Error code 0x80070005” after Radeon RX 9070 update

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Hi i have error code 0x80070005” in cubase 12 and after update my grafic card AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT windows 11

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Cubase 12.0.70.464 64bit 2026.9.17 13.18.51.783.dmp (3.9 MB)

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Hi and welcome to the forum,

Error 0x80070005 is the Windows code for “Access denied.” In Cubase it often appears in a slightly misleading way: Cubase may report it when its graphics layer (graphics2d.dll) hits a serious graphics-driver problem—not necessarily because a Cubase project folder has bad permissions. Steinberg’s own forum threads associate this exact Cubase error with graphics-driver-related shutdowns.steinberg+1

Because it started just after updating your AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, the AMD driver update is the most likely trigger.

What it usually means here

Cubase uses hardware-accelerated graphics for the UI. If the GPU driver crashes, resets, or fails while Cubase is drawing a window, plug-in UI, mixer, or display, Cubase can terminate and show:

“The application has to be shut down because of a serious graphic driver related issue. Error code = 0x80070005.”

So interpret it as:

  • Windows error meaning: Access denied

  • Practical Cubase meaning in this scenario: graphics-driver failure or incompatibility

  • Likely cause: the newly installed AMD Adrenalin driver, its settings/overlay, or an incomplete/conflicting driver installation

First things to try

  1. Perform a clean AMD driver reinstall

    • Download the intended AMD Adrenalin driver directly from AMD.

    • Prefer the installer’s Factory Reset / Clean Install option if offered.

    • Reboot after installation.

    • Avoid automatically reinstalling a driver through Windows Update during the process if possible.

    • If a normal clean install does not help, use AMD Cleanup Utility or DDU carefully, then install one known-good AMD driver version.

  2. Disable AMD overlays and extras temporarily
    In AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition, turn off:

    • In-game overlay

    • Performance metrics overlay

    • Recording/streaming features

    • Enhanced Sync, Anti-Lag, Chill, or per-game tuning for Cubase, if such a profile exists

    Those features are designed for games and are unnecessary for a DAW; testing with them disabled removes a common source of UI-hook conflicts.

Helpful checks

  • Open Reliability Monitor: press Start and search for Reliability History.

  • Find the Cubase failure at the time it occurred.

  • Look for a “Faulting module” such as an AMD driver component, atio6axx.dll, amdxx64.dll, or a graphics/DX-related module.

  • Also check whether the crash happens:

    • at Cubase startup,

    • only when opening a particular plug-in,

    • when moving Cubase between monitors,

    • after waking the PC from sleep,

    • or only with hardware acceleration / certain display refresh or HDR settings.