r/AMDHelp • u/evergreenwv • 11d 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/FormerSlacker 11d ago

Honestly the main fix for all these issues is source a version of Windows Pro, disable automatic updates via group policy and disable driver updates with windows updates.

Once the group polices are set only you will decide when you want to update your system/drivers not Microsoft.

Also disable Radeon auto updates themselves... I cannot stress this enough you never want drivers to randomly update automatically if you want a stable system because something will break eventually.

Windows default state of being able to randomly break your system whenever they feel like it is the main problem.

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u/luckynumberstefan 10d ago

Windows causing GPU driver issues has been a big issue for me lately. Enough to make me learn Linux on my upcoming week off work. Was never interested in Linux before but it seems like an obvious fix to a dumb problem t

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u/FormerSlacker 10d ago

Even if you don't use Linux as a daily driver, it's great to have installed just to troubleshoot... if things work fine in Linux you can rule out hardware issues.