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5 hours ago, AlaskaBvR said:

Hello. Today my pc has crashed on me 3 time. I have a couple things that are lining up on me.

  1. I crashed during 2 game sessions, back to back. Monster Hunter Wilds (20ish minutes in) then Helldivers 2 (less than 5 minutes in).
  2. Checking Event Viewer shows Critical: Power Failure
  3. Run Furmark and HWInfo and see GPU Hotspot hit 102C before stopping Furmark, core stays below 80C. Fans ramped up to 1800RPM.
  4. Checked GPU for dust and see minimal to none in heatsink, reseat cables on both sides.
  5. Check that Drivers are up to date in AMD's Adrenaline software. Last update from 2/17/26
  6. Ran Furmark again with HWInfo and see core hit 80C and hotspot 105C, fans reaching ~2000RPM before crash. Was about to run Prime 95 before it crashed again. Same log in Event Viewer.
  7. Ran Furmark and Prime95 in quick succession and ran it for a couple minutes before closing them. 

I never had an issue before. To be fair I haven't gamed in a couple months. Paused Windows updates from occurring since 11/17/25. Is anyone else having a similar issue with their AMD GPU and how might I be able to solve this?

  • Ryzen 7 9700x
  • ASUS B650M-E WIFI
  • Corsair 2x16 6000mhz CL30
  • Sapphire 7900xt
  • WD Black SN770 1TB (has my Windows OS that I use for gamebar for my xbox friends)
  • Arctic Freezer III 240mm AIO
  • Cooler Master V850 SFX Gold

Hotspot 110C is max before severe throttling. You need to change thermal paste. You have two options, the cheap one or the slightly more expensive. MX-6, works fine because of the way it dries to prevent pump out. Or Honeywell PTM7950 . Alternatively you can use Thermal Grizzly PTM. Your issue is because of thermal paste pump out which is a thing on 7900/6900 series cards.

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Hello. Today my pc has crashed on me 3 time. I have a couple things that are lining up on me.

  1. I crashed during 2 game sessions, back to back. Monster Hunter Wilds (20ish minutes in) then Helldivers 2 (less than 5 minutes in).
  2. Checking Event Viewer shows Critical: Power Failure
  3. Run Furmark and HWInfo and see GPU Hotspot hit 102C before stopping Furmark, core stays below 80C. Fans ramped up to 1800RPM.
  4. Checked GPU for dust and see minimal to none in heatsink, reseat cables on both sides.
  5. Check that Drivers are up to date in AMD's Adrenaline software. Last update from 2/17/26
  6. Ran Furmark again with HWInfo and see core hit 80C and hotspot 105C, fans reaching ~2000RPM before crash. Was about to run Prime 95 before it crashed again. Same log in Event Viewer.
  7. Ran Furmark and Prime95 in quick succession and ran it for a couple minutes before closing them. 

I never had an issue before. To be fair I haven't gamed in a couple months. Paused Windows updates from occurring since 11/17/25. Is anyone else having a similar issue with their AMD GPU and how might I be able to solve this?

  • Ryzen 7 9700x
  • ASUS B650M-E WIFI
  • Corsair 2x16 6000mhz CL30
  • Sapphire 7900xt
  • WD Black SN770 1TB (has my Windows OS that I use for gamebar for my xbox friends)
  • Arctic Freezer III 240mm AIO
  • Cooler Master V850 SFX Gold
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1 hour ago, AlaskaBvR said:

never had an issue before. To be fair I haven't gamed in a couple months. Paused Windows updates from occurring since 11/17/25.

Does AMD software give you the option to roll back to the previous driver? It's possible your system is not happy with the current version 

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5 hours ago, AlaskaBvR said:

Hello. Today my pc has crashed on me 3 time. I have a couple things that are lining up on me.

  1. I crashed during 2 game sessions, back to back. Monster Hunter Wilds (20ish minutes in) then Helldivers 2 (less than 5 minutes in).
  2. Checking Event Viewer shows Critical: Power Failure
  3. Run Furmark and HWInfo and see GPU Hotspot hit 102C before stopping Furmark, core stays below 80C. Fans ramped up to 1800RPM.
  4. Checked GPU for dust and see minimal to none in heatsink, reseat cables on both sides.
  5. Check that Drivers are up to date in AMD's Adrenaline software. Last update from 2/17/26
  6. Ran Furmark again with HWInfo and see core hit 80C and hotspot 105C, fans reaching ~2000RPM before crash. Was about to run Prime 95 before it crashed again. Same log in Event Viewer.
  7. Ran Furmark and Prime95 in quick succession and ran it for a couple minutes before closing them. 

I never had an issue before. To be fair I haven't gamed in a couple months. Paused Windows updates from occurring since 11/17/25. Is anyone else having a similar issue with their AMD GPU and how might I be able to solve this?

  • Ryzen 7 9700x
  • ASUS B650M-E WIFI
  • Corsair 2x16 6000mhz CL30
  • Sapphire 7900xt
  • WD Black SN770 1TB (has my Windows OS that I use for gamebar for my xbox friends)
  • Arctic Freezer III 240mm AIO
  • Cooler Master V850 SFX Gold

Hotspot 110C is max before severe throttling. You need to change thermal paste. You have two options, the cheap one or the slightly more expensive. MX-6, works fine because of the way it dries to prevent pump out. Or Honeywell PTM7950 . Alternatively you can use Thermal Grizzly PTM. Your issue is because of thermal paste pump out which is a thing on 7900/6900 series cards.

Gaming PC:

CPU: Ryzen 5800X3D | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 Elite V2 | RAM: Crucial 2x16gb, 3200  JEDEC. | PSU: EVGA SuperNova 750 G3 | Monitor: LG 27GL850-B , Samsung C27HG70 | 
GPU: Asus Prime RTX 5070ti OC| Sound: Odac + Fiio E09K | Case: Fractal Design R6 TG Blackout |Storage: Kingston Renegade 2TB and Corsair MP510 960gb | Cooling: CPU: Alphacool ST30 420mm rad, Alphacool CPU and GPU Core LT and Core blocks, D5 pump and res combo 

 

Linux PC:

CPU: Ryzen 7700| Motherboard: Asus A620M-CSM | RAM: Crucial Pro 2x48gb, 5600  JEDEC. | PSU: Corsair CX750 | Monitor: LG 27GL850-B , Samsung C27HG70 | 
GPU: MSI Gaming X RTX 3090 | Case: Lian Li Dan Cases A3-mATX black |Storage: SN7100 2TB + Samsung 860 EVO 512gb | Cooling: CPU: Thermalright Peerless Assassin Mini Fan(s): Noctua 1x NF-A14x25 Chromax

 

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1 hour ago, DoctorNick said:

Hotspot 110C is max before severe throttling. You need to change thermal paste. You have two options, the cheap one or the slightly more expensive. MX-6, works fine because of the way it dries to prevent pump out. Or Honeywell PTM7950 . Alternatively you can use Thermal Grizzly PTM. Your issue is because of thermal paste pump out which is a thing on 7900/6900 series cards.

I never had this thermal issue before and this card is barely 4 years old. I have this as an option with PTM7950. Want to try software fixes before needing to purchase anything.

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8 hours ago, AlaskaBvR said:

I never had this thermal issue before and this card is barely 4 years old. I have this as an option with PTM7950. Want to try software fixes before needing to purchase anything.

What you already run PTM7950, then RMA. Might be something else causing the crash. You didn't post the errors from event viewer. 

Gaming PC:

CPU: Ryzen 5800X3D | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 Elite V2 | RAM: Crucial 2x16gb, 3200  JEDEC. | PSU: EVGA SuperNova 750 G3 | Monitor: LG 27GL850-B , Samsung C27HG70 | 
GPU: Asus Prime RTX 5070ti OC| Sound: Odac + Fiio E09K | Case: Fractal Design R6 TG Blackout |Storage: Kingston Renegade 2TB and Corsair MP510 960gb | Cooling: CPU: Alphacool ST30 420mm rad, Alphacool CPU and GPU Core LT and Core blocks, D5 pump and res combo 

 

Linux PC:

CPU: Ryzen 7700| Motherboard: Asus A620M-CSM | RAM: Crucial Pro 2x48gb, 5600  JEDEC. | PSU: Corsair CX750 | Monitor: LG 27GL850-B , Samsung C27HG70 | 
GPU: MSI Gaming X RTX 3090 | Case: Lian Li Dan Cases A3-mATX black |Storage: SN7100 2TB + Samsung 860 EVO 512gb | Cooling: CPU: Thermalright Peerless Assassin Mini Fan(s): Noctua 1x NF-A14x25 Chromax

 

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1 hour ago, DoctorNick said:

What you already run PTM7950, then RMA. Might be something else causing the crash. You didn't post the errors from event viewer. 

No, I am considered it if I can't fix this with software first. And I don't how to pull from Event Viewer so I just posted what the Critical said as the Errors on either side don't look pertinent.

 

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To me 25° delta between average gpu temperature and hotspot means bad thermal interface material.

I've heard of worse but it should be better.

(PTM is best but paste isn't far behind)

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11 hours ago, AlaskaBvR said:

I didn't see any at the time. May need to uninstall it and download the drivers manually.

Rolled back myself to versions 26.1.1 and 25.12.1 and the temps are still the same. 106C hotspot at 80C overall with Furmark. Will be looking into repasting then update after...

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On 3/16/2026 at 1:18 AM, DoctorNick said:

Hotspot 110C is max before severe throttling. You need to change thermal paste. You have two options, the cheap one or the slightly more expensive. MX-6, works fine because of the way it dries to prevent pump out. Or Honeywell PTM7950 . Alternatively you can use Thermal Grizzly PTM. Your issue is because of thermal paste pump out which is a thing on 7900/6900 series cards.

Finally got my hands on PTM7950. The temps have leveled at about 80C on hotspot and 65C overall.

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