Posts made by pedaSUDO05

Hello everyone,
Several months ago I had problems with my AMD graphics card and Opera; you can see both posts here:

https://forums.opera.com/topic/87356/opera-and-amd-rdna-2-3-leading-to-crash-issues
https://forums.opera.com/topic/73279/opera-and-amd-rx6600

It turns out that the problem stopped many months ago, but about two months ago, following an update, it came back – constant system freezes. It disappeared after another update, but it has returned following yet another update, and now it happens more frequently. However, unlike before, I now know which website is causing the system to crash: it always happens when I’m on YouTube watching videos or listening to a podcast on that platform. Now I’m a bit wary of receiving Opera updates.

The problem is as if everything disconnects from the system without me realising it until it’s too late, and I have to restart the system using the physical ‘Reset’ button. Windows leaves no record of what happened. On some occasions, when I notice something’s wrong, I force-close Opera via the Task Manager and everything returns to normal, but sometimes it’s impossible to spot it in time, and everything freezes except for the mouse and keyboard, which no longer respond to what’s on the screen.

I have other browsers such as Firefox and Brave (and Edge – earrrg!) as backups, and I don’t experience problems (of this magnitude) on YouTube with them.

Does this happen to anyone else?

@leocg

Hi,

I do not use other browsers; I only have Firefox as a backup, not for primary use.

@leocg
Hi,

It's Opera One

Hello everyone,

A little over a year ago, I wrote this on the forum:
https://forums.opera.com/topic/73279/opera-and-amd-rx6600

Now, in the middle of this year, I assembled a new PC with the RX 7800xt, installed Opera, and found that I was having the crashing issue again. I disabled hardware acceleration, tried everything I could in the settings, and the issue persists. I consulted with the AIs about the issue, and this was their analysis:

'The fact that your old RX 570 (GCN architecture) never had this problem is the strongest evidence that the error lies in the implementation of the RX 6000/7000 series driver when handling certain Opera-specific software calls, regardless of the CPU generation (Zen 3 or Zen 5).

Root Cause Analysis
The problem is not a simple rendering bug, but a timing issue or kernel-level deadlock triggered by this interaction:

Driver calls (Opera): When Opera makes a call to the GPU driver (for example, to load a video or update a complex animation in its interface), it uses a code path in the AMD drivers that is optimised for RDNA.

Kernel Lockup (RDNA Driver): Under certain circumstances (which only occur with Opera), the AMD driver (AMDKMDAG) enters a wait state or infinite loop that paralyses critical system resources, including the I/O manager.

Symptom: The system freezes completely (including Num Lock) because the frozen thread is vital to the functioning of the Windows Kernel.'

Data Loss: The loss of your Notepad confirms that the file system is inaccessible; the save operation cannot be completed because communication with the SSD is paralysed.

I think Opera and the new AMD architectures don't get along, so I have no choice but to switch to Firefox or Brave.

My specifications: R9 9950x, RX 7800xt, 64GB Corsair RAM, SSD m.2 Firecuda.

@burnout426

Hello friend,

Unfortunately despite all the changes I made to the Opera Browser graphics settings, the problem persists, so I moved to Firefox, until I change graphics card.

Again, thanks for your help.

@burnout426

Thank you very much for your help.
I will try to solve the problem now.

Hello everyone,

I have been an Opera user since version 9.10 (2006), but as of today I have had to give up using it due to the problems it causes on my computer. About a year ago I built a new computer.

The problem is the following: In Windows, it freezes little by little, until it no longer lets me do anything, even the clock time remains without updating, I have to reboot by force to be able to use the PC again, there are no records in Windows about the cause of the problem.

At first the problem occurred very little, but it has been getting worse, I thought it was the graphics card due to the bad reputation that AMD drivers have, so I installed my old RX570 and I had no problems at all after months of use. I reinstalled the RX6600 and the problems returned. I have analyzed what applications I had in use while the problem was occurring, and after some time analyzing, Opera is the key, I have not used it and have had no problems, Opera does not get along with the graphics card.

Does anyone else have this problem with Opera and the AMD 6000 series?

PC specs: R9 5950x, RX6600, 32GBs 40MTs LPX, mobo gygabyte B550, Windows 10

Thanks in advance to readers