Throwing it out in case anyone faced the exact same issues - it may or may not apply to others.

Specs -
5700X3D + 7900XTX + 128GB DDR4 RAM 4x32

Tl;dr - reinstalling windows helped.

Details -
Opening any random video on my PC and trying to close the media player would either cause driver timeout, or straight up crash the PC and force a restart. This was NOT the case up to a week ago or so when everything was working fine.

Major changes I know happened was a bunch of windows updates alongside AMD updating to 26.8.1 and updated chipset drivers. I thought it could be fixed with rollbacks - didn't work. I tried 26.7.1, 26.3.1, 24.12.1 and even Radeon PRO 26.Q3 (as mentioned in another recent thread here) - none worked. Probably ran DDU as well like 5 times for various different versions - no results either.

Asking Claude for troubleshooting just blamed the GPU and said to RMA it, while half the threads here blamed the memory (which memtest86 showed no errors with, and anyways this PC worked flawlessly up till a week ago) - caused me to suspect the OS next. Kept this (reinstalling OS) as a last resort but glad it worked out for me - shouldn't have been the case (having to reinstall the OS to fix some issue caused by updates is NUTS) - but it is what it is.

Hey everyone! I recently bought an RX 9060 XT (16gb) and I am less than happy with it's performance. In certain games like CS2, I saw a very mild fps jump, and in other games, like Helldivers 2, it performed the same as my old GTX 1080. I have a 1080p monitor, an I9 9900k and 32 gb ddr4 ram. I deleted all nvidia drivers with DDU, I downloaded the latest AMD drivers, what else could I do? How could I improve its performance? Did I do something wrong?
Thank you for the answers in advance.
EDIT: With the help of a professional we concluded that the cpu is a slight bottleneck. After a windows reinstall and many small tweaks (and failing to access BIOS because of a faulty keyboard lmao), it works a lot better and now I'm happy with my gpu. Also here in Hungary, this 9060 XT was my best possible choice for a 16 gb gpu. Thank you all for your patient and supportive replies!

hey guys so I built my first pc around December of 2025 and ever since the start I’ve had stutters on every game every game and ever since I updated the gpu drivers in April I’ve been crashing every week doesn’t matter which drives I roll back too. (From December 2025 to march 2026 I never crashed) once it crashes I am stuck on 30 hz when I boot back up and I have to ddu for it to work back normal.If I force shutoff right before it crashes it starts back as normal which is weird

My pc could be stable for 2-4 days running any games and then out of nowhere it crashes(even on YouTube or Home Screen) I am new to pcs so I tried researching solutions but I feel like giving up.Do u guys think I should send it for RMA ?

Was thinking also of buying a 5060ti just to test if its my gpu of other components

Thanks 🫡

Msi B850 Tomohawk max

V-color Ram 32gb 6000

Sapphire pulse 9070xt

Ryzen 7 7800x3d

Computer Type: Desktop
GPU: Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070XT
CPU: RYZEN 7 7800x3d
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650m
RAM: 32GB DDR5 Crucial ram
PSU: MSI MAG A1000 1000w PSU
Case: Cooler master full size case(unsure of exact)
Operating System & Version: WINDOWS 11 Pro
GPU Drivers: Most recent AMD
Chipset Drivers: Most recent chipset
Background Applications: DISCORD, CHROME
Description of Original Problem: Adrenalin showing hotspot at 105-112 and OCCT will show all the way up to 116 while gaming. PC shuts off while gaming at 4k but lowering to 2k makes it way less frequent.
Troubleshooting: Playing at lower graphics setting to stop the pc from shutting down. New graphics drivers. After buying the card, I installed in my old pc and had this same issue. I then built a whole new pc and the issues persisted. Is overheating the problem and should I RMA this?

Edit: Theres far too many comments to reply to now lol. Thanks for all the replies and help everybody. I’ve been thinking while at work and I’ve decided to RMA the card rather than repasting it myself. I don’t know if I trust myself with something like that. I’m hoping that I just have an older model, and they can fix mine with whatever they’ve done with the newer cards, and be done with it. In the event it comes back with the same issue, then I will attempt it myself. I wish I would’ve done more research on this specific card before buying it and went with something else. Thanks again!

Driver just timed out 9 times within 5 minutes. 6 hours of bf6 high settings 1440p ? No problem. Running 1 instagram page and watching twitch? driver timeout or hard freeze the whole computer. Ive had this problem since buying the GPU in november last year. I tried using every driver to date since then excluding the latest one...same result. The place i bought it from even changed it once, its not a hardware issue.. I thought it was the 650W psu but it doesnt make sense to have 0 timeouts while gaming ever in almost 12 months. Hard freeze that requires PC restart only happens if i leave hte pc open and go do something else, it could happen 30 seconds after or after 10 minutes. Driver timeouts (that do not require restart ) only happens while using chrome or any browser.

Idle power draw is around 40, goes to 15-20 ish if I drop the hz of the second monitor to 60.

I upgrade to r7 5800x3d with gpu gigabyte 9070xt 16 gb. From the first day I install those to my pc I have crashes. Black screen sound stacked and restart. Before I change psu I got WHEA 18 events from event Viewer. After I changed psu to 1200w (found it on discount) I got crashes again when I enable PBO. I don't know why and I don't know if it's only when I open pbo or not. Crashes is on gaming

MOBO: B550 GIGABYTE AORUS ELITE V2 REV 1.5

RAM 16GB CORSAIR 3000MHZ 4 DIMMS. ( MY MAIN RAM IS ON RMA BECAUSE ARE BROKE)

GPU RX 9070XT GIGABYTE 16GB

CPU R7 5800X3D

PSU LIAN LI SP1200 1200W 80 PLUS PLATINUM

Ideal tuning for performance on an asrock phantom gaming 7900xtx oc, I mainly play fps games like cs2 ow and Val

So I’ve had my pc for a while now since 2019/2020 can’t remember exact year but this year March my cooler failed and I had to install a new cooler. My pc is also from pc specialist so I ordered a new one from them, after installing the new cooler my pc had been randomly freezing and restarting ever since then, I could be watching a movie and it’ll freeze or be idle and it will freeze. Ive done a couple of troubleshooting things like getting a new ssd, updating my bios (2025) f19 version, installing new chipsets, installing drivers again, stress test and a couple more. This never used to happen and only started I got the new cooler but also not to mention when they (pc specialist) went through my pc and check the logs/wvent viewer there were may problems that lead to numerous problems, they said the next step would be to try a more recent bios update and if that don’t work I’d have to return it for repairing which I can’t really do right now. I’m looking for all help I can get especially since I work from home

So I’ve had my pc for a while now since 2019/2020 can’t remember exact year but this year March my cooler failed and I had to install a new cooler. My pc is also from pc specialist so I ordered a new one from them, after installing the new cooler my pc had been randomly freezing and restarting ever since then, I could be watching a movie and it’ll freeze or be idle and it will freeze. Ive done a couple of troubleshooting things like getting a new ssd, updating my bios (2025) f19 version, installing new chipsets, installing drivers again, stress test and a couple more. This never used to happen and only started I got the new cooler but also not to mention when they (pc specialist) went through my pc and check the logs/wvent viewer there were may problems that lead to numerous problems, they said the next step would be to try a more recent bios update and if that don’t work I’d have to return it for repairing which I can’t really do right now. I’m looking for all help I can get especially since I work from home

Ever since swapping out my RTX3070 and reinstalling Windows 10, Rocket League cannot maintain a smooth frame cap. It doesn't seem to matter what cap I use, the game feels like I skip frames. It's visually noticeable as well.

CPU: 5800X3D MOBO: Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX V2 (BIOS updated as well as chipset GPU: 9070xt, Driver: 26.8.1 + previous driver RAM: DDR5 32GB

Tuning in Adrenaline has zero impact within RL specifically. I could make the game run smoother if I make the game very ugly to play, making all setting performance. This honestly makes the game hard to look at because it makes distant objects blurry.

I'm not sure what else I can do at this point. Curious if others have had resolutions or the same issue. I've researched a bit and found that older AMD GPU's didn't like DirectX but supposedly that's not a thing anymore. RL is the only game I'm struggling with this GPU. Aside from Stalker 2 crashing the driver once and a while.

Edit: Watching thermals doesn't show any abnormalities. All temps are below 80C at all times.

Computer Type: Desktop
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X (8 Cores / 16 Threads)
Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming A520M
BIOS Version: Latest available BIOS
RAM: 32GB DDR4-3200 (4×8GB)
PSU: [Add PSU model here]
Operating System: Windows 11
GPU Drivers: Latest AMD Adrenalin driver
Chipset Drivers: Latest AMD chipset drivers
Background Applications: Steam, Discord, AMD Adrenalin / MSI Afterburner + RTSS for monitoring

Description of Original Problem
I’m trying to determine whether I have a hardware problem with my RX 9070 XT or if these issues are caused by specific games, drivers, or my system configuration.
I have two different problems:
1. Severe stuttering and frame drops in Red Dead Redemption 2
RDR2 can run smoothly with high FPS, but I experience frequent microstutters and occasional major frame drops, especially in Saint Denis.
The strange part is that the problem remains even when I lower the graphics settings to minimum. The GPU also has plenty of performance headroom at lower settings, but the stutters still happen.
Things I noticed:
GPU usage is often between 80–100%.
Even when GPU usage is near 100%, sudden frametime spikes can still occur.
Vulkan has fewer/lower major drops than DX12, but Vulkan still has microstuttering.
The issue became much worse when I reached Saint Denis.
During some stutters, the reported VRAM usage appears to drop by around 200 MB or more.
I tested a memory pool/stutter fix mod with different pool sizes, but it did not solve the problem.
Lowering the graphics settings did not remove the stuttering.
I am wondering whether this could be caused by a CPU/engine/streaming stall even though the GPU can often be at 100% utilization.
2. Strange lighting/reflection artifact in Resident Evil Requiem
I also noticed a strange rendering issue on a specific shelving unit/open cabinet in Resident Evil Requiem.
The object is mostly in darkness, but some edges or corners appear to be incorrectly illuminated. The lighting/reflection changes when I move the camera.
It does not look like random pixel corruption. It appears to be related to the 3D object and changes depending on the viewing angle.
I attached an image showing the issue.
This made me concerned that there could be a GPU or VRAM problem, but I am not sure because the effect is tied to a specific object and changes with camera movement.

Troubleshooting
GPU tested with OCCT for 1 hour with no errors
No consistent artifacts in benchmarks
Other games and benchmarks generally run normally
RDR2 tested with Vulkan and DX12
Vulkan performs better regarding major frame drops
Tested RDR2 at minimum and high/maximum settings
Tested different FPS limits
Tested a memory pool/stutter fix mod with different pool sizes
Reset/cleared shader cache
GPU is currently running at stock settings
Tested CPU/GPU temperatures and they appear normal
No frequent crashes or driver timeouts
I previously tested a higher VRAM clock in MSI Afterburner, which caused instability, so I immediately stopped and returned everything to stock. I did not increase voltage. The GPU has been stable at stock settings.

Questions
Could the RDR2 problem be caused by CPU/engine/streaming stalls despite the GPU often being at 100% utilization?
Is the Resident Evil Requiem lighting issue more likely a rendering/lighting artifact or something that could indicate faulty VRAM/GPU hardware?
Does the fact that OCCT ran for 1 hour without errors make a hardware defect unlikely?
Could the combination of Ryzen 7 5700X + 4×8GB DDR4-3200 cause frametime problems in demanding open-world games?
What additional tests would you recommend to rule out a GPU hardware problem?
I would really appreciate feedback from anyone using an RX 9070 XT or similar hardware.

Just a lot of dizzying flickering when trying to use three monitors. Seems to be an issue when fullscreening snd unfullscreening apllications

7800XT + Ryzen 7 9800X3D + Mag X870 Tomahawk Wifi

this is a recent issue didn't happen a month ago

Any Ideas?

Hi, I have a Sapphire RX 6700 10GB.

Since I got the card, AMD Adrenalin has always set the default max GPU clock to 2619 MHz @ 1200 mV, with VRAM at 2000 MHz.

The problem is that games crash at 2619 MHz. If I manually limit the max clock to 2100 MHz, everything is completely stable.

I have never overclocked the card. These are the default values shown by Adrenalin.

Why is Adrenalin setting 2619 MHz, and why can't my GPU run at that frequency? Is this normal for an RX 6700, or could there be a hardware/driver issue?

Any ideas?

i tried to uninstal and reiunstall, check drivers etc...

I just bought a ASUS TUF RX 9070 XT and I am having the same issues. I’ve booted into safe mode and used ddu more times than I can count. I have tried the past AMD drivers and taken the gpu fully out thinking I installed it wrong. If anyone can help or have found a solution that would be amazing.

GPU: ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB GDDR6 OC

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 9800X3D 8-Core

Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming B850-PLUS WiFi

RAM: G.SKILL Flare X5 Series DDR5 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) CL36

PSU: CORSAIR RM1000x ATX (Using three official Corsair 8-pin PCle cables, connectors fully seated)

Operating System: Windows 11 Home 64-bit

GPU Drivers: AMD Adrenalin. Issue has occurred across multiple AMD driver versions. (26.8.1, 26.3.1, and 26.7.1) It has crash on all of them under a load and not.

Description of Original Problem:
I am having a recurring issue with my AMD Radeon
RX 9070 XT where the system will randomly black screen. Both of my monitors go black and the computer becomes unresponsive, requiring a hard shutdown.

When I power it back on, the GPU will only output to one monitor. The other HDMI/DisplayPort outputs stop working entirely. The only way I have been able to restore all monitor outputs is to boot into Safe Mode, run DDU, clean all GPU drivers, reinstall AMD Adrenalin, and reboot.

I just bought it a week ago and don’t know if it’s a bad card or a software problem. I’ve booted into safe mode and used ddu more times than I can count. I have even tried taken the gpu fully out thinking I installed it wrong. If anyone can help or have found a solution that would be amazing. Thanks

Hi, about to sell my old mobo. AM5. Found this pin, B4 on the layout i think so it’s a “reserved” pin. Is it snapped or broken i can’t tell

Disabled VRR in Windows. Also increased the TDR delay to 8 but I had no crashes with VRR off alone.

From what I've read windows tries to impose it's own "FreeSync" and that messes with AMD's.

System > Display > Graphics

On advanced graphics options leave hardware acceleration ON and turn Variable Refresh Rate OFF.

GPU: AMD 9070 XT

CPU: RYZEN 7800X3D

Motherboard: MSI X670E TOMAHAWK

BIOS Version: 7E12v1L2

RAM: 32 GB Team Group T-create 3000

PSU: DeepCool PX1000G

Case: Lian Li lancool 3

Operating System & Version: WINDOWS 11

GPU Drivers: Adrenaline 26.8.1

Chipset Drivers: Latest

Description of Original Problem: I switched from a 6750 GRE to a 9070 XT.

There's power, the graphics card lights up, but that's it.

DisplayPort says "no power," and when I boot through the processor, neither GPU-Z, nor HWinfo, nor Adrenaline see the graphics card.

Troubleshooting: I updated the BIOS to the latest version.

I set the startup mode to PCI-E on GEN 4 with AUTO.

I disabled EXPO.

I booted with one stick of RAM.

I downloaded the latest Chipset drivers.

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to diagnose a recurring stability issue with a new RX 9070 XT system, and I’d really like to hear from other RX 9000 owners who have experienced something similar.

At this point I’m mainly trying to figure out whether this looks like an RDNA4/driver/Windows scheduling issue, or if I should start suspecting a marginally faulty GPU.

System:

- Ryzen 7 7800X3D

- ASUS TUF Gaming B850-PLUS WIFI

- ASUS Prime RX 9070 XT OC 16 GB

- 32 GB Patriot DDR5-6000 CL28, EXPO enabled

- ASUS TUF Gaming 850G EVO PSU

- ASUS ROG XG27ACMES, 1440p / 255 Hz via DisplayPort

- BIOS 1681, latest stable version

- PCIe set to Auto

- iGPU disabled in BIOS

Drivers tested:

Originally AMD Adrenalin 26.8.1.

After the first major crashes I used AMD Cleanup/DDU and did a clean rollback to 26.7.1.

Unfortunately, the problem continued on 26.7.1, so it doesn’t seem to be a simple 26.8.1 regression.

Chipset driver is 8.08.12.551. I also found and fixed a previously missing AMD PCI device driver (DEV_14DE), now using AMD PCI driver 1.0.0.90.

Crashes so far:

August 29 – 26.8.1

Complete hard freeze / DisplayPort signal loss.

Windows later recorded:

VIDEO_ENGINE_TIMEOUT_DETECTED (141)

amdkmdag.sys

August 31 – long idle

Complete hard freeze again.

LiveKernelEvent:

A1000001

AMD Watchdog-related entries involving:

amdfendr

dxgmms2 scheduler

August 31 – PUBG, now on 26.7.1

Driver timeout occurred, but this time Windows successfully recovered instead of completely freezing.

Another:

LiveKernelEvent 141

amdkmdag

September 1

Full system freeze followed by automatic reboot.

This time I got a real BSOD dump:

DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION (0x133)

Subtype:

DPC_QUEUE_EXECUTION_TIMEOUT_EXCEEDED

WinDbg bucket:

0x133_ISR_amdkmdag!unknown_function

amdkmdag appears multiple times in the watchdog/DPC path.

What makes this strange:

The GPU seems completely happy under heavy synthetic load.

I ran:

- OCCT 3D Adaptive Variable, 30 min: PASS

- OCCT Adaptive Switch 25% ↔ 100%, 30 min: PASS

- OCCT VRAM 80%, 30 min: PASS

No errors, no TDR, no overheating.

I also played Apex Legends DX12 for an extended session at roughly 300 FPS with high GPU utilization and normal temperatures, completely stable.

So this does not seem to be a simple case of:

"high GPU load = crash"

It can survive sustained high load and rapid load changes, while sometimes crashing during gaming or even after long idle periods.

RAM / EXPO testing:

Because EXPO/IMC instability was another possibility, I ran a full MemTest86 test with EXPO actually active:

DDR5-6000 MT/s

CL28

Result:

48/48 tests passed

4/4 passes completed

0 errors

~2.5 hours

So RAM/EXPO instability has moved much lower on my suspect list.

I also had two crashes of OCCT’s AM5 Margin Probe, but both were the application itself crashing with exactly the same:

c0000005 Access Violation

and exactly the same offset:

0x10D42

while OCCT reported no actual memory errors.

Combined with the clean MemTest86 result, I currently suspect that may be an OCCT v17/preset issue rather than unstable RAM.

Things already ruled out / tested:

- iGPU disabled: issue still occurred

- Chrome hardware acceleration disabled: issue still occurred

- clean driver rollback: issue still occurred

- GPU temperature problem: no indication

- VRAM errors: none found

- sustained GPU load: stable

- rapid GPU load switching: stable

- PSU is 850 W with factory cabling and shows no obvious symptoms under heavy GPU load

I’m not claiming the GPU itself is definitely good. A marginal hardware fault could still behave this way.

Next tests:

My next clean A/B test will be:

HAGS OFF

Nothing else will be changed.

If it crashes again with another 141 / A1000001 / 0x133 / hard freeze, my final driver test will probably be:

AMD Cleanup Utility in Safe Mode → internet disconnected → clean 26.3.1 WHQL Driver Only installation.

If it still happens on that driver, I’m planning to stop troubleshooting at home and send the complete PC back to the retailer for component A/B testing, especially testing with another GPU.

What I’d really like to know:

Has anyone with an RX 9070 XT / RX 9000 series seen the same combination of:

- LiveKernelEvent 141

- A1000001

- amdkmdag

- DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION 0x133

- hard freeze / black screen / DisplayPort signal loss

- crashes during idle or relatively light transitions despite heavy stress tests being stable?

If you did:

Did HAGS OFF help?

Did an older driver actually fix it?

Did replacing the GPU fix it?

Or did the exact same problem continue with a replacement card?

I’ve found a few reports that look very similar, but I’m trying to separate general RDNA4 driver issues from genuinely defective/marginal cards.

Any dump analysis, driver experience, or reports from people who went through an RMA would be very useful.

Thanks!

So I’ve had this 9070xt since release, it’s hotspot has been around 40-50 delta over the global gpu temp. I bought it from casekings. I sent it back to them but they reported no issues. I decided to just udervolt it for a few months and that was better but not great so I decided to take matters into my own hands and open it up but as I was about to open it I found two of the corner screws were loose.

I tightened them up and tested it and to my surprise the hotspot dropped to within 30c delta with a heavy undervolt. I bought some thermal grizzly PTM 7950 and applied it but now after a few cycles my hotspot is sitting around the pre tightening. Does anyone have any experience with this? Any solutions?

My RX 7800 XT recently died and I managed to get my money back. Now Im looking to buy a new card. Im able to get a 9060 XT (even the OC models) for around 550€, or a 9070 GRE for around 570€.

I know the 9070 has more raw power, but since its the "less conventional" GRE version, Im worried about driver support and performance issues in certain games.
Anyone has more experience with this?

PC specs:

AMD Ryzen 7 5700
32GB RAM
850W PSU
MSI Tomahawk B450 MB
2k monitor

Hello!
I encountered a Problem while trying to project my PC on my TV. I couldn't figure out how to solve this after seeing several tutorials. From what I can see it has to be a problem with the gpu driver but idk how to change it. Anyone able to help me? GPU is a AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

Driver Model: WDDM 3.2

Hardware Scheduling: DriverSupportState:AlwaysOff Enabled:False

Displayable: Supported

Graphics Preemption: Primitive

Compute Preemption: DMA

Miracast: Not Supported by Graphics driver

System: Gigabyte RX 9070 XT · Ryzen 7 9800X3D · ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-A GAMING WIFI · 2×32GB DDR5-6000 (Corsair CL30)

The symptom — maybe this is you: - Random driver timeouts: screen blanks for a second and recovers, or a game dies with a D3D11 "device hung / device removed — call GetDeviceRemovedReason" dialog. - Windows logs them as VIDEO_TDR / LiveKernelReports WATCHDOG dumps, faulting module amdkmdag.sys (the AMD display driver). - Happened on every driver I tried (26.3.1, 26.7.1, 26.8.1), clean DDU each time, both driver-only and with Adrenalin. - Looked correlated with overlays (Adrenalin / Steam / in-game FPS counters) — but I also got them idle at the desktop with everything stock, so overlays turned out to be a red herring.

What did NOT fix it: driver rollbacks + DDU, going driver-only, killing every overlay, a −500 MHz max-clock offset, reseating the power cable. Months of it.

What actually fixed it (the part I'd never have tried first): system memory, not the GPU. On my old BIOS, DOCP/EXPO wouldn't train stably, so I'd been limping along on a manual memory tune that booted but clearly wasn't truly stable. I updated my motherboard BIOS (newer AGESA), which wiped my manual settings — so I set memory up fresh, and this time DOCP trained cleanly at full DDR5-6000. I verified it with a full MemTest86 run (multiple passes, 0 errors).

Since then: zero GPU crashes — including with the overlays I thought were the trigger — through hours of Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord and Path of Exile 2, the exact games that used to crash it. Stable for about 27 hours so far and still watching it closely. It really looks like unstable RAM was surfacing as GPU driver-timeouts downstream.

If you're fighting this, before you RMA the card: 1. Run MemTest86 (bootable, several passes). Any errors → your problem is memory, not the GPU. 2. Update your motherboard BIOS to the latest AGESA — RAM training got noticeably better for me on the newer one. 3. Redo DOCP/EXPO on the new BIOS and re-test stability.

Honest caveats: - This is what worked on my system, and I've only been stable ~27 hours so far — early days, not a guaranteed cure. - Some of these cards genuinely are defective — driver-timeouts across every driver is also a known bad-silicon symptom and plenty of people have legitimately RMA'd. If your memory tests clean and it still crashes, that's a real signal to pursue a warranty claim. - I can't prove memory was the whole story — but the correlation was strong and the fix has held so far.

Yes, yes, its another user with drive_time_out problem. So, i will explain my scenario.

!Alert of giant text! For organization, i put a agenda:

Part 1: description of my actual scenario

Part 2: others scenarios of drive_time_out and problems relateds

Part 3: My next steps

Part 4: My setup

PART 1

Well, for a few weeks now, the PC has been showing instabilities.

The one scenario I’m certain about is this: when I change the fan profile in AMD Adrenaline software, the PC keeps running fine, but after being shut down or restarted, it triggers a "driver timeout" and ends up rebooting. I’m positive about this. It’s the same when it wakes from hibernation: a driver timeout occurs, the system freezes, and then reboots. After that final reboot, Adrenaline settings reset to default, and everything returns to normal with no perceived instability. The reboot might be preceded by a system freeze, a delay in opening software that causes a freeze, or it might happen suddenly.

How was this diagnosed? After weeks of stable use across various applications, I decided to tweak the GPU fan curve because monitoring showed temperatures that—while not abnormal—could be improved. So, I set a manual fan curve and disabled "Zero RPM" mode; temperatures dropped by about 10 to 15 degrees. However, after shutting down and turning the PC back on—whether after a short or long interval—it would experience a driver timeout within minutes of use and reboot.

I tested this for three days, consistently forcing that fan profile change (and trying variations, like leaving "Zero RPM" enabled), but the result was always the same. Then, I tested leaving the fan profile alone, and the PC remained stable for four days (until yesterday), when I forced a change to the fan profile and the problem returned. In the meantime, I tried disabling Windows Fast Boot—a solution I saw on Reddit—but that didn't work.

What do the performance/real-time diagnostics show? I’m looking at the data from this morning (following a series of tests I’ve been running since last Thursday to confirm the error in the scenario I described). Since I can't copy the table directly, I’ll organize the data by columns. Each line corresponds to an event.

Critical events:
Windows
Windows
Windows
Windows

Summary:
Windows did not shut down correctly
Hardware error
Hardware error
Hardware error

Date:
01/09/2026 09:00
01/09/2026 08:57
01/09/2026 08:57
01/09/2026 08:57

Action:
The system shutdown that occurred at 08:59:46 on 01/09/2026 was unexpected.
LiveKernelEvent, code: a1000001, AMD_WATCHDOG-20260901-0857.dmp
LiveKernelEvent, code: a2000002, AMD_REPORT_UM-20260901-0857.dmp
LiveKernelEvent, code: 141, WATCHDOG-20260901-0857.dmp

Is this a resume of a chat with GPT, in the past weeks i've seeing many post about drivetimeouts at AMD forums. So, its a long history and i made another posts months ago about other similar scenario.

PART 2

Others scenarios of drive_timeout that i experienced:

"Yeah i have a big problem with instability of my CPU. When i try to format and made a clean install of W11 the system randomly crash at installation process (in any step), i pass 3 days trying to solve and i only can install after change some settings on my bios, settings related with energy transition scenarios of CPU, for resume i deactivate some settings and after that i can install. Its very weird, because in 20 years of PC its never happens, and more weird because the scenario is only with W11, when i try install W10, i don't have any issue. So, after a clean W11 install, i made MemTest with RAM, 3 profiles, more than 12h of tests, and zero erros. So, my best hint is that a problem with AMD drives or Chipset drivers, because all this shit happens after i update my 25.12.1 to 25.6.1, so many problems appears and to solve i resolve to made a clean install of W11. The AMD drive is buggin the interface with CPU and causing erros."

"Yes, after a few tries i update the bios to the last version too, but this don't any effect. The settings that i switched was the GLOBAL C STATE and CPPC, after that i can installed the W11. Yeah, CMS disabled. And the test for RAM was 3, TM5 Serj, Universal2 and Absolut / anta777, no errors. But i don't repeat with Furmark, because at this point i assumed that the problem wasn’t when the CPU or GPU was in full load, but when they need to switch of low load to normal or high load. (hibernation scenario). At games i don't have any problem."

PART 3

If anyone can give me a help, i I would appreciate it. Sorry by the gigantic text, in my mind, with more information the best are the solutions. For now, i will made some tests before a DDU and upgrade for new driver (i'm at 26.6.1), like driver only install or MSI afterburn fan profile.

PART 4

ASUS TUF GAMING B550-PLUS (WiFi) (BIOS 3636) / AMD RYZEN 7 5700G / HYPER212 RGB COLLER MASTER / ASGARD BLACK KNIGHT V1 RGB 2x8GB @ 3600MHz / ASGARD VALKYRIE 2X16GB 3200MHz/ SAPPHIRE PURE RX 7800XT / XPG CORE REACTOR 850W / LEXAR 480GB/ NETAC 512GB / STORAGE (2x SAMSUNG HD501LJ + SEAGATE EXPANSION SCSI 1TB) / 4x WOVIBO ARGB / 3x AKASA VIPER / GABINETE MANCER ANUBIS // BLITZWOLF BW-KB1 / REDRAGON ZEUS / REDRAGON VAMPIRE ELITE / 1x LG LED IPS 29” - 29WK600 / 1x SAMSUNG SYNCMASTER (SA300 - 2263UW) / 8BITDO ULTIMATE 2C / LOGITECH G29 + SHIFT / FIFINE AM8