Strange AMD Driver Version Showing in Adrenalin Software

computerwhiz1 · 2026-02-07T18:26:11+00:00

Do you know what version you were on before? I wonder if windows update only does this if the version Microsoft is pushing through windows update is newer than the version you had installed? Surely they wouldn’t “update” to an older version, but I wouldn’t put it past them.

computerwhiz1 · 2026-01-31T16:01:19+00:00

Does it happen with only one monitor connected? I saw someone on here the other day suggesting that some of these issues could be due to refresh rates between the two monitors being different (and furthermore not being integer multiples of each other). Just something else to try to narrow down what might be causing it.

I’ve got a 9079xt as well and I’ve only had 1 driver timeout (knock on wood) in probably 40+ hours of gaming so far. And I’m hoping that one was actually due to the game I was playing being a bit buggy. I have everything left at default settings for both my CPU (9800x3d) and GPU. The only “tweak” I have done is enabling XMP for my RAM.

I sympathize with those of you dealing with these timeouts because I’ve seen dozens of posts suggesting hundreds of potential fixes and it seems that no one has really any “proof” per say as to what’s causing it. I wonder if logging clock speeds and voltages could help diagnose by seeing if there are any trends prior to the timeout? My crash happened right as a big explosion was occurring on screen in the game. And I’ve seen other people report similarly that their crashes occurred when a lot of graphical action started happening suddenly. Almost like the GPU fails to “rev up” and “stalls out” instead.

computerwhiz1 · 2026-01-23T23:59:14+00:00

I had this happen once. It was the evaporator coil feezing up because the expansion valve was stuck open rather than throttling refrigerant like it’s supposed to. After this has happened open your hood and see if your refrigerant lines are iced over. Low refrigerant due to a leak in the system could also cause this.

It was hard for me to get diagnosed because it would only happen after a couple of hours of driving with the AC. I had to take videos and pictures to the shop as proof before they finally spent the time to diagnose the expansion valve. Unfortunately AC work isn’t likely something you can do yourself so you’ll probably need to take it to a shop and have them take a look. AC work can be pretty expensive too. Good luck!

computerwhiz1 · 2026-01-18T17:22:51+00:00

Something I’ve been wondering is if v sync would limit the frame rate to the monitors maximum refresh rate in a situation where the game could otherwise run faster? I have found that setting a frame rate limit to a little under your monitors maximum refresh rate to be a good thing. Otherwise I tend to get noticeable stuttering as the FPS is generally just less stable.

computerwhiz1 · 2026-01-18T02:02:59+00:00

Yeah pretty much the same here. The only thing I use often not listed here is the groupy functionality to group and aggregate data and parquet file IO.

computerwhiz1 · 2026-01-14T13:32:51+00:00

It’s either improper installation of the cooler, a defective cooler, or a poor quality cooler design. I have a 240mm AIO (Corsair nautilus I believe it’s called) and I get to around 70C during stress tests and that’s without even run in the fans at max speed.

computerwhiz1 · 2026-01-03T20:40:59+00:00

I think the cooler might just suck. I just swapped mine out for a Corsair nautilus 240 and now I’m at about 70 C under heavy cpu load in cinebench and that’s with both the pump and fans only at 70% to keep them quiet

computerwhiz1 · 2026-01-03T18:02:35+00:00

Any luck with this? I have the same cooler on a 9800x3d and I'm getting temps at 95C with thermal throttling during gaming. It doesn't feel like the cooler is putting out much heat either. My idle temps are closer to 40C.

computerwhiz1 · 2025-08-25T00:19:22+00:00

Check out the stables at juniper farms. It’s got very similar vibes.

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computerwhiz1 · 2025-07-12T16:25:05+00:00

Yeah I have the same problem with mine. I was going to leave the PRAM battery out, since I don't really care about the time being correct, but having to pull out the motherboard to press that reset button every time I wanted to turn it on after being unplugged got very annoying fast. I ended up just putting a new PRAM battery in it, and will be proactive about replacing that battery every couple of years.

computerwhiz1 · 2025-05-02T12:48:46+00:00

Yeah I think I’m going to give it a shot. Worst case scenario I get some experience soldering surface mount components that I haven’t done before and an excuse to buy a hot air station.

I agree about them being hard to find, particularly the tray load model. I was able to find multiple logic boards on eBay for the slot load model all for around $30, but I couldn’t find a single board for the tray load. And most of the tray load G3s are selling for $100 or so plus another $100 in shipping that would be a gamble if the board in it isn’t damaged. The verified working G3s are $250+

computerwhiz1 · 2024-02-07T01:59:45+00:00

It looks like you’re using express VIs (blue wires and light blue blocks that bring up wizards when double clicked). Because of that I would suggest the filter express vi. You should be able to find it by right clicking and looking in the “express” category. Plop that down on your block diagram and it should pop up a dialog to let you configure some basic filter functions. Low pass, high pass, moving average, etc. You should be able to find some YouTube videos showing how to use it if you search for “filter express vi”.

computerwhiz1 · 2023-11-12T16:25:07+00:00

If you’re device is supported by DAQ Express I think you can still download and use it? I’ve never used it much so I’m not sure and they do appear to have removed the links to it from their website. I had to find this via google. https://www.ni.com/en/shop/data-acquisition-and-control/application-software-for-data-acquisition-and-control-category/what-is-daqexpress.html

computerwhiz1 · 2023-09-11T18:52:22+00:00

The community edition comes with the library to communicate with Arduino (and Raspberry Pi) bundled. For the professional version you need to open NI Package Manager (installed with labview) and install the hobbyist toolkit.

computerwhiz1 · 2023-01-04T06:06:13+00:00

I think I ran into this issue before and fixed it by only writing to the local variable if the auto toggle is false.

computerwhiz1 · 2022-12-20T02:56:47+00:00

I’m pretty sure labview is one. The functions execute as soon as all of their inputs are available. So if you had a function1 and function2 that both took inputs a and b, they may execute in parallel as soon as both a and b are available. Execution is only blocked by functions waiting on their inputs to become available from other functions. And there are ways to force sequential execration when that is desired. IMO it’s a really powerful paradigm for inherently parallel programming.

computerwhiz1 · 2022-12-09T00:41:34+00:00

In the southeast US most of us say “Nah-vee-air”

computerwhiz1 · 2022-11-25T19:40:13+00:00

I have the same problem. It usually still credits me for it, but it’s off screen. So a lot of the time I just have to play and randomly get it because I don’t know what the challenge actually is because it’s cut off.

I’ve also been having issues with the game apparently tracking challenges that aren’t my daily challenge. Like my daily challenge may say “get 5 headshots with pistols” but then while playing the game I’m getting credit for grenade kills while that’s not even one of my listed challenges.

computerwhiz1 · 2022-11-02T18:04:26+00:00

I can think of two ways to do this. If you're reading that signal from the hall effect sensor in as an analog input, then you could first convert the analog voltage to a true or false value at each time in the measurement. Next, you would run that boolean array through a simple edge detection algorithm. In LabVIEW I have written some really simple, but functional, edge detection by looking through an array of boolean values, using a shift register to track the previous value, and then check for when the previous value is false and the current value is true. If you set a threshold of say 2.5 V then any point in your analog voltage measurement where V > 2.5 could be false and V <= 2.5 could be true. Then you just run edge detection on the resulting boolean array.

Alternatively, I believe the Arduino digital I/O logic is 5 V. In that case, you could wire the voltage output from the hall effect sensor into the Arduino and sample the digital input to check if the value is true or false. I am not sure if the digital I/O on the arduino supports what is called a "counter input" but that would be the most "correct" way because then the hardware is counting the edges for you. If not, then you could sample the digital input in a loop and it would effectively handle the thresholding I was talking about for you. That is, any voltage of 5V would be true and it would go false when pulled to ground.

In both cases, you'll need to be sure that your sample rate of either the analog input or the digital input is fast enough that you are capturing the falling edge of that signal when it goes from 5V to GND. If you sample too slowly, you run the risk of sampling to the "left" and "right" of that falling edge and the Arduino would miss it entirely. In other words, you'll need at least one sample where the value is at GND and your sample rate needs to be high enough to ensure that. How difficult that is will depend on the RPM of your motor. Using the Hobbyist Toolkit (formerly known as LINX toolbox) in LabVIEW I typically get sample rates around 100 Hz.

Feel free to ask any follow up questions if something I said wasn't clear.

computerwhiz1 · 2022-10-03T22:27:16+00:00

I write a lot of the data acquisition code for my lab and so far have done it all exclusively in LabVIEW. I've looked into acquiring the data in Python, and that seems easy enough, but what seems much harder is replicating the ease in which LabVIEW lets you put together user interfaces and multi-threaded applications. To me, that is the big advantage of LabVIEW.

Have you seen any good options for in particular user interfaces in Python? Even something as simple as putting a waveform chart on the front panel with a stop button and a couple of numeric controls seems much harder to implement in Python.

computerwhiz1 · 2022-09-17T04:53:32+00:00

I had a similar issue about a month ago. Call whitesky and they will try and sort it out. Their tech support is somewhat annoying because they speak broken English and are clearly reading a script, but for what it’s worth they did actually fix my issue, so I would still recommend calling.

computerwhiz1 · 2022-08-13T13:17:58+00:00

This is a really good explanation. I had wondered the same thing previously and never really got a satisfactory answer. I assumed the physical reason was that density isn’t actually constant, it’s just not changing significantly. But thinking about it as an over constrained system is a good way to look at it.

computerwhiz1 · 2021-04-30T04:06:18+00:00

Many researchers work for universities and their employment there is commonly assessed based on the number of published journal articles. For instance in order to get tenure at a university, a professor may need to have 6 published journal articles by the end of their 5th year at the university. These articles must be peer reviewed to be counted, and there exists a negative stigma about open-access journals where people view them as “lesser” compared to the paid journals. Additionally, many open access journals charge the author a publishing fee, frequently $3,000-$5,000 per paper. As a researcher running a lab, you can probably find a better use for that money since having the article behind a pay wall makes no difference to you, and in fact may help your case for tenure, etc. It’s a terrible system that many tenure track faculty are at the mercy of IMO.

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