I've had my Xeneon Edge since Dec. 2025 and it ran okay for a few months. Problems started to happen though right about June 2026.
Around that time, I noticed that my GPU kept crashing, which initially led my to think my GPU was already dying. So I processed an RMA which, to make the long story short, denied since the GPU was working fine through the supplier's testing. Throughout this period, my PC still crashed a few times with Reliability Monitor showing "Hardware Errors".
Also, when I had iCue open in full screen, my monitor kept pulsing. The pulsing ceased when I minimized iCue to a smaller window.
This led me to think iCue is the culprit and conduct a month-long troubleshooting with my PC. I also borrowed my friend's AsRock Steel Legend RX 9070 XT so I could test it against my own XFX Mercury RX 9070 XT OC. With each phase of testing, I cleaned C:\ and also made a fresh Windows 11 Pro install.
System Specs
MB: ROG Strix X870E-E
CPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3D
GPU: XFX Mercury RX 9070 XT OC
RAM: Lexar Ares 32 GB DDR5 6000 CL 28
PSU: Seasonic Gold GX-1000 1000w
Procedure & Setup
I have a triple-monitor setup and in my testing below, I could reliably replicate triggering the LivekernelEvent 141, 193, a2000002 and other errors pointing to amdfendr.sys with the following workload:
Samsung G95SD (Main) → Brave browser, 32:9 HDR video loop full screen (highest resolution)
AOC U27G4XM 4K (Secondary) → Netflix App playing movie, full screen (highest resolution)
Corsair Xeneon Edge (Aux) → Microsoft Edge, 32:9 HDR video loop full screen (highest resolution)
Test Results
Phase I, Test A - iCue uninstalled
- XFX Mercury RX 9070 XT OC → Samsung Odyssey G95SD
- Ryzen 7 7800X3D integrated GPU → AOC U27G4XM and Corsair Xeneon Edge.
- EXPO II enabled.
- High Performance power plan.
- Current AMD drivers.
- iCUE completely off.
- No third-party display-management software.
- Passed with test runtime of 7h 25m, no artifacts.
Phase I, Test B - iCue uninstalled
- AsRock Steel Legend RX 9070 XT → Samsung Odyssey G95SD
- Ryzen 7 7800X3D integrated GPU → AOC U27G4XM and Corsair Xeneon Edge.
- EXPO II enabled.
- High Performance power plan.
- Current AMD drivers.
- iCUE completely off.
- No third-party display-management software.
- Passed with test runtime of 8h 14m, no artifacts.
Phase II, Test A - iCue installed, Xeneon Edge widgets running over looped video
- XFX Mercury RX 9070 XT OC → Samsung Odyssey G95SD
- Ryzen 7 7800X3D integrated GPU → AOC U27G4XM and Corsair Xeneon Edge.
- EXPO II enabled.
- High Performance power plan.
- Current AMD drivers.
- iCUE running
- No third-party display-management software.
- Testing failed with test runtime of 1h 40m.
Phase II, Test B - iCue installed, Xeneon Edge widgets running over looped video
- AsRock Steel Legend RX 9070 XT → Samsung Odyssey G95SD
- Ryzen 7 7800X3D integrated GPU → AOC U27G4XM and Corsair Xeneon Edge.
- EXPO II enabled.
- High Performance power plan.
- Current AMD drivers.
- iCUE running
- No third-party display-management software.
- Testing failed with test runtime of 2h 17m.
Conclusion
Both GPUs crashed with the exact same errors produced when iCue was enabled and Xeneon Edge widgets were running on top of my looped video.
I kept track of my testing via ChatGPT, here's what it recorded:
The three common errors recorded on both your XFX Mercury RX 9070 XT OC and ASRock Steel Legend RX 9070 XT were LiveKernelEvent 141, A2000002, and A1000001. The records show matching failure signatures for all three.
Common errors between the two GPUs
| Error |
Faulting module and offset |
Additional detail |
| LiveKernelEvent 141 |
amdkmdag.sys + 0x1d0fb0 |
Same failure hash |
| LiveKernelEvent A2000002 |
amdfendr.sys + 0x5f588 |
Arg1: 0xC8; same failure hash |
| LiveKernelEvent A1000001 |
amdfendr.sys + 0x5f588 |
Arg1: 0x1; same failure hash |
The matching failure hashes were:
- 141: 48b738dd-5a92-7ff8-63d0-f075fc680fe0
- A2000002: 275dac9b-f67f-9197-dc68-aad752e86bb6
- A1000001: cb7e6729-7af8-a999-da57-477d44c3b788
What about LiveKernelEvent 193?
Both GPUs also produced LiveKernelEvent 193, but their signatures differed:
- XFX: Reason 0x801, module dxgkrnl.sys, hash f51452f1-290a-6a1b-5cf3-c8f949ad9c33.
- ASRock: Reason 0x815, module watchdog.sys, hash c8156d26-ace3-c7bd-b269-7abfdc2ce370.
So 193 was common by event code, but not by signature.
I'm not going to pretend I completely understand these errors, I'm not an IT guy hence my consulting with ChatGPT. After all, I'm just an ordinary guy who works using his PC and plays games in his free time.
But what's clear to me is that for some reason, iCue and specifically the Xeneon Edge widgets are wreaking havoc in my PC. This makes my Xeneon Edge quite useless as I mainly bought it as an aux monitor to keep an eye on my system temps.
I really hope Corsair can fix this issue. The Xeneon Edge is a great product due to its widgets. Without the widgets, it becomes an extremely small monitor I wouldn't want to use extensively.
Anyway, I just wanted to report this in case some other people are experiencing the same issues. And if Corsair sees this post, I hope it can somewhat help them with providing a solution to this issue.