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AMD Adrenalin driver bug causes GPU fans to fail, risking overheating

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AMD's Adrenalin 26.5.1 graphics driver has a bug causing the Zero RPM fan feature to malfunction on some GPUs. The issue arises when a monitor resumes from sleep or is powered on, leaving the GPU fans inactive and potentially leading to overheating. Several users have reported this problem on Reddit, with workarounds including restarting the system, disabling Zero RPM, or performing a clean driver installation. AI

IMPACT Minimal impact for AI operators; this is a hardware driver issue affecting GPU cooling.

RANK_REASON A software driver update for consumer hardware has a bug.

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AMD Adrenalin driver bug causes GPU fans to fail, risking overheating

COVERAGE [2]

  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Zhiye Liu ·

    AMD GPU owners take to Reddit to report fan problem with driver update — Zero RPM feature could cause GPU temperatures to rise unexpectedly

    Reddit users report that the AMD Adrenalin 26.5.1 graphics driver causes the Zero RPM feature to malfunction when the monitor goes to sleep or when turned off.

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    AMD GPU owners take to Reddit to report fan problem with driver update — Zero RPM feature could cause GPU temperatures to rise unexpectedly Reddit users report

    AMD GPU owners take to Reddit to report fan problem with driver update — Zero RPM feature could cause GPU temperatures to rise unexpectedly Reddit users report that the AMD Adrenalin 26.5.1 graphics driver causes the Zero RPM feature to malfunction when the monitor goes to sleep …

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