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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

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures

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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
    2021-07-24T11:24:05+00:00

    Well, just in case someone runs into this thread. I found another fix. Turns out that my VRAM locks at 1745 to 1750Mhz when I set my refresh rate to 144Hz, even when not gaming! This is a known issue in the AMD drivers. For some people it just makes their cards run hotter, but I guess it made mine and some other people have crashes.

    After following this YouTube video I was able to create a new custom resolution and refresh rate. This means I can select 142Hz instead of 144Hz. I have gamed at 142Hz for two days now with no crashes. Fingers crossed this has been the solution for some of us all along.

    It's strange since my VRAM still runs around 1750Mhz when gaming as you would expect, so I'm nto sure what craziness the AMD drivers are doing when using 144Hz.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td3mBgE1Dsc

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-06-26T05:48:50+00:00

    Same problem, no solution.

    In my case I don´t have any monitor on DisplayPort, Windows still searching and installing a display on DisplayPort, when it realize that there is no hardware conected then drivers quits. This operation repeats again, while it happens I have black screen but audio still running on game. That is stupid, windows search for a driver on AMD GPU where there is not a display conected. Something on AMD driver is calling that action.

    I have been trying everything, also on RegEdit, PnP, DDU, old windows versions. Nothing works...
    tried on win7, at the beginning it improved but I always reached the same problem.

    On win10 it is more intense.

    Sorry for my bad english.

    My GPU is a Sapphire RX 460, Also I played with no problem before a Windows update, after update it happens once a week, but now it happens every 10 secs, it get worst on any update I do, not possible to use GPU. It 's really frustrating

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-06-24T13:59:51+00:00

    Hi Mate,

    Was having the same issue and sent my pc off for repairs. Turns out it was faulty RAM. Installed new RAM and havent had an issue since. Honeslty have tried everything udner the sun regarding this issue and nothing prevailed apart from the RAM. This was annoying as the PC was telling me its a graphical issue when actually it was something else. I even ran MEM tests to test the RAM and was totally fine. So yeah just try replacing RAM and see how you get on.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-06-18T05:35:00+00:00

    Thanks for drawing attention to this issue. I eventually found that the issue was being caused by my webcam, which had been sending bad data to the GPU for encoding, causing the GPU driver to eventually crash. It's Rofeer branded, and I bought it for an outrageously low price. Turns out it was too good to be true.

    I'd suggest that anyone having this issue try disconnecting their peripherals and hopefully they find that one of them is causing the issue.

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