Ryzen Drivers. How?

Bazzite
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Hi all.

I’m almost a complete noob to linux and not versed in tech so please forgive me, this might be very simple, but I’m struggling.

Last windows update left my monitor going black/losing sound for a few seconds every few minutes. I uninstalled the update as per microsoft advice, then it automatically reinstalled. This was finally enough to get me to leave windows for good.

Now on Bazzite and it’s great and I’m very slowly coming to terms with the new systems. But my monitor is still blacking out (It’s not the cables, it was fine before the windows update).

I’m assuming the drivers need updating. I have a Ryzen 7 8845HS with 780M graphics, so check the Ryzen website. The only downloads for that specific processor are windows only. There are linux drivers for the graphics but only for Rhel, Ubuntu and SLED/SUSE, not Fedora (Bazzite). I can’t even figure out whether 780M is the Graphics or Graphics Pro section.

How do I update these drivers? Am I even chasing the right thing?

Thanks for any advice.

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I would test the monitor with a completely different device.

It’s happening between two very different operating systems. I would isolate the hardware and see where the fault is by seeing how you can reproduce it.

Drivers aren’t something that you generally tinker with in AMD in Linux. They are built into the kernel and updated with kernel releases.

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As oncotic said, drivers come integrated into Linux kernel so you do not mess with them. If it’s happening on both sides, the problem should be hardware related. The windows update could have possible damaged the hardware. Considering how they ruined SSDs not long ago with another update, I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s indeed the case.

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Try lowering the refresh rate. If that fixes it, it is probably the cable. Keep in mind, everything works until it breaks.