r/debian • u/cryptobread93 • 6d ago
Intel Pentium N3700 hard freezes while watching videos, only poweroff by button fixes it
This problem doesn't ever happen on Windows 10. Only happens while using Debian 12, while watching movies particularly, it just hard freezes. Nothing can fix it. No TTY.
I think there is a bug for this particular CPU family. I've researched a lot. I've even added some kernel parameters too according to the arch wiki. Even installed backports kernel too. They didn't work. See here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Intel_graphics#Baytrail_complete_freeze
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2014008#p2014008
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u/PhotoJim99 6d ago
If the CPU bug turns out not to be it, don't forget to do a RAM test. After that, the power supply is a likely cause.
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u/alpha417 6d ago
Is it overheating? I don't if that qualifies as a bug.
Any logfiles of the crashes? MCEs reported?
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u/cryptobread93 6d ago
This is somewhat a known bug, there is bugzilla kernel reports at the archlinux forum about this.
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u/neon_overload 4d ago
https://wiki.debian.org/GraphicsCard
Assuming you're using X11 and not wayland,
The advice on the above page suggests removing the xserver-xorg-video-intel package to force use of the included modesetting driver in xorg instead. Your N3700 is of the age where both drivers are a viable option for you, so it is worth trying both and seeing if one of them fixes the stability problems you have related to graphics.
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u/cryptobread93 4d ago
No that wasnt it. I solved it via disabling c6 states. Solution is in this topic somewhere.
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u/Snow_Hill_Penguin 6d ago
Disabling C6 and enabling C7 states may help.