Weird artifacts appearing time to time and sleeping issues

Framework Laptop 16 Linux
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System Information

Linux Distro: Fedora Linux 41 (Workstation Edition)
Last Update: Yesterday
Kernel Version: Linux 6.13.5-200.fc41.x86_64
BIOS Version: 3.05
Laptop Model: Framework Laptop 16 (AMD Ryzen™ 9 7940HS, 32 GB RAM, no external GPU)

Issue Description

Over the past few days, I have been experiencing graphical artifacts and stability issues on my laptop. The symptoms include:

  • Screen Artifacts: Small dots appear randomly on the screen and disappear after a few seconds (see attached images).
  • Application Crashes: Previously stable applications crash randomly.
  • Boot Failures: Occasionally, the system fails to boot. The power button light blinks slowly, and the screen remains blank. The only way to recover is by holding the power button until the system fully shuts down, then restarting.
  • Sleep/Wake Issues:
    • If the laptop sleeps with the lid closed, it hangs on wake.
    • If the laptop sleeps with the lid open, it wakes properly.

Troubleshooting Steps Taken

  • Restarted the system.
  • Updated all packages and firmware, including the BIOS.
  • Downgraded the kernel to test for regressions.

Images showing the graphical artifacts (apologies for the dirty screen):

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Any guidance on diagnosing or resolving these issues would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

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A memory stress test seems worth doing, try memtest86+ (also available as a Fedora package). If it does find problems, try swapping SODIMMs between sockets and/or just one SODIMM installed.

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Downgrade mesa to major version 24.

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Just ran it, it passed. The speed was 36.6 GB/s, is it nominal?

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TBH I don’t know. Crucial says it should be higher (assuming DDR5/5600) but I’m not sure if theirs is a theoretical number.

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This right here ^

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See this related thread which has instructions for how to downgrade and pin your mesa version to 24:

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