Hey all,
Looking for anyone with a similar issue on the 9070 XT, since I’ve found several matching threads here already but no confirmed fix. Note: This issue pretty much ONLY happens while playing F1 25/26 (dlc) and no other game, even during heavy loads in different video games. Additionally, sometimes the game worked for days without any issues, but recently it got more frequent, to the point where it crashes after 10-20-30minutes.
Symptoms:
- Random, total PC shutdown (screen, LEDs off) or full black screen while fans spin at full/max speed
- No BSOD, no crash dialog, happens during light load, heavy load, and even idle in a game menu
- Power button sometimes unresponsive, needs a full hold/hard reset
- After reboot: Windows Hello PIN briefly breaks, forces password login
System:
- GPU: XFX RX 9070 XT
- CPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3D
- PSU: be quiet! Dark Power 13, 1000W
- RAM: 32GB DDR5, EXPO 6000MHz (also tested with EXPO fully disabled - still happens)
- Motherboard: ASUS (X870 PLUS WIFI)
What I’ve already ruled out:
- RAM/EXPO instability (disabled EXPO entirely, still crashes)
- Loose cables (fully reseated everything, no daisy-chained PCIe cables, all separate runs)
- PSU output sag (HWiNFO logging shows +12V rock steady at 12.363V right up to the exact moment of every crash, no drift, no warning)
- Thermal issue (CPU 65-76°C, GPU 55-72°C at time of crashes, nowhere near throttle limits)
- Driver issue (updated GPU + chipset drivers, still happened after)
Event Viewer / crash data:
- Kernel-Power Event 41, BugcheckCode 0 (most crashes - Windows never gets to log anything)
- One crash did produce a minidump: Bugcheck 0xA0 (INTERNAL_POWER_ERROR)
Has anyone found an actual fix for this on the 9070 XT specifically? Seen some mentions of disabling Core Performance Boost helping on similar RDNA cards - has anyone tried that on the 9070 XT? Also curious if a dual-BIOS switch (if your card has one) made any difference for anyone.
Appreciate any input!