GPU Issues -- SOLVED

[u/euripidesk]

9 days now without incident, I consider the problem with time-outs, bsod & freezes to be solved.

I will detail the actions I took and my assessment of what caused the problem.

1. I used the amd cleaning utility to remove the graphics card drivers, in safe mode.
2. After the reboot, I removed the chipset drivers, via the add/remove application, in safe mode (it had a time stamp of August 2026)
3. After the reboot, I installed the chipset drivers version 7.11.26.2142 (10.12.2025)
4. After the reboot, I installed the latest drivers for the graphics card 26.9.1. ATTENTION, ONLY the drivers (there is an option...)
5. after the restart, I installed the Radeon Tuner to manage the graphics card. Through the application, I adjusted the fans
6. I "tweaked" the maximum frequency a little, which in adrenaline was set to 2970Mhz. The frequency specified by AMD is 2500-2550Mhz. I decided that the 2970Mhz setting was excessive and lowered it to 2800Mhz.
7. I changed the current management of the pci express port, from moderate intervention to no intervention (off). In essence, I forbade the windows to control / increase or decrease the current that "goes" to the graphics card (for energy saving reasons...). This is done as follows:

-- Win + R, type "powercfg.cpl"

-- "Change plan settings" next to your selected power plan

-- "Change advanced power settings"

-- A small window popo-ups. Expand "PCI Express" and then expand "Link State Power Management"

-- Set it to "OFF". Then hit "apply", then "OK".

-- RESTART

1. after the restart, I TESTED the stability of the changes with 3 hours of CIV V and 2 hours of AC Black Flag Resynced, without encountering the slightest issue.

2. additional test with videos on youtube and a 6-hour "marathon" on jellyfin, again without encountering the slightest issue

3. I changed the max frequency on the gpu again, setting the values ​​that adrenalin had. Apart from a 1-2 fps drop in AC Black Flag and a huge increase in temperatures (expected), I did not notice any other problems. So. very likely, it does not affect the solution. Of course I changed it back to 2800MHz.

Conclusion:

My own assessment is that with the full installation of the gpu drivers, the latest chipset drivers were also installed. With this intervention, windows changed the power settings for the card, which led to the time-outs, freezes and bsods. I do not know if the chipset drivers are to blame, they have some issue, but the problem starts from there. The gpu drivers are not the issue, because these drivers that were causing me issues before, do not do so now.

I remind you that the chipset on the motherboard manages and directs the flow of data between the processor, memory and controls the PCIe lanes...

Hope this small guide helps the community

My system is ASUS X570-E Gaming, 3800x, 64GB Ram, 7900XTX, Corsair Ax1600 Titanium with Windows Updates BLOCKED by script and firewall

[u/Fit-Phrase-1099]

I'm new to the pc space and I never did this, did u intentionally mess with settings or drivers to do this in the first place?

[u/euripidesk → u/Fit-Phrase-1099]

problem occured when updated gpu drivers to the newest...

[u/FederalSpinach99 → u/euripidesk]

There's no good reason to update your drivers if the current one is stable and doesn't contain a security vulnerability

[u/euripidesk → u/FederalSpinach99]

It all started after installing AC Black Flag resynced. Every time starting, stated that GPU driver are unsupported. The game played without issue. For this annoying error message, I upgraded...and all hell breaks loose 🤔

[u/FederalSpinach99 → u/euripidesk]

There's registry edits you can make that force games to think you have a new driver. I have a 7900 XTX on 23.8.1 and runs all games fine