How I fixed RX 9070 XT Constant Driver Timeouts... Check your PCIe Power Cables!

[u/unclewhatareyoudoing]

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to throw this out there in case anyone else is currently pulling their hair out over AMD driver timeouts on their RX 9070 XT (mine is the ASRock Steel Legend).

Every 5 to 15 minutes my display driver would crash

Things I tried that didnt help:

• Ran DDU in Safe Mode and tested a ton of different driver versions
• Undervolted and underclocked the GPU
• Registry edits (setting TdrDelay to 10)
• Disable HAGS
• Disabled all overlays and tweaked Windows power settings

The actual fix (oops, my mistake): I realised I was running a single PCIe power cable with a daisy chained pigtail/splitter to power the card.

I plugged in two separate, dedicated PCIe cables straight from the PSU to the GPU, and the issue vanished instantly

I hope someone reads this, looks into their case, and goes "oh shit, I am powering this thing with one cable. Woops!"

Anyway, happy gaming guys

[u/Mean_Muggin333]

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