Comment 545 for bug 1690085

Hi,

I have an ASUS A320M-K with latest BIOS 4027 (AGESA 1.0.0.6), Ryzen 7 2700, Patriot Viper RGB 16GB RAM 3200CL16, Samsung 830 SSD 128GB, Corsair AX860 860W PSU (80+ Platinum) and ASUS ROG Strix RX480 8GB. Running Arch Linux w/ Kernel 4.19.12 and GNOME 3.30 on Wayland. BIOS configured to Defaults + XMP Profile activated + CSM disabled (-> UEFI-only mode).

I have experienced 2 hangs with this system, both within 1 hour uptime. However, I couldn't spot anything in the logs. There were no watchdog entries, unlike previously posted in this bug report.

The "system lockup" expresses itself by blanking my screen to dark and showing a blinking cursor in the top left corner. No other symbols / information. I can't interact in any way with my system - it ignores all inputs; can't switch console, doesn't react to single power button press, nothing. Only way to shutdown is holding power button for 4s.

I entered the BIOS after the lockups and noticed *VERY* slow performance within BIOS. Keypresses took very long to register (like 5+ seconds) until BIOS eventually hung. After another powercycle, all was good again. I wonder, if rebooting using the reset button could give us more clues, if the system continues to run "buggy" after the reset.

After setting "Typical Current Idle", I didn't had a single lockup ever since, even after 48h uptime, mostly idling. System runs perfectly good. This fix is fine for desktops, but laptops suffer from higher power draw, if they're able to set this.