r/ValorantTechSupport

hi y'all I need help I keep getting van9003

I've tried changing my bios settings to uefi secure boot windows something with fresh keys but it boots me up with an red unauthorized changes made screen anyone knows how to fix cuz I genuinely tried multiple times ty

I’m experiencing random micro-stutters, small freezes while playing VALORANT, despite having a high-end PC with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and RTX 5080. The issue only appears to affect VALORANT. I was using Wi-Fi when it happened, but disabling the Realtek PCIe 2.5GbE Family Controller completely stopped the game Latency spikes, suggesting the Realtek driver or network adapter may be causing interruptions even when Ethernet is not being used. But in the future I will need to use Ethernet so I’m wondering if there is a fix without disabling Ethernet

Im using laptop msi bravo 15 with rx6550m, my fps always lock at 144 and run the game smoothly,but after update the amd software my was droping minus 10 (bout 130~140) and lag asf. Pls help me fix this im so tired

Do you guys face ingame mouse sensitivity issue

After recent game update, nvidia update, I feel like my crosshair is floaty and sens is suddenly high. I have not changed dpi or sensi and I have enhance pointer precision off in windows. Is there anyone facing this issue. I even tried lower sense but after using lower sense for sometime that too becomes floaty. I have changed my mouse but it is still the same. Does anyone feel the same and how to fix it.

is riot okay with me using Cloudflare warp on Valorant?

Is this a safe way to play Valorant and using a VPN/warp?

ever since i updated it today my ping to california has been much much higher. i live in oregon and usually get around 20 ping on california servers but now its around 60. is anyone else experiencing this or know how to fix it?

Hi everyone,

I'm having a massive headache trying to open VALORANT after the latest update, and nothing seems to fix it. I’ve tried every major troubleshooting step found online, but the anti-cheat is completely stuck.

Here is the full timeline of the issue:

1. The Trigger: Right after the game updated, I started getting the dreaded "VAN: RESTRICTION: 1 (UEFI Secure Boot verification failure)" error.
2. The BIOS Fix: I have a Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H motherboard. I went into the BIOS, disabled CSM Support, switched Secure Boot to Custom, restored the Factory Keys, switched back to Standard, and successfully enabled Secure Boot.
3. The Current State: Windows 10/11 now recognizes Secure Boot as Enabled/Active. TPM 2.0 is also active and verified.
4. The New Problem: Even with Secure Boot fully working, the game still won't launch. When checking Windows Services (services.msc), I noticed the vgc service was set to Manual.
5. The Error: Every time I try to switch vgc to Automatic and start it manually, Windows blocks it and triggers: "Error 1: Incorrect function".

What I have tried so far:

• Setting both vgtray.exe and vgc.exe to Run as Administrator.
• Completely uninstalling Riot Vanguard, restarting the PC, and letting the Riot Client reinstall it.
• Double-checking msinfo32 to confirm Secure Boot is genuinely active (it is).

Has anyone faced this exact loop where Secure Boot is fixed but the vgc service completely breaks with Error 1 after the latest patch? Any help or workarounds would be highly appreciated.

Thanks!

My friend has been having a really weird issue with VALORANT and we're running out of ideas.

Whenever he launches VALORANT, after a few minutes his entire PC completely freezes. Sometimes he can get into a match and play for a bit, but eventually the same thing happens.

It's not just VALORANT crashing. The whole PC becomes completely unresponsive. He can't Alt+Tab, open Task Manager or do anything else. The only option is to manually restart the PC.

Things we've already tried:

• Reinstalled VALORANT
• Reinstalled Riot Vanguard
• Updated/reinstalled GPU drivers
• Installed all Windows updates
• Tried running VALORANT/Riot Client as administrator
• Disabled unnecessary background apps/services
• Checked RAM and system usage
• Monitored temperatures/usage before the freeze
• Tried different VALORANT settings

Nothing has fixed it so far.

Other games seem to work fine, so it appears to be specifically related to VALORANT/Vanguard.

Has anyone had the same issue where VALORANT causes the entire PC to hard freeze? If so, what fixed it?

Any help would be appreciated.

my microphone is not working in valorant, i already checked if its working in voice recorder and discord.

i already tried fixing:
via toggling in the firewall settings
via reinstalling game
via reconnecting cables
via updating drivers

please send help

Is this game going to get fixed at some point??? After every update this game breaks and you have to wait and pray for the next one to fix the game. I have done countless tweaks and this game is just shit. I gave up, but realized that every players game runs different because it’s all about how your account or game client syncs with the game server. Honestly, they have so much money but they invest them in anything but game serves or networking optimisation.

I built my PC on February 16, and about two months after the build, I started experiencing very bad 1% lows and frequent FPS drops.

My average FPS is usually around 300–400 FPS, but my 1% lows can suddenly drop to 80–130 FPS for an instant. I experience this frequently in Valorant, especially during heavy utility fights, and I’m also seeing the same issue in AAA titles such as Hogwarts Legacy, but not so frequently.

The FPS drops happen very suddenly, almost like a snap, and occur roughly every 1–2 minutes. It feels more like a frametime spike/stutter than a sustained performance drop.

Current Setup
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

GPU: ASRock RX 9070 XT Challenger

RAM: Kingston FURY Beast 32GB DDR5 CL36 6000MHz

Motherboard: MSI B850 Gaming Plus WiFi

SSD: Crucial P310 1TB M.2 NVMe Gen4 (7100 MT/s)

PSU: MSI MAG A850GL

I’ve already updated all my BIOS, chipset, GPU drivers, Windows, and other relevant software to the latest versions. I’ve also tried tightening my RAM timings from CL36 to CL32, but the issue persists.
At this point, I’m not sure whether the problem is related to the CPU, GPU, RAM, storage, BIOS settings, drivers, or some other hardware/software configuration.

Has anyone experienced a similar issue or have any recommendations on what I should troubleshoot next? Any suggestions for identifying the exact cause of these recurring frametime spikes would be greatly appreciated.

Does anyone know the best recording platform for clipping in valorant that wont consume majority of my fps?

After like 2 minutes into loading into valorant, it freezes everything, I can’t move my cursor, I can’t do any inputs like ctrl alt del and I can only restart it by manually restarting my pc. It’s definitely not a hardware problem because I have a 5060 ti and a ryzen 5 7500f and my pc run perfectly fine in other games. I’ve tried reinstalling, updating my gpu driver and bios but I just can’t find the problem

Has anyone here used a Ryzen 5 7500F with an RTX 5060 and 32GB of DDR5 RAM at 6000MHz vs. 5600MHz? Is there any noticeable performance difference between the two, especially in gaming? I’m a bit confused about this.

i put on speakers so you can hear better but its way worse on headphones, idek what to start to try and fix but idk hopefully you guys can help, i have a video but it wont let me upload it to this post

hello, so basically the problem is that my frame rate doesn't go above 320 frames, and no my frame rate isn't caped and I have a dual monitor which give 240h on 4K and 480h on FHD I used to play on 500h on FHD and now its like playing on 4K it gives me around 320h maximum

A day ago I was playing league of legends and my ping was fine (28ms-30ms) and stable until one game, it turned into 103ms-105ms, but very stable. I tested ping and packet loss in cmd while the high ping game was going on and it showed my ping and packet loss were fine. After the game, I went into valorant practice range and kept re-entering the range to test my ping. It would usually be normal which is around 30ms, but after every few attempts, I would get a high ping practice range. It seems every time I enter a new session whether that be the practice range or a new match, theres a chance that its either normal ping and stable or high ping and stable. Tried firing range in apex legends after a lot of attempts, I never had one issue with the ping in apex, only valorant and league. I very rarely have had internet issue over the years but if I have had it, it would be ping spikes, not stable ping from match to match. Does anyone else have this issue? (Oce)

Pessoal eu queria saber se alguém sabe alguma maneira de resolver esse erro, eu estava no windows 10 pois iria acabar o suporte entao eu atualizei para o windows 11 então apareceu esse erro,ja verifiquei a BIOS,boot,tpm mas nada adianta os cara nao responde meu ticket. Se alguem souber comenta ai, minha placa-mãe é hp 86fc nao sei se saiu de suporte do vanguard!

I’ve been dealing with a strange stuttering problem in VALORANT. Every few seconds I get a short but very noticeable stall, sometimes fairly periodic and especially noticeable during fights. My system is a Ryzen 7 7800X3D, RTX 3080 and Gigabyte B850 AORUS Elite WiFi 7 on Windows 11. I’ve already reinstalled Windows completely, updated BIOS, tested different FPS caps, closed background software, changed mouse polling rate and tested both Wi-Fi and USB tethering. Packet loss stays at 0%. I also physically removed the RTX 3080 and tested VALORANT only on the integrated graphics of the 7800X3D. The same stutters still happened, so the NVIDIA GPU itself doesn’t seem to be the cause. I recorded the issue with WPR/WPA as well. During one stutter there is roughly a 200 ms period where VALORANT’s CPU activity almost completely drops, while the system itself is mostly idle. I also don’t see a matching long DPC/ISR spike. One strange detail: after my latest clean Windows install, VALORANT initially ran smoothly. Windows Update had installed NVIDIA driver 32.0.15.9186. After I installed 32.0.16.1088 through the NVIDIA App, the stuttering returned. Rolling back to 32.0.15.9186 did not remove it again. Has anyone had something similar on a 7800X3D/AM5 system? I’m especially wondering about Vanguard, fTPM/TPM, AMD PSP/chipset, Windows 11 security features or BIOS/AGESA. If anyone had this exact kind of periodic stall and found the cause, I’d really like to know what fixed it.