AMD confirms its driver is faulty, could cause CPU auto-overclocking

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According to AMD regulations, if the user attempts to overclock the CPU and causes damage, the CPU is not warranted, even if the user uses overclocking through AMD’s software or hardware. Under normal circumstances, short-term overclocking will not directly damage the hardware. If it is overclocked for a long time, it may cause damage to the CPU. The consequences, in this case, can only be borne by consumers themselves, and do not expect to obtain a warranty.

However, some users recently found that the driver released by AMD will cause the CPU overclocking settings to become confusing. Specifically, the AMD driver will access the BIOS to directly modify the CPU overclocking settings. Even if the user does not enable overclocking, the AMD driver may automatically enable overclocking.

Radeon Adrenalin 22.3.1

After feedback from users, AMD has officially confirmed the existence of this problem. “We are aware of an issue in the AMD software suite that is adjusting certain AMD processor settings for some users. We are investigating the issue and we’ll share more information as soon as we’re able.” — AMD representative to Tom’s Hardware.

According to user feedback, after installing the latest version of the driver, if the CPU settings are adjusted, it will lead to overclocking. In fact, the problem may be related to the automatic overclocking feature included in AMD’s previously released drivers, which were originally released in September 2021, and users found that the CPU settings had been tampered with in January this year.

Now the question is does AMD provide a warranty if the CPU is damaged due to overclocking turned on? After all, many AMD CPUs may have been overclocked for more than half a year.

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