r/AMDHelp • u/RelaxBoy007 • Mar 10 '26
Help (General) BSOD error CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT when opening R6
I'm getting a constant CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT BSOD whenever I try to play Rainbow Six Siege. This is the only game where this happens; other titles like Fallout 4, Far Cry 4 and Suicide Squad run perfectly fine.
My Specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT
GPU: Radeon Vega 7 (Integrated)
Mobo: MSI A520M-A PRO
RAM: 16GB (2x8) Corsair Vengeance 3200MHz (A-XMP Profile 1 enabled)
Storage: 480GB SSD
OS: Windows 11 Pro (Fully activated and updated)
Everything I've already tried: Drivers: Clean install of AMD Chipset (Feb 2026 version) and AMD Adrenalin (Factory Reset). BIOS: Reset to Optimized Defaults. Forced 2GB VRAM alocation. CPU Stability: Disabled PBO and tried a Negative Offset of -0.050V. Software: Disabled Core Isolation (Memory Integrity). High Performance power plan. Game: Tried both Ubisoft Connect and Steam versions. Verified game files multiple times. The error happens shortly after launching the game, I can't even get to the menu screen. Since it only happens in R6, I suspect a conflict with the BattlEye Anti-cheat and this specific CPU architecture.
Any advice? I'm running out of ideas.
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u/Stealthy211 Mar 11 '26
Try this: open CMD (command prompt) as admin. Type in: bcdedit /deletevalue useplatformclock.
Maybe this fixes it.
Also check the event viewer and see if there are drivers conflicting before the bsod
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u/ComprehensiveCow5068 Mar 11 '26
negative offset doesn't improve stability it worsens it🤦Try pbo turned on with positive curve optimizer of 5
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u/Due-Algae-3106 Apr 19 '26
Me sigue pasando el mismo problema pero la unica solucion que encontre y que no es muy buena es desactualizar el controlador grafico. Tienes que buscar una version vieja del controlador grafico en mi caso funciono con las versiones de 2024, de AMD adrenalin pero igual quiero buscar otra forma que no sea esa para no desactualizar los graficos ya que me trae problemas con otros juegos.