Display driver amdkmdag stopped responding and has successfully recovered.

Anonymous
2020-10-03T00:20:08+00:00

I've been having crash issues for months now with no solution. I've been able to narrow it down to a windows issue but no solution seems to be available.

At random points during gaming (COD Warzone) the video card driver stops working and then immediately recovers. I get a black screen for around 5-10 seconds and that causes my game to crash. It is extremely frustrating.

I have done clean installs of Windows 10 64bit, tested with both NVidia and AMD GPU's, various video card drivers (up to 1 year old), and various other checks and setting changes.

I'm hoping that someone can please respond to help me figure out what is causing this issue because it is extremely frustrating.

Thank you,

Gregg

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Anonymous
2021-05-10T14:43:53+00:00

Hey everyone, 

I have finally fixed this issue fixed on my PC. I'm so damn happy 😅

Changing my input from DisplayPort to HDMI resolved it. This fixes the crashing completely, even with two sticks of memory in dual-channel mode at full speed 3200Mhz.

This got me curious, since I saw that using HDMI limits my refresh rate to 100Hz. So, I switched back to DisplayPort but forced it to run at 120Hz instead of the full 144Hz. This also runs flawlessly with dual-channel memory and IMO confirms that 144Hz (combined with certain memory configurations) is somehow the causing the crashes.

I've ordered a new DisplayPort cable to see if it resolves the issue at 144Hz, but even if it doesn't I'll be happy with 120Hz since the 5600XT rarely gets above 120 FPS in games I play at 1440p anyway!

I hope this helps some of you.

EDIT: Sorry to hear about your new issue Tyler. I am on the latest Window 10 update and AMD drivers (I now have the full AMD Overlay etc installed) and have not run into that problem.

EDIT 2: New DisplayPort cable has the exact same issue at 144Hz. I can live with 120Hz so it's all good and no more crashes :)

EDIT 3: I other solutions posted online to get 144Hz working. Summary is here: https://evanshortiss.com/amd-driver-memory-lock-timeout

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-01-03T01:05:26+00:00

    got the same issue as everyone.

    Display driver amdkmdag stopped responding and has successfully recovered.

    While playing CoD Warzone. Appears random. Sometimes every day, sometimes not.

    AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

    16GB DDR4-2133

    AMD Radeon 5700

    Display Driver 20.12.1

    Windows 10 20H2

    1920x1080@FHD, 144 hz, ViewSonic XG2405

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-01-03T00:26:25+00:00

    We're starting seeing a trend with 1440p monitors with more than 60hz refresh rate.

    And as for peripherals, do your accessories come with their own management software like Razer, Corsair, Logitech and al., Or some of you have basic plug and play?

    (I've had a blue screen this afternoon triggered by my Razer headset, followed by an AMDkmdag game crash not long after, rebooted, then 2 hours of gaming without any hiccups... I don't know if some kind of bug with my Razer equipment could be the source of my problems...)

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-01-02T23:51:00+00:00

    Ive got a Gigabyte motherboard with Ryzen CPU

    Im running a samsung 1440p 27in 144hz display though.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-01-02T22:32:52+00:00

    EDIT: Changing my refresh rate from 144Hz to 120Hz fixed the issue for me. 

    I'm running at 1440p on a 27 inch 144hz monitor. It's the LG 27GL83A-B.

    I did a full reinstall prior to the 20.11.2 driver since I was having crashes then too, but the reinstall didn't resolve the issue.

    My PC crashed a few minutes ago playing The Witcher 3. It artifacted at first, then the game froze with a buzzing sound and the PC restarted. I haven't had one like that in a while since usually I get the "timeout" error, but the PC had been in sleep mode a few minutes prior to it. Usually I never use sleep mode, but I wonder if it's related to this hard crash.

    We all have MSI motherboards and Ryzen CPUs too?

    Edit: The original author of this post, Gregg, has an Intel CPU and ASUS motherboard.

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