AMD confirms Adrenaline GPU drivers are overlocking Ryzen CPUs

Reports of AMD architecture CPUs automatically overclocking have been confirmed by the manufacturer. Users have reported their PCs overclocking without their input in recent weeks due to a glitch with Adrenaline GPU drivers. The glitch enables CPU overclocking through the PC BIOS without the typical warnings associated with the manual process.

AMD confirmed the glitch resulted from the GPU software to Tom’s Hardware. The problem is linked explicitly to the automatic overclock feature introduced to Ryzen GPUs last year, according to Tom’s Hardware. An AMD representative of the manufacturer said this: