Display flickering issue in ASUS TUF

I am getting a weird display flickering issue when the external monitor is attached or the system awakes from sleep

In this video, I have resumed the system from sleep

Please post your system info as outlined here:

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Sure, regarding kernel and other information you can find in my profile. The following are the outputs from dmesg and inxi

$ sudo dmesg -l emerg,alert,crit,err,warn
[    0.885457] [Firmware Bug]: Invalid critical threshold (0)
[    0.885553] ACPI: Invalid passive threshold
[    0.887545] hpet_acpi_add: no address or irqs in _CRS
[    0.888867] ahci 0000:00:17.0: Found 1 remapped NVMe devices.
[    0.888868] ahci 0000:00:17.0: Switch your BIOS from RAID to AHCI mode to use them.
[    0.890486] i8042: PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp
[    8.613890] vboxdrv: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[    8.653717] VBoxNetAdp: Successfully started.
[    8.679716] VBoxNetFlt: Successfully started.
[   10.305660] systemd-journald[306]: File /var/log/journal/fb833d0fba8c4cb897b3e2b8d40e89d8/system.journal corrupted or uncleanly shut down, renaming and replacing.
[   11.758197] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[   11.758200] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint

[   11.836210] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  470.63.01  Tue Aug  3 20:44:16 UTC 2021
[   15.173113] acpi PNP0C14:03: duplicate WMI GUID 05901221-D566-11D1-B2F0-00A0C9062910 (first instance was on PNP0C14:02)
[   15.173165] acpi PNP0C14:04: duplicate WMI GUID 05901221-D566-11D1-B2F0-00A0C9062910 (first instance was on PNP0C14:02)
[   15.173255] acpi PNP0C14:05: duplicate WMI GUID 05901221-D566-11D1-B2F0-00A0C9062910 (first instance was on PNP0C14:02)
[   15.682175] i2c_hid i2c-ELAN1200:00: supply vdd not found, using dummy regulator
[   15.682194] i2c_hid i2c-ELAN1200:00: supply vddl not found, using dummy regulator
[   16.010952] r8169 0000:02:00.0: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control
[   16.774931] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 0
[   16.774933] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 1
[   16.774934] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 2
[   16.774935] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 3
[   16.774935] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 4
[   16.774936] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 6
[   16.774936] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 8
[   16.774937] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 9
[   16.774937] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 10
[   16.774938] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 11
[   16.774939] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 15
[   16.774939] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 16
[   16.774940] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 18
[   16.774940] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 19
[   16.774941] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 20
[   16.774941] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 21
[   16.774942] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 28
[   18.008479] thermal thermal_zone7: failed to read out thermal zone (-61)
[   19.369613] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: warning: unknown sof_ext_man header type 6 size 0x20
[   19.369627] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: warn: FW ABI is more recent than kernel
[   19.369644] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: warning: unknown sof_ext_man header type 3 size 0x30
[   19.369647] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: warning: unknown sof_ext_man header type 5 size 0x20
[   19.506446] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: warn: FW ABI is more recent than kernel
[   19.683758] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: warn: topology ABI is more recent than kernel
[   19.708300] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: ASoC: Parent card not yet available, widget card binding deferred
[   19.781902] snd_hda_codec_realtek ehdaudio0D0: ASoC: sink widget AIF1TX overwritten
[   19.781917] snd_hda_codec_realtek ehdaudio0D0: ASoC: source widget AIF1RX overwritten
[   19.782356] skl_hda_dsp_generic skl_hda_dsp_generic: ASoC: sink widget hifi3 overwritten
[   19.782371] skl_hda_dsp_generic skl_hda_dsp_generic: ASoC: sink widget hifi2 overwritten
[   19.782384] skl_hda_dsp_generic skl_hda_dsp_generic: ASoC: sink widget hifi1 overwritten
[   19.782398] skl_hda_dsp_generic skl_hda_dsp_generic: ASoC: source widget Codec Output Pin1 overwritten
[   19.782408] skl_hda_dsp_generic skl_hda_dsp_generic: ASoC: sink widget Codec Input Pin1 overwritten
[   19.782425] skl_hda_dsp_generic skl_hda_dsp_generic: ASoC: sink widget Analog Codec Playback overwritten
[   19.782442] skl_hda_dsp_generic skl_hda_dsp_generic: ASoC: sink widget Digital Codec Playback overwritten
[   19.782459] skl_hda_dsp_generic skl_hda_dsp_generic: ASoC: sink widget Alt Analog Codec Playback overwritten
[   19.782479] skl_hda_dsp_generic skl_hda_dsp_generic: ASoC: source widget Analog Codec Capture overwritten
[   19.782494] skl_hda_dsp_generic skl_hda_dsp_generic: ASoC: source widget Digital Codec Capture overwritten
[   19.782511] skl_hda_dsp_generic skl_hda_dsp_generic: ASoC: source widget Alt Analog Codec Capture overwritten
[   27.136397] kauditd_printk_skb: 9 callbacks suppressed
[   32.783205] kauditd_printk_skb: 2 callbacks suppressed
[   40.177435] ACPI Warning: \_SB.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20200925/nsarguments-61)
[   45.555617] kauditd_printk_skb: 1 callbacks suppressed
[  111.405476] kauditd_printk_skb: 5 callbacks suppressed
[37779.322236] Bluetooth: hci0: Timed out waiting for suspend events
[37779.322311] Bluetooth: hci0: Suspend timeout bit: 6
[37779.322385] Bluetooth: hci0: Suspend notifier action (3) failed: -110
[37779.972906] IRQ 130: no longer affine to CPU1
[37779.976739] IRQ 131: no longer affine to CPU2
[37779.980128] IRQ 132: no longer affine to CPU3
[37780.004458] smpboot: Scheduler frequency invariance went wobbly, disabling!
[59121.545007] Bluetooth: hci0: Timed out waiting for suspend events
[59121.545103] Bluetooth: hci0: Suspend timeout bit: 6
[59121.545193] Bluetooth: hci0: Suspend notifier action (3) failed: -110
[77952.243912] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: No beacon heard and the time event is over already...
[77953.604921] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: No beacon heard and the time event is over already...
[77962.558926] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: No beacon heard and the time event is over already...
[85849.526886] kauditd_printk_skb: 1 callbacks suppressed
[89288.593820] kauditd_printk_skb: 18 callbacks suppressed
[89299.763001] kauditd_printk_skb: 39 callbacks suppressed
[89430.412207] overlayfs: lowerdir is in-use as upperdir/workdir of another mount, accessing files from both mounts will result in undefined behavior.
[89697.075527] kauditd_printk_skb: 12 callbacks suppressed
[93956.965059] kauditd_printk_skb: 20 callbacks suppressed
[94052.210690] kauditd_printk_skb: 2 callbacks suppressed
[110011.684943] kauditd_printk_skb: 1 callbacks suppressed
$ inxi --full --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host
System:    Kernel: 5.10.61-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 root=UUID=38845911-dabf-40cf-a0fe-8abe080d3bfe rw 
           udev.log_priority=3 
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: docker wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux 
           base: Arch Linux 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: TUF Gaming FX505GT_FX505GT v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: ASUSTeK model: FX505GT v: 1.0 serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: FX505GT.311 date: 02/08/2021 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 32.2 Wh (81.1%) condition: 39.7/48.1 Wh (82.5%) volts: 12.7 min: 11.7 model: Simplo SDI ICR18650 
           type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Charging cycles: 41 
Memory:    RAM: total: 15.48 GiB used: 5.04 GiB (32.6%) 
           RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:       Info: 6-Core model: Intel Core i7-9750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake note: check family: 6 
           model-id: 9E (158) stepping: A (10) microcode: EA cache: L2: 12 MiB bogomips: 62431 
           Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/4500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 
           9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 
           Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush 
           clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c 
           flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt 
           invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe 
           pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap 
           smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx 
           vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr 
           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 CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 
           chip-ID: 8086:3e9b class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 470.63.01 
           alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f91 class-ID: 0300 
           Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-11:2 chip-ID: 13d3:56a2 
           class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: modesetting,nvidia 
           alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") s-diag: 582mm (22.9") 
           Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 120 dpi: 142 size: 344x194mm (13.5x7.6") diag: 395mm (15.5") 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.1 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: ASUSTeK driver: sof-audio-pci 
           alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.61-1-MANJARO running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no 
           Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes 
           Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.34 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 5000 bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:a370 
           class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter> 
           IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter> 
           IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link 
           Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 
           bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-1: docker0 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter> 
           IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> 
           IP v6: <filter> scope: link 
           IF-ID-2: veth8c42cf5 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-3: vethf72fdb2 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:3 
           chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001 
           Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends 
Logical:   Message: No logical block device data found. 
RAID:      Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 port: 5060 bus-ID: 00:17.0 
           chip-ID: 8086.282a rev: 10 class-ID: 0104 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 491.44 GiB (52.8%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10SPZX-11Z10T0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: 
           physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT 
           Message: No optical or floppy data found. 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 268.55 GiB size: 263.28 GiB (98.04%) used: 107.76 GiB (40.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
           maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A uuid: 38845911-dabf-40cf-a0fe-8abe080d3bfe 
           ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%) used: 79.9 MiB (15.6%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 
           maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A uuid: 6BB0-A5B3 
           ID-3: /home raw-size: 662.46 GiB size: 650.99 GiB (98.27%) used: 383.6 GiB (58.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 
           maj-min: 8:3 label: N/A uuid: 599d6bb8-a70e-4e8f-9e25-d0bd29595d48 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 3 GiB used: 38.5 MiB (1.3%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile 
Unmounted: Message: No unmounted partitions found. 
USB:       Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 16 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
           Device-1: 1-11:2 info: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: Video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 
           speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 13d3:56a2 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 
           Device-2: 1-14:3 info: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 
           rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001 
           Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 8 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 59.0 C mobo: 27.8 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2400 
Info:      Processes: 347 Uptime: 1d 23h 18m wakeups: 123 Init: systemd v: 248 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 alt: 10 
           clang: 12.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1563 lib: 373 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.06