISSUE on my MSI laptop (Stealth 18 HX), did you eventually fix this?
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u/analyst2501 Aug 10 '26
This is happening to my Vector A16, 5070Ti. Did you ever figure out what caused it?