Hi all, first time poster here, my name is Dave and I’m having trouble getting my Laptop 16 to run games, particularly FC 26 and F1 25. Anyone else having this issue or been able to resolve it?
Thanks in advance,
Dave Palazon
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Details? Error messages? Specs? What is it doing or not doing exactly?
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So both games open, get past the opening screens, but the when it’s time to load the menu, both games crash to desktop. I’m trying to roll back my driver’s and stuff as I’ve seen a suggestion somewhere that it might be AMD software at fault? I’ve tried lowering resolution etc but no difference.
FIFA starts to compile shaders, then the laptop reboots…
F1 gets to the loading screen, press any button and it crashes to desktop…
The old medal of honour works fine.
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS, Radeon 780M. 8gb ram.
2 ssds in one windows 11 pro, one Linux Mint.
Bios 3.3 but I swear I updated it to 4 something…could have been my nothing phone though…
Thanks for the help!
Dave
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My guess is that the laptop spec is too low to run the game.
F1 25 minimum is 8GB CPU RAM and a 6GB RAM GPU. Making 14GB total.
The 7840HS is an APU where the CPU and GPU share the same ram. So I think you need 14GB of ram or more, but you only have 8GB.
You could try going into the BIOS and setting VRAM to gaming mode, but i think you need more ram.
If you look in the event log, it might give you some clues regarding the crash.
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That’s a pain… can I just buy another stick of ram to get to 16bgb and hope for the best?
Is anyone else able to confirm if it works?
Thanks,
Dave
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I don’t have either game. My comments were just based from the minimum specs on the EA web site. So, although I think extra RAM will be the most likely cure for the problem. Its not 100% certain.
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Thanks for the advice! I’m going to try and older version of FIFA to see if that work, starting with 17.
I’ll buy some more ram another time as I’ve just ordered the numpad and extra usb modules for this month.
Thanks,
Dave
I don’t have any of those games so I can only guess myself but 8GB really isn’t enough for anything more than light desktop use and some web browsing, if you are wanting to game 16GB would be the minimum, and if you’re using the iGPU I’d bump that suggestion up to 24GB. But it is possible the crashing is because it runs out of memory. Might check the windows event viewer it might give an indication if this is the case.
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Any recommendations as to a compatible 33gb kit?
I plan on upgrading the GPU at some point, just not yet.
Thanks, Dave
Honestly, now is a terrible time to buy ram, so you might just have to take what you can find. Since you’re using an iGPU I’d recommend trying to do 5600mhz ram. Do you need SODIMM DDR5 for your notebook. Ram is really expensive right now, and you might be better off going with a 16gb or 24gb kit. Just make sure you get a dual channel kit which is 2 sticks. You need dual channel for the best performance on the iGPU. I’m going to make an assumption which might be wrong, that you have a single 8GB stick in your laptop right now, if you can find the exact model you have to buy a second that might be the cheapest way to get to 16GB.
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I can afford a 32gb kit so not a problem to be honest.
Thanks,
Dave
When choosing RAM, probably avoid the Kingston Fury part.
The Crucial part is better if you can get it.
Reason being, both work on AMD 7040 series, but the Kingston Fury has problems on some of the AI 300 mainboards, so if you ever upgrade, you would not be able to transfer the Kingston Fury part, but you would be able to transfer the Crucial part.
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What about the Samsung kits that are knocking about on eBay? Are they any good, or should I just buy new?
Thanks,
Dave
As long as it is SODIMM DDR5 laptop memory it should work. Samsung generic kits are usually pretty good. Like I said in an earlier post, try to target 5600mhz ram for best iGPU performance and get a dual channel kit which is 2 sticks, or at least 2 matching sticks.
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It sounds like your crashes are likely caused by GPU driver or BIOS conflicts on the Framework 16 with integrated Radeon 780M. Make sure you’ve fully updated both the BIOS and AMD drivers—sometimes a partial update can cause instability.
Also, check that Windows isn’t defaulting to the wrong GPU for the games. Clean-installing the latest AMD graphics driver and ensuring the BIOS is on the latest official version usually resolves FC26 and F1 25 crashes. Lowering resolution helps, but the key is a clean driver and BIOS update.
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Thanks for the info.
I’ve done all of the above (down to 720p) and FC26 gets to the compiling shaders bit then reboots the OC so I’m going to try putting more ram in. Hopefully I can do that today. I’ll let you know how it goes…
Cheers,
Dave
It is a FW16.
Another option is to purchase a GPU expansion bay.
That will give you a dGPU that is faster than the iGPU.
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Yep. RAM arrives today. I was wanting to try steam os at some point so have options before a spend more money on it ;).
Ta,
Dave