Amdgpu crashes when watching videos in Firefox

Hi there!

So this problem slowly annoys me to the point that I start my own thread for this. Previously I was active in this thread but I don’t know if my problem is still related to that.

My last straw was the info posted in this issue on gitlab, which stated that video crashes in Firefox should be fixed with Kernel 5.16. I’m now running 5.16 and still suffer from crashes when playing videos in Firefox.

Here is my inxi:

System:
  Kernel: 5.16.2-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.16-x86_64
    root=UUID=2f386f00-c339-4cfb-840e-831ca8c3ebbf rw quiet apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.23.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3.70
    date: 06/09/2020
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2
    family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x8701021
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB
    L3: 32 MiB desc: 2x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2912 high: 4350 min/max: 2200/4409 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 3553 2: 2071
    3: 2197 4: 3759 5: 2160 6: 2349 7: 4350 8: 2285 9: 4327 10: 3476 11: 2195
    12: 2230 bogomips: 91236
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
    conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590]
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 26:00.0
    chip-ID: 1002:67df class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
    loaded: amdgpu,ati unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 676x380mm (26.6x15.0")
    s-diag: 775mm (30.5")
  Monitor-1: DisplayPort-1 res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 109
    size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.2") diag: 685mm (27")
  Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 26:00.1
    chip-ID: 1002:aaf0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 28:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Thesycon System & Consulting DX3 Pro type: USB
    driver: snd-usb-audio bus-ID: 1-9:2 chip-ID: 152a:8750 class-ID: fe01
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.16.2-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.20 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.43 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 bus-ID: 22:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp34s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.27 TiB used: 1.89 TiB (83.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 500GB
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: SanDisk model: SDSSDH32000G
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 70RL scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 457.16 GiB (98.22%)
    used: 117.61 GiB (25.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 280 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: N/A mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 52.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 834
Info:
  Processes: 349 Uptime: 4h 1m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.36 GiB
  used: 3.44 GiB (11.0%) Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers:
  gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 13.0.0 Packages: pacman: 1594 lib: 461 flatpak: 0
  Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.12

mhwd -li
e[1me[31m> e[mInstalled PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI


e[1me[31mWarning: e[mNo installed USB configs!

And here is the log of the errors:

Jän 26 19:34:06 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: [drm:uvd_v6_0_start [amdgpu]] *ERROR* UVD not responding, trying to reset the VCPU!!!
Jän 26 19:34:05 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: [drm:uvd_v6_0_start [amdgpu]] *ERROR* UVD not responding, trying to reset the VCPU!!!
Jän 26 19:34:04 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: [drm:uvd_v6_0_start [amdgpu]] *ERROR* UVD not responding, trying to reset the VCPU!!!
Jän 26 19:34:03 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: [drm:uvd_v6_0_start [amdgpu]] *ERROR* UVD not responding, trying to reset the VCPU!!!
Jän 26 19:34:02 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: [drm:uvd_v6_0_start [amdgpu]] *ERROR* UVD not responding, trying to reset the VCPU!!!
Jän 26 19:34:01 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: [drm:uvd_v6_0_start [amdgpu]] *ERROR* UVD not responding, trying to reset the VCPU!!!
Jän 26 19:34:00 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: [drm:uvd_v6_0_start [amdgpu]] *ERROR* UVD not responding, trying to reset the VCPU!!!
Jän 26 19:33:59 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: [drm:uvd_v6_0_start [amdgpu]] *ERROR* UVD not responding, trying to reset the VCPU!!!
Jän 26 19:33:57 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: [drm] VRAM is lost due to GPU reset!
Jän 26 19:33:57 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: [drm] PCIE GART of 256M enabled (table at 0x000000F400300000).
Jän 26 19:33:57 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: GPU reset succeeded, trying to resume
Jän 26 19:33:57 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: BACO reset
Jän 26 19:33:57 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu: rlc is busy, skip halt rlc
Jän 26 19:33:57 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu: cp is busy, skip halt cp
Jän 26 19:33:57 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: [drm:gfx_v8_0_hw_fini [amdgpu]] *ERROR* KCQ disable failed
Jän 26 19:33:57 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: [drm:amdgpu_ring_test_helper [amdgpu]] *ERROR* ring kiq_2.1.0 test failed (-110)
Jän 26 19:33:56 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: failed to suspend display audio
Jän 26 19:33:52 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: GPU reset begin!
Jän 26 19:33:52 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: [drm:amdgpu_job_timedout [amdgpu]] *ERROR* Process information: process kwin_x11 pid 1193 thread kwin_x11:cs0 pid 1211
Jän 26 19:33:52 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: [drm:amdgpu_job_timedout [amdgpu]] *ERROR* ring gfx timeout, signaled seq=221410, emitted seq=221413
Jän 26 19:33:42 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: [drm:amdgpu_job_timedout [amdgpu]] *ERROR* ring gfx timeout, but soft recovered
Jän 26 19:33:42 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: [drm:amdgpu_dm_atomic_commit_tail [amdgpu]] *ERROR* Waiting for fences timed out!

I suffer from these crashes since ~last May. A MESA update (can’t remember which one) in October fixed the problem for my notebook at work that runs a Raven Ridge APU. But my desktop at home with an RX480 that runs perfectly stable under Windows 10 still crashes.

I’m not a pro. But usually I can find my way around. Sadly, here I’m completely lost and it annoys me.
Does someone have a solution or tip? Should I open an issue elsewhere? Arch, MESA etc?

Thank you for taking your time to look over it.

Your BIOS appears out of date.

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Thank you for your reply. I have only little hope that it changes anything as the GPU is super old and runs stable under Windows 10. The new updates just bring support for new processors, Windows 11, and improved USB compatibility. Nevertheless, I will update the BIOS and report back when it crashes again or runs stable for over ~2 weeks.

Ok, it did just happen again. So, the bios update didn’t help. :frowning:
Journal:

Mär 06 21:24:45 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: [drm:amdgpu_job_timedout [amdgpu]] *ERROR* ring gfx timeout, but soft recovered
Mär 06 21:24:35 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: [drm:amdgpu_job_timedout [amdgpu]] *ERROR* ring gfx timeout, but soft recovered
Mär 06 21:24:35 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: VM fault (0x0c, vmid 1, pasid 32774) at page 2374, read from 'TC1' (0x54433100) (4)
Mär 06 21:24:35 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_STATUS 0x0200400C
Mär 06 21:24:35 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_ADDR   0x00000946
Mär 06 21:24:35 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: GPU fault detected: 146 0x0a30040c for process firefox pid 1876 thread firefox:cs0 pid 1948
Mär 06 21:24:25 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: [drm:amdgpu_job_timedout [amdgpu]] *ERROR* ring gfx timeout, but soft recovered
Mär 06 21:24:15 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: [drm:amdgpu_job_timedout [amdgpu]] *ERROR* ring gfx timeout, but soft recovered
Mär 06 21:24:15 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: VM fault (0x0c, vmid 1, pasid 32774) at page 2374, read from 'TC5' (0x54433500) (68)
Mär 06 21:24:15 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_STATUS 0x0204400C
Mär 06 21:24:15 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_ADDR   0x00000946
Mär 06 21:24:15 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: GPU fault detected: 146 0x0a30440c for process firefox pid 1876 thread firefox:cs0 pid 1948
Mär 06 21:24:05 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: VM fault (0x0c, vmid 1, pasid 32774) at page 2374, read from 'TC2' (0x54433200) (200)
Mär 06 21:24:05 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_STATUS 0x020C800C
Mär 06 21:24:05 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_ADDR   0x00000946
Mär 06 21:24:05 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: GPU fault detected: 146 0x0a30c80c for process firefox pid 1876 thread firefox:cs0 pid 1948
Mär 06 21:24:05 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: gmc_v8_0_process_interrupt: 676 callbacks suppressed
Mär 06 21:24:05 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: [drm:amdgpu_job_timedout [amdgpu]] *ERROR* ring gfx timeout, but soft recovered
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: IH ring buffer overflow (0x000853A0, 0x00001900, 0x000053B0)
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: VM fault (0x01, vmid 1, pasid 32774) at page 203132638, read from 'TC6' (0x54433600) (136)
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_STATUS 0x02088001
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_ADDR   0x0C1B8EDE
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: GPU fault detected: 147 0x02a88801 for process firefox pid 1876 thread firefox:cs0 pid 1948
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: VM fault (0x01, vmid 1, pasid 32774) at page 203111785, read from 'TC2' (0x54433200) (200)
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_STATUS 0x020C8001
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_ADDR   0x0C1B3D69
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: GPU fault detected: 147 0x09788401 for process firefox pid 1876 thread firefox:cs0 pid 1948
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: VM fault (0x01, vmid 1, pasid 32774) at page 203192407, read from 'TC7' (0x54433700) (132)
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_STATUS 0x02084001
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_ADDR   0x0C1C7857
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: GPU fault detected: 147 0x0110c801 for process firefox pid 1876 thread firefox:cs0 pid 1948
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: VM fault (0x01, vmid 1, pasid 32774) at page 203103776, read from 'TC7' (0x54433700) (132)
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_STATUS 0x02084001
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_ADDR   0x0C1B1E20
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: GPU fault detected: 147 0x00804801 for process firefox pid 1876 thread firefox:cs0 pid 1948
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: VM fault (0x01, vmid 1, pasid 32774) at page 203124870, read from 'TC3' (0x54433300) (196)
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_STATUS 0x020C4001
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_ADDR   0x0C1B7086
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: GPU fault detected: 147 0x09a0c801 for process firefox pid 1876 thread firefox:cs0 pid 1948
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: VM fault (0x01, vmid 1, pasid 32774) at page 203139833, read from 'TC4' (0x54433400) (72)
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_STATUS 0x02048001
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_ADDR   0x0C1BAAF9
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: GPU fault detected: 147 0x07480801 for process firefox pid 1876 thread firefox:cs0 pid 1948
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: VM fault (0x01, vmid 1, pasid 32774) at page 203115856, read from 'TC6' (0x54433600) (136)
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_STATUS 0x02088001
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_ADDR   0x0C1B4D50
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: GPU fault detected: 147 0x02c8c801 for process firefox pid 1876 thread firefox:cs0 pid 1948
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: [drm:amdgpu_job_timedout [amdgpu]] *ERROR* ring gfx timeout, but soft recovered
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: VM fault (0x01, vmid 1, pasid 32771) at page 203147336, read from 'TC3' (0x54433300) (196)
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_STATUS 0x020C4001
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_ADDR   0x0C1BC848
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: GPU fault detected: 146 0x0000482c for process kwin_x11 pid 1145 thread kwin_x11:cs0 pid 1163
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: VM fault (0x01, vmid 1, pasid 32771) at page 203196292, read from 'TC6' (0x54433600) (136)
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_STATUS 0x02088001
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_ADDR   0x0C1C8784
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: GPU fault detected: 146 0x0000482c for process kwin_x11 pid 1145 thread kwin_x11:cs0 pid 1163
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: VM fault (0x2c, vmid 6, pasid 32771) at page 0, read from 'TC4' (0x54433400) (72)
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_STATUS 0x0C04802C
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu:   VM_CONTEXT1_PROTECTION_FAULT_ADDR   0x00000000
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: amdgpu 0000:26:00.0: amdgpu: GPU fault detected: 146 0x0000482c for process kwin_x11 pid 1145 thread kwin_x11:cs0 pid 1163
Mär 06 21:23:55 ManjaroGamingPC kernel: [drm:amdgpu_dm_atomic_commit_tail [amdgpu]] *ERROR* Waiting for fences timed out!

Any ideas?

@mha-k In early January 2022, I bought an AMD Ryzen 5 5600G. Since March, I have been experiencing random video crashes and system freezes with this APU while running browsers (Chromium and Falkon) on Manjaro KDE and Manjaro Cutefish. Following my system specs:

Mobo: Asus Tuf Gaming x570-Plus
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
RAM: 2x(2x16G)=64Gb G.Skill DDR4-3200 CL16-18-18-38 1.35v
BIOS: up to date with latest version 4204
Primary SSD: Samsung 860 EVO running Manjaro KDE
Secondary SSD: Samsung 870 EVO running Manjaro Cutefish
Kernel: 5.16.14-1

I have DDG’ed various reddit fora and the greater Web, and found that this issue of browser crashing/system freezing is mainly impacting AMD systems.

Curiosity got the best of me and in search of a solution I booted my old HP 6th gen Intel Skylake laptop running Manjaro KDE. Sure enough, no hanging/no crashing when surfing the Net with Chromium. By the way, I am posting this message while using my Intel laptop.

My mobo BIOS being up to date, AMD drivers being baked in the kernel, several Chromium updates have been merged recently … my question is for you, savvy members and developers: any idea what is going on and how to resolve this issue? Thanks in advance for your help and comments. Much appreciated.