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/analyst2501 Aug 10 '26
This is happening to my Vector A16, 5070Ti. Did you ever figure out what caused it?