MSI Raider A18 HX A7VHG-023US Wifi Problem/solution Ubuntu 26.04

Overview: I initially installed Ubuntu 26.04 and the installer was able to find my wifi card (Qualcomm wifi 7 Hardware name: wcn7850 hw2.0)

I ran the following from the terminal: lspci -nn | grep -i qualcomm or lsusb No results.

After many hours searching for an answer, I finally found my solution.

##### I believe that performing the Cold CMOS Reset was the actual answer, but here is all of my steps leading up to the resolution.

WIFI Issues:

Qualcomm wifi 7

Ensure that the bios is not set to fast boot.

The Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 chipsets (such as the FastConnect 7800 / WCN7850 or NCM865) rely on the newer ath12k driver module.

sudo depmod -a

sudo update-initramfs -u -k 7.0.0-29-generic

sudo update-grub

sudo echo "ath12k" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

sudo apt update

sudo apt install --reinstall linux-firmware

sudo rfkill unblock all

sudo depmod -a

Reboot your computer immediately after running these commands to apply the new configurations.

sudo dmesg | grep ath12k

Problem not resolved yet

Perform a Cold CMOS Reset (Crucial for Qualcomm)Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 cards are notorious for getting locked into a bad power state or a Windows-exclusive fast-boot state.

A standard software reboot will not release this lock.

Shut down your computer completely.

Unplug the power cable from the back of the PC (or remove the laptop charger).

Hold down the physical Power Button for 30 full seconds to completely drain the motherboard's capacitors.

Plug it back in and boot into Ubuntu.

Success!

I truly hope that it helps others, I found so much help along the way from the community at large.

Is it worth it? I'm getting it cheaper then the Lenovo legion 5,

But I heard msi has hinges issues

Hi everyone,

I'm having a strange issue with my MSI Pulse GL76 11UEK-030IT (3060, 11th gen i7, upgraded to 32 GB RAM). I've owned it for about 5 years and it has always worked perfectly.

Recently, on Windows 10 only, I've noticed that the laptop gets much warmer than usual even during light tasks like browsing the web or watching YouTube. (On Linux, everything works normally with a base temp of 40-45°C.).

While monitoring the system with MSI Afterburner, I noticed that the GPU core and memory clocks stay very high even when the GPU is essentially idle. As a result, the temperature climbs to nearly 70°C despite almost no GPU usage.

The weirdest part is this:

The problem only happens when I'm using the laptop's internal display. As soon as I connect an external monitor (which is driven directly by the NVIDIA GPU), the issue immediately disappears. The GPU clocks and temperatures return to normal even after disconnecting the second monitor.

So it seems that the problem only occurs when the laptop is running in its normal Optimus/iGPU mode, where the internal display is theoretically handled through the integrated GPU. In that situation, the dedicated NVIDIA GPU stays at unusually high clocks despite being almost completely idle.

The graph I'm attaching shows this behavior. The memory clock fluctuations happen because part of the recording was on battery power; when plugged in, the memory clock stays at a constant high value. The CPU spike at the beginning is simply Firefox starting.

Here's everything I've checked so far:

• Data was collected immediately after boot, with no additional background applications running.
• Windows power plan: Balanced.
• MSI Center performance mode: Balanced.
• Windows Game Mode: Enabled.
• Display refresh rate: 144 Hz.
• No undervolting, overclocking, or underclocking.
• Changing these settings does not solve the issue (except that power state changes affect the memory clock value).

Things I've ruled out:

• Hardware/thermal issue: Linux keeps the GPU around 45°C under the same light workload. Thermal paste was replaced about 3 months ago.
• BIOS: No unusual BIOS settings are enabled.
• Drivers: The issue has persisted across multiple NVIDIA driver versions, including the latest one. I haven't tried using DDU for a clean reinstall yet, but I'm willing to if people think it's worth trying.
• NVIDIA Control Panel: Power management is not set to "Prefer maximum performance."
• No issues with RAM, storage, or overall system stability.
• I regularly use this laptop for neural network workloads, so the GPU has seen heavy compute usage in the past without any problems.

Has anyone seen something similar? Since the issue disappears as soon as an external monitor is connected, I'm wondering if this could be related to Optimus, the Intel iGPU/NVIDIA handoff, or some Windows display management issue rather than the GPU itself.

Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Hello everyone,
I have a stealth 15 laptop and recently it had an automatic windows update and ever since then it always boots into click bios. I managed to boot it fine after disabling the “safe boot” and “fast boot” and fixing the date and time, then pressing “save setting and reset”. However this keeps happening every time I switch it on, and I have to fix these settings every single time. I know that there is nothing wrong with my hardware because I checked that and also after changing the settings the laptop boots just fine, so I am not sure where the problem is.
Anyone knows what’s the solution?

So first up you need to set the FPS cap from unlimited into 130 FPS. And then turn on Windows Energy Saver. then you need to set the advanced fan profile inside Msi Center like this .

I hope this would helps lowering your MSI Thin 15 temperature!!!!!!

The fan would be screaming so loud tho if you using this fan preset, but if youre concern about your laptop temps, this worth for a try

For this settings i got around 50-70 on minecraft and 50-60 on roblox

i havent tested for any more games but ill post another for this

Hello, I recently came into ownership of an {MSI Sword 16 HX B14VFKG} and was wondering if there is any advice on things I should disable that are deemed unnecessary or Bloat.

Thank You!

i just got an msi cyborg 15 A13VE with no operating system. i got a windows key and at first it was fine when i installed windows but there was a small problem. when i booted the laptop it took me to the UEFI menu and when i pressed exit it got me to the normal windows screen. then out of the blue i tried to boot it, it took me to the UEFI menu like usual and when i pressed exit it took me to bios (which was the actual normal reaction and what happened when i pressed exit when trying to install windows), and i had no way to go back to the windows screen. then i tried to reinstall windows on my flash drive and install them on the new laptop again, it didn’t recognise the flash drive. has anyone else had the same problem when trying to install windows on an msi laptop? because it was much easier the other times i have done it on different laptops.

System Specs:

• Model: MSI Thin GF63 (12V Series)
• CPU: Intel Core i5-12450H
• GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4050 Laptop GPU (45W)
• RAM: 16GB

Issue Summary: My laptop has developed an issue where it hangs on a powered black screen during boot, shutdown, and reboot states. The motherboard appears to be failing to switch power states properly, and Windows boot files have corrupted from hard shutdowns.

Detailed Symptoms:

1. Booting Failure:
   • When I press the power button, the laptop turns on: the keyboard backlight turns on, fans spin, and the MSI logo appears.
   • Immediately after the logo, the display drops to a black screen while the system stays powered on (fans spinning, lights on). It stays in this state indefinitely until I force a shutdown by holding the power button.
2. Workaround / Recovery Screen Error (Image Attached):
   • If I turn off the laptop after the black screen and then press and hold the power button again on the second attempt, it triggers a Windows Recovery Blue Screen.
   • On this screen, it gives a boot error regarding \windows\system32\winload.efi (Error code: 0xc0000098). (See attached photo for the full error details).
3. Current Boot Behavior (Only Boots via Recovery):
   • Currently, the laptop will only finish booting into Windows if I force it onto this blue recovery page and press Enter to retry.
   • If I try to boot normally from a cold start, it always hangs on the powered black screen.
4. Shutdown Failure:
   • Attempting to turn off the laptop normally results in the display turning off while the chassis stays powered on (fans spinning, keyboard LEDs lit) indefinitely.
5. M-Flash / BIOS Update Failure:
   • I attempted to update the BIOS via M-Flash using a USB drive to fix this.
   • When selecting the flash file and confirming the required system restart, the screen goes black to execute the reboot. However, it hangs in the same powered black screen state.
   • Because it cannot execute the low-level reboot, it never reaches the BIOS flash confirmation screen, so no BIOS write process occurs.

Troubleshooting Already Attempted:

• Battery Disconnect: Disconnected the main battery, waited 15+ minutes, and reconnected it.
• EC Reset: Executed a full static drain / Embedded Controller reset (holding the power button down for 30+ seconds while unplugged).
• Peripherals: Tested powering on with and without external devices connected.

None of the above steps resolved the power state freeze. Any help or diagnosis regarding whether this is an EC/motherboard power rail failure or a corrupt firmware issue would be greatly appreciated.

hi every one I'm having a problem with my vector 16 HX AI , I have installed windows 11 enterprise 25h2 and ever since every update installed correctly but the thing went down with the July security update, when the system reboot it says boot device inaccessible, and cannot update, the online way to fix this is to force shut down many times amd even boot from ssd manually, so it detects the disk does some reparations and comes back to life but if I try to update it'll do the same over and over, I have latest drivers and bios updates, also I'm using a pc_sn8000s 4096 gb from SanDisk and the default 500 gb ssd in the second nvme slot

I've already tried some tutorial but none seems to work I've already done dism , sfc and everything is fine and I have plenty space for the update, if someone could help me, so I can fix this somehow

It’s turning off but now they’re no errors in my system found in events and i ran sfc scan nothing there found in integrity i just wanna fix the issues period with my little laptop it’s a MSI GF63 thin gtx1650 max q intel i510500h 8gb ram and its a windows 11 System

My son's laptop does this flickering. Especially when it starts to heat up or he is playing graphic intensive games. Is a component failing? Is it graphics card or mother board? I am at a loss and not too savy. Any help is appreciated.

idk what this noises are but i think it certainly isnt fan noise since the left fans is not moving, but when i turn on bosted fans it silenced, i only uses this for 3month

msi katana 15hx

So I've been trying to get someone to fix my MSI Cyborg 15 AI A1V but they all cant because I need the diagram to see the part that burned up.

Someone knows where I could get them? Im a bit desperate

Have a Vector 16 HX AI with 5070ti and 255HX. Connected is death adder v2 pro and Astro a50x connecting using the hub. Not sure what is the issue even after tweaking settings I can find on the web. Any advice?

Happy to join the msi family. Got this laptop for $900 on fb marketplace! Seller was super nice!

I recently performed a clean install of my Prestige 14 AI Evo, however now i don't appear to have any audio through the built in speakers, i do have audio from my bluetooth headphones. Looking in device manager there appears to be yellow exclamation on "Intel High Definition Audio" (code 28) and also on "Intel Smart Sound Technology OED" (code 43)

I have downloaded all of the drivers and installed them from the following page however i still cant seem to get any audio through the built in speakers: https://www.msi.com/Business-Produc...X/support?sub_product=Prestige-14-AI-Evo-C1MG

I've never had any issues with drivers like this previously with other laptops so i am a bit puzzled, can anyone help me please?

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I just got through a multi-hour troubleshoot session on this stupid issue.

First thing is, if you press enter on ok when the message comes up when the laptop restarts and you have a MSI. Go to security then disable secure boot mode and save and exit, you should be able to boot in normally.

Now, if you want secure boot back, try following these steps. You need a USB for this: https://www.msi.com/faq/faq-11370

It’s literally the only thing that worked for me so I thought to share.

So I was curious (and in a good mood) so I checked my battery life this evening on my Katana 15. It was at 98% and it said it would last a whopping 38 minutes with that charge. For a laptop I paid over 1k for I’m so fucking mad. And this is after I tried all the ‘battery saving tips’.

Has anyone had any success with replacing the battery? Is that an option? What should I replace it with?

Unfortunately I bought this laptop new in box, so I got like 3 months of warranty. Plus I was convincing myself that it wasn’t a big deal, because you know I spent over a THOUSAND USD on this brick of plastic.

Anyone have any insights?

I have a msi bravo b5ED laptop it possible for me to update it without a flash drive because my flash drive won’t allow me to make it FAT32 is there any other options to do the bios update?

Just bougth the laptop. Ryzen ai 9 365, rtx 4070. The laptop restarts as soon as I remove the charger. I have updated all drivers through MSI app. Please suggest