How to Fix AMD Driver Timeout Black Screen in Windows 10/11

Drive Timeout AMD Windows 11/10

Many users who use an AMD graphics card like 5700 XT, 6700 XT, etc. always report an issue – AMD driver timeout. Perhaps you are also the one among them. If you close this prompt, it may appear again.

When you play a game or use the computer as normal, the computer screen gets black suddenly and the popup of AMD Bug Report Tool appears saying “AMD software detected that a driver timeout has occurred on your system”, as shown below.

Insufficient system virtual memory, outdated/missing/corrupt/incompatible driver, incorrect Radeon Settings configuration, and more are common reasons for AMD bug report tool driver timeout.

But don’t panic when encountering AMD constant driver timeout and follow these fixes below to solve the error successfully.

How to Fix Windows 10/Windows 11 AMD Driver Timeout

Update Windows

If the operating system is outdated, it may be not compatible with the AMD driver, leading to AMD driver timeout black screen. So, upgrade the OS to the latest version.

Step 1: Press Win + X to open Settings.

Step 2: In Windows 11, go to Windows Update and click Check for updates. In Windows 10, click Update & Security and click Check for updates.

Then, Windows will start checking. If there are some available updates, download and install them on your PC.

Set PC to Best Performance – Visual Effects, Power Plan and Power Mode

If your PC is set to battery-saving mode, the issue of AMD driver timeout may appear on your Windows 10/11 PC. This is because the essential modules for the operation of the AMD driver may fail to load in the mode. To fix this issue, configure your PC to the best performance mode, including the change to visual effects, power plan, and power mode.

Adjust Visual Effects

Step 1: Type View advanced system settings in the search box and click the result.

Step 2: Click Settings from Performance under the Advanced tab.

Step 3: Tick the option of Adjust for best performance under the Visual Effects tab.

Step 4: Click Apply > OK.

Change Power Plan

Step 1: Right-click the Start button and choose Power Options in Windows 11/10.

Step 2: Click Additional power settings > Create a power plan.

Step 3: Choose High performance and click Next.

Step 4: Click Create. After that, restart your PC to see if the error of AMD driver timeout is fixed.

Modify Power Mode

Step 1: Click the battery icon in the system tray.

Step 2: Move the slider to set the power mode to Best performance.

Change Display Refresh Rate

If your display’s refresh rate is not compatible with the AMD driver, you may get the error “AMD software detected that a driver timeout has occurred”.

Step 1: Right-click the desktop and choose Display settings.

Step 2: Click Advanced display settings, choose a display, and select the lowest refresh rate to check if the AMD driver timeout issue can be fixed.

Related article: How to Change Refresh Rate on Windows 10

Increase Virtual Memory

If the virtual memory is not enough, the AMD driver may fail to load with the timeout error. You should increase it by following the steps below.

Step 1: In Windows 11/10, type View advanced system settings in the search box and click the result.

Step 2: In Advanced, click Settings from Performance.

Step 3: Click Advanced, go to Virtual memory and click Change.

Step 4: Uncheck Automatically manage paging file size for all drives and tick Custom size.

Step 5: In Initial size, enter the Recommended value. In Maximum size, enter the Currently allocated value.

Step 6: Click OK to save the change.

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Update/Reinstall AMD Driver

Windows 10/Windows 11 AMD driver timeout black screen may be related to an outdated, missing, corrupt, or incompatible graphics driver. Updating or reinstalling it can be a good solution.

Update Driver

Step 1: Right-click on the desktop and choose AMD Radeon Settings.

Step 2: Navigate to Updates > Check for Updates.

Step 3: Download and install the available AMD driver on your PC.

Reinstall Driver

Step 1: You can go to download the latest AMD driver from the official website.

Step 2: Download and install AMD Cleanup Utility to remove any previously installed AMD driver files and registers.

Step 3: Install the latest AMD driver on your PC.

If the latest version is not working to fix the timeout issue, you can try to install an old version.

Edit the AMD Radeon Settings

Incorrect configurations of the Radeon Settings can lead to AMD driver timeout black screen in Windows 11/10 and you can try to edit the settings.

Disable FreeSync and Virtual Super Resolution in AMD Settings

Right-click the desktop and choose AMD Radeon Settings. Then click Display, choose a display and disable the options for AMD FreeSync and Virtual Super Resolution.

Edit the Card’s Frequency and Voltage

1. Launch AMD Radeon Software and go to Performance.
2. Under the Tuning tab, click Manual > GPU Setup > Advanced Control.
3. Configure the maximum GPU frequency to 2 times lower.

Check if the error – AMD software detected a driver timeout still appears. If yes, set the frequency to 1350MHz and voltage to 850 MV. If the issue isn’t still fixed, change the frequency to 2000MHz and voltage to 1100MV. If this still doesn’t work, go to Automatic > Undervolt GPU.

Increase the Power Limit of the Card

1. Launch AMD Radeon Software and go to Performance.
2. Under the Tuning tab, choose Manual.
3. Enable Power Tuning and increase Power Limit by 50%.

Fine Tune the System’s Fan

1. Open AMD Radeon Software.
2. Go to Performance > Tuning > Manual and enable Fan Tuning.
3. Increase Max-Fan Temperature to 100 degrees.

Clear AMD Card Shader Cache

1. Launch AMD Radeon Software and go to Settings.
2. In Graphics and click Perform Reset in front of Reset Shader Cache.

In addition, there are some other ways to fix AMD driver timeout, for example, disable Fast Startup, disable AMD Driver Issue Reporting, replace the graphics adapter, and more. After trying these methods, you should easily remove the driver timeout AMD black screen from your Windows 11/10 PC.