Laptop boots successfully 100% of the time only while charging

[lukaa]

I just bought this laptop with FreeDOS. I installed Linux Mint 20 and deleted FreeDOS and this went successfully. Then I updated it and rebooted. HP logo came up, then error message(this also came up when I was installing Linux Mint but since it went smoothly I didn't think it was a problem), then Mint logo, then a blank screen with a white dash in the upper left corner, then just a blank screen and it stays that way and doesn't boot. If I repeat this, then it will randomly boot after a few tries and everything else after that works fine. Then I discovered that it will always successfully boot while I'm charging my laptop and then I can stop charging it without issue. Error message(copied from Logs):

09:53:12 kernel: pci 0000:00:00.2: AMD-Vi: Unable to read/write to IOMMU perf counter.
09:53:12 kernel: Initramfs unpacking failed: Decoding failed
09:53:12 kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WLBU._STA due to previous error (AE_NOT_FOUND) (20190816/psparse-529)
09:53:12 kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WLBU._STA due to previous error (AE_NOT_FOUND) (20190816/psparse-529)
09:53:12 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.WLBU._STA.WLVD], AE_NOT_FOUND (20190816/psargs-330)
09:53:12 kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WLBU._STA due to previous error (AE_NOT_FOUND) (20190816/psparse-529)
09:53:12 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.WLBU._STA.WLVD], AE_NOT_FOUND (20190816/psargs-330)
09:53:12 kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WLBU._STA due to previous error (AE_NOT_FOUND) (20190816/psparse-529)
09:53:12 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.WLBU._STA.WLVD], AE_NOT_FOUND (20190816/psargs-330)
09:53:12 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
09:53:12 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.PCI0.GPP1.DEV0], AE_NOT_FOUND (20190816/dswload2-162)
09:53:12 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
09:53:12 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.PCI0.GPP2.BCM5], AE_NOT_FOUND (20190816/dswload2-162)

Specifications:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3500u with integrated Vega 8 GPU

RAM: 8 GB

SSD: 512 GB

OS: Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon, Kernel 5.4, Ubuntu 20.04

After many failed attempts at solving this problem, I upgraded to Kernel 5.7 and the problem was solved(although I still got the error message), but Wi-Fi doesn't work so I downgraded to Kernel 5.4.

What didn't fix the problem:

- Performed a Hard Reset

- Booted with "nomodeset", "pcie=noaer" and a few others

- Booted in Recovery mode

- Booted Kernel before update( from 5.4.42 to 5.4.26)

Keep in mind I'm a Linux noob and OS noob. This issue is not a big problem but I'm worried that it might become one day.

[WAWood · Accepted solution]

@lukaa 

I'm sorry, but HP only warranties their PCs for usage with the OS that comes preinstalled.

IF you replace that with a Linux distro, or add a Linux distro, then you assume full responsibility for maintaining that -- including solving any problems with booting the other OS and/or installing the other OS.

Your best bet for support with issues with Linux is to contact the support forum of the distro you are using.