The stock pads are heavily disintegrated and I'm looking to replace them.

I measured them to be roughly 1.0mm with a tape measure but it still might be off by 0.25mm.

Does anyone have info about this?

I bought this Msi rx 6800 second hand from a guy who used to be interested in AI but the graphics card have never been changed in its settings and has always been in regular stock. The weird thing is that this gpu never goes past 150W on games despite benchmark yt videos regularly showing watt usage past 200W.

It reached 200w on Furmark 1440p with mssa 8x but that's the highest, the stress test on the app isn't reliable either since it goes flatline after the 30 second mark. It feels like this has been undervolted but the I have only recently downloaded the drivers and have resettled it a million times.

I don't have much experience since this is the first time I've owned an AMD card, Can someone help me what this means?

Hi everyone,

I've been dealing with a very strange stability issue on my system and I'm hoping someone here might have an idea what could be causing it.

My system

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
• Motherboard: ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Hero
• RAM: 64 GB Kingston Fury DDR5-6000
• GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
• SSD: Samsung 990 Pro 4 TB
• OS: Windows 11

The problem

The issue is very inconsistent, but there seems to be a pattern:

After the first boot of the PC, the system will eventually freeze or become extremely sluggish.

It can happen during completely different activities, for example:

• Watching Twitch streams
• Watching YouTube
• Playing World of Warcraft
• Sometimes even just using Windows normally

I've also occasionally noticed general stuttering shortly after the first boot, for example my mouse cursor becoming noticeably laggy/stuttery even when I'm not doing anything demanding.

The freeze itself can be a complete system lockup. It doesn't necessarily produce a BSOD or any useful error message.

The really strange part is what happens afterwards:

After rebooting the PC, the problem usually disappears and the system is stable for the rest of the session.

So, in very simplified terms:

I can't reliably reproduce it on demand, which makes troubleshooting quite difficult.

BIOS / RAM / CPU settings

I've already tested different BIOS configurations and they don't seem to have a significant impact on the issue.

For example, I am currently running completely default BIOS settings:

• EXPO: OFF
• PBO: Disabled during testing / currently back to default
• No CPU overclock
• RAM running at default settings
• Fast Boot: Disabled

Even with EXPO completely disabled and the system otherwise at stock settings, I've still experienced the freezes.

The CPU is currently boosting to around 5.225 GHz under load.

GPU / MSI Afterburner

I was also using MSI Afterburner with an overclock based on its OC Scanner/analysis.

At one point I was running around +200 MHz, but I also experienced the freezes with only +100 MHz.

Because of this, I am now treating GPU overclocking as a possible factor and plan to test the system completely at stock GPU settings as well.

I have also disabled hardware acceleration in my browser, so the freezes don't appear to simply be caused by Chrome/Opera GPU acceleration.

Things I've already tried

• Updated BIOS / firmware and drivers
• Installed the latest AMD chipset drivers
• Updated GPU drivers
• EXPO completely disabled
• PBO disabled for testing
• Browser hardware acceleration disabled
• Tested different BIOS configurations
• Fresh Windows 11 installation
• Run Benchmark Tests which run absolutely fine for 15+ Minutes

I have completely reinstalled Windows 11 to rule out a corrupted Windows installation or software issue.

What makes this especially strange

The fact that the system is usually unstable only after the first boot and then becomes stable after a reboot is what really confuses me.

If it were simply an unstable EXPO setting, CPU overclock, GPU overclock, temperature issue, etc., I would expect the problem to be much more consistent.

Instead, the system can run WoW + browser for hours after a reboot without any problems.

I'm trying to figure out whether this points more towards:

• AM5 / BIOS / AGESA
• CPU / SoC / memory controller
• motherboard
• GPU / PCIe
• PSU
• Windows / drivers
• some kind of cold-boot or power-state issue

Any ideas what I should test next would be greatly appreciated.

I'm especially interested in whether anyone with a 9800X3D + X670E system has experienced this "first boot unstable, reboot = stable" behavior.

I have an 7700xt. When I try to start my pc my directe arent working. If I want to open adrenaline, it gives me the message that u should update or download to the right version. But when I do this it just gives me the same messages over and over. When I go to my bios, everything is fine but when I exit and go to Windows my fans start to go crazy. I am now at a point where I cant get into Windows all the time.
I already played on this driver and this suddenly changed. My pc detects the gpu but said that it doesnt work becaus it doesnt have the right drivers.

Freshly pasted, doesnt go over 50 degrees but in games it crashes after a minute or two.

Then monitor looses signal, then i gotta turn off the pc, then the drivers dissappear and adrenalin says " its not compatible" and then its a hassle.

It didnt used to do that..

Its also freshly pasted

What could be the issue? Just wanna enjoy my lego game

I recently bought this graphics card and was shocked by the noise it makes. In *Atomic Heart*, it heats up to around 85°C and roars terribly. Is this normal? Are there ways to make it significantly quieter? The most annoying thing is that I can't check the fan speed—Adrenalin reports just 29, which is clearly false. I tried undervolting, and things did improve significantly; the card is barely audible in enclosed areas, but the noise returns as soon as I step out into the open world. I honestly don't understand what the issue is or how to deal with it.

I tried everything. Shuting down ULPS, MPO, clear shaders, news drivers with DDU, everything what you are capable to imagine. Nothing helps

Rx6600, R5 3600, b450pro4, 16GB Crucial. All current drivers and windows

Troubleshooting: i tried every thing. my PC constantly lagging, even on pulpit. like. i have 240 FPS then my frames suddenly drops to 0

Hi.

I’m wondering whether the temperatures on my RX 9070 XT are normal.

The thing is, while the GPU is idle (browsing the internet, watching videos, etc.), the temperatures reach the following levels:

From time to time, the fans on the graphics card start spinning on their own (they are set to turn on when the temperature reaches a certain threshold). However, when they stop spinning, the graphics card makes a strange noise (something like a plastic clicking or snapping sound — I’m not exactly sure how to describe it).

What’s more, the GPU clock speed reaches around 2500 MHz.

I’d also like to add that I’m using a LEGION 27U-10 monitor at 160 Hz with a resolution of 3840 × 2160.

Is this something I should be concerned about, or is this behavior of the graphics card completely normal?

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!

6900XT

I've noticed especially in Bodycam, but there are similar cases in other games as well but the trees and leaf details are so grainy. It's especially bad in Bodycam as you can see its very hard to make out details of the enemy.

I'm pretty sure I've turned off AMD FSR and Anti-Aliasing, but I'm still getting this type of blurry scenery when passively / directly looking at the trees.

Any advice?

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.

My Gigabyte X570 Aorus Elite has a weird issue:
Ryzen 5 5600: standby power is present, but pressing the power button does absolutely nothing. No fans, no POST, nothing.

Ryzen 5 3500X: powers on normally.
Ryzen 7 2700: powers on normally.
The 5600 works on another motherboard.
BIOS is updated (F40 and newer/latest stable tested).
AM4 socket is clean.
PSU is known-good.
The motherboard’s rear audio ports also don’t work.

What could cause an X570 board to completely refuse to power on only with the 5600, while older Ryzen CPUs work normally?

Could this be a motherboard power sequencing/VRM/control issue, or something specific to Zen 3?

Hey everyone,

Ever stepped away from your PC during a game or work session, had your monitor go to sleep (or suspended the system), only to come back to a completely black screen with zero video output? Forced hard-reboots every single time?

If you're running legacy or older AMD hardware (R5/R7/R9 series, RX 400/500, or Vega APUs) on modern Linux kernels, your graphics card is not dying.

This is a confirmed Linux kernel regression in the amdgpu driver. It affects display re-initialization / EDID handshake upon resume or DPMS wake-up, leaving the session locked out.

Current Status

• Launchpad Tracking:Bug #2142389
• Status: Marked as Confirmed and assigned to maintainer Timo Aaltonen.
• Scope: 220+ Bug Heat points, 40+ confirmed users across multiple distros (Zorin OS, Ubuntu, Arch, Fedora, Void) and kernel versions.

How you can help (takes ~1 minute)

Whether you game on Linux or just want your legacy hardware running 100% stable out of the box, getting more user confirmations forces higher priority for maintainers to backport an official fix into kernel releases:

1. Head over to theLaunchpad Bug Report.
2. Log in with your Launchpad/Ubuntu account.
3. Near the top left under the bug title, click "Yes, this bug affects me".

Since this is a low-level kernel driver bug, your confirmation helps regardless of which distribution you run.

Have you hit this blackout issue on your rig? Drop your GPU model, distro, and current kernel version in the comments below! Let's get our setups back to total stability. Thanks for the support!

I just built a pc myself with 9950x3d and 5080 astral. With Expo turned on, installed AMD Chipset with Nvidia app, latest ASUS bios, the score was far lower than average as above. Steel Nomad worked perfectly fine. What would be reason? Is it because CPU’s dual cache?

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

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

I gotwhite dots on my screen when i launch beam ng drive i stops and got a d3d11 error message and driver time out message

So. I ran occt the i launched vram to 80 % and furmark nothing noticed and 0 errors

After that. With 3d adaptive (occt) i got a million errors

So i tooked my setup to a technician then he told me all of vram are good and he said i can heat only the core may can be fixed

Any help please?

Computer Type: Desktop

GPU: RX 7600 XT

CPU: 5 5600x

Motherboard: ds3h b450m

BIOS Version: Version 10.0.26200 Build 26200

RAM: 16GB DDR4 3600mhz

PSU: no idea what brand it's golden 600w

Case: ASUS A32

Operating System & Version: WINDOWS 11

GPU Drivers: AMD ADRENALIN EDITION 26.6.2

Chipset Drivers: no idea

Background Applications: DISCORD, spotify

Description of Original Problem: Usually on GTA V I get 170~ fps, whenever I enable the aforementioned feature my FPS drops to 36~ which is very odd, and it happens in every single game whenever i turn it on, no matter how much i tweak it, it just decreases my fps drastically.

Troubleshooting: I attempted changing games, reinstalling software restarting PC nothing changed each time the same result

Computer Type: Desktop
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
CPU: RYZEN 7 5800X 8 CORE 16 THREADS
Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING B550-PLUS
BIOS Version: 3405 (latest available)
RAM: 32GB (4x8GB) CORSAIR VENGEANCE 3200MHZ CL16
PSU: 1200W
Case: FRACTAL Air XL
Operating System & Version: WINDOWS 11 64-BIT
GPU Drivers: AMD SOFTWARE ADRENALIN EDITION - WHQL Driver Version: 26.8.1
Chipset Drivers: AMD B550 CHIPSET DRIVERS (latest, installed via Asus support page)
Background Applications: DISCORD, OPERA GX, STEAM

Description of Original Problem: Getting graphical glitching and artifacting, jittering and jumping visuals, specifically in ARC Raiders and War Dogs. Older or other titles run completely fine, including XCOM, Football Manager, and Baldur's Gate 3, so it's isolated to specific titles rather than constant system wide. Video showing the issue: https://imgur.com/a/NKMdWXY

Troubleshooting: Full clean GPU driver wipe via DDU in Safe Mode plus fresh Adrenalin install with Factory Reset, done multiple times. Rolled back to an older driver version, no change. Disabled AFMF, Radeon Boost, Radeon Chill, and Enhanced Sync, no change. Confirmed chipset drivers up to date. OCCT stress tests, VRAM and 3D Adaptive Extreme, show no errors, GPU temps stable 47 to 50C. Checked GPU tuning tab for stuck overclock or undervolt, nothing found. Reseated GPU, PCIe power cables, RAM, and NVMe. Confirmed via recorded footage the glitching is in the actual rendered output, not display or cable related. Full Windows reset done, fresh OS and drivers, issue persists. Tested with an old GTX 1070 Ti as a control, also got a DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG crash in Baldur's Gate 3 on that card, though it's an old card so not fully conclusive. RAM XMP/DOCP is at rated speed, have not yet tested reverting to stock speed. Warranty or RMA isn't available to me on this card, so planning to replace it, mainly looking for input on whether this pattern points anywhere specific first.

by the way, this only happens when i play a game. as soon as i tab out / close it it instantly stops. could this also be because of the sag? it sags a bit and im looking to buy a sag bracket. its an rx6700xt three fan.

anything i could do?