I recently installed new ram into my laptop, and have been noticing some major issues since. Mainly, the framerate is not great in most games and especially after about 10 to 20 minutes of playing, it just plummets even though my temps are fine, and my cpu and gpu usage aren't above usual. Secondly, which is really annoying to me, is that every time my frames drop, the audio starts acting really weird, every second or so the audio will consistently cut out for a tiny bit of time. I've tried everything bios or driver related as far as i can tell, as well as trying a different headset (it's not my headset that's the issue). From what i could tell from other posts online, this could be a cpu issue but I'm unsure. Any help would be appreciated thank you!
Solved Dell G16 laptop having problems after upgrading ram
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You have asked for help but have told us nothing about your hardware
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Heres the amazon link i bought it at - https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Comp...aptop&qid=1709761666&sprefix=,aps,1490&sr=8-2
If you put two matching sticks of that RAM in I see no reason for it to cause issues.
Can I ask that you do not quote every reply as we have to read the full post to make sure nothing gets missed,, thanks.
The first issue that you need to address is explained below;
Windows is shown to be a recent install and one that has not been done correctly, see my canned info below;
Dell computers are even worse as they have their own installation guide that you must follow;
How to Install Dell Drivers in the Correct Order
Can I ask that you do not quote every reply as we have to read the full post to make sure nothing gets missed,, thanks.
The first issue that you need to address is explained below;
Windows is shown to be a recent install and one that has not been done correctly, see my canned info below;
Dell computers are even worse as they have their own installation guide that you must follow;
How to Install Dell Drivers in the Correct Order
the reason that the windows install date is so recent, is because i did a factory reset to see if that would resolve my issue, (which it mostly did but my framerate is still lower than it should be) but dell already installed all of the drivers automatically after the factory reset, didn't give me any control over which drivers got installed first. Would you recommend I uninstall and reinstall all of the drivers as Dell says to, or do they automatically install them in the correct order?
The correct way to do the driver installation is to save them to a flashdrive. install Windows and as soon as Windows is installed you disconnect from the internet because as was advised in my reply #8 Windows will stuff things up if you don't.
Another thing that you need to address;
Change the Windows Power Plan to High Performance when gaming else your dedicated GPU will not get the power that it needs to function properly, you must also have the AC adapter powering the notebook for the same reason.
All the above in blue, change to never while you troubleshoot.
Get rid of the problematic Hibernation setting;
Another thing that you need to address;
Change the Windows Power Plan to High Performance when gaming else your dedicated GPU will not get the power that it needs to function properly, you must also have the AC adapter powering the notebook for the same reason.
All the above in blue, change to never while you troubleshoot.
Get rid of the problematic Hibernation setting;
I changed all of the power settings you talked about, but for the drivers is it really worth factory resetting my laptop again to mess with the drivers? Or is there another way to reinstall all of them without factory resetting?
It is not me who dictates how Dell drivers get installed and if still having problems after following all of the other steps in my reply #10 you are running out of options.
Have you done all of the other steps that were suggested, have you since restarted the notebook to test, if yes was there any change, if no change, what testing was done.
My problem has been fixed already, the factory reset solved things, and the power settings also boosted my fps a little bit. Im just asking if like going through the whole factory reset again is going to help my fps enough for it to matter. It’s already more than playable at the moment.
Because no one told us I for one wasn't aware that things were fixed and that the FPS had improved
The ball is in your court, are you happy to stick with what you have or not.
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