ROLLED BACK RADEON ADRENALIN EDITION GRAPHICS DRIVER 18.2.2 HOTFIX AND THE ARTIFACTS ARE STILL THERE. NOW WHAT??

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ok so check that the PCIe power connectors are fully seated and not melted or discolored, power issues can produce artifacts under load. hope that helps :)

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  1. help!! i installed teh AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition Graphics Driver 18.2.2 Hotfix update last night and this morning my gaming laptop looked like this in 3D apps:

    gpu artifacts

    little colored blocks, flickering lines, sometimes a whole strip of the screen goes green for a moment, it doesn't crash, it just looks horrible. my stomach dropped because artifacts usually mean dying hardware, right?? but it's suspicious that it strated exactly after the update. how do I tell which one it is without spending money?? what am i doing wrong??

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  2. ahh right took a screenshot and the artifacts are visible in it too, so its not teh cable. idk what else to say tbh

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  3. hmmm do a proper clean install of the previous driver: download it from the AMD support page, boot into Safe Mode, run DDU, reboot, then install. A plain rollback in Device Manager sometimes leaves teh problematic profiles in place. worked for me anyway 🤷

    reading release notes like its a horror novel

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  4. finally got it worknig, thanks everyone

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    ok so check that the PCIe power connectors are fully seated and not melted or discolored, power issues can produce artifacts under load. hope that helps :)

    thinking

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  6. @inesc62 Sadly it was hardware. Artifacts showed in BIOS after a few days. Warranty claim is in. Thanks for helping me figure it out fast.

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