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hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 2:40 PM

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Hello everyone. I have a PC with an RX 9070 XT, and I'm having problems with black screens. Both tabs freeze, but the PC doesn't restart, and the audio continues. I've tried countless things since I've seen that this is a common problem. My GPU is a PowerColor Hellhound with only two PCIe slots. I've noticed that the factory frequency values that Adrenalyn sets are 3300MHz with peaks of almost 3400MHz, with 420W peaks, quite a bit higher than the factory settings. I lowered PowerLimit to -27, and now it's at the manufacturer's OC values, 3010Mhz, 3050Mhz peaks, 340W peaks. What's the result, Adrenalyn no longer restarts constantly (before, just changing the fans caused the application to constantly reset the values), and the black screens seem to have stopped; not a single black screen in six hours.

Does anyone know why Adrenalyn applies these frequencies by default? Is this normal?

young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 2:43 PM

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Deactivate any overclocks and / or tuning you may have applied, including AMD EXPO

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 2:43 PM

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I try it too. I put all stock values and still crashing

young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 2:44 PM

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EXPO is still enabled

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 2:44 PM

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I try with a gtx1070 and all works fine

young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 2:44 PM

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Disable it

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Also send a screenshot of your windows settings -> windows update -> update history -> driver updates

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 2:44 PM

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young sandal EXPO is still enabled

I try with EXPO disabled, 4800mhz

young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 2:45 PM

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EXPO is currently enabled

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 2:46 PM

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In my MSI B850 EXPO in reset values is set to disabled

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No updates

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All updates and GPO are disabled

young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 2:48 PM

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hallow scroll

Uhh, is that the right path?

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Driver Updates

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Not uninstall updates

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 2:49 PM

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I dont have no one installed

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Thats why the option dont appear

young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 2:55 PM

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Hmm

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What's the filename of the driver you installed?

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 2:56 PM

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Now i has the 26.3.1, the filename is "whql-amd-software-adrenalin-edition-26.3.1-win11-b (1).exe"

young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 2:57 PM

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Yeah

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Go to the driver release notes website and download the one linked there

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Should end with "-c"

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Clean install that one.

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 2:59 PM

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i dont undertand you men

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the autodecteteable?

young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 3:02 PM

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No, on the driver release notes website a driver is linked that ends with -c

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 3:03 PM

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ah ok whql-amd-software-adrenalin-edition-26.3.1-win11-c.exe

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i found it, whats the difference between the other installer?

young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 3:04 PM

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hallow scroll i found it, whats the difference between the other installer?

The "-c" one contains the drivers for your Processor's iGPU aswell

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 3:04 PM

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iGPU now is disabled in BIOS. But im going to try it aswell. Leaving the stock GPU values

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And see if it crashes

young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 3:05 PM

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Yeah

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Stock CPU and memory too

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 3:06 PM

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Yeah i have my OC saved in a profile so i can restore it fast if it doesnt work

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Stock values and expo off

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 4:58 PM

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I reset all BIOS settings and reinstalled the drivers using DDU (using the -c command) in safe mode with the network disconnected. After about 40 minutes, I got a black screen. The frequencies shown by HWMonitor while I was playing were still extremely high, peaking at 3400MHz and hovering around 3300MHz. That's 300MHz higher than the manufacturer's OC profile. After the crash, I disabled ZeroRPM, played a quick 5-minute game, and after the game, the configuration had reset and ZeroRPM was enabled again.

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Is it normal for Adrenalyn to apply these frequencies by default?

young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 4:59 PM

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boost clocks always come down to the exact workload

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post a screenshot of GPU-Z with the render test running

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you can start the test by clicking on the questionmark on the right edge

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https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

TechPowerUp

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 5:12 PM

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Now it doesnt come to 3400 but it stil over 3200 all time

young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 5:12 PM

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mind using HWInfo?

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 8:19 PM

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young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 8:23 PM

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hallow scroll

#1496883585494548600 message

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 8:27 PM

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?

young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 8:27 PM

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do that please

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 8:29 PM

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gpu-z has render test integrated?

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Or another like Furmark

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With furmark, the fgrequencies are really low. The problem is on gaming

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And not with all games

young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 8:36 PM

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hallow scroll gpu-z has render test integrated?

yes

young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 8:38 PM

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hallow scroll I reset all BIOS settings and reinstalled the drivers using DDU (using the -c co...

try performing a clean install of 26.1.1 linked below 🔽
https://www.amd.com/en/resources/support-articles/release-notes/RN-RAD-WIN-26-1-1.html

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 8:41 PM

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Look, I'm not going to keep installing drivers like crazy... The problem seems to be with the frequencies. Do you know if the frequency spikes I'm getting are normal? Does that happen with all versions?

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And i already try that version

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And same error

young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 8:43 PM

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was that a clean install?

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 8:44 PM

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all drivers version that i test i do it with clean install

young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 8:46 PM

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still got that driver in your download directory?

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if so, whats the exact filename

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 8:47 PM

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i dont have it, but it doesnt be the -c

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But the problem is the frequencies. Because if I lower the frequency values, Edrenalyn doesn't constantly reset. If I keep the default values, it keeps restarting the configuration.

young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 8:50 PM

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see if your card has a VBIOS switch - if it does, flip it

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and restart your PC after that

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and then take another GPU-Z screenshot

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 8:51 PM

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yes it has

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i try it

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young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 8:57 PM

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okay, see if you still crash now

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 8:59 PM

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Im testing lets see

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https://www.reddit.com/r/radeon/comments/1jdo9ez/hellhound_9070_xt_still_figuring_this_thing_out/

r/radeon

Hellhound 9070 xt - Still figuring this thing out

My 9070 xt, while performing well, had been giving me the odd driver timeout error. It came up several times in Diablo 4 and also once in Forza…

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Probably thats the problem. The OC vbios profile and the bad fraquency mangament of adrenalyn

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 9:41 PM

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It's definitely a matter of frequencies and power peaks. Disactivating the OC profile no longer crashes

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Look at the peaks I had before porencia, and that without crashing

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 9:42 PM

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hallow scroll

Thats the same screenshot

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540W peak…

young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 9:45 PM

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thats normal

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 9:45 PM

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2 pcie 180W pcie 75W

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Its far the limits

young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 9:46 PM

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these are transients

young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 9:47 PM

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hallow scroll It's definitely a matter of frequencies and power peaks. Disactivating the OC pr...

glad to hear that

hallow scroll Apr 23, 2026, 9:47 PM

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When i force the frquency and W come down the graphic looks stable

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You know how can i report it to amd supoort?

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For future optimizarions on updates

young sandal Apr 23, 2026, 10:03 PM

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if anything you'd want to contact your GPU manufacturer for that

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in your case PowerColor

hallow scroll Apr 24, 2026, 9:31 AM

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@young sandal Thank you so much for your replies. I'll probably request an RMA since it's not holding a stable factory overclock. Best regards.

young sandal Apr 24, 2026, 10:00 AM

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hallow scroll <@241217429932474369> Thank you so much for your replies. I'll probably request ...

Has it ever hit more than 3450MHz? If not, then youre good

hallow scroll Apr 24, 2026, 10:02 AM

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Im going to monitor it saving in log file and see what hit before crashing. But its not stable with the OC button on, in silent mode all works fine

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This clearly indicates a problem with the GPU and how it operates at high frequencies. I've seen that there are quite a few RMAs for the Hellhound 9070XT for the same reason.

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