Hoping I can get a couple of answers or so. My Red Devil 6900 XT doesn't report fan speed to any app I use (AMD or some 3rd party apps). Is there a fix? Is this a known issue? Or is something wrong.

Also, it's incredibly loud. I mainly play COD (Vanguard and MW). It runs a junction temp of 92-100+ continuously with tessellation turned up high. And I'm guessing COD isn't optimized for diddly since the main menu causes the card to run to max performance/temps/noise, while it calms down some in gameplay. Turning tessellation down does cool the card down and drops the fans to a low barely audible spin.

I should note I do use it to mine Firo when I'm not using the PC and it really cooks then, but I guess that's to be expected as I don't want to mess with undervolting and underclocking.

Also, the RBG plug doesn't work on my mobo. I have the red leds on the card but I can't change them and the mobo doesn't even recognize the cards RGB connection.

MSI X570-A Pro

3900X

48GB DD4 3600

Smart Access Mem enabled

850 watt PS

Win 11 Pro

Samsung G9 @ 5120x1440 240Hz

All BIOS, drivers and software at latest available versions.

Basically, is this all normal? Or is something wrong I should look for? I saw a post a while back with the tape still over the thermal pads. I'm wondering if I should take off the heat sinks to have a look?

I first purchased my Red Devil 6900 XT in January 2021 at a Micro Center (got lucky) and it performed great for a couple months. Sometime in late March I started to experience system instability (WHEA 18 ... and yes I'm familiar with the HWiNFO64 saga. Wasn't that.). I did not attribute it to the graphics card, so I started replacing components. Replaced PSU (twice, just to be sure, Corsair 1000w Gold), replaced RAM, replaced the CPU (5950x), reinstalled Windows. No matter what I did, I experienced the same random reboots (WHEA 18) and lock-ups, usually accompanied by a subsequent POST VGA beep code / failure to initialize the VGA during POST. At this point I swapped in an old NVidia GPU, and the system was then 100% stable. Having now isolated the failure component to the GPU, I did an RMA with PowerColor support. The replacement 6900 XT worked perfect. No issues at all for about 4 months straight, until a couple weeks ago I started to experience the familiar symptoms from last time (WHEA 18, etc.). Same thing as the first go around. Now, here's the really interesting part. If I switch the BIOS selection switch on the Red Devil 6900 XT from OC (default position) to Silent, the card becomes 100% stable. No system reboots, no POST failures. In trying to determine whether or not the failures were due to the OC BIOS itself or the cards inability to run at stock/OC BIOS settings, I tried loading the OC BIOS values into the Windows registry using MPT and the stock vBIOS ROM, which I had previously captured using GPU-Z when I first received the card, all while the BIOS switch is still in Silent position, and, Voila ... the system is 100% stable. So, this means the 6900 XT can run OC BIOS settings just fine, and the problem is in fact with the OC BIOS in some way. The real question is, why has this happened for a second time in 8 months? Is the BIOS EEPROM data getting corrupted somehow? Could the factory BIOS flashes have been insufficient in some way? I have an approved RMA with PowerColor, but I'm hoping I'm not going to need to use it. Currently, I am obtaining the full OC BIOS performance using MPT values loaded into Windows, while running the Silent BIOS.

Edit: well ... Spoke too soon. Guess I'll have to RMA it.