Hp Envy x360 14-inch (8840hs,32gb ram)

[brett0123]

I have 3 things I would like to try resolve in 1 post. I have posted about 2 of these issues in the HP community forums but only the Power usage one got any replies but even those weren't much help.

The colors of the screen is extremely washed out and dull looking since day 1 compared to my Lenovo yoga and cooler master monitor. I have seen other posts online of the same issue but were resolved by deleting the hp display app but I do not have the hp display app. The issue was improved a tiny bit by enabling 8 bit with dithering but it is still extremely washed out and is immediately noticeable to anyone that uses it. The exact same laptop on display at the store I bought it from (Harvey Norman [Australia]) has a wayy nicer looking screen that I almost thought was oled until I looked carefully.

Literally yesterday, the laptop stopped recognising its speakers and says there are "no audio devices installed" and no output devices found in windows. I can't find it in device manager as well. Any external headphones or monitor speakers work perfectly fine if they are connected. I have tried restarting it multiple times to no avail.

It refuses to use any more than 20w under load. Its not thermal throttling as it maxes out at 80 degrees briefly until it decreases to around 60 where it stays under full load drawing 20w. Ryzen Controller gives the error "Unable to apply Ryzenadj" when i try manually increasing or decreasing anything. AMD says that this APU should have a max TDP of 28w.

Thanks to anyone who replies regardless of if it ends up being helpful.