System freezes while using Manjaro GNOME edition

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I am facing constant system freezes while using Manjaro GNOME edition Which I installed yesterday.

MY LAPTOP SPECS:
CPU: i5 8th gen
RAM: 8GB
STORAGE: 1TB HDD
GPU: Intel graphics
Dedicated GPU: Nvidia MX 150

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    System:
  Kernel: 5.9.16-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.9-x86_64 
  root=UUID=814194d9-7867-40a8-8a6c-0c22fcb656d0 ro quiet splash apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor resume=UUID=ecce3861-e5d0-494e-a273-395ef0cc9aa8 
  udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: GNOME 3.38.3 tk: GTK 3.24.24 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 3.38.2.1 
  Distro: Manjaro Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: X510UNR v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X510UNR v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: X510UNR.309 date: 05/14/2019 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 31.0 Wh condition: 32.9/42.1 Wh (78%) volts: 11.5/11.5 
  model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Charging 
  cycles: 470 
CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-8250U bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Kaby Lake note: check family: 6 model-id: 8E (142) stepping: A (10) 
  microcode: E0 L2 cache: 6 MiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 28808 
  Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 400/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 801 
  4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
  Type: l1tf 
  mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, 
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:5917 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX150] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia 
  v: 460.32.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus ID: 01:00.0 
  chip ID: 10de:1d10 
  Device-3: IMC Networks VGA UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
  bus ID: 1-6:2 chip ID: 13d3:5a07 serial: <filter> 
  Display: x11 server: X.org 1.20.10 compositor: gnome-shell driver: 
  loaded: modesetting,nvidia alternate: fbdev,intel,nouveau,nv,vesa 
  resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo> 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.3 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl bus ID: 00:1f.3 
  chip ID: 8086:9d71 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.9.16-1-MANJARO 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: e000 
  bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 8086:24fd 
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 23.42 GiB (2.5%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: MQ04ABF100 
  size: 931.51 GiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  serial: <filter> rev: 0J 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: 922.42 GiB size: 906.94 GiB (98.32%) 
  used: 23.42 GiB (2.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) 
  used: 312 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
  dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2400 
Info:
  Processes: 260 Uptime: 3h 08m wakeups: 7 Memory: 7.54 GiB 
  used: 2.53 GiB (33.5%) Init: systemd v: 247 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 
  Packages: 1285 pacman: 1278 lib: 395 flatpak: 7 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 
  running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.2.02 `Preformatted text`
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Ideas to try

  • Try switching between X-org and Wayland
  • Try switching between Intel and Nvidia
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How can I switch between intel and nvidia?

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Use mhwd auto installation for Nvidia proprietary drivers

# mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300

or specific

# mhwd -i pci video-nvidia
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I used this but my system then won’t load into GUI after reboot

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