(Keep in mind I have a laptop. I have it constantly plugged in.)
I enabled an option on the NVIDIA Control Panel which allowed me to see what applications my GPU (a GeForce GTX 1050 Ti) was running. In the beginning, it was fine until a few hours later, it said that the GPU was inactive. I tried everything to try and reactivate it like setting my preferred graphics processor to the NVIDIA GPU. The only fix that I've found to this is to restart my laptop, though the problem will still occur. It;s also very annoying having to restart my laptop very often.
Some more info:
I recently left for vacation and took my laptop with me, and this problem has been occuring ever since I went to visit my grandparents (I am still currently in my grandparents' house)
A few days ago, I put my laptop over a piece of cloth and started to use it for a day. I noticed that the performance was a lot worse than usual and I learnt that putting your laptop over a soft surface blocks the fans and slows the laptop down. I now have a hard surface under the laptop, though I might have already damaged a crucial component in my laptop that might be causing this problem.
I noticed that when I have applications that use up the GPU more (like triple A games) on, the GPU won't deactivate.
If anyone needs more information, let me know.
Thanks in advance to everyone helping me resolve this problem.
I enabled an option on the NVIDIA Control Panel which allowed me to see what applications my GPU (a GeForce GTX 1050 Ti) was running. In the beginning, it was fine until a few hours later, it said that the GPU was inactive. I tried everything to try and reactivate it like setting my preferred graphics processor to the NVIDIA GPU. The only fix that I've found to this is to restart my laptop, though the problem will still occur. It;s also very annoying having to restart my laptop very often.
Some more info:
I recently left for vacation and took my laptop with me, and this problem has been occuring ever since I went to visit my grandparents (I am still currently in my grandparents' house)
A few days ago, I put my laptop over a piece of cloth and started to use it for a day. I noticed that the performance was a lot worse than usual and I learnt that putting your laptop over a soft surface blocks the fans and slows the laptop down. I now have a hard surface under the laptop, though I might have already damaged a crucial component in my laptop that might be causing this problem.
I noticed that when I have applications that use up the GPU more (like triple A games) on, the GPU won't deactivate.
If anyone needs more information, let me know.
Thanks in advance to everyone helping me resolve this problem.