gpu

[naive wharf]

so i have a ideapad gaming 3 with rtx 2050 (70W) and intel i5 11320h 8gb ram and when i play games my power usage only goes 30-35W, can i make it go higher or not? if i can please tell me how :D

[cedar juniper]

Where does it say your tdp is 70w?

[cedar juniper]

What games are you playing? How high is your GPU usage?

[naive wharf]

100%

but not getting power

i tried sekiro

and elden

and valo

[cedar juniper]

Valorant you wouldn’t likely. It’s cpu bound. This is a legion server btw, don’t know much about ideapads

[naive wharf]

i see

[cedar juniper]

Does fn+q change the color of your power button?

[naive wharf]

what

[cedar juniper]

Exactly what I said

[naive wharf]

it does nothing

fn + spacebar lights up the keyboard tho

single color

white

[cedar juniper]

Do you have lenovo vantage?

[naive wharf]

i uninstalled it

[cedar juniper]

Why?

[naive wharf]

i do have this running

[naive wharf]

my friend said its trash

might be causing the prob

should i get it back?

[cedar juniper]

Yes

[naive wharf]

then what

[cedar juniper]

Show the dashboard

[naive wharf]

i reseted my windows

got windows 10

nothing worked

hold on

[cedar juniper]

Your probably missing drivers then too

[naive wharf]

i got drivers

[cedar juniper]

From where?

[naive wharf]

i got drivers from geforce experience

[cedar juniper]

Im not talking about GPU drivers

[naive wharf]

and did the separate thing too

[naive wharf]

which drivers

[cedar juniper]

Drivers for the laptop man

[naive wharf]

yeah i did it

[cedar juniper]

Just install vantage and show the dashboard

[naive wharf]

yeah

its opening

@cedar juniper

tf is this now 😭

[cedar juniper]

Idk

[naive wharf]

lemme see

@cedar juniper i cant get vantage

what do you wanna check tho

[cedar juniper]

Thermal modes

Fn+q should change them.

You have completely wrecked your windows install likely.

[naive wharf]

i debloated it 😬

i can install 11

if u want

btw

not 70

it has 55W

still its getting used 48 -50

in 98% usage

[cedar juniper]

And broke it in the process

[cedar juniper]

This isn’t even your laptop

[naive wharf]

ik but

the same specs

[cedar juniper]

No it’s not

[naive wharf]

i meant the gpu

[cedar juniper]

Doesn’t mean it’s the same as yours

[naive wharf]

it is

[cedar juniper]

Every manufacturer can change tdp

[naive wharf]

that benchmark is from a 55W 2050

[cedar juniper]

Fix your windows install. Get vantage. See if if you have thermal modes. Run performance mode. Not anything else to troubleshoot

[naive wharf]

oke

[naive wharf]

whats an ec reset

[cedar juniper]

Resets the EC

[naive wharf]

wuts EC

wuts the difference between tdp and tgp

[cedar juniper]

Embedded controller

[naive wharf]

ima get windows 11 tmrw

its 2 am rn

ima go sleep

gud night

thanks for helping

[sacred sentinel]

Ideapad gaming 3 should be able to use LLT isn't it?

[cedar juniper]

I wasn’t trying to muddy the situation more for them.

[sacred sentinel]

Understandable.

[naive wharf]

whats that

[sacred sentinel]

You can ignore that for the time being as it does not related to the problem.

[naive wharf]

im getting windows 11 now

then ill get vantage

then ig he'll help me

[naive wharf]

@cedar juniper i cant get the vantage working

[cedar juniper]

How did you reinstall windows?

[naive wharf]

some tool

from microsoft

[cedar juniper]

You made instillation media on a usb?

[naive wharf]

no

[cedar juniper]

Well that’s what you need to do

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-installation-media-for-windows-99a58364-8c02-206f-aa6f-40c3b507420d

[naive wharf]

i dont have a usb tho

i just launched the tool

and let it install

is 8gb ram the problem?

[cedar juniper]

You can try using #legion-toolkit , but your windows install is broken so I don’t have high hopes.

[naive wharf]

what is that

[cedar juniper]

Community made vantage replacement.

[naive wharf]

i got it :D

[cedar juniper]

Change power mode to performance for more GPU power.

[naive wharf]

thats it?

[cedar juniper]

As it shows there fn+q is supposed to do that. Idk why you are saying it doesn’t do anything

[naive wharf]

what is this

[naive wharf]

i have an ideapad

[cedar juniper]

It’s still a thing for ideapad afaik

[naive wharf]

it changes modes

the performance

and all that

fn q

[cedar juniper]

wtf man

[naive wharf]

my bad 💀

[cedar juniper]

We have wasted all this time in here

[naive wharf]

i had nowhere to check that

now i can

[naive wharf]

lemme check

:D

thanks man

[cedar juniper]

…….

[naive wharf]

it doesnt

its still using 35

38 max

[cedar juniper]

Try an EC reset. Guide in #1020285176531669012

[naive wharf]

i did that

i think

hold the power button for 30 sec right?

[cedar juniper]

Read the guide

[naive wharf]

yeah i did it

still 35

[cedar juniper]

Idk then. Feel free to see if someone else has any ideas.

[naive wharf]

how

[cedar juniper]

You wait for someone to reply