I am wondering if anyone else is running into this.
Running the latest windows 11 on my 16 with the dgpu.
Latest bundle from framework and gpu drivers from amd.
After starting the machine i can open either brave or chrome to YouTube and when i go to play a video, the frame will flicker black and stutter for like 10 seconds before it starts playing correctly.
I was getting driver timeout errors but those seemed to go away with the latest drivers from amd.
I have tried doing a fresh install but that didn’t help.
Setting the browsers to power efficient gpu in windows and even eco option in amd didn’t seem to make a difference.
What browser are you using, and what version is it? I just ask because I had to do some tinkering with firefox to get it to allocate more memory to each tab so 4k videos could buffer properly.
Brave and chrome. This is with even just 1080p 30 content. Nothing special at all.
What version are they on? Also have you check and update your drivers since April? I just know there has been a bit of driver weirdness on the Framework 16, and you want to be on the latest bios. Basically teething problems with the new AMD platform and framework is not the only vender with bios revisions needed.
Not currently home but both browsers are on the latest and i updated the bios and bundle to the latest release from framework as well.
Another thought are you using the APU or optional GPU as your primary display adaptor? I ask because if you have 2, try switching and seeing if it makes a difference. Also are videos the only thing causing the flickering, or do other pages or apps cause the same issue?
Just trying to narrow down if it’s a display adapter issue, and browser issue, or connection issue.
I have the graphics settings in windows for the browsers to use the apu.
It was happening with other applications like steam and wowup. Changing the setting for those apps to use the apu seemed to fix it for those applications but not the browser.
After about a minute or so of getting a video to play, the issue goes away.
I can try and change the settings to have it use the dgpu and see if it continues to happen and report back.
Seems like this still happens when i set it to use the dgpu.
I think there might be something with the driver not picking and activating seamlessly.
I recently installed Ubuntu for testing and it doesn’t seem to have the issue there with brave or Firefox. Haven’t installed chrome on it yet though.
Did another test tonight without the 7600s installed even and the problem is still happening. Kind of driving me crazy.
Starting to wonder if there is an apu problem.
Not sure if it helps, but I made a short video of what I am seeing happen and this is right after a clean install and only installing drivers and with just the APU and no GPU installed.
For the record of anyone else runs into this.
It turns out that this was likely a problem with something on the main board.
After working with framework Support, i was sent a replacement that i installed today and it seems like the problem has gone away.
I still have a few more tests i want to do and then send back the original, but this might be fixed now.
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Hello. From what i can undrestand I have been having a similar issue since yesterday. My browser flickers and while it mostly affects videos it also affects browsing less frequently. It doesn’t affect the whole screen just the browser window.
I have tried different browsers, and the same problem persists. It also appears to affect different programs the same way but not all of them. For example the Outlook program for my emails is not affected neither is the Acrobat reader or Word. However i have a message app that is affected.
My drivers are up to date.
I restarted the laptop a few times, but no fix.
I have the 13 inch laptop (the first one i think).
Is it a software or a hardware issue? Does anyone know what is should do next?
Update: Ok i am really confused now. I plugged the lapton in a monitor via HDMI and when it was plugged in neither the monitor nor the laptop screen flickered at all! As soon as i unplugged it the flickering came back.