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Expand Up @@ -51,3 +51,32 @@ If the problem persists after trying the relevant steps above,
[submit a bug report](https://github.com/leejet/stable-diffusion.cpp/issues/new?template=bug_report.yml).
Include your full command, backend and hardware, model and weight format, logs,
and the scale values you tried with their results.

## Windows: process exits immediately with 0xC0000135 (STATUS_DLL_NOT_FOUND)

`sd-cli.exe` / `sd-server.exe` from the Windows ROCm prebuilt may exit with
`0xC0000135` (`STATUS_DLL_NOT_FOUND`) and no output when the HIP runtime is
not on `PATH`. `stable-diffusion.dll` statically imports `hipblas.dll` and
`libhipblaslt.dll`, but the release archive only bundles `amd_comgr.dll`,
`amdhip64_7.dll` and `rocm_kpack.dll`. This is a loader failure, unrelated to
`--audio-vae` or other generation options; `0xC000001D`
(`STATUS_ILLEGAL_INSTRUCTION`) would instead indicate a CPU instruction issue.

Fix: prepend the ROCm SDK `bin` directories to `PATH` — with the Python ROCm
wheels these are `<python home>\Lib\site-packages\_rocm_sdk_libraries\bin` and
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Explain how to obtain a matching SDK.

If the user has only the prebuilt archive, these SDK directories do not exist. The fix does not say how to install the missing libraries or select a compatible version. Add installation guidance or a link, and tell users to match the archive’s ROCm version. The release workflow identifies that version in the archive name. (github.com)

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Review comment at @docs/troubleshooting.md around lines 65 - 66:
Update the ROCm troubleshooting guidance to explain how users with only the prebuilt archive can obtain the missing SDK libraries, including an appropriate installation reference, and instruct them to use a ROCm version matching the version identified in the archive name. Preserve the existing PATH guidance.

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`_rocm_sdk_core\bin`. Do not copy individual DLLs: `rocblas.dll` and
`libhipblaslt.dll` also need their sibling `rocblas\` and `hipblaslt\` data
directories.

Verify:

```powershell
.\sd-cli.exe --version
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'0x{0:X8}' -f $LASTEXITCODE
```

Expect the version string and `0x00000000`. If it still fails, inspect the
whole DLL chain (`sd-cli.exe` -> `stable-diffusion.dll` -> ...): `dumpbin
/dependents` lists only one image's direct imports, so use
[Dependencies](https://github.com/lucasg/Dependencies) or also check
`stable-diffusion.dll` to find the missing module.