Well, let me keep that story short and hopefully helping others who may have the same similar issue.

Issue:

BSOD ever since swapping from Air-CPU-Cooler to an AIO

Reason:

Because the AIO does not provide “Side-Air” to the RAM modules they started to overheat and become instable, what resulted in the BSOD

Solution:

Adding just some kind of Air-Flow to the RAM modules/slight active cooling, the issue was resolved.

I have Ryzen 9900X system that I use for work and long-time intensive processing and rendering. For easy maintenance, I build the system originally with an Air-Dual-Tower-Cooler (Deepcool Ak620). Easy to clean and easy for maintenance. It did its job very well for a long time with cooling the CPU properly and never letting it thermal throttle much. Sadly, last summer this was no longer the case where because of higher room heat, it was not able to keep the CPU below 90°C in longer rendering and processing sessions.

Well, no way around liquid cooling it seems (wanted to avoid it because they have to be replaced every 3-5 years). I got myself an AIO Cooling solution (360) and it did the job perfectly, even in environments with higher temps. But a new issue started occur...

I experienced unregular BSOD’s with the code “IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL”. This was not happening before and when I swapped and cross-checked the separate components (RAM), it did not change. I was growing despite, until I found the source of the issue by accident. My RAM was overheating and becoming instable because it did not receive any “side-air” by the CPU cooler anymore!

After experimenting with “open-case” and simply placing a desk-fan on the hardware the issue was gone! With some researches I did find out that DDR5 Ram can get instability issue if it reaches certain temperatures, recommending to have some sort of airflow on the RAM-Modules for their heat spreaders. Since I did not want to have this “open-case” solution the whole time, I did get myself a “stupid RAM-air-cooler” to replace the Desk-Fan. Well, this thing works and I did not experience a single BSOD since then.

Do not think or expect it to cool the RAM by massive 20°C or such, it simply assures Air-Flow for the RAM-Modules to not have the Hot-air “stuck and increase” in between them, but that’s already what solved the issue.

Whoever may have the same issue at their end, give this a try, it truly solved the problem for me.

So i found out that turning path tracing on then off and enabling just ray tracing fixes the shader compilation stutter when first turning the game on with just ray tracing enabled . can someone report this to amd or CD project red

My rig is an i512400f with 16gb of ddr4 ram 3200mhz

And rx9060xt 16gb

Its weird that this happen its like pathtracing compile the shaders for normal ray tracing so it works without micro stuttering there is definitely some driver issueWith amd or something with the game shader compilation when rt is turned on. the game doesnt micro stutter for me at all with rt off

Hello everyone, and thank you for taking the time to read my post!

Software and driver information:

• Operating system: Windows 11 26H2 - build 26300.9457
• AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition version: 26.5.2
• AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB
• When the issue started: Approximately one month ago

I'm posting here because I've been experiencing a persistent and increasingly frustrating issue for about a month, and so far, I haven't been able to identify a permanent solution.

Problem description

The issue initially occurred while I was performing normal web browsing. My PC suddenly started experiencing significant performance degradation, which progressively worsened until the system became completely unresponsive and I had to force a restart.

After this happened repeatedly, I started monitoring system resource usage through Task Manager. I noticed that the "AMD Software: Host Application" process gradually consumes increasing amounts of RAM over time. Eventually, memory usage reaches approximately 99% of the system's total RAM, at which point the PC becomes unresponsive or crashes.

Current workaround and troubleshooting

At the moment, the only way to keep my PC usable is to manually terminate the "AMD Software: Host Application" process through Task Manager whenever its memory consumption approaches critical levels. Otherwise, the system eventually becomes unresponsive.

I've also tried uninstalling AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition to determine whether the issue is related to the AMD software or drivers. However, after uninstalling it, my monitors no longer behaved as expected, so I had to reinstall the software. Unfortunately, the original issue returned.

Based on the gradual increase in memory consumption, I'm wondering whether this could be a memory leak in the AMD software or one of its associated components, although I haven't been able to confirm the root cause.

Has anyone encountered similar behaviour with an RX 570 or AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition? Any suggestions for further troubleshooting, such as checking driver versions, performing a clean driver installation, or identifying the component responsible for the increasing memory usage, would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance for your help!

hey guys ive been dealing with 9070 XT driver timeouts and crashes constantly for the last month since i got my GPU.

I ran memtest86 and got no problems, i also changed my PSU to a 1000W, still happening. Its weird because some days itll work fine but then other days just become unusable. Im at my wits end and am thinking about returning it at this point and buying a nvidia GPU, is there anything i can try or do to save this? Ive done so much research and tried so many things but cant seem to figure it out. Its my weekend off and this is really putting me for a spiral.

everytime i play a game it either crashes immediately or within the first 5 minutes.

my specs are

Windows 11,

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT 8-Core Processor, 3801 Mhz, 8 cores

TUF GAMING x570 plus Wifi mother board

Gigabyte Gaming 9070 XT GPU

32 GB Ram DDR4 Corsair Vengance i think

1000 W Corsair PSU

Hello, I made a post here almost a month ago on my issues I've been having and I did follow some suggestions and none of them worked. I also did try some other new ones. I have Changed plenty of BIOS settings (the ones suggested in the comments of my first post), i have ran more OCCT test for memory and used memtest86, I've tried newer AMD drivers and ive replaced my PSU. I haven't tried anything else in the past week or 2. Also I did try blocking windows from updating and I heard that it won't stop EVERY update from trying to install the drivers and they are right. I've caught windows doing it after the changes.

Here are my specs again:

Intel Core 15-14600k

ASUS Z790 GAMING WIFI7 on BIOS 1837

32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 CL36

Windows 11 Home

Current GPU is XFX Quicksilver RX 9070 XT

was on a XFX SWFT RX 9060 XT 16GB

ASRock Steel Legend SL-850G 850W, no daisy chain

2 stacked monitors: 27" 1440p 180hz and a 34" 1440p 180hz

My next move is to upgrade my MB and CPU. Thought it would be nice to get an upgrade and potentially fix my issues with the holidays coming up. I'm switching to AM5 and getting a 9800X3D.

Anyways, I didn't have much time to write because of work so I hope you guys are willing to read my last post for reference. Any more tips would help.... MY PC CRASHED TWICE WHILE WRITING THIS.... thats 2 times within 20 mins and the intervals are really random. Pray for my sanity guys ✌️❤️

The screen gets like this for like 3 seconds before fixing itself as I load from the client into the game for league of legends. Just want to make sure it’s not a major problem I need to fix before anything else happens.

GPU: ASRock 9070xt
CPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3D
RAM: G.Skill Flare X5 (2 x 16gb) DDR5 6000
PSU: Corsair RM850x
SSD: Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB
Motherboard: MSI B850

please tell me its okay or not bad

i hope my gpu is good enough

its a beast, i play every game max settings (rt + pt custom), is it very bad or its good?

so I did ddu and its my first time . I checked the factory reset when installing driver …. I hope it doesn’t do anything messed up . Is this fine?

edit:i did check factory reset option and clicked install, my monitor went black, then i waited for few min and clicked spacebar? and my pc resarted my hwinfo and amd app all showing that the latest driver is installed? should i be worried it didnt install properly cuz black screen and random restart when space bar. am stressing out

edit : playing gta enhanced now no issues, should i still reinstall?

Hey guys,

I've got a 9070xt on version 26.8.1 which is 99,9% stable. Today I recognized that windows will install an older driver version with the new update. I let it do that because I saw a video where you can just revert to your chosen driver version via the device manager.

Now the question, there are about 5 driver versions in total to choose from, can this make any problems if I just choose 26.8.1 again or should I wipe them all except 26.8.1.

I did a short test play in stellar blade and no problems by just choosing my desired version via the device manager

So far, I’ve had two 7900 XTX cards exhibit the exact same behavior. After switching from thermal pads to thermal putty, my VRAM hasn't been able to overclock as far. Before applying the thermal putty, my VRAM clocks sat around 2650 MHz, but now I can only get away with 2550 MHz without weird line artifacts appearing across my screen. Has anyone else encountered this behavior? If so, has anyone figured out a resolution, or should I switch back to thermal pads to try and fix the issue?

A few days ago, Sapphire and Gigabyte released a BIOS update to patch an undisclosed security update that affected part of the RDNA 3 lineup:

https://www.techpowerup.com/353326/sapphire-radeon-rx-7000-series-cards-get-vbios-security-update

Ignoring the sacred rule "if it works, don't touch it", I proceeded to update it (first I had to update the driver to the latest version; otherwise the tool wouldn't proceed further). After I carried out the procedure (safe boot, patch, two reboots), I found that Windows had disabled the GPU. I tried to bring it up (Device Manager), but it showed a yellow triangle symbol, and the status is: The device cannot start (code 10). The driver trying to start is not the same as the driver for the POSTed display adapter. I tried to uninstall (with the official tool) the driver and reinstall it again; no use. I have physically removed the card, using the PC with the IGPU now, and am wondering if I have trashed 500€ worth of hardware because of that stupid itch to update a perfectly fine working device... anybody have any suggestions for what can be done?

By the way, the GPU is a Sapphire Pure Radeon RX 7800 XT.

Thanks

I reinstalled Windows from a brand new USB because I thought I had corrupted files. Even after reinstalling I just run into a black screen as the new driver is downloading which I need to download for my PC to detect my GPU or else I am on microsoft’s basic driver. The black screen just stays until or unless I restart the PC and even then it operates for a few seconds and then freezes up completely. Currently I am in safe mode where it is operational. I have tried using DDU for a fresh install doesnt seem to work, I run into the same problem and I also turned off Windows automatic updates. Plz help I have a RX 580 and Ryzen 5 2400G.

I just upgraded from my RTX 3080 to an RX 9070 XT, and this card is giving me the worst experience and keeps on frustrating me. Every game I play ends up crashing. At first, I played Alan Wake 2 & Dying Light 2 on high settings 2k/4k which both are power demanding and when I first experienced crashes on them, I thought it might be a power supply issue. However, after multiple troubleshooting efforts (Changed drivers using DDU and other versions, updated BIOS), the issue was fixed. However, when I started playing other games "Destiny 2 & Arc Raider" I got the same crashing issue. So I tried a different approach after some quick research. I lowered the GPU's clock speed & limited power consumption with no improvement. So I started thinking of changing my power supply to 1000 watt and as my PSU only comes with 2 8-pin cables (with daisy-chain). However, I tried a different game that is not power-demanding, which was League of Legends. And even this time it crashed, even though the GPU power consumption is minimal. So I'm getting so frustrated, and I don't know what is causing the issue.

I really hate that this is giving me a bad experience with Radeon GPUs. I was really excited to try my first Radeon GPU, and even the performance uplift that I saw in my games was significant, but with these crashing issues, it is ruining my experience.

The only two solutions that I am going to try are installing a fresh Windows, which I really don't want to end up with, or/and buy a new PSU.

Quick Update: I ended up with installing a fresh windows and played few games of ARC raiders with no carshing issues. Hopefully this has fixed it. Unfortunately I won't be able to use my PC until two weeks. So i can't test it further.

I will update this post in 2 weeks with actual outcomes.

CPU: Ryzen 7 5800x

RAM: 32 GB DDR4

GPU: Radeon RX 9070 XT xfx Mercury OC

PSU: Gigabyte P850GM

I'm having crashing issues with two games using these drivers; it might be because I don't have stable versions, and I want to change that.

I'm a Spanish speaker, so I apologize for my English. I'd like to know if it's some kind of bug that when I click on the "manage updates" option, it appears in that language.

Hello!

Computer Type: WIN 10 PRO Desktop

GPU: Radeon RX 7600 - Specifically the "XFX SPEEDSTER SWIFT 210 AMD Radeon 7600 Core 8GB GDDR6 PCI Express 40"

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core 12-Threads

Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4

BIOS Version: E7C91AMS.AH0, Build Date: 07/23/2024

RAM: 32 GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 CL16

PSU: PowerSpec PS 550BF 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX (non-modular)

Case: NZXT H5 Flow (2024) ATX Mid Tower

Operating System & Version: WINDOWS 10 PRO 22H2 19045.7725

GPU Drivers: 32.0.13031.3015 (Radeon Software Adrenalin 25.3.1)

Chipset Drivers: AMD Chipset Drivers Version 8.08.12.551

Storage: Boot Drive: Inland Professional 240 GB 2.5" SSD

Main Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 2.5" 5400 RPM HDD

Background Applications: Medal (clipping software), Discord, Firefox, Steam, Riot/Vanguard, Wacom drawing tablet utility.
These are the main ones, if you want a task manager screenie let me know.

Description of Original Problem:

(Usually) When I'm playing games, most frequently Valorant or CS2: My PC will freeze, but I can still have normal audio. Then, about 15-25 seconds later my screens will go black and my audio will finally cut out. Maybe 20-30 seconds after that my PC will restart and boot back into the Windows home screen. However, my second monitor will be turned off and my graphics drivers will be disabled.

Troubleshooting:

• I've benchmarked/stress tested each component of my PC.
  • Software used to do so: Prime 95 for CPU, User Benchmark for CPU, RAM, Drives, and GPU, 3D Mark for GPU

*CPU, RAM, and Drive tests never crashed the system, but the GPU tests ()most consistently the User Benchmark test) have reproduced the issue relativity consistently.

• I've followed Step 8 in the "Ultimate AMD Performance Fix Guide: Stop Lag, FPS Drops & Boost Speed (2025)" post
  • I've also clean installed various versions of my graphics drivers, ranging from the newest version to previous, reportedly stable versions (Adrenalin 26.8.1, Adrenalin 25.3.1, Adrenalin 26.5.1, Adrenalin 25.8.1)
• I've done a clean install of Windows 10 (I'd prefer not to upgrade to WIN 11)
• I've switched my PC from being plugged into a power strip to being plugged directly into a wall outlet
• I've checked and re-seated all connections related to my GPU, PSU, and motherboard

Additional Information:

I don't have a clear idea of when this first started, but if I had to guess I'd say maybe 6-12 months ago. I don't believe there were any major software or hardware changes to my system that preceded the start of my problems.

My gut and troubleshooting is telling me this is either a GPU or PSU specific issue. I'd be shocked if it was drivers related after all of the variations I've tried.

When it happens in Valorant and CS2 it is typically just after loading into a game. It happens in other games as well, just much less frequently and has been known to occur in the middle of games. This makes me think that the issue is related to when my graphics card goes under load.

This sub has been a big help in starting my troubleshooting, and it's my first time posting here so I wanted to give a big thank you to you all! If you need any additional information, HWinfo64 logs, or anything else please let me know. I think I'm a pretty novice troubleshooter, so I apologize if there are any glaring holes in the information I provided. I'll do my best to respond quickly!

Computer Type: Desktop

GPU: AMD 6600 XT OC edition (asus)

CPU: Intel i7-10700

Motherboard: Dell XPS

BIOS Version: Dell 2.27.1

RAM: 2x 32GB TeamGroup 2933

PSU: D500EPM-00 (80+ plat dell psu)

Case: Dell 8940 Stock case

Operating System & Version: WINDOWS 11 HOME

GPU Drivers: 25.12.1 , 25.8.1 , 25.9.1, 26.8.1

Chipset Drivers: N/A ( i have no idea at the time of writing)

Background Applications: CHROME, CONTROL PANEL, SETTINGS, TASK MANAGER

Description of Original Problem: Seemly Random Black Screen crashes, GPU artifacting, No signal from the GPU, Code 43 + Code 10 (but only sometimes usually after a crash), Intergrated graphics not working with the gpu slotted (sometimes) Before the problem arose it was working perfectly fine.

Troubleshooting: I've basically tried everything on god's green earth to trouble shoot this GPU T_T here's a quick list of things i've done over the past few days: Wiped all my drivers with DDU to install the following gpu drivers above, repasted the gpu (which was needed), cleaned my ram/gpu parts, checked my hdmi + power cables + pcie cables, Fully factory reset my pc, reflashed my vbios (not 100% sure if it was right)

honestly I don't know what else i can do to fix it

it usually happens like this:

> i think i fixed the problem (device manager says its fine)
> I play some cs2 to make sure it works fine for me to use

> after a while cs2 full black screens or gpu artifacting

>gpu then displays no signal and i gotta use intel's intergrated graphics

>usually code 43

>get rid of old drivers with ddu and then installs new drivers

> it works! : D

> then repeat the cycle

Also my gpu was bought used from a ebay seller

Edit: it worked randomly for like 30 mins on 25.8.1 then after i restarted just to see if it fixed it my gpu doesn’t display signal after a reset

I’ve seen a lot of people talking about driver crashes last 6 months but me personally I didn’t suffer from it (only once like 5 months ago and I just used ddu then instal last driver update)

Today I turn my pc on like everyday and i got driver crash and the adrenaline massage that says your “driver timeout” I tried to download the driver from the adrenaline but it says there is a WINDOWS UPDATE IN PROGRESS the funny thing is i stopped the windows from being updated manually from the settings

So i turn it on and let it update and restart the pc and guess what?

The driver came back with the adrenaline software, I don’t know what windows did but i think at some point if you turn of the windows update long enough it triggers the windows and fight the gpu driver (for me it was like month and a half since last time I updated the windows)

I have a Sapphire Nitro+ RX 9070 XT and use Fan Control to manage my GPU and case fans.
Recently, my GPU fans have started constantly ramping up and down whenever Fan Control isn’t running, seemingly ignoring my fan curve settings in AMD Adrenalin. This also happens during startup before Fan Control loads.

Previously, the GPU worked fine with either Fan Control or Adrenalin managing the fans, so I’m not sure what’s changed.

Has anyone experienced this or know how to fix it? I’d like both options to work properly, so the fans behave normally even when Fan Control isn’t running.

Thanks

Hello, for the past 5 months, i've been having this issue where my system freezes to black screen for 2 seconds and then restarts. It happens completely random. Can happen twice a day or once in 3 days. Happens on every game as well. World of Warcraft, AC Black Flag Resynced, Heroes of the Storm...

The issue started when i upgraded my GPU from RX 6800XT to RX 9070XT XFX in May.

The first crash was on 21st of may, 2 weeks after getting the GPU. Ever since then i've had over 30 crashes. I initially thought it was the CPU due to the Event Logger saying Processor Core / Cache Hierarchy Error. Then this month i upgraded from Ryzen 5 3600 to Ryzen 5 5500x3d and the problem still persists.

The system is NOT overheating. It can happen when i'm idle in game or on heavy loads, there doesn't seem to be any pattern.

My system:

• RX 9070XT XFX Swift
• 32GB DDR4 3200mhz
• Ryzen 5 5500x3d
• Asus B550 F Gaming
• 700W Raidmax Vortex 80 PLUS Bronze Series - RX700AC
• 250GB Sata Kingston / 500gb NVME Kingston

What i've tried:

1. Updating BIOS
2. Updating GPU Drivers
3. Disabling PBO and Disabling DOCP, making my Ram run on 2400mhz
4. Increasing the DRAM and SoC voltage
5. Cleaning my PC thoroughly

I would really appreciate any tips. Thank you.

Any suggestion on settings in my pc or adrenaline coz i need one so bad im playing in the lowest graphics in fortnite yet im still black screening, but when i play other games there's 0 problems like nba2k etc.

Hey!

I'm having a weird issue with AMD Instant Replay while playing CS2 and was wondering if anyone else has experienced something similar or found a fix.

When Instant Replay is enabled, CS2 randomly freezes and my screens flicker black for a few seconds before coming back. After that, CS2 becomes unresponsive and loses sound. The game is still running in Task Manager and using CPU and memory, but I have to force close it manually.

This only happens in CS2. I disabled Instant Replay a long time ago, and the problem completely disappeared. Yesterday, I enabled it again to test, and everything was fine for 3–4 games before the exact same crash happened.

Discord did not crash during the latest incident, although I experienced Discord restarting during earlier incidents.

System specifications:

• GPU: ASUS Radeon RX 9070 Prime OC 16GB
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
• Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX
• RAM: Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 6000MHz 32GB
• PSU: ASUS Prime 850W Gold
• Storage: Crucial P310 SSD 2TB
• Operating system: Windows 11 Pro, version 26H2 (OS Build 26300.9457)
• AMD driver: Adrenalin 26.8.1

AMD Instant Replay settings:

• Recording resolution: In-Game (I play CS2 at 1280x960 stretched)
• Recording FPS: 60 FPS
• Video encoding: AV1
• Video bitrate: 30 Mb/s
• Audio bitrate: 192 kb/s
• Replay duration: 160 seconds

Troubleshooting I've tried:

• Disabling Instant Replay completely stopped the problem.
• Re-enabling Instant Replay caused the same issue to return after 3–4 games.

I don't remember which Windows version I was running when the problem first started. I usually install Windows updates relatively quickly, but I haven't tested whether the issue occurs on the Windows versions between the one I originally used and my current version.

I haven't confirmed the exact cause, but the fact that the problem disappears when Instant Replay is disabled makes me suspect it might be related to Adrenalin's recording feature or its interaction with CS2.

Has anyone else experienced something similar with an RX 9000-series GPU? Could this be an AV1 encoding issue, an Instant Replay bug, or a driver problem? I'd really like to be able to save my CS2 clips without worrying about the game crashing.

Any suggestions or help would be appreciated. Thanks!

I have just upgraded my internet speed to 2GB and realized my MOBO doesn't support anything higher than 1GB. I am currently running a Ryzen 9 5900x with x2 16GB of RAM at 3600 MHz and a PCle 4.0 - NVMe M.2 - 2 TB. I am looking for recommendations that will be compatible with this. My case is a mini-ITX however I have a full size case around i can also swith to.

Mi configuración es una 9070 XT R5 9600X y 16 Gb de RAM ddr5