How to hard reboot a pc? and Any get black screens while playing games?

[clipz]

When i play games, after a few minutes or so il get a random black screen. And il have to reset my PC. so it gets rlly annoying. Any fixes? Also how do you hard reboot a PC?

[praveenbv]

Hi@clipz,

Welcome to the HP Support Community!

Apologize for the issue with the display. We understand it's a Gaming notebook lets try a few troubleshooting steps to fix the issue.

Check for the BIOS Update?

Tried Adding the game to High performances in the Nivida control panel?

Download GEFORCE EXPERIENCE updates the gaming drivers.

Turn on Game Mode. Game Mode is a new feature in Windows 10 Update that improves gaming performance by limiting background processes and programs from using system resources while a game is running.

Press the Windows key and G to open the Game bar.

In the game bar, click Settings.

Click the check box next to the game title to enable Game Mode for that game.

Plug notebook PCs into an AC adapter to give the graphics card more power.

Hope this helps! Keep me posted. 

Please click “Accept as Solution” if you feel my post solved your issue, it will help others find the solution.

Have a great day! 

[clipz]

Hey, thanks for the help! I followed your instructions but was not successful in finding the game mode in the xbox game bar. Kinda confused on what a BIOS update is... sorry! Could you tell me what that is? And I think its already in high performance as of rn. 

again thanks for the help!

[praveenbv]

@clipz,

Needs to download one by one and needs to restart the computer to make sure the Adapter or Charger needs to be connected,

Please click on the hyperlink below to install 

HP Consumer Notebook PCs - Updating the BIOS

[clipz]

Hey it says the BIOS is not supported on my device? what to do next

[praveenbv]

@clipz

We have done the basic troubleshooting as per the document and the notebook needs to be checked taking remote access so that get to know it's a hardware or software issue.

I'd suggest you contact HP in your region regarding the service options for your computer or HP Chat Support Team.