So I plugged my gpu in while my PC was running and SPARK...

[Clever.Key]

So, not experienced in GPU repair but this is one last futile effort before I shell out the money required nowadays for a GPU

I got this R9 390 for 100$ off of facebook two years back and it was working great. Recently I plugged it back in after doing some cleanup and a quick spark.

Now the GPU does boot, but it's like a safety thing, my Vram is like 10mb and it says the refresh rate is stuck to 1Hz. It's operable, looks and more or less looks like 60hz but I didnt think this GPU had such a failsafe. 

 

Is there a safety mode for this r9 390? Or did I blow some hardware piece and it's just being wonky.

My CPU (3600x) does not have integrated graphics.

[Mattias Edeslatt]

Why the F did you insert the GPU when the system was powered on? Hot-swapping with consumer electronics is not a feature.

 

You have most definitely miffed your GPU. 

[LionSpeck]

7 minutes ago, Clever.Key said:

So, not experienced in GPU repair but this is one last futile effort before I shell out the money required nowadays for a GPU

I got this R9 390 for 100$ off of facebook two years back and it was working great. Recently I plugged it back in after doing some cleanup and a quick spark.

Now the GPU does boot, but it's like a safety thing, my Vram is like 10mb and it says the refresh rate is stuck to 1Hz. It's operable, looks and more or less looks like 60hz but I didnt think this GPU had such a failsafe. 

 

Is there a safety mode for this r9 390? Or did I blow some hardware piece and it's just being wonky.

My CPU (3600x) does not have integrated graphics.

I'm inclined to believe you broke something, and you're actually pretty lucky that it even somewhat works. It may be that you broke something in the PCIe instead (ar as well as) in your graphics card. Maybe it's fine and it's your motherboard that is causing problems; only way to find out is to try with another system.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

While the system is running or while its powered but not running? I have def had my gpu spark before cause p5q was being a bastard and thinking that the gpu is shorting so i kept wiggling it, my gpu still works completely fine but then again ats a 9500gt i use as a display adapter

 

Either youve fked the gpu or the gpu is just going mental retardation mode and you can fix it with afterburner

[SimplyChunk]

remove the drivers with DDU and reinstall

[Fasauceome]

31 minutes ago, Mattias Edeslatt said:

Hot-swapping with consumer electronics is not a feature.

Well, hard drives. 

 

And I'll be honest, non-tech inclined people have interesting opinions on hot swap to say the least. One of my friends saw that video of Linus experimenting with that one motherboard that could hot swap pcie devices and assumed that it became a standard feature on every desktop for some reason.

[da na]

Well, it's dead. Definitely not designed to be hotswapped...

[Hybris5112]

At this point I feel safe in saying you have bricked your GPU. The fact that you getting what little you do have is a outright miracle but beyond that you are better getting a replacement GPU at this point.

 

I would also prepare yourself for needing to get a new motherboard as well in case you managed damage something there as well.

 

Like a car you don't try to add or remove parts while the engine is running. Tends to cause damage and/or loss of life/limb.

[dancfuller]

Probably unrecoverable, but the fact that it works at all is kind of crazy, much less that it's apparently reporting 1Hz refresh rate.

 

In terms "on a wing and a prayer," I'm not sure if these are wings or prayers, but here's a list of more things to try.

 

• Run Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) like the person above said, and re-install the drivers.
• Assuming your motherboard has a second physical x16 slot, even if it's electrically x4 or x8, try it in there.
• Clear CMOS.
• Change your PCI-E speed to something slower in BIOS. Probably won't do anything, but, again, in the interest of whatever you can find to give it a kick in the butt as if it's a newly connected device in the machine. (I don't have high hopes for this one...)
• Try a Linux boot USB or CD - see what it reports for refresh rate and VRAM. Then try to run something that will actually engage "3D Mode" on the card. If Linux results are positive and Windows remains crappy, I'm honestly not sure what the next steps would be.