HP Pavillion Gaming Laptop 15 lags when charging

[Avante_Williams]

Any time my laptop is plugged in, it has massive lag in which programs take awhile to open and games experience massive frame drops. It wasn’t doing this before and only started doing this recently. I haven’t altered any settings before this happened, it was completely random. Tried updating the BIOS and changing some battery optimization settings for maximum performance but no luck. Also, whenever the laptop is not plugged in, games and programs run smoothly. The lag only happens when it is plugged in. Currently using a 150w AC adapter for the charger. 

[Nirvana_95]

Hi @Avante_Williams

Welcome to the HP Support Community. Thanks for bringing this to our notice.

I see that you are facing issues with your system. Do not worry, we are here to fix it.

May I know from when are you facing this issue?

Did you make any hardware or software-related changes to it?

Right-click your desktop background and select NVIDIA Control Panel. You can also find this tool by performing a Start menu (or Start screen) search for NVIDIA Control Panel or by right-clicking the NVIDIA icon in your system tray and selecting Open NVIDIA Control Panel. 

  

To quickly set a system-wide preference, you could use the Adjust image settings with the preview option. For example, if you have old hardware that struggles to play the games you want to play, you may want to select “Use my preference emphasizing” and move the slider all the way to “Performance.” This trades graphics quality for an increased frame rate. 

  

By default, the “Use the advanced 3D image settings” option is selected. You can select Manage 3D settings and change advanced settings for all programs on your computer or just for specific games. NVIDIA keeps a database of the optimal settings for various games, but you’re free to tweak individual settings here. Just mouse-over an option for an explanation of what it does. 

  

If you have a laptop with NVIDIA Optimus technology — that is, both NVIDIA and Intel graphics — this is the same place you can choose which applications will use the NVIDIA hardware and which will use the Intel hardware. 

You can also refer to this Forum Link: https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Video-Display-and-Touch/FPS-drops-amp-Game-lags-while-plug-in...

Hope this helps! Keep me posted. 

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