Question What causing this AMD timeout error?

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yullbarez

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i, i've been witnessing this error from Adrenalin 20.8.3, 20.9.1, 20.11.1, 20.11.3 and now WHQL 20.12.1. I don't have any problems one running games or softwares but sometimes this error occures. Sometimes, game crashes while opening screen and this error occurs.

GPU model: Sapphire R9 280X Tri-X OC 3GB GDDR5 384-Bit

What should i do? Thanks. It says: "We're detected an driver timeout error on your system. An error log has been created. This error log may help the AMD to fix the error"
 
The problem can be one of many, depending on your hardware and if Windows is corrupt:
-> Hardware issue (GPU is overheating, haven't changed the thermal paste maybe?)
-> Windows have been corrupted so you have to re-install Windows ( I don't know how to check for this, go dig in the registry lol)
-> AMD Drivers are trash and need to be DDUed using the amdCleanuputility.exe
-> Your motherboard and cpu are not appropriate for that specific game your are trying to run
-> Your power supply is not powerful enough and should keep 20% overhead

My checklist:
-> Make sure you are using the right PSU with 20% overhead, so proably a 850W PSU is needed for your case
-> Update your drivers to the latest version for AMD and Windows 10 (H220) run winver in the start menu to see your version
-> Make sure your CPU and Motherboard are the right choice of hardware for that game you are trying to play
-> Probably unlikely problem, but disable AMD FreeSync (I don't know why this may help)
-> If all else fails, re-install Windows (which will re-install the GPU drivers anyway, so maybe do this first)
Caution you will loose all your Windows programs unless Microsoft have a feature to save your apps and installed programs
 
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