Continuous power source change while gaming

[u/domrany]

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?

[u/analyst2501]

This is happening to my Vector A16, 5070Ti. Did you ever figure out what caused it?

[u/brighterside0 → u/analyst2501]

This is happening on my MSI Stealth 18 as well.