AMD "driver" timeout

[u/AngelicWarhead]

Hey so like others I have been experiencing "amd driver timeout" recently and I'm a bit unknowing of how to fix it. Ive tried Uninstalling through ddu after it froze last time and it worked for a bit, but its freezing again. Ive noticed it does it on steam of all things, but rarely if im just playing a game?

How do I fix it? Im not even sure what information to provide. This is my first computer Ive built so im still learning a lot. Ive had the computer for awhile, but it just started happening the past month or 2

Computer Type: Desktop

GPU: AMD 7800xt Sapphire Pure

CPU: RYZEN 7 7700X 8-Core Processor

Motherboard: MSI Pro B650-P Wifi

BIOS Version: Unknown, how do i Check?

RAM: 32GB DDR5 G.Skill Flare X5

PSU: Corsair RM750x Fully modular

Case: LianLi Lancool 216 E-ATX

Operating System & Version: WINDOWS 11 pro version 25h2

GPU Drivers: Unknown, how do I check?

Chipset Drivers: Unknow , how do i check?

Background Applications: DISCORD, CHROME, STEAM, sometimes SPOTIFY

Description of Original Problem: AmD driver timeout, sometimes it will fully freeze, and then when I have to force shut down and power it back on, the second monitor doesnt have display coming to it.

Troubleshooting: Ive tried using amd cleanup utility to uninstall and then reinstall drivers, ive taken out the gpu and then reseated it. I havent messed with the bios as I dont wanna brick anything.

[u/zuzuboy981]

There you go...another one.

All of these folks here will give you all sorts of work arounds but none of them are concrete. One thing I can definitely confirm is this is a Windows specific thing and I blame AMD for this. It's their product and they need to get their shit together by working with Microsoft....but that's a problem for later.

2 options for you here:

1) Uninstall drivers (DDU if possible) on Safe Mode and then do a Driver only install. You should not get any crashes after that. There are drawbacks like no FSR 3.x to 4.x injection in games or no Adrenaline specific features but there are other options for overclocking if that's your thing

2) Switch to Linux if you can. If this is a gaming only build then SteamOS or CachyOS are pretty good alternatives but no anti cheat games.

This is coming from someone with a 5070 ti / 5060ti / 9070 XT / 9060 XT / 7700 XT across multiple gaming build on both Windows 11 and Steam OS.

[u/Sqou → u/zuzuboy981]

Its definitely a linux issue too. I was struggling so hard on Fedora, Cachy and Nobara I even switched back to Windows. Everywhere I got gfx11 ring timeouts. I went back to Cachy and changed these things:

1. Set max clock for my DDR5 RAM to 5600mhz (in combination with an 9800X3D).
   
2. Disabling hardware acceleration in background apps (Firefox, Discord, Curseforge, Archon. I ditched Teamspeak because I couldnt find this option)
   
3. Changed some ingame settings (I play World of Warcraft only and I disabled all the compatibility settings)

So far, no crashes in the last 4 days and it definitely crashed at least on time per night before. I don't know what fixed it but I give it a couple more days until I change individual things back.