That reports that Online magazine Neowin and refers to the YouTuber KrisFixGermany. He had published a corresponding video on YouTube, in which he talked about the problems after the driver update and shared his conclusions.
So it could be that AMD is triggering a chain reaction in the graphics cards with the Microsoft-certified WHQL driver. It is about the driver for the GPUs of the Radeon RX 6000 series and the driver in version 22.11.2.
Lots of broken Radeon RX 6800 and 6900 series GPUs
The report comes from KrisFixGermany, which repairs graphics cards and other hardware components in its shop. He has currently received a striking number of orders for defective GPUs from the Radeon RX 6800 and 6900 series. He is said to have received more than 60 pieces with the same error story. 48 were completely “dead” and basically could not be repaired. KrisFix’s investigation found that the rails for the SoC, memory, and memory controller were shorted. The short could have been caused by the chips themselves breaking and damaging the metal layers of the circuit board. What exactly happened is still unclear. It could be a hardware-related error that appeared on some GPUs during production and has now manifested itself through the software update.
It is suspected that the driver intervenes in the heat control and can thus lead to overheating. But that hasn’t been confirmed yet – AMD hasn’t heard anything about the problems so far.
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