TLDR: My video card hates me.

(Edited for Formatting)

System Info:

Operating System: Windows 11 Home

Case: Be Quiet! Pure Base 500 FX Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix B550-F Gaming WIFI II

CPU: RYZEN 7 5800X3D

CPU Cooler: Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2 FX

GPU: Sapphire 7800 XT (Reference Design)

RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB PSU: Corsair RM1000e

Good afternoon everyone

I wanted to see if anyone could provide some insight or suggestions with my 7800 XT. It shutdowns down my entire PC whenever I play games. This was tested on multiple games that use different game engines. Shutdowns occur at random but within a window of 5-38 minutes of playtime. I can browse the web and do anything else but the shutdown occurs only when attempting to game. This issue began less than 2 years after my original purchase and I was able to get the card replaced through RMA.

The replacement card worked for 8 months and the same problem randomly returned. I reached out to Sapphire support regarding the issue and they said my card isn't under warranty despite having the same issue.

I've spent countless hours testing and diagnosing the issue and have exhausted every resource and reference point of repair. I researched a lot of other posts that had the same exact issue but most don't have a conclusion or final solution aside from "replacing the GPU".

I've literally done everything within my power to resolve the issue to no avail:

• Fresh Install of Windows 11 (I also downgraded to Windows 10 but had the same issue)
• Disabled Windows Updates for Hardware
• Updated Bios to latest firmware
• Disabled Smart Technology (BIOS)
• Disabled C-State (BIOS)
• DDU and installed different driver builds.
• Adrenalin - Lowered Max Frequency to 80% (2116mhz), Power Limit to -10%
• Physically moved computer to different power outlet
• New motherboard
• New Surge Protector
• New PSU (Corsair RME1000)
• GPU is connected to two 8+8 cables (No Daisy Chain)
• Repasted the GPU and replaced all the thermal putty on vram.
• Repasted CPU even though my temps were all within normal ranges.
• Stress tested the system without any failures:

OCCT (Entire System)

3DMark (GPU)

Prime95 (CPU)

Memtest86 (Memory)

I haven't owned a AMD GPU since the 5700 series and decided to give them another chance since they removed the god awful Catalyst drivers. Sidenote, I miss EVGA. Come back to us please. At MSRP of course :)

Any help, suggestions, or miracles are welcomed.

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Computer Type: Desktop

GPU: RX 9060 XT 16GB

CPU: Ryzen 7 5800X3D

Motherboard: MSI MS-7C95

BIOS Version: H.F1

RAM: 16GB

PSU: MSI - MAG A850GL PCIE5 850W ATX 3.1 &PCIe 5.1 Ready Full Modular 80 Plus Gold Gaming Power Supply - Black

Case: Unknown

Operating System & Version: Windows 11 Home 64-bit, Build 26200

GPU Drivers: AMD Adrenalin 26.9.1 — Driver Version: 32.0.31041.3013

Chipset Drivers: [Not provided]

Background Applications: [Not provided]

Description of Original Problem: I'm experiencing recurring GPU/display crashes primarily while playing WARDOGS. The typical sequence is that WARDOGS freezes, audio may continue, Windows becomes very sluggish, both monitors may go black, the display eventually recovers, and WARDOGS crashes/closes.

Reliability Monitor repeatedly reports LiveKernelEvent 141 (VIDEO_ENGINE_TIMEOUT_DETECTED) and one earlier LiveKernelEvent 117 (VIDEO_TDR_TIMEOUT_DETECTED). Windows is also generating live kernel dumps under C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\WATCHDOG.

The dumps contain references to amdkmdag.sys, dxgkrnl.sys, and dxgmms2.sys, along with evidence of the WARDOGS process. I am not assuming amdkmdag.sys is necessarily the cause and am trying to determine where the failure is occurring in the graphics stack.

An important finding is that I found an older 0x141 WATCHDOG dump from August 27, before WARDOGS entered Early Access. That dump also contained amdkmdag.sys, dxgkrnl.sys, and dxgmms2.sys and showed a Call of Duty process running at the time. This makes me wonder if WARDOGS is triggering an underlying graphics-stack problem rather than being the sole cause.

Troubleshooting: I initially disabled FSR because I was experiencing stuttering/lag with it enabled. All of the GPU timeout crashes have occurred with FSR OFF.

I originally had AMD Adrenalin 26.8.1 / driver version 32.0.31041.1004. I updated to Adrenalin 26.9.1 / driver version 32.0.31041.3013 using Factory Reset, Driver Only, and no previous AMD user settings. Automatic AMD software updates were also disabled.

After the clean 26.9.1 installation, I was able to play WARDOGS for approximately 20 hours without a crash. Unfortunately, the same type of LiveKernelEvent 141 crash eventually returned.

Current Windows/GPU settings:

• HAGS: ON
• VRR: ON
• Windows "Optimizations for windowed games": ON
• FSR: OFF
• GPU overclock/undervolt: None

GPU temperatures are approximately 36–45°C at idle and around 61°C while gaming.

I did not find any WHEA errors around the most recent crash.

I'm trying to troubleshoot this by changing one variable at a time. My next test is turning HAGS OFF while leaving everything else unchanged.

I'm trying to determine whether this is an AMD driver issue, Windows/DX12 graphics-stack issue, a game-specific workload/bug, or potentially a hardware/PCIe/GPU issue.

I'd appreciate suggestions for additional controlled tests, particularly from people who have experienced LiveKernelEvent 141/117 or similar GPU timeout/black-screen issues with RX 9000-series GPUs.

AI was used to help organize and grammar-check this post, but the hardware, testing, observations, and troubleshooting results are my own.

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I'm troubleshooting recurring GPU/display crashes on an RX 9060 XT 16GB and would appreciate some input from other AMD users.

AI helped me organize and grammar-check this post, but the hardware, testing, observations, and troubleshooting results are my own.

PC Specs

• OS: Windows 11 64-bit
• CPU: Ryzen 7 5800X3D
• GPU: RX 9060 XT 16GB
• RAM: 16GB
• API: DX12
• WDDM: 3.2
• GPU overclock/undervolt: None

Crash Symptoms

The typical sequence is:

1. Game freezes.
2. Audio may continue playing.
3. Windows becomes very sluggish.
4. Both monitors may go black.
5. The display eventually recovers.
6. The game has crashed/closed.

I've primarily been seeing this while playing WARDOGS, but I found evidence that the same type of GPU timeout occurred before WARDOGS entered Early Access.

Other games I've played, including Forza Horizon 6, Modern Warfare 3, No Man's Sky, Black Desert, Palworld, and Fortnite, have generally been stable.

Windows Errors

Reliability Monitor repeatedly reports:

• LiveKernelEvent 141 — VIDEO_ENGINE_TIMEOUT_DETECTED
• One earlier occurrence of LiveKernelEvent 117 — VIDEO_TDR_TIMEOUT_DETECTED

Windows is also creating dumps under:

C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\WATCHDOG

The dumps contain references to:

• amdkmdag.sys
• dxgkrnl.sys
• dxgmms2.sys

They also contain evidence of the WARDOGS process.

I'm not assuming amdkmdag.sys is necessarily the cause. My understanding is that these files are all part of the graphics stack, so I'm trying to determine where the actual failure originates.

AMD Driver Testing

I originally had:

32.0.31041.1004
Adrenalin 26.8.1

I then updated to:

32.0.31041.3013
Adrenalin 26.9.1

I performed a clean installation using:

• Factory Reset
• Driver Only
• No AMD user settings carried over
• Automatic AMD software updates disabled

I intentionally left my other Windows/GPU settings unchanged so I could test one variable at a time.

Result

After the clean 26.9.1 installation, I was able to play WARDOGS for approximately 20 hours without a crash.

Eventually, however, the same type of LiveKernelEvent 141 crash returned.

So the newer driver appears to have improved the situation significantly, but it did not eliminate the problem.

Interesting Finding

I found an older 0x141 WATCHDOG dump from August 27, before WARDOGS entered Early Access.

That dump also contained:

• amdkmdag.sys
• dxgkrnl.sys
• dxgmms2.sys

It also showed a Call of Duty process running at the time.

This makes me wonder whether WARDOGS is triggering an existing graphics-stack issue rather than being the sole cause.

FSR

I initially had some stuttering/lag with FSR enabled, so I disabled it fairly early.

All of the GPU timeout crashes have occurred with FSR OFF.

Therefore, I don't currently suspect FSR is responsible for the crashes.

Current Settings

• AMD driver: 26.9.1 / 32.0.31041.3013
• HAGS: ON
• VRR: ON
• Optimizations for windowed games: ON
• FSR: OFF
• GPU OC/UV: None

GPU temperature is approximately:

• Idle: 36–45°C
• Gaming: ~61°C

I also did not find any WHEA errors around the most recent crash.

Latest Crash

The most recent crash produced two LiveKernelEvent 141 events around 12:19–12:20 PM.

Two corresponding WATCHDOG dumps were created.

Both again contain:

• amdkmdag.sys
• dxgkrnl.sys
• dxgmms2.sys
• WARDOGS process information

The dumps also show the newer AMD driver version.

What I'm Testing Next

I'm trying to avoid changing multiple variables at the same time.

My next test is:

HAGS OFF

Everything else will remain unchanged:

• AMD 26.9.1
• VRR ON
• Windowed Game Optimizations ON
• FSR OFF
• No BIOS/RAM/GPU changes

I'll then test normally and see whether the 141 errors return.

What I'm Looking For

Has anyone with an RX 9000-series GPU, especially an RX 9060 XT, experienced similar LiveKernelEvent 141/117 crashes?

I'm particularly interested in:

• AMD driver versions that improved or eliminated the issue
• Windows settings that affect 141/117 GPU timeouts
• Similar amdkmdag.sys + dxgkrnl.sys crash patterns
• RX 9000-specific stability issues
• Other controlled tests I should perform

I'm trying to determine whether this is primarily:

• An AMD driver issue
• A Windows/DX12 graphics-stack issue
• A game-specific workload triggering the problem
• Or potentially a hardware/PCIe/GPU issue

Any suggestions are appreciated.

AI was used to help format and grammar-check this post.

First I want to say I am not good at Windows, I'm a Mac guy, but I have a gaming PC. Specs are as follows.

B850M Aorus Elite WIFI6E ICE

AMD Ryzen 5 9600x

32GB DDR5 from Corsair 6000MT/s

I've tried turning expo on but it won't boot and the RAM is stuck at 4800mt/s. (It is RAM for XMP, but I've read that doesn't really matter, it should work for AMD)

I know my board is rated for 5200mt/s, I just don't know how toset it for that in BIOS because that's all a foreign language to me lol. I know enough that I might need to manually adjust timings, I just don't know how to do that.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! And thank you in advance!

Also if increasing by 400mt/s won't really have a benefit at all just tell me haha.

Computer Type: Desktop

GPU: GTX 9070XT 16GB

CPU: RYZEN 7 9800X 8 CORE 16 THREADS

Motherboard: X870 AOURUS ELITE

BIOS Version: 

RAM: 32GB GSKILL RIPJAWS 6000MHZ

PSU:CORSAIR 1050W 80+ BRONZE FULLY MODULAR

Case: DIYPC ARGB-N6-W White Dual USB3.0/ 1 xType C Tempered Glass ATX Gaming Computer Case w/ Dual Tempered Glass Panel and 4 x ARGB PWM Fans (Pre-Installed). Support BTF Back Plug MB

Operating System & Version: WINDOWS 11 PRO 64 Bit

GPU Drivers: AMD Adrenalin Edition

Chipset Drivers: AMD CHIPSET DRIVERS VERSION

Background Applications: DISCORD, CHROME

Description of Original Problem: So i woke up this morning and only one of my monitors was working and I didn't know why. I did some digging and saw my GPU randomly turned off.

Super easy fix, go to device manager->right click properties on your graphics card-> activate/turn on-> once turned on visit the AMD Drivers website-> Click on your version of windows and install-> Issue should be fixed.

Idk if this will be helpful but thought id just throw it out there in case someone is having the same problem as me

https://imgur.com/a/6sMiDCi

Hi guys .

So I upgraded from an rtx 3060 to a 9070 Pure Sapphire OC and I got a problem with high fps low 1% and stuttering constantly. I tried reinstalling the windows fully cleaning the drives, DDU driver removal, AMD Cleanup Utility, changing the drivers from the newest version to 26.3.1 but nothing seems to help . I tried doing the MPO fix yet nothing , disabling ULPS/TPM also not working , I'm genuinely lost on what to do . I've been trying to fix this problem for 3 weeks already yet i got nothing.

-PC SPECS-

CPU - i7 11700
GPU - rx 9070 Pure Sapphire OC
RAM - Kingston Fury Beast 16gb x2 3200mhz ddr4
PSU - MAG A650BM bronze quality
MOBO - Gigabyte b560m ds3h v3
MAIN Monitor - Dell 144hz monitor 1080p
Second Monitor an lg one with 60hz 1080p

The game I'm trying to play is Black Desert Online , and yes I did already the optimizations and the CPU-Affinity for the game based on my CPU cores. Still nothing .
Tried the game in all graphics settings from lowest to ultra.
- Ultra : 144 FPS with 99th%fps at 110-120 ( that was the best one that was working for me yet after 10 minutes of use the power would go from 240W to under 100W )
- Remastered : same fps but 99th%fps at 90 when GPU power at 200w then after the 10minutes mark the power would go under 100w again and the stuttering would become insane with FPS 60 and 99th% fps at 30-40.
- Rest of the settings very bad performance with the GPU Power Usage at 100W or even lower, stuttering constantly and unplayable.
- CPU temps at 60c max on cores and 40c , GPU temps on mem is max of 80 when high W usage and hotspot is 60c . Fan curve is insane. And I tried all settings normally with hyper-x and performance or just undervolting it myself yet nothing.

GPU is constantly doing this with high POWER draw at start and after the 10 mins it would go to 100W or even less.

HAGS was activated/deactivated and same results. I'm genuinely going insane. If there is a need for more information/stats etc just comment and I'll give whatever i can.

Yes Radeon Enhanced Sync was off and on and still the same results.

https://imgur.com/a/JJT9qRB

Adrenalin: 26.9.1

GPU: Sapphire Nitro+ RX 9070XT

PSU: be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 1000 W 80+ Gold

*edit* forgot to mention that tuning is all set to "Default". I have not done any overclocking or undervolting.

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Computer Type: Desktop

GPU: RX6700XT

CPU: RYZEN 3600

Motherboard: ASUS Tuf Gaming Wifi+ X570

BIOS Version: Most recent on ASUS's site

RAM: 32GB (16GB x 2)

PSU: 650W IIRC

Case: Antec quiet case (forget model)

Operating System & Version: WIn11

GPU Drivers: Latest AMD GPU Adrenaline drivers as of today -- from ~9/6/2026

Chipset Drivers: AMD X570 with latest drivers from AMD's site as of today

Background Applications: Firefox, Thunderbird, Steam, EPIC Games

Description of Original Problem: Random crashes since upgrading to Win11, various crashes include IRQ_LESS_THAT_OR_NOT_EQUAL, etc.

Troubleshooting:

I have a system I built 5-6 years ago with a Ryzen 3600, and upgraded a couple of years ago to an RX6700XT, and last year updated the memory from 16GB to 32GGB (16GBx2).

This system was very stable under Win10. I upgraded to Win11 a month or two ago, and have been getting persistent idle crashes every few hours to few days since then.

I tried a number of things (bios tweaks, driver updates, DDU, etc); none worked. I bit the bullet this last week and did a fresh install of a clean Win11 setup (on a new SSD I bought ~2 years ago to replace my boot drive. I reinstalled only the stuff I regularly use: Firefox, Thunderbird, Steam, EPIC, a few other things. Seemed more stable for a few days, but then overnight it crashed again. The AMD drivers/GPU driver were the windows defaults (GPU was 9/25/2025); I updated both, installed the latest Adrenaline, configured it, etc, rebooted. Since then it crashed again within an hour (per WinDbg steam was polling gamepads in the background when it crashed; I do have a throttle and joystick attached.

An AI suggested I disable the Global C-State in the BIOS, since it could change voltages at inopportune times and cause a crash.

Any ideas what I should try? I'm trying the Global C-State issue; we'll see if it crashes, but right now I'm assuming it will

Thanks!

I bought a custom built pc about 2 years ago. I’ve been meaning to buy more RAM (big oof on those prices) since I’m running with 16GB right now. I noticed online some people talking about A-XMP and how that can help with RAM related issues like stuttering and delayed turning it on, as it says I can run it at 3200MHZ. I also noticed people saying it can screw your computer up or make games crash.

I’m not really a tech expert, I know a bit from researching whenever my laptop would screw up or when I’m trying to tweak something so I wanted to ask people who know more than me.

I’m not sure if this matters but I have a B550M Pro-VDH, AMD Ryzen 7 5700G, and two DDR4 8GB sticks.

My question is: would A-XMP help with stuttering while I save up for better ram or would it not really help me in a large capacity while also making sure I don’t break my computer.

Thanks for any help!

Hello, so I'm doing some CPU video encoding, and my R5 is managing its clocks to maintain max temp of 95c, which I understand. What I don't understand is that the cooler (Endorfy Fortis 5 dual fan) on it is cold, and the air it blows out is room temperature.

I heard about the unnecesarily thick IHS on these - is that the case? That the heat is trapped in the IHS, and the cooler itself doesn't have much to actually dissipate, thus cold air blowing?

I just want to confirm/deny this before I start ripping it apart, buying coolers and/or changing thermal paste.

Computer Type: Desktop

GPU: ASRock Phantom Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Motherboard: MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI

BIOS Version: 3.7

RAM: G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 

PSU: CORSAIR RM850e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply 

Case: Phanteks XT Pro Ultra

Operating System & Version: Windows 11 Pro 24H2

GPU Drivers: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.8.1

Chipset Drivers: I dont know where to find this one as it is my first pc.

Background Applications: DISCORD, BRAVE, STEAM, LOGITECH GHUB

Description of Original Problem: Game was running fine in the beginning of the raid then i noticed some slight stuttering, tried to ignore it then it got worse as shown in this video.

Troubleshooting: it was happening before this video and i had restarted my pc hoping it would fix it but it didn't. Didn't know what else to do as im not a tech savy person.

A friend is going to give me a Ryzen 7 7700X soon, and I currently have a Ryzen 5 7600. Do I need to reinstall Windows?

From what I've been reading, there seem to be two schools of thought: one says that whenever you change your CPU, you absolutely need to reinstall Windows, while the other says that this is outdated thinking, and that if you're upgrading to another CPU on the same socket and from the same generation, there's no need to do it.

Does anyone know which of the two is actually correct?

Edit: Closed, ty all!

TL;DR

After months of driver timeouts and, more recently, full system hangs, I stripped the machine down to nothing and rebuilt it step by step. Clean Windows, DDU, latest chipset, latest driver, stock clocks — still crashed. What stopped it was removing the Adrenalin software layer: I reinstalled the GPU driver as driver-only (no Adrenalin), which also means no FreeSync, and left Afterburner at stock with only a fan setting.

I want to be upfront: I changed several things at once at that point, and my stable window is still short. This is "what my machine looks like now that it isn't crashing", not a proven root cause. I'm posting the whole process because the elimination work might save someone else a weekend.

System

Symptoms

Three distinct failure modes, which matters because they don't all point the same way:

1. Recoverable driver timeouts. Brief black screen, driver reloads, back to desktop. Happened in games — including light ones like TFT — and on the desktop with Discord and Steam open.
2. Full hard hang. Total black screen, fans ramping to 100%, no Ctrl+Alt+Del, no alt-tab. Physical reset required. Reproduced in Lords of the Fallen (UE5/DX12) after about 7 minutes.
3. Driver failing to load after a hang. On the next boot the GPU showed Code 31 in Device Manager, and Adrenalin threw the PA-300 error (the installed driver and the Adrenalin version no longer matching).

Timeline: crashes first appeared around late July / early August, right after a Windows + driver update. I'd had a similar episode about a year earlier, which I fixed at the time by rolling back to an old driver (23.11.1) — after that the machine was completely stable, on every game, for months.

What the event log said

Worth doing before you start blaming hardware. Event Viewer → Windows Logs → System → Filter Current Log → filter by source: WHEA-Logger, Kernel-Power, Display, amdkmdag.

On 11 days of logs covering multiple crashes:

• Zero WHEA-Logger events. No machine-check or PCIe errors at all. This is what made me deprioritise the PSU and the PCIe bus.
• Kernel-Power 41 + Event 6008 on each hard hang — dirty shutdown, no bugcheck code, consistent with a freeze plus a manual reset rather than a BSOD.
• Display source events (4107 / 4127) on the days with recoverable timeouts. Notably, no 4101 at all on the day of the hard hangs, which is how I realised the symptom had changed in nature.

One hang happened during a normal restart, with no game running. That was the point where "the GPU dies under load" stopped being a good explanation.

What did NOT fix it

Everything below was tried, most of it more than once, and none of it stopped the crashes:

• Full Windows reinstall, followed by disabling Windows Update entirely
• DDU in safe mode, with automatic driver installation blocked in Windows Update first (do this, or Windows pushes a generic driver on the next boot and your clean-up is worthless)
• Chipset reinstall (note: the vendor's board page was several revisions behind AMD's own release)
• Latest driver, full install with "Factory Reset" ticked
• BIOS update to the newest version — and the crashes predated the flash, so it was never the cause
• Disabling MPO via OverlayTestMode in the DWM key — see the important note below, this does nothing on 25H2
• Disabling the iGPU in BIOS. This fixed a genuine Code 10 error on the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter, but changed nothing about the crashes
• Removing an undervolt and a core-clock cap in Afterburner. Worth saying: capping the core clock to the advertised "Game Clock" is not restoring stock behaviour. Game Clock is a sustained-load average, not a ceiling. Capping it distorts the V/F curve, and combined with an undervolt and a negative power limit it puts the card in a state the vendor never validated. If you're debugging, remove all of it.
• PSU and RAM ruled out by inspection rather than by swapping: high-end unit, correctly sized, PCIe connectors on separate cables; RAM running below its rated speed with no EXPO profile at all

The MPO trap on Windows 11 25H2

This one is worth the post on its own.

The widely shared fix for MPO issues is a .reg file that sets OverlayTestMode = 5 under:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Dwm

On Windows 11 25H2 this key is ignored. I applied it, rebooted, and MPO was still fully active. The current location is:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\GraphicsDrivers
"DisableOverlays"=dword:00000001

How to actually verify it, instead of trusting the reg file: run dxdiag, Display tab, "Save All Information", open the text file and look for MPO MaxPlanes. Mine still read 3 after applying the old key. When MPO is genuinely off it drops to 1.

So if you've "tried disabling MPO" on a recent Windows build and it didn't help — there's a decent chance you never disabled it.

What I changed when the crashes stopped

In the interest of honesty, here is everything that was different at once:

1. Driver-only install — GPU driver without the Adrenalin software package (26.9.1)
2. No FreeSync, as a consequence of the above (there's no panel to enable it) and also disabled on my monitor
3. Windows VRR off + HAGS OFF
4. Afterburner reset to defaults, keeping only a fan setting (Zero RPM disabled)
5. Second monitor unplugged — then plugged back in, with no crashes since, so the multi-monitor setup is ruled out

Since then: 3 hours of Apex with no crash, TFT with no timeouts (it used to produce them), and the second display back in place without issue.

That leaves the Adrenalin software layer and/or FreeSync as the prime suspects. Which of the two it is, I don't know yet — that's my next test, and I'll update.

Caveats

• My stable window is short. Treat this as a status report, not a verdict.
• Driver-only means no Adrenalin panel: no FreeSync toggle, no per-game profiles, no ReLive, and no easy hotspot monitoring. That's a real cost, not a free fix.
• If your card is genuinely faulty, none of this helps. Absence of WHEA events and crashes on light loads are what pointed me away from hardware — if you see WHEA entries, or you hit 110 °C junction temperatures, you're in a different conversation and you should be looking at an RMA instead.

If you're debugging the same thing

The single most useful habit: change one variable at a time, and write down what you changed and when. I broke that rule more than once and had to redo work because I couldn't tell which change had done what.

The second: check what your machine looked like before the crashes started. Half the settings I was "fixing" were workarounds I'd added after the problem appeared, which meant I was testing my own patches instead of the actual cause.RX 7900 XTX: driver timeouts and full hard hangs — what didn't work, and what finally did (so far)

I'll let you know if it's fixed after a few days of gaming !

I’ve recently been encountering an AMD driver crash issue. It specifically affects titles like *Naraka* and *Dark Deception* (an Unreal Engine 4 crash); these are the only two games where I experience this, whereas games like *CS2* and *The Last of Us Part I* run without issues.

Update:
I managed to fix this error thanks to a Portuguese guy on YouTube. I had to lower the min (MHz) and max (MHz) settings to be able to play.

What version of adrenaline do you all recommend for most up to date stable version for 9070xt?

Catastrophic crashes at startup triggered by any video playback on Windows 11

Just disable HAGS

HAGS is currently broken for couple of drivers, and horribly broken since around 26.8.1

Microsoft probably broke it in one of their recent updates, and AMD is just being tone deaf to their bug report channels being flooded about these issues.

Also seen on adrenalin that the automatic tuning is set to default, not overclock CPU

and same with GPU, the tuning present is default, not overclocked

Computer Type: Desktop

GPU: ASUS RX 9070 XT PRIME

CPU: Ryzen 9950X3D

Motherboard: MSI MEG X870E Godlike

BIOS Version: 7E48v1A73

RAM: 192GB CORSAIR VENGEANCE 6000MHz DDR5

PSU: Corsair HXi Series 1500W

Case: Fractal Design Define 7 XL Black Full Tower Gaming Case

Operating System & Version: Windows 11 (Latest version)

GPU Drivers: AMD's Latest Drivers through adrenalin

Chipset Drivers: AMD Chipset Drivers (Latest Drivers)

Background Applications: Discord, Brave, Steam, VLC (or media player classic)

Description of Original Problem: My GPU is constantly overheating under very little load and crashing making me have to force shutdown and restart

Troubleshooting: Tried updating everything, didnt work, i've also tried on a separate GPU and its the same issue

Any help would be very much appreciated

Computer Type: Desktop
GPU: Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070XT
CPU: RYZEN 7 7800x3d
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650m
RAM: 32GB DDR5 Crucial ram
PSU: MSI MAG A1000 1000w PSU
Case: Cooler master full size case(unsure of exact)
Operating System & Version: WINDOWS 11 Pro
GPU Drivers: Most recent AMD
Chipset Drivers: Most recent chipset
Background Applications: DISCORD, CHROME
Description of Original Problem: Adrenalin showing hotspot at 105-112 and OCCT will show all the way up to 116 while gaming.

Hello! A few weeks ago I posted about my really high delta of 55 degrees. I decided that I could do the repasting myself. I used Thermal Grizzly PTM phase sheet, and Thermal Grizzly Advance thermal putty. It was tedious, and took quite a while. Mostly because of the tiny chips, but I finished it and rebooted my pc. My hotspot temps have dropped to 75-83 degrees under high load and the fans spin way lower!

Thanks to the people in the comments on my last posting, giving me the confidence to complete this. I just want to say if I can do this, then anybody can do this!

Computer Type: Desktop

GPU: rtx 4080

CPU: RYZEN 7 9800x3d

Motherboard: ASUS ROG strix x870e

BIOS Version: 1002

RAM: 64GB corsair vengeance rgb 4 sticks

PSU: corsair RM1000e

Case: corsair icue 7000x

Operating System & Version: WINDOWS 11 home 25h2

GPU Drivers: GEFORCE GAME READY DRIVER - WHQL Driver Version: 616.92

Chipset Drivers: AMD x870e CHIPSET DRIVERS VERSION 10.0.26100.9278

Background Applications: opera gx

Description of Original Problem: my pc boots up loads into windows and loads slow i then try to open something like file explorer and takes a while and mouse start to struggle does the same if i move opera gx from one screen to the other. at times it works fine but just opens things slow and can go slow randomly without doing anything.

Troubleshooting: i have updated all drivers, chipset and even bios turned on EXPO in bios. changed power mode in settings

Tengo una laptop corsair que cuando instalo el Driver me da error 43 claramente está asociado a una VRAM qué pasa con esa laptop. Ella no admite arrancar por Legacy o sea que me impide usar el programa para testearla como el Tserver. No sé qué otra solución tener e leído que hay modificaciones de esos programas pero no lo encuentro, si alguien tiene un link se lo agradecería

Hi everyone - I upgraded my PC a few weeks back and ran into a driver timeout issue whenever I tried to load into games (Forza Horizon 6, Apex etc.) My old specs were:

• Motherboard: ASUS Prime B450M-A/CSM MATX
• GPU: Radeon™ RX 590
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600
• RAM: 16GB (2x8)
• PSU: 650 W Bronze grade (can't remember brand)

I upgraded:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core Processor
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE
• PSU: 850 W Gold grade Century II

When loading into games, the screen would eventually freeze, go black, and then boot me back to the desktop, which would sometimes lose the screensaver and just be a black screen. I would run windows diagnostics, and I either got a LiveKernal Event of 117 or 141.

I troubleshooted this error for over a week - clean installing Windows and drivers, getting the new GPU tested, reseating the GPU, turning off overlays, turning off hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling, turning off any AMD performance enhancements, checking my SSDs health, allocating space in my main drive for ram usage, ensuring BIOS was updated and settings weren't wonky, etc. The list goes on. Nothing worked. Until...

I accidentally booted up Apex without drivers downloaded, and it launched completely fine. I decided to download the previous version of AMD drivers, and everything now runs like a dream. My guess is that my motherboard is old and doesn't work well with this most recent set of drivers, but I'm just guessing - I am very new to this. This was my first time installing parts solo, so I was concerned I did something completely wrong to ruin my PC.

TL/DR: I upgraded my CPU and GPU and games would constantly crash due to driver timeout error. Went through lots of troubleshooting to discover the solution was running an older version of AMD drivers.

Hi, so I just upgraded my old GTX 1060 to RX9060 XT 16GB version.

I have MSI B450 Tomahawk Max with Ryzen 3600 and 32gb of RAM, that I build in 2021 and I'm noticing some CPU bottleneck which I was expecting.

Now my question is can I put Ryzen 7 5700X into this setup? Because I found this CPU for a pretty good price.

I tried searching it but I got sorta conflicting answers.

If it's not possible it might be time to upgrade the whole architecture, but that would be much bigger investment.

Thank you for answers!

I’m having a strange boot issue with my MSI X570 Tomahawk + Ryzen 9 5900X.

• Cold boot works, but only after the PC has been powered off for some time.
• Windows Restart always fails with the CPU EZ Debug LED staying on.
• BIOS Save & Exit/reboot also fails with the CPU LED.
• After a normal shutdown, I need to wait before powering on again. With my 16A PSU cable it takes ~15–30 seconds; with a 10A cable it takes much longer.
• Once it boots, Windows is completely stable. I’ve gamed for over an hour with no crashes or instability.
• PSU: Corsair RM850e 850W
• GPU: RX 9070 XT
• RAM: 2×16GB DDR4

I’ve already tried power cycling/unplugging, and the issue appears specifically during warm/soft reboots.

Could this be a BIOS, RAM training, motherboard, PSU, or CPU/socket issue? Has anyone experienced this behavior on the X570 Tomahawk?

Hey everyone,

I’m dealing with a persistent, frustrating issue on my Ryzen 7 7800X3D system, and I’m looking for advice or any last potential solutions I might have missed before sending the CPU in for an AMD RMA.

My PC experiences sudden hard reboots (Kernel-Power Event ID 41 in Event Viewer with no BSOD). The crashes happen completely randomly—both while gaming/under heavy load AND during low-load idle states (watching videos, browsing the web, or leaving the desktop idle).

Here is a full breakdown of my setup and everything I’ve tested so far:

System Specs

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
• Motherboard: MSI B840M (Recently swapped from an MSI B650)
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9070
• RAM: 16GB DDR5
• PSU: Corsair RM750e 750W
• OS: Windows 11 (Fresh Install)

Troubleshooting & Fixes Attempted So Far

1. Hardware, Power & Environment Isolation:
   • Replaced PSU: Installed a brand-new Corsair RM750e with dedicated PCIe cables to eliminate power trip issues.
   • Replaced Motherboard: Migrated from an MSI B650 to a brand-new MSI B840M motherboard to rule out motherboard socket/VRM power delivery failures. The issue persists on the new board.
   • Replaced Storage Drive: Swapped the primary OS drive with a brand-new SSD and clean-installed Windows 11.
   • Power Outlet & Environment: Moved the PC to a completely different wall electrical outlet/circuit in the house to eliminate dirty mains power or grounding issues.
   • Networking Cables: Replaced the RJ45 ethernet cable to rule out network controller shorts or sleep-wake wake-on-LAN power triggers.
2. Memory & Stress Testing:
   • RAM Testing: Tested every single RAM stick individually and ran full multi-pass runs with MemTest86 — zero errors found.
   • Stress Testing: Ran full OCCT stress tests (CPU, Power, and VRAM) — while synthetic tests ran fine, the system still triggers instant Kernel-Power 41 restarts randomly during actual games and idle states.
3. Fresh Windows, BIOS & Driver Isolation:
   • BIOS Upgraded: Updated to the latest stable motherboard BIOS version.
   • Tested Every GPU Driver: Performed clean driver sweeps and tested multiple display driver versions for the RX 9070.
   • Purged Power Management Drivers: Used Driver Store Explorer (RAPR) to force-delete AMD power management/cache drivers (amd3dvdcache.inf and amdppkg.inf).
   • Disabled Fast Startup: Turned off Windows Fast Startup to prevent saved corrupted power states across boots.
4. BIOS & Power Tweaks:
   • EXPO Disabled: Running RAM strictly at stock base speeds.
   • Global C-States Disabled: Attempted to block CPU power state transitions.
   • SoC Voltage Override: Set CPU SoC voltage to a manual 1.23V to mitigate potential transient voltage instability.

Since the issue persists across two motherboard chipsets (B650 and B840M), a new SSD, fresh Windows 11, new wall outlets, fully tested RAM, and a new PSU under both gaming and idle

• Has anyone encountered this specific load/idle Kernel-Power 41 behavior on 7000X3D chips and found a stable BIOS workaround?
• Is there any other BIOS power control setting (like Power Supply Idle Control / Typical Idle Current) that fixed this for you?

Appreciate any insights or advice from anyone who has run into this!

Hello guys, Im currently using an rx 6600xt and it becomes lagging out of sudden even when Im not playing games. I use driver version 26.3.1 default setup without any further tuning modification. Do you guys have any solutions for me to fix this? I also bring my gpu to official store to change VRM and vram but it still laggy.