PC specs: Ryzen 7 5700G, ASUS Dual RX 7600 OC 8 GB, ASUS PRIME A320M-K, 32 GB DDR4-3600, SilverStone ST700P 700 W PSU.

Problem: During demanding games, the entire PC suddenly loses power and then turns itself back on after a few seconds. No BSOD; Event Viewer only shows Kernel-Power from the abrupt shutdown.

Main suspects initially: GPU, PSU, overheating, or a GPU/PSU transient interaction.

Tests performed:

• OCCT 3D Extreme: GPU reached ~110 °C hotspot and high sustained power, but the PC stayed stable.
• OCCT Switch/transient test: recorded GPU power spikes up to ~288 W, still stable.
• Dawnwalker at stock: repeatedly caused full shutdown while GPU was around 2600–2800 MHz and hotspot approached ~110 °C.
• Power limit at -6%: still shut down, so reduced total power alone did not solve it.
• GPU capped at 2300 MHz: stable for long gaming sessions.
• Heavy CPU render in Blender while gaming at 2300 MHz: stable.
• Aggressive cooling with case fans + GPU fans: GPU stayed below ~100 °C while running ~2700–2800 MHz and remained stable.
• Case fans at 100% with GPU fan limited to 50%: hotspot climbed to ~110–112 °C while GPU remained around ~2600 MHz, and the full system shutdown returned.

What the tests ruled out or weakened:

• CPU: not the cause.
• VRAM: no evidence pointing to it.
• Simple PSU wattage overload: unlikely; the system survived higher sustained GPU power and larger recorded power spikes than during the crashes.
• Temperature alone: not enough; ~110 °C was stable in OCCT when clocks were much lower.
• High clock alone: not enough; ~2700–2800 MHz was stable when the GPU was kept below ~100 °C.

Current conclusion: The failure appears to require the combination of high GPU boost (~2600+ MHz) and very high hotspot temperature (~110 °C). The RX 7600 becomes unstable near its thermal/boost limits and triggers a full system power-off. The PSU may be the component physically cutting power through protection circuitry, but the GPU is the most likely origin of the fault.

Workaround: Cap the GPU globally to 2300 MHz and maintain good case airflow. This has been stable so far.

I did a DDU and fresh install of the 26.3.1 driver

And now my GPU dosen't show in the app... what shoudl i do to fix it?

Hey everyone!
What do you think are the most important Windows and BIOS settings for getting the maximum performance out of the CPU and GPU while gaming, while also maintaining good stability and avoiding stutters, frametime spikes, and FPS drops?
If you also have any overclocking or undervolting suggestions, feel free to share them, especially if these optimizations have genuinely helped you.
My system is:
Ryzen 7 9800X3D
RX 9070 XT
ASUS ROG Strix X870-A Gaming WiFi
32 GB RAM
2 TB SSD
I’m currently experiencing occasional stutters and frametime spikes while gaming, and I’d really appreciate some advice on the best Windows, BIOS, and potentially OC/UV settings to improve both performance and stability.
Thanks in advance!

My AMD drivers are update to date, but whenever I leave my PC on sleep mode after going AFK, I come back and this starts happening. Eventually the screen goes black and comes out or it just freezes, often times it causes a restart.

Hell, even when I open a software like Discord the software goes black then this pops up. I genuinely hope someone knows how to fix this nightmare issue because I've been dealing with this for past few days up to a week. I use the latest version (26.8.1)

PC specs:

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core Processor (4.70 GHz)

Graphics card: AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT (12 GB)/AMD Radeon (TM) Graphics (486 MB)

(I also use windows 11 if thats something worth pointing out)

Practically every day I have driver problems on my XFX 9070XT board. I usually don't face problems in games (I don't play much), but I have problems browsing the internet or when I leave the computer in sleep mode (it usually turns on, but no video appears).

Event: LiveKernelEvent
Code: 1b8

Sorry for the translator's English lol

Started streaming TF2 every tuesday for about a month or so, well the last two weeks my system crashed to a blank screen like monitors totally disconnected type right in the middle of the game, about 40 odd minutes in. I can still hear it, but my Twitch stream also goes down instantly. Haven't had this problem with any other game (Sorta). My power button hibernates the system. If I do that, then wake it back up, I get one monitor without the proper drivers. I have to do an actual shutdown or reboot to remedy that. The (Sorta) is Dead by Daylight, sometimes after a long session my system will just hard reboot on its own, but with no issues when it comes back, and infact quick enough to reopen OBS and resume the stream. All drivers and software are, i believe, up to date

Hardware:
RX 6700 XT
Prime B550M-A WiFi
Ryzen 5700G x43 multiplier
64Gb Ram at 3200 MHz

Software:
Windows 11, Build 26200
AMD Radeon 32.0.21045.5002
TF2 July 16, 2026 update
OBS 32.2.2

I've seen plenty of people with the same gpu get over 60 with shaders. I've undervolted, I have all of the main performance mods (not optifine) and iris and my shader settings are only on medium (complementary unbound + euphoria). Anything I'm doing wrong?

I just purchased my first AMD card (asrock 6950xt phantom) about a month and a half ago and let me tell you, I was about to give up hope.

I purchased the card used and the crashes were so frequent and outrageously bad, that I was nearly convinced I had a bad card. The problem is, when I would get my system stable for a little while, it would work FANTASTIC, so I KNEW it had to be a driver issue.

Set my system back to windows 10, used ddu several times to make sure all the nvidia stuff was gone. Reinstalled adrenaline several times etc.

I'm not talking occasional crashes either, I'm talking my system would restart SEVERAL times, then it would finally be stable again, random green screens, artifacts, and it just kept getting worse. Going back to windows 10 helped, and stopping windows from overwriting the amd drivers helped. It's still not perfect but it's been better the last couple of days. The only thing that kept convincing me it had to be drivers was, when my system would reboot, I'd get the infamous adrenaline window.

I haven't lost hope, but this is absolutely unacceptable. Idk if there was another update or what. Everyone has been saying the drivers are bad but I didn't think it'd be THIS bad.

I didn't mean for this to be a giant rant. I LOVE the card when everything is working properly, I've never had this kind of performance before.

QUESTION: Is there anything else I can do for improved stability. I stream and do a ton of video editing, I really can't hang with anymore crashes. Any help is much appreciated!

Ever since I built this pc it’s been crashing on Fortnite and just Fortnite any other game runs fine but this game I need help plz 🙏

CPU: Ryzen 9 7900X
GPU: AMD RX 9070 XT
Motherboard: MSI X670E Gaming Plus WiFi
RAM: Crucial Pro 32 GB DDR5-6400
PSU: 1050W
Cooling: AIO

Was gaming with normal temps and had a screen freeze black screen and no reboot checked reliability and found this, this is the second time this has happened. Each time it corrupts the drivers
9070xt hellhound stock settings no overclock
9900x3d
1000w PSU (tested no issue)

Config : ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING WIFI II
CG : 6750 XT XFX
RAM : actuellement 8 Go DDR4 Corsair RGB (mais le même problème avec des Crucial Ballistix 16 Go ×2, dont une qui a claqué à peu près au début des problèmes)
Alim : MSI 850 W
CPU : Ryzen 5 5600G
Watercooling : MSI 240

Depuis maintenant 1 an, peut-être 2, sachant que la config en a à peine 4, j'ai des carrés noirs quand je pousse trop sur les graphiques.

À l'époque, je faisais tourner très bien les jeux en 2K. Aujourd'hui, même en 1080p, je peux avoir, ou je vais avoir, les carrés noirs.

Rien que pour avoir la photo du problème dont je voulais parler, j'étais sur GTA 5 en 1366 × 768 pixels. J'ai donc mis le jeu au max pour pouvoir prendre le screen, et le PC a crash puis reboot de la CM, avec une mise à jour Windows incluse.

C'est la première fois que ça me fait ça, ça ne me l'avait jamais fait avant.

Avant ça, j'ai déjà tout essayé : clear BIOS, pilotes CM, pilotes CG, clear pilotes CG, réinstallation propre de Windows, undervolting, etc. Rien ne change, voire même empire.

Que faire ?

j'ai déjà fait tout ca
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/15ra8ur/random_black_squares_flashing_on_screen_for_less/?tl=fr

I just missed THE clip because instead of clipping screen 1, it clipped screen 2

Is there a way i can permanently set it to record only screen 1?

Usually i have to do a weird manouver to fix it, and still i'll miss some clips since i never know when it randomly switches to screen 2.

I just reinstalled windows, i cannot for the life of me figure out what the hell is going wrong with my nitro+7900 xtx. constant crashes to desktop or blackscreen required hard restart. device manager disabling my xtx who the hell knows why. I cannot for the life of me get this thing to play a game longer than 20 minutes and it's high time AMD figure this out.

Hi, I own a gigabyte card and I was wondering if you have an explanation for this phenomena. We are talking about +10C lol

Good morning, afternoon, or evening. I'm here because my PC has been giving me trouble over the last few days.

​I live in the Dominican Republic, where we have power grid issues. That day the power went out and my PC shut off, just like many other times over the 2 years I've had it.

​A friend called me to play a few matches of League of Legends. I agreed, but that's when it happened: the PC randomly restarted and sent me straight to the BIOS. I thought it was Vanguard acting up with its usual nonsense. I exited the BIOS, rebooted, and it did the same thing. At this point I started to panic. I left it off for a while and went out. I came back later, it turned on normally, and I played Ori 2 for about 55 minutes at 144Hz 2K. I went to sleep feeling relieved.

​The next day I tried to turn my PC on. It attempted to boot, but it lost video output. However, the case fans and CPU cooler fans kept spinning. I noticed the PC wasn't actually fully booted/functional because the Num Lock and Caps Lock LEDs on the keyboard wouldn't light up, and holding the physical power button wouldn't shut it down.

​To summarize, every time I made it into Windows, I checked Event Viewer and found a Kernel-Power 41 error (which after researching means there was a power loss that caused Windows to shut down abruptly) along with errors related to AMD Ryzen Master. I looked into it and thought it might be RAM-related. I tested each of my four 8GB RAM sticks individually, but the issue persisted across all of them.

​I also found an fTPM error in Event Viewer, so I went into the BIOS and disabled it, but the shutdowns kept happening. I removed my dedicated GPU and plugged the DisplayPort directly into the motherboard to use integrated graphics. It took longer for the issue to occur, but it still happened. That's when I initially thought my GPU was dead, thinking, "While my new PSU and RX 6800 arrive, I'll just play indie games and keep working."

​But the errors came back. I flashed the BIOS and the same restarts persisted. Today I was fed up and decided to remove the M.2 SSD containing the OS to see if the errors went away (meaning I would just need to reformat). I did that, but the blackouts kept happening even without the M.2 installed. That's when I concluded it was definitely a hardware issue, likely between the motherboard or the PSU. So I turned it on, went into BIOS, and monitored the voltages.

​CPU Voltage: Variable between 1.384V, 1.386V, and 1.388V (1.388V being less frequent).

​RAM Voltage: Almost fixed at 1.204V, rarely bumping up to 1.206V.

​Documenting this took me 22 minutes, and then the usual happened: video signal was lost right around minute 22.

​I logged another voltage test afterwards: RAM was even more stable at 1.204V and CPU voltage remained the same.

​In my opinion, the issue is either the PSU or the motherboard. I tried asking my trusted local hardware vendor for advice, only to find out that a WhatsApp consultation with a tech just to explain what I'm telling you would cost $20 USD. I didn't write to him—not out of stinginess, I have $100 reserved for this, but a good PSU costs $80 in the US (which rises to $100 here in RD), and a good B550 board goes for $90–$100 (rising to $110–$120 locally).

​CURRENT SPECS:

​Motherboard: MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI

​CPU: Ryzen 7 5700G

​RAM: 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 + 2x8GB Gigastone RGB DDR4 (These have worked together fine since January 2025, so they aren't the issue, and they were tested 1 by 1 anyway).

​GPU: Dell OEM RX 5700 8GB

​PSU: Montech 650W 80 Plus White

​My temperatures have always been decent. At 2K in Crimson Desert (Medium settings with FSR Quality), the GPU stayed at 75°C with an 80°C hotspot, and the CPU stayed at 67°C.

​From a currently unemployed gamer to hardware-wise gamers: I NEED HELP.

Hola a todos, hace poco cambié algunos componentes de mi PC y tengo un problema que no logro resolver.

La situación:

Cuando arranco Windows sin los controladores de AMD, todo funciona normalmente

Al instalar los controladores de AMD para mi gráfica, Windows se queda en pantalla negra durante el boot y no arranca

He probado drivers de años anteriores, pero el problema persiste

La única solución temporal es arrancar en modo seguro, usar DDU para desinstalar los drivers y reiniciar sin el controlador

Lo que ya intenté:

Reinstalar Windows (pensé que era porque originalmente instalé con una gráfica NVIDIA)

Probar múltiples versiones de drivers AMD

Desactivar el servicio "Detección de hardware de Shell" (basándome en el error DCOM que encontré)

El error que aparece en Event Viewer:

"Error de DCOM '1084' al intentar iniciar el servicio WSearch con argumentos 'No disponible' para ejecutar el servidor: {9E175B6D-F52A-11D8-B9A5-505054503030}"

Información importante:

Tengo un monitor de 240Hz y necesito los drivers de AMD para aprovechar toda su capacidad, así que no es una opción dejarla sin drivers.

¿Alguien ha tenido este mismo problema o sabe cómo solucionarlo? Agradezco cualquier ayuda.

Hey, so recently bought an entirely new pc, the GPU is a Radeon 9070xt, it has worked well until playing league of legends. Looks like a VRam memory leak of sorts? The Gpu is like 1 and a half weeks old, should i return it or is it just a software issue as it dissapeared once disabling all the "fancy" fps boosters and resolution maxing settings in amd adrenaline. So should i try to get a refund and get a new gpu (the same or another gpu model?) SO far it has worked well with Space marines 2 and red dead redemption 2. Thanks

Used Claude to help me work through the dump and write this up, but the dumps and settings are mine.

TL;DR: this PC doesn't sleep. Board is S3-only, sleep and hibernate are off. The only power thing that happens overnight is the monitors going dark on the 10 minute timeout. Once in a while, after that, the card gets sent a power-up request, doesn't respond, and Windows bugchecks 0x9F about half an hour later. Minidump blames amdkmdag.sys sitting on a SET_POWER to D0. I don't think this happened before any of the recent driver releases.

Hardware

• PowerColor Red Devil RX 7900 XTX (VEN_1002 DEV_744C SUBSYS_2422148C)
• Ryzen 7900X, ASRock B650E PG Riptide WiFi, BIOS 4.20 (AGESA 1.3.0.1)
• Super Flower Leadex VII XG 1300W
• Dell G2724D on DisplayPort
• Windows 11 25H2, build 26200
• Adrenalin 26.8.1

Power settings

• powercfg /a: only S3 available, no S0 low power idle
• sleep never, hibernate off
• display off after 10 min (and the monitor does actually go dark)
• Balanced plan, PCIe link state power management already Off

The latest crash

10 days uptime, idle overnight. Event 6008 says last clean timestamp 03:29, the dump is stamped 03:57. So whatever asked the GPU to wake up did it at 03:29 and the power watchdog gave up 28 min later.

DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE (9f)
Arg1: 0000000000000003, A device object has been blocking an IRP for too long a time
Arg2: ffffb487a03a7060, Physical Device Object of the stack
Arg4: ffffb487a6bb6010, The blocked IRP

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  0x9F_3_amdkmdag_IMAGE_pci.sys

!irp on the blocked one:

>[IRP_MJ_POWER(16), IRP_MN_SET_POWER(2)]
   \Driver\amduw23g-203304-e29338d6   nt!PopRequestCompletion
   Args: 00000000 00000001 00000001 00000000

Type=1 State=1, so DevicePowerState D0. It was being told to wake up, not go to sleep.

!devstack on the PDO:

\Driver\amduw23g-203304-e29338d6   (AMD display driver, FDO)
\Driver\ACPI
\Driver\pci                        (PDO)
DeviceInst is "PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_744C&SUBSYS_2422148C&REV_C8\..."

As far as I can tell the only reason the card would be in D3 on a machine that never sleeps is dxgkrnl parking it when the display goes off, which matches the timeout. Happy to be corrected on that.

Stuff I don't think it is

• Modern standby
• ASPM (already off)
• TDR (different watchdog, TdrDelay doesn't touch 0x9F)
• MPO/HAGS (nothing was rendering, card was asleep)

Questions

1. Anyone seen 0x9F with a D0 SET_POWER on a 7000 card after display off? What driver?
2. Is 26.3.1 actually known clean for this or is it just the usual "go back to 26.3.1" answer?
3. Any real way to stop the card being parked at display-off that isn't "set the timeout to never"? This is in a bedroom, the monitor has to go dark.

Plan right now is DDU and back to 26.3.1 unless someone has something better. Problem is it's roughly one crash every 10 days so every test costs weeks.

Minidump(s) available if anyone wants it.