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HI, I was bitcoin mining while over clocking at the same time. After a crash I have noticed and sudden drop in performance. I also get solid green screens such as thee is nothing on the screen and I have to restart my pc. I just want to know is it possible that my card is dying? Or is there a way to fix this. My card is a Sapphire PULSE RX 580 8 GB

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Uninstall your drivers using DDU, a software run in safe mode, then reinstall them. 

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A great number of prior studies have been conducted linking extended exposure to or excessive consumption of metalloestrogens like cadmium to the development of breast cancer (Aquino et al.) - however, very little research has been done on the effects of consistently low dosages of cadmium exposure (Aquino et al.). Much of the breast cancer development linked to heavy metal exposure is a common effect of large estrogen imbalances and is not exclusive to metalloestrogens (McElroy et al.). Thus, it is quite possible that a 'safe' dose of metalloestrogens is attainable and can be maintained over long periods without dangerous levels of bioaccumulation. 

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I would try a driver wipe like @Mel0nMan suggested. You could also try reflashing the GPU bios if that doesn't work.

 

There is a slight chance you cooked something physically on the board, mining stresses the memory heavily. Were you OCing the core and memory or just one of them? Any voltage OC? How were temps?

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On 2/9/2022 at 9:26 PM, Demonic Donut said:

I would try a driver wipe like @Mel0nMan suggested. You could also try reflashing the GPU bios if that doesn't work.

 

There is a slight chance you cooked something physically on the board, mining stresses the memory heavily. Were you OCing the core and memory or just one of them? Any voltage OC? How were temps?

I always thought if your gpu is fried even just a little bit it wouldn't work. But I will inspect it if the driver wipe doesn't work

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On 2/9/2022 at 9:26 PM, Demonic Donut said:

I would try a driver wipe like @Mel0nMan suggested. You could also try reflashing the GPU bios if that doesn't work.

 

There is a slight chance you cooked something physically on the board, mining stresses the memory heavily. Were you OCing the core and memory or just one of them? Any voltage OC? How were temps?

Sorry for the late response. But do you think I could have degraded a part in a week? Because thats how long I was doing it for. And yes I was overclocking the core. Only by about 10 though because otherwise I would crash immediately 

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17 hours ago, Infantzebra said:

Sorry for the late response. But do you think I could have degraded a part in a week? Because thats how long I was doing it for. And yes I was overclocking the core. Only by about 10 though because otherwise I would crash immediately 

It's possible if heat and current was too high.

 

Did you try flashing bios etc?

 

Is your card under warranty?

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