R9 290x one is not showing in CF

[bughtoo]

Hello,

 

recently i mage my first watercooling loop, build log upcoming, i also installed 2x waterblock on my r9 290x and after a day of everything working I had a freeze of my pc. I though oh well ill just restart it with a button and after the restart i found out that one of my r9 290x is not showing up. I tried reinstalling drivers, using dxdiagnostic tool to find it, GPU-Z, Bios but everywhere it shows only 1 card. I can see that the LED on the waterblock that is connected to the fan power on the GPU is on so there is power in the GPU but also in the Bios it doesnt show that the PCI-e slot is running at 8x it runs at 0x and i cant change it. I have already tried getting both out and puting them back, cant do one by one because of the loop.

 

Is there any help? Or is my GPU dead?

 

THanks hopefully it will be resolved somehow.

[boboman342]

Hello,

 

recently i mage my first watercooling loop, build log upcoming, i also installed 2x waterblock on my r9 290x and after a day of everything working I had a freeze of my pc. I though oh well ill just restart it with a button and after the restart i found out that one of my r9 290x is not showing up. I tried reinstalling drivers, using dxdiagnostic tool to find it, GPU-Z, Bios but everywhere it shows only 1 card. I can see that the LED on the waterblock that is connected to the fan power on the GPU is on so there is power in the GPU but also in the Bios it doesnt show that the PCI-e slot is running at 8x it runs at 0x and i cant change it. I have already tried getting both out and puting them back, cant do one by one because of the loop.

 

Is there any help? Or is my GPU dead?

 

THanks hopefully it will be resolved somehow.

You got flexible tubing? Can you put the r9 290x in question into a known working pci-e slot while leaving the other one hanging there (lol) to see if it still works?

[bughtoo]

You got flexible tubing? Can you put the r9 290x in question into a known working pci-e slot while leaving the other one hanging there (lol) to see if it still works?

hello here yo ucan see my whole photo log of my build it is quite randomly sorted.

 

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B5BOuKOuywSoZERORGZRU1RhVmM&usp=sharing

[boboman342]

hello here yo ucan see my whole photo log of my build it is quite randomly sorted.

 

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B5BOuKOuywSoZERORGZRU1RhVmM&usp=sharing

I would attempt to turn off pci-e lanes so that only the suspected broken r9 290x is the only one being powered/used and see if it boots. If you cant do such things on that mobo, I would make a temporary bridge between the bottom r9 290x and your res with one long tubing run so that you can plug it into a working pci-e slot and test it, leaving the other  r9 290x just hanging around lol.

[bughtoo]

I would attempt to turn off pci-e lanes so that only the suspected broken r9 290x is the only one being powered/used and see if it boots. If you cant do such things on that mobo, I would make a temporary bridge between the bottom r9 290x and your res with one long tubing run so that you can plug it into a working pci-e slot and test it, leaving the other  r9 290x just hanging around lThis is

This is weird, i tried he alone in the main PCI E slot and nothing was happening so i threw her out of the system put old GPU in and made the loop only for one GPU. Dissasebled GPU put the stock cooler on her and was ready to send it back  to the manufacturer for repairs. Just out of pure curiosity i threw her in with the stock cooler and it worked perfectly fine.... Only thing i came across that could have be causing the problem was that i forgot to remove one of the stock thermal pads on the gpu and put my water block with thermal pads preaplied on it so there were 2 thermal pads, could that be rly a problem?  

 

Tommorow i will AGAIN make the loop with the second card...

[boboman342]

This is weird, i tried he alone in the main PCI E slot and nothing was happening so i threw her out of the system put old GPU in and made the loop only for one GPU. Dissasebled GPU put the stock cooler on her and was ready to send it back  to the manufacturer for repairs. Just out of pure curiosity i threw her in with the stock cooler and it worked perfectly fine.... Only thing i came across that could have be causing the problem was that i forgot to remove one of the stock thermal pads on the gpu and put my water block with thermal pads preaplied on it so there were 2 thermal pads, could that be rly a problem?

 

Tommorow i will AGAIN make the loop with the second card...

Sounds very interesting, I'll wait for more info if you find it

[bughtoo]

Sounds very interesting, I'll wait for more info if you find it

Put it back made some tweeks to my loop and everything is working again... WTF!!! its like the pc had its own mind and was bored so HERE YOU HAVE thinks ITS  DEAD YOU PIECE OF MEAT!!! ..  

[boboman342]

Put it back made some tweeks to my loop and everything is working again... WTF!!! its like the pc had its own mind and was bored so HERE YOU HAVE thinks ITS  DEAD YOU PIECE OF MEAT!!! .. :D

Sounds just like me trying to install windows 8 on my desktop, after 100's of tries, it randomly installed lmfao

[brandishwar]

This is weird, i tried he alone in the main PCI E slot and nothing was happening so i threw her out of the system put old GPU in and made the loop only for one GPU. Dissasebled GPU put the stock cooler on her and was ready to send it back  to the manufacturer for repairs. Just out of pure curiosity i threw her in with the stock cooler and it worked perfectly fine.... Only thing i came across that could have be causing the problem was that i forgot to remove one of the stock thermal pads on the gpu and put my water block with thermal pads preaplied on it so there were 2 thermal pads, could that be rly a problem?

 

Tommorow i will AGAIN make the loop with the second card...

 

It will be a problem with how you tried to apply it. Since the card worked initially, it sounds like it worked until it got too hot, then just stopped running entirely. The extra pad would've kept the block from making good enough contact either with the GPU or power delivery, even if it looked to be making good contact. You live, you learn, you double check...

[bughtoo]

It will be a problem with how you tried to apply it. Since the card worked initially, it sounds like it worked until it got too hot, then just stopped running entirely. The extra pad would've kept the block from making good enough contact either with the GPU or power delivery, even if it looked to be making good contact. You live, you learn, you double check...

Sounds just like me trying to install windows 8 on my desktop, after 100's of tries, it randomly installed lmfao

Okey right now NOTHING WORKS... I am getting frustrated.. Was in Windows when suddenly pm turned off and on again, then I went to install drivers and it froze in the middle of installation. when I wanted to restart the windows wouldn't even boot... So I updated BIOs with flashback, reinstated windows and went for installing drivers... everything i try to install some GPU driver no matter if APU or GPU driver it is it freezes in middle of instalation and windows won't boot again... I have to put in boot cm and refresh it... OBFZ WHAT IS GOING On..

Tried if the problem was is hdds, even wiped the ssd and installed it totally fresh everything was fine until I tried to install some GPU driver...

ani idea? Could the GPU have broken processor dye? and it works and works not?

anything that will repair this is a miracle...

[boboman342]

Okey right now NOTHING WORKS... I am getting frustrated.. Was in Windows when suddenly pm turned off and on again, then I went to install drivers and it froze in the middle of installation. when I wanted to restart the windows wouldn't even boot... So I updated BIOs with flashback, reinstated windows and went for installing drivers... everything i try to install some GPU driver no matter if APU or GPU driver it is it freezes in middle of instalation and windows won't boot again... I have to put in boot cm and refresh it... OBFZ WHAT IS GOING On..

Tried if the problem was is hdds, even wiped the ssd and installed it totally fresh everything was fine until I tried to install some GPU driver...

ani idea? Could the GPU have broken processor dye? and it works and works not?

anything that will repair this is a miracle...

Have you tried to install the drivers with only 1 gpu installed? Then insert the other one?

 

I remember when I tried to do r9 270x crossfire, the first time I plugged in the gpu it worked flawlessly. I played tons of games and had zero problems. I took the gpu's out to clean my computer and when I put them back in, I would have random problems that I gave up on and sold one of the gpu's

[bughtoo]

Have you tried to install the drivers with only 1 gpu installed? Then insert the other one?

 

I remember when I tried to do r9 270x crossfire, the first time I plugged in the gpu it worked flawlessly. I played tons of games and had zero problems. I took the gpu's out to clean my computer and when I put them back in, I would have random problems that I gave up on and sold one of the gpu's

No didn't tried that but the "great" thing that is now happening that the freeze is happening without me even trying to install drivers, I restore win and try to do something, like play installed game on drive I don't have any windows on and after few min bum freeze and I hear the game sound but can't do anything on my screen... what crazy magic is this?...

[bughtoo]

Oh I almost forgot and the GPU that wasn't working before is not working again...

[boboman342]

No didn't tried that but the "great" thing that is now happening that the freeze is happening without me even trying to install drivers, I restore win and try to do something, like play installed game on drive I don't have any windows on and after few min bum freeze and I hear the game sound but can't do anything on my screen... what crazy magic is this?...

That defiantly sounds like a driver problem, being the screen is black but you can hear the game sounds. But that doesn't explain the freezes.

 

Oh I almost forgot and the GPU that wasn't working before is not working again...

I would say try running the cards at a reduced memory or clock speeds to see if you can stop the problems, but I don't think you can do that with one of them not working half the time. It sounds like you have tried everything...

 

I would try to use the broken r9 290x by itself to see if I could get it to function, and if not, I would try to get it repaired/replaced.

[bughtoo]

That defiantly sounds like a driver problem, being the screen is black but you can hear the game sounds. But that doesn't explain the freezes.

 

I would say try running the cards at a reduced memory or clock speeds to see if you can stop the problems, but I don't think you can do that with one of them not working half the time. It sounds like you have tried everything...

 

I would try to use the broken r9 290x by itself to see if I could get it to function, and if not, I would try to get it repaired/replaced.

Yes it looks like i will have to do just that its just this will be the 4th time draining the loop and changing it, just wow... This weekend i dont have the energy for it anymore The funny thing is i let it cool down overnight and today i disablet fast boot in bios and set it to normal boot, everything started up normal which is great. So i am not going to hit the hornet nest again. The not working GPU is not powered up and everything seems to be working till NOW, so hopefuly it iwll hold until next week, wish me luck

[gor17981]

no crossfire bridge between the 2 cards?

[bughtoo]

no crossfire bridge between the 2 cards?

200 series doesnt have a bridge, they dont need it. The communication is done through MOBO

[gor17981]

I never knew that, just noticed there was no bridge. Lean something new every day. Hope OP gets his issue sorted anyway.

[boboman342]

Yes it looks like i will have to do just that its just this will be the 4th time draining the loop and changing it, just wow... This weekend i dont have the energy for it anymore The funny thing is i let it cool down overnight and today i disablet fast boot in bios and set it to normal boot, everything started up normal which is great. So i am not going to hit the hornet nest again. The not working GPU is not powered up and everything seems to be working till NOW, so hopefuly it iwll hold until next week, wish me luck

*wishes good luck*