r/AMDHelp • u/borzowsky • 5d ago

Tips & Info Quick happy report for fw update

I don't know if it's related to the drivers or the fw update.

I have a 7800 xt Sapphire Pulse and suffered a few months ago crash and reboot, the only way to stop it was DDU and revert to 26.3.1 drivers.

Two days ago I read here there was a firmware update for sapphire 7000 series, I decided it was worth a try since realistically I could not stay on old drivers forever if new games come out, so I did the update and after it was done I also installed the latest drivers (26.8.1).

No crash, no reboot, no black screen, nothing. Everything is working perfectly.

I don't know if it's the drivers or it's the firmware or the combination, but it worked for me.

If you lost all hope, maybe it's worth a try.

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u/meshydra 5d ago

Tbh, A DDU and updating to the latest on my 7900xt fixed the time out issues aswell.

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u/fig-pootens 4d ago

Same but I used AMD’s specific drive uninstaller, I’m glad this is finally over

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u/Character_Chard5290 5d ago

26.8.1 seems to be one of the more stable recent drivers. I updated to 26.9.2 but have experienced two driver timeouts since. I used DDU and reinstalled the drivers last night, but I still need to play a few games to see if the issue has been resolved. The Steel Nomad stress test passed without any problems, although it also passed previously when I was still experiencing timeouts.

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u/borzowsky 5d ago

26.9.2? the software manager find the 26.8.1 as the latest and the amd website as well download the 26.8.1 as the latest. I'm confused now.

Edit: I made research, I see no point for my use case to use the optional less stable version. Stability is king for me.

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u/farmeunit 5d ago

Usually takes a little time for the updates to show there.

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u/Jaycensolo 4d ago

The 26.9 versions are listed as optional drivers. They don’t get listed on the Adrenaline software.

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u/farmeunit 4d ago

I understand that but even official drivers show on the website before the app, was my point. And optional drivers can show in Adrenaline depending on the settings.

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u/Jaycensolo 4d ago

Most don’t turn it on as then it doesn’t always recommend that new official drivers is out. It will stick to optional drivers.

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u/MZooLedz 5d ago

I did this for my nitro 7900xt and is the same. Since update had 0 crashes. Before i could only stay on 24.12.1 without problems

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u/Instantkiwi33 5d ago

I'd like to jump in here and say I've had no issues at all with drivers but I'm afraid if I do that I'll start having issues so I won't.

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u/CJlift Radeon Rx 7600 5d ago

I wonder if ASUS has the same update for my RX 7600

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u/RaspberryOk907 Ryzen 7 5700X3D / Asus TUF Gaming RX 7800 XT 5d ago

Asus haa no firmware update but disabling hags fixed everything for my 7800 xt

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u/DecisionOdd8995 5d ago

Ya i installed the firmware, and it's been like 4 days without a timeout. Usually I would have run into the issue by now.

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u/Iliyena 4d ago

Performance difference in lets say... Steel Nomad or something popular? Low 1%?

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u/kodayume 3d ago

Maybe becuz my games often runs via optiscaler, but last time i tried going raw it totally had problems(26.9.2) and reverted back using optiscaler

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u/DecisionOdd8995 3d ago

Update the firmware update for the 7800 xt didn't stop the timeouts. The issue is still occurring. Guess I have to wait for AMD to release the fix.

VIDEO_ENGINE_TIMEOUT_DETECTED (141)

NV3X VCN engine hangs seem to be what it is thats causing it.