AMD's Radeon Adrenalin Software Finally Lets You Report Bugs and Crashes

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition (Image credit: AMD)

AMD recently rolled out the Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition Driver version 20.20.01.05 (opens in new tab) for members of Microsoft's Windows Insider Program that work with Microsoft Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). As spotted by a Redditor (opens in new tab), the latest software package incorporates a new feature where users fill a simple form to report bugs and crashes.

Prior to the AMD Bug Report Tool, the option for reporting bugs consists of a link that opens an internal web browser that sends Radeon users to AMD's website, which seemed like a primitive method of doing things. As simple as it may sound, the updated bug reporting integration now opens a tool where users can send crash reports directly to AMD.

More importantly, the tool now grabs all your system's specifications automatically, information that you previously had to manually input every time you want to create a report for a bug.

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Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.5.1 (Image credit: Tom's Hardware)

AMD's Radeon driver has often been the recipient of negative feedback. The new feature is certainly a step in the right path. On the flipside, the tool should also help AMD categorize and keep track of all the bugs and user feedback.

Mickey, an AMD representative (opens in new tab) on Reddit, stated that AMD will share more information on the tool soon.

Zhiye Liu is a Freelance News Writer at Tom’s Hardware US. Although he loves everything that’s hardware, he has a soft spot for CPUs, GPUs, and RAM.

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8 Comments Comment from the forums

waltc3

OK, sorry to inform you that AMD drivers from way before Adrenalin 2020 had in-driver support for reporting problems. Every Catalyst driver had an in-driver button for reporting problems and bugs--and way before that. In fact, there have always been two ways to do it from within AMD drivers. So there's no "finally" to it...;) All this is, is yet another method for doing it. (Pretty noob mistake, here.)
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Deicidium369

Is there enough internet bandwidth to support this feature?
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joeblowsmynose

Deicidium369 said:
Is there enough internet bandwidth to support this feature?

I never had any issues with my drivers, and I think Nvidia fanbois do most of the complaining, but that was hilarious!
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Trident1983

Can it record your issues using video desktop video capture live like a 8k 300hz webcam can do as even ms feedback and google chrome doe not have this ability yet to upload to the network vs just taking snapshots?
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vinay2070

Deicidium369 said:
Is there enough internet bandwidth to support this feature?
AMD will be DDOSed ;-)
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joeblowsmynose

Trident1983 said:
mmmm. don't kore being in the solnet era of ai cameras and glass computer apu/cpu/gpu/ssd/ram mobo and solid state mobos with tons of ram tb storage cooling ai and zoomed NASA like slo mo 16K+ video recording and for gaming and watching/stream cable tv/listening to the radio with hardware/software vpn solutions. signs with stylus pen and puts thumbprint on biometric to buy food and things to be delivered at rest stop on the open road with facial recognition as options for old/new generations to choose from is a post passwordless world flipping up car key youbi key switchblade for starting the car like your mobile/laptop devices..

I was just about to say that. You beat me to it.
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vinay2070

joeblowsmynose said:
I was just about to say that. You beat me to it.
I switched from Radeon 7950 to GTX 1080 and currently use a 3700X in my system. Not a fanboi at all. That was just a joke!
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joeblowsmynose

vinay2070 said:
I switched from Radeon 7950 to GTX 1080 and currently use a 3700X in my system. Not a fanboi at all. That was just a joke!

So was mine ... I have no clue what that guy was saying.
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