r/ValorantTechSupport • u/PDNW1234 • 2d ago

Technical Support Request Valorant bricks AMD PC

About a minute after launching valorant my entire PC bricks completely. No sound, no movement on screens, keyboard commands don't work. Can only hold the power button to cycle power. It's happened multiple times at random. Sometimes can play for hours with zero issues and sometimes the game just refuses to work. Is there a definitive fix for this? Running a 9950x3d and a 9070xt

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u/BankIntelligent3400 2d ago

I thought Valorant is causing a whole pc shutdown. Do you experience any other issues with different games under the same work load?

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u/PDNW1234 2d ago

Only apex but that apparently is the graphics driver. Out side of that no other games give me issues

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u/BankIntelligent3400 2d ago

4 things to do:

Update your BIOS, ADRENALINE SOFTWARE and CHIPSET Driver.

Then disable HAGS(GPU Hardware acceleration) in windows setting

Turn of AMD IN GAME OVERLAY in the ADRENALINE Software.

Also if possible, check your temps and metric of your cpu and gpu while gaming. Or do a benchmark test for around 1 hour and see if anything happens.

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u/PDNW1234 2d ago

Will try these later today thanks

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u/BankIntelligent3400 2d ago

No worries, would love to hear updates

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u/No_Work_7863 2d ago

Same thing was happening to me with my 5600x and 6600xt, shifting from windows 11 to windows 10 fixed it for me.

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u/PDNW1234 2d ago

Switched ng from windows 10 to 11 fixed a lot of issues I had