BBQJOE

if the OC is card specific, i'll try RMA the card. is the OC done to the GPU or is it a global PC setting?

I was able to delete the tri-xx OC software in safe mode to be able to at least boot the PC. so now it works pretty much like a russian submarine: It works fine if you ignore the water leaks. have lots of glitches in the screen and brightness random changes.

by R.I.P you mean there is no way? I know it might not be as easy as to press the "reset your OC profile", but is there no turn around?

Hello guys, here is my issue: I tried to fix a screen tearing problem by twitching the OC capability of my Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290 tri-xx OC Edition and it resulted in weeks of crashing, black screens, power problem and all sorts of nasty things. I am pretty sure all I need to do to solve my hellish problem is to reset the OC of my card back to stock level, but I can't seem to find anyway to do this. the Tri-xx software from sapphire needed to be deleted because it was making my PC crash, and even now, If i dont flip a switch on my motherboard, the PC will begin to power up on boot only to turn off 3 sec later. here are my specs: Motherboard: asus crosshair-v formula-z CPU: fx-8350 GPU: sapphire vapor-X r9 290 Tri-xx OC RAM: radeon memory RG 2133 2 x 8 Gb PSU: ThermalTake smart M750w 1 HDD, 1 SSD PLZ help. BBQJOE

help plz,I don't know how to use atiwinflash at all, can someone give me some advices? it says it can't detect my card, is there something I can do?

When I try to run the programm, it says: "separate ATI video card not found". do I need to put the .rar content in a specific place fo it to work? or more precisely, could you give me a step by step guide to doing that, never flashed a GPU bios before (and my current GPU bios is up to date, if it matters to know)

I noticed something strange in cataqlyst control center. in the digital flat-screen options, under proprieties, it states that the maximal refresh rate of my monitor (a HP 2509) is 70Hz, while it is in fact 60Hz, checked both on HP website and in perepherial options. could this be at fault?

talked too soon. after a blackscreen crash, it reappeared. -_-'

strange. While scavenging that other totally obselete card in the old PC, I found an old DVI cable and decided to try it out on my actual card. while some tiny lines are seen once in a while in my screen, it does not flicker (it still does, but 1000x less, so like once every hour for .3sec) anymore. maybe the problem was with the HDMI cable (the one coming with the GPU) or something. anyway, the problem is (almost) gone. enough for it not to be a problem anymore

I do, even though it is quite old. test with that one to see if it is indeed the GPU and come back.

a bit hard to pull off. any other solutions I could try before RMA my card?

My PSU is a thermal take Smart series M750w

Hello guys, here is my problem: My screen often flickers with 2D display (like in the menu of a game, when watching video/browsing, when playing visual novel). I waited a month before posting, just to make sure I couldn't solve this by miself with forums and stuff, but I am at my last resort. other than flickering, I somethimes experience black screen crash at random (never in a 3d game) when watching videos, doing video editing and general browsing. I tried checking my drivers, my monitor, overclocking options and everything usual. nothing work but I know for sure the problem comes from my graphics card. need help. here are my specs: CPU: FX-8350 Motherboard: Asus Crosshair-V Formual-Z Graphics Card: Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290 Tri-X OC PSU: 750w RAM: 2x 8 Gb Radeon Memory 2133h (16 Gb total) 1 SSD 1 HDD Windows 8.1 Up to date in all drivers (and even tried beta and oler drivers) The flickering is non-constant, random and very hardcore. I need help.

Well, that was solved pretty fast. thank you all for your help!

oh i see. not enough space on top. I saw people putting the cooler fan on the back of the case, and adding dual fans on top pushing hot air out, would that be efficient?