Plugging in AMD 7800xt GPU bricks my archlinux pc
by Visen from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6KM0G)
Hello, I have built a fresh new PC and installed arch on it. The PC works fine and is fast, but it does not do this when I install my GPU.
Whenever I connect the power cables for my GPU, the computer will still start up and work fine for about 5-10s. Then it freezes up and becomes completely unusable. This only happens when the GPU is plugged in.
I was able to launch top before the system froze and it showed that there was a process called kworker which was using 100% cpu. If i leave the computer in this frozen state for a few minutes it crashes.
Things I have tried.
- Swapping Desktop Environment from LXQT to Cinnamon
- Many Reboots
- Upgrading my motherboard BIOS (I have a gigabyte b650 x ax)
- installing mesa
Whenever I connect the power cables for my GPU, the computer will still start up and work fine for about 5-10s. Then it freezes up and becomes completely unusable. This only happens when the GPU is plugged in.
I was able to launch top before the system froze and it showed that there was a process called kworker which was using 100% cpu. If i leave the computer in this frozen state for a few minutes it crashes.
Things I have tried.
- Swapping Desktop Environment from LXQT to Cinnamon
- Many Reboots
- Upgrading my motherboard BIOS (I have a gigabyte b650 x ax)
- installing mesa