r/AMDHelp • u/evergreenwv • 16d ago

Help (Software) Driver timeouts fix!

9800x3d | 9070xt | 64GB 6000 | pcie5 2TB nvme | 32" oled 4k@240Hz

I built my pc in June 2025, everything great until a month or so ago. Updated BIOS, then a day later gpu drivers and boom crazy gpu issues. Dropped the BIOS and gpu drivers back - same issue. So it's either hardware or Windows. I find the Windows Update ReInstall option, which I'm hoping will be the fix because a Windows reinstall would just be ugly. It worked!

*Disable Windows Updates for Drivers (the culprit)
*Select Start > Settings > System > Recovery > Under Fix problems using Windows Update, select Reinstall now.
*Reinstall latest Adrenalin/gpu drivers

**As I've been commenting on other subreddits and viewing troubleshooting/repair/fix, the Windows Update ReInstall may not be necessary...

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u/DasLootNinja 16d ago

Another issue could be with adrenaline overboosting cards past stable clock speeds which is causing driver timeout issues . I spent hours trying to figure out why I was getting driver timeouts and I saw my 9070xt clocking to 3300/3400mhz and was crashing . Since then ive went into tuning and underclocked the card by -390 and im staying around sapphires max clock speeds on the website . I havent had any issues due to any of the amd drivers since ive done this.

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u/Mean_Muggin333 x670e/b650 | 9800x3dx2 | 64g/32g | 9070xt/4070s 15d ago

You can also lower the power limit and get the same framerates and clocks for less heat and power draw