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Everything is malfunctioning due to the power surge.

Everything is malfunctioning due to the power surge.

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Sunahh
Posting Freak
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01-30-2022, 03:31 AM
#1
Here’s a revised version of your message:

So here’s the situation. A sudden power surge happened because someone hit his car against the power lines outside my house. Disappointing. I was streaming COD and everything went out, then flashed back and froze again. I thought I had a decent surge protector installed. But now my GPU is causing artifacts and I’m seeing a strange error: the driver didn’t load with any information. I updated everything, but nothing helped. The AMD Adrenaline isn’t opening either—I reinstalled it and everything looks worse. I’m really struggling and need someone to help me through this.

Here are my details:
- ASRock X670
- Ryzen 7900 X
- Radeon 7900 XTX
- 1000W gold PSU
- Gigabyte 1GB internet

Am I losing everything because of the PSU, or is my GPU the problem? Or is it all gone? **** SADNESS **** help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi—you’re my only hope...
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Sunahh
01-30-2022, 03:31 AM #1

Here’s a revised version of your message:

So here’s the situation. A sudden power surge happened because someone hit his car against the power lines outside my house. Disappointing. I was streaming COD and everything went out, then flashed back and froze again. I thought I had a decent surge protector installed. But now my GPU is causing artifacts and I’m seeing a strange error: the driver didn’t load with any information. I updated everything, but nothing helped. The AMD Adrenaline isn’t opening either—I reinstalled it and everything looks worse. I’m really struggling and need someone to help me through this.

Here are my details:
- ASRock X670
- Ryzen 7900 X
- Radeon 7900 XTX
- 1000W gold PSU
- Gigabyte 1GB internet

Am I losing everything because of the PSU, or is my GPU the problem? Or is it all gone? **** SADNESS **** help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi—you’re my only hope...

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Kynedee
Posting Freak
784
02-01-2022, 05:30 AM
#2
It's only good once, the surge protection is designed to sacrifice itself, turning itself off to safeguard connected devices. After that it won't fully protect anything, turning into a standard power strip. If anything gets damaged, nothing will function properly—imagine a power supply failing completely; you can't even power on your computer. That's not normal behavior. This seems like AMD's typical "holding pattern" with duct tape, it repeated many times with various graphics cards. It usually happens after a hard reset. I view AMD drivers as if they were a South American government—corrupting themselves without reason and ruining your experience. If you completely remove the software (manually, avoiding tools like DDU), unplug the Ethernet cable so Windows doesn<|pad|> to re-download drivers, and reinstall, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. I didn’t ask why, it just functioned for me. Apply the same approach to network drivers—they might be less problematic, so a regular reinstall could help. Unless you use tuning utilities, having the Radeon Control Panel installed probably adds little value; the hassle it causes isn’t worth the basic features. I ended up removing it from my system and it stopped acting strangely after resets, so investigate that. You already have Afterburner installed, so overclocking is unnecessary; keep it separate. Other bloatware related to RGB or gaming might be interfering, and if the clean install doesn’t resolve it, you may need to reinstall Windows entirely. W11 is still in beta, hidden behind a full release—so its bugs could be worse than W10. They released it anyway and now they’re patching it, which is clever.
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Kynedee
02-01-2022, 05:30 AM #2

It's only good once, the surge protection is designed to sacrifice itself, turning itself off to safeguard connected devices. After that it won't fully protect anything, turning into a standard power strip. If anything gets damaged, nothing will function properly—imagine a power supply failing completely; you can't even power on your computer. That's not normal behavior. This seems like AMD's typical "holding pattern" with duct tape, it repeated many times with various graphics cards. It usually happens after a hard reset. I view AMD drivers as if they were a South American government—corrupting themselves without reason and ruining your experience. If you completely remove the software (manually, avoiding tools like DDU), unplug the Ethernet cable so Windows doesn<|pad|> to re-download drivers, and reinstall, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. I didn’t ask why, it just functioned for me. Apply the same approach to network drivers—they might be less problematic, so a regular reinstall could help. Unless you use tuning utilities, having the Radeon Control Panel installed probably adds little value; the hassle it causes isn’t worth the basic features. I ended up removing it from my system and it stopped acting strangely after resets, so investigate that. You already have Afterburner installed, so overclocking is unnecessary; keep it separate. Other bloatware related to RGB or gaming might be interfering, and if the clean install doesn’t resolve it, you may need to reinstall Windows entirely. W11 is still in beta, hidden behind a full release—so its bugs could be worse than W10. They released it anyway and now they’re patching it, which is clever.

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Atlastic
Member
141
02-01-2022, 06:33 AM
#3
Consider a fresh driver setup and execute sfc /scannow via CMD with admin privileges to attempt resolving any damaged files from the disruption.
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Atlastic
02-01-2022, 06:33 AM #3

Consider a fresh driver setup and execute sfc /scannow via CMD with admin privileges to attempt resolving any damaged files from the disruption.

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hdoor20
Senior Member
477
02-09-2022, 05:50 AM
#4
Not accurate. There are different stages of friedness. These involve intricate sections functioning together. Removing part of it doesn't guarantee the entire system will collapse. (this was just an example) PSU's operate between 100 and 240V, converting it to 12V DC, then splitting it into smaller rails with numerous voltage regulators. If one regulator fails, you might still have 12V, but the voltage could drop to around 3.3V. The system might still run, though unexpected behavior could occur. The same applies to any part in a computer.
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hdoor20
02-09-2022, 05:50 AM #4

Not accurate. There are different stages of friedness. These involve intricate sections functioning together. Removing part of it doesn't guarantee the entire system will collapse. (this was just an example) PSU's operate between 100 and 240V, converting it to 12V DC, then splitting it into smaller rails with numerous voltage regulators. If one regulator fails, you might still have 12V, but the voltage could drop to around 3.3V. The system might still run, though unexpected behavior could occur. The same applies to any part in a computer.

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MarcMcvey
Member
60
02-09-2022, 12:54 PM
#5
If your Widnows operates without issues, begin by removing DDU along with the chipset components. After that, update the drivers and monitor the performance. In most scenarios, a power failure leads to registry corruption—sometimes it resolves itself, other times not. Regarding the criticism in comments, I don’t understand their concerns. Over the past year, I’ve assembled more than 100 AMD systems and haven’t received any returns due to driver problems. The typical outcome is the registry becoming corrupted, so I restore Windows to the nearest stable state. Then I reinstall the GPU and chipset drivers, and everything functions normally again. This is essentially the standard Windows experience. It’s not unusual or alarming at all. Such events occur frequently on both AMD and Nvidia platforms.
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MarcMcvey
02-09-2022, 12:54 PM #5

If your Widnows operates without issues, begin by removing DDU along with the chipset components. After that, update the drivers and monitor the performance. In most scenarios, a power failure leads to registry corruption—sometimes it resolves itself, other times not. Regarding the criticism in comments, I don’t understand their concerns. Over the past year, I’ve assembled more than 100 AMD systems and haven’t received any returns due to driver problems. The typical outcome is the registry becoming corrupted, so I restore Windows to the nearest stable state. Then I reinstall the GPU and chipset drivers, and everything functions normally again. This is essentially the standard Windows experience. It’s not unusual or alarming at all. Such events occur frequently on both AMD and Nvidia platforms.

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sirbreno
Member
191
02-11-2022, 03:36 AM
#6
Hey there, internet friends. Thanks for your great assistance. I tried Safe Mode and managed to remove the drivers, making it run smoothly like a boot and Dora from Swiper. Your help prevented me from getting lost in frustration. I truly appreciate your support during this tough time. Your kindness made all the difference. Godspeed and thank you all!
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sirbreno
02-11-2022, 03:36 AM #6

Hey there, internet friends. Thanks for your great assistance. I tried Safe Mode and managed to remove the drivers, making it run smoothly like a boot and Dora from Swiper. Your help prevented me from getting lost in frustration. I truly appreciate your support during this tough time. Your kindness made all the difference. Godspeed and thank you all!