Flickering colors after driver installation - RX480

aldec

Commendable
Oct 23, 2016
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Hey guys,
I bought a new pc with an ATI RX 480 8GB, build it together, installed newest drivers and played some Battlefield 1. Everything was smooth and fine.

The next day I started the system, I got randomly flickering colors during the log-in screen which made it impossible to see anything on the screen. When I blindly typed in the password and got to the desktop the flickering stopped and I could play some more Battlefield 1.
Today the flickering happened on the desktop too and now I even got 2-3 bluescreens which say "VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE cause of problems atikmpag.sys". Between the flickering colors I can see the screen normally for around 1-2 seconds. I followed the troubleshooting (DISM, SFC, driver cleanup and installing new drivers) but the problem still occurs. I tried different driver versions (16.10.2, 16.9.1, 16.8.2) but nothing seems to help. Right now I can use the system only during windows safe mode. Does anyone have a solution for this problem?

I tried my old Radeon HD 7870 and everything is working fine with it. Is it a hardware issue with my new RX 480? Because it worked the first 1 1/2 days perfectly and the problems only appear after installing the drivers.

Regards,
aldec


System:
-Sapphire RX 480 Nitro+ 8GB
-Desktop system
-Windows 10 Enterprise 64bit
-Currently Crimson Edition 16.10.2 installed
-Display is BenQ GL2450 (1920x1080) HDMI to DVI adapter
-Motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P
-CPU is Intel i5 6500
-PSU is be quiet! Pure Power 9 CM 500W
-RAM 8GB
 

aldec

Commendable
Oct 23, 2016
2
0
1,510
Update: So I reinstalled Windows 10 two times and I still get the same problem immediately after installing the display drivers. And I can't use the workaround with replacing the atikmpag.sys because right after the installation the problems begin, I can't see the desktop or anything else beside the changing colors and around 30 seconds later the same blusescreen appears.