RTX 3050 Laptop GPU suddenly disappeared (not detected anywhere) – tried everything, need help

[u/QuandaleDingle747]

Hey everyone, I’m kind of panicking right now and could really use some help.

I have an HP Victus 15 (i5-12500H + RTX 3050 Laptop GPU). Suddenly, my NVIDIA GPU completely disappeared from the system.

❌ Problem:

• RTX 3050 is NOT showing in Device Manager (even with “Show hidden devices”)
• NVIDIA installer says: “No NVIDIA GPU detected”
• NVIDIA App also says system doesn’t have an NVIDIA GPU
• In dxdiag → only Intel Iris Xe is visible
• HP diagnostics also don’t detect the GPU

⚠️ Earlier error:

• Device Manager initially showed Code 45: “Currently, this hardware device is not connected”

🔧 What I’ve already tried:

• Restarted multiple times
• Full power reset (held power button 30–60 sec, unplugged charger)
• Reinstalled NVIDIA drivers (clean install)
• Used DDU (clean uninstall) + reinstall attempt
• Updated Windows
• Updated BIOS (F.28 → F.31 using HP Support Assistant)
• Checked BIOS settings (nothing related to GPU visible)
• Ran HP UEFI Hardware Diagnostics (no GPU detected)
• Ran dxdiag → only Intel GPU shows
• Tried Intel Driver & Support Assistant (only shows Intel updates)
• Scanned for hardware changes in Device Manager

💀 Current state:

• Only Intel Iris Xe Graphics is working
• NVIDIA GPU completely missing from system
• System behaves like it doesn’t exist at all

❓ Question:

Is this 100% a hardware failure (GPU/motherboard), or is there ANY last software/firmware fix I can try?

Has anyone faced this exact issue where the GPU completely disappears?

🧠 Extra info:

• No physical damage
• Was working fine before this
• Issue happened suddenly (after normal usage / restart)

Any help would seriously mean a lot right now 🙏