HP Victus 15-fb0106AX - AMD Radeon Graphics Driver Causes Display Lag, Black Screen & System Instabi

[Chekuthan07]

I own an HP Victus 15-fb0106AX with the following specifications:

AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

AMD Radeon Integrated Graphics

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU (4GB)

16GB RAM

Windows 11

I have been facing a persistent issue where enabling the AMD Radeon Graphics driver causes severe display lag, desktop stuttering, and occasional black screens.

Symptoms

• Desktop animations, Windows Search, Start Menu, and typing are noticeably laggy.
• Random black screens during normal usage.
• Mouse movement and UI feel delayed.
• BIOS runs perfectly smooth with no lag.
• YouTube and videos sometimes play smoothly while the Windows desktop continues to lag.

If I disable the AMD Radeon Graphics device in Device Manager (or uninstall its driver), the lag disappears completely. As soon as the AMD graphics driver is installed and enabled again, the lag and black screen issues return.

• Troubleshooting Already Performed
• Performed a complete factory reset of Windows (issue still persists).
• Used Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) in Safe Mode to completely remove AMD and NVIDIA graphics drivers.
• Installed the latest AMD Chipset Driver.
• Installed the latest AMD Graphics Driver from AMD.
• Installed the latest NVIDIA Game Ready Driver using Clean Installation.
• Updated BIOS from F.24 to F.26 Rev.A.
• Installed drivers in the recommended order after DDU.
• Verified both AMD Radeon Graphics and NVIDIA RTX 3050 are correctly detected in Device Manager.
• Tested with Windows disconnected from the internet to prevent Windows Update from installing drivers automatically.

Despite all these steps, the problem remains exactly the same.

• Is this a known issue with the HP Victus 15-fb0106AX?
• Is there a recommended AMD graphics driver version that is known to be stable?
• Are there any additional firmware updates or diagnostics that I should perform?
• Based on these symptoms, should I have the laptop inspected for a possible motherboard or integrated GPU hardware issue?

[Venom21]

Newer amd drivers are bit unstable. First download and software version 24.9.1  from amd driver site. It shows previous version and you may get directly there if you search version. 

After download, pause windows update then use ddu in safe and then run this amd software 24.9.1 and install it. 

Now check and let me results. Don't resume windows update as it will try to overwrite other amd driver. If this version work good then let me know. I will tell how to prevent windows from installing another version and then we resume update. 

If issue remains then do ddu again and reinstall same version but this time do driver only installation, avoid amd software

[Chekuthan07]

Hello,

Thank you for your suggestion. I really appreciate your help.

I followed your instructions exactly.

• Paused Windows Update.
• Used DDU in Safe Mode to completely remove the AMD graphics driver.
• Installed AMD Adrenalin 24.9.1 from AMD's official website.
  
  

Unfortunately, during the installation itself, the screen went completely black and stayed that way for more than 15 minutes. The laptop was still powered on (fan running, Caps Lock responding), but the display never came back, so I had to force restart.

After the restart, the installation completed, but the original issue still persists. The desktop, Start menu, Windows Search, and typing continue to lag, and I still experience occasional black screens.

I then repeated the process using DDU again and installed 24.9.1 using the "Driver Only" option instead of the full AMD software, but the issue still remains exactly the same.

For reference, I have already tried the following:

• Factory reset of Windows.
• Updated BIOS to F.26 Rev.A.
• Installed the latest AMD chipset driver.
• Installed the latest NVIDIA Game Ready driver.
• Used DDU multiple times in Safe Mode.

One consistent observation is that if I disable the AMD Radeon Graphics device in Device Manager, the lag disappears completely. As soon as the AMD graphics driver is enabled, the lag and occasional black screens return.

At this point, do you think this is more likely to be a hardware issue with the integrated Radeon GPU/motherboard, or is there any other driver or firmware version that you would recommend trying?

Thank you again for your time and assistance.

[Venom21]

In that case don't use driver from AMD site directly. Download AMD VGA driver from HP driver page of your laptop 

. There should be two VGA, one for Amd and one for Nvidia. You need to get the AMD one. Now, pause windows update, use ddu in safe and install AMD VGA driver. Hope this one get installed properly.