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Troubleshooting my new gpu

RzarEater
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I have just purchased and installed a r9 290 into my rig. I started off with a fresh install of windows and installed all the most updated drivers I can. I am having serious stability troubles with the new gpu and I am not enough of a techie to diagnose what is going wrong. I don't know if it's a problem with the gpu itself or the amd drivers or a motherboard issue.

Currently I am having trouble with random freezes, where my screens go black and the entire pc becomes unresponsive. It happens when I try to open a new program only shortly having powering on the pc. Which program seems random.

I have a 4770k @ stock and 16GB of RAM.

If there is any other information I can provide, I'll gladly see what I can do. Thanks in advance for any assistance.

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CPU: Intel i7 4770K @ 4.0Ghz | Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S | RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance | GPU: Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290X | Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87X OC | PSU: Seasonic SS-660P2 | Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 1TB | WD Black 4TB x2 | CASE: NZXT H440  

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Is it Asus Direct CUII?

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Storage: WD SN750 500GB / 850 500GB Samsung Evo /  | CASE: 570X | Display: Dell u2414h  | KEYBOARD: Corsair K70 | MOUSE: Corsair M65
 
 
 

 

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The black screen are most likely caused by faulty memory in the card. I would contact the manufacture about an RMA and they should recognize the black screen issue.

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@OhNoesItsDobby

@MPX309

@Brandonsr

 

I got a Sapphire Vapor-X 100362VXSR R9 290

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CPU: Intel i7 4770K @ 4.0Ghz | Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S | RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance | GPU: Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290X | Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87X OC | PSU: Seasonic SS-660P2 | Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 1TB | WD Black 4TB x2 | CASE: NZXT H440  

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Ensure you have an adequate power supply and that you have all the necessary connectors plugged into the card and power supply.

 

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@AHaskin14

 

I have a Corsair AX750 and all the cables are properly attached.  I double checked before I closed it up 2 days ago when I rebuilt it.

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CPU: Intel i7 4770K @ 4.0Ghz | Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S | RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance | GPU: Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290X | Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87X OC | PSU: Seasonic SS-660P2 | Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 1TB | WD Black 4TB x2 | CASE: NZXT H440  

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@AHaskin14

 

I have a Corsair AX750 and all the cables are properly attached.  I double checked before I closed it up 2 days ago when I rebuilt it.

So you did have a gpu in it that worked before? must just be a faulty card. i hope you still have the old one to use while you RMA.

 

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So it sounds like it's a unanimous the card is the issue and RMA is necessary.  And yes I do have my gtx560 still available.

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CPU: Intel i7 4770K @ 4.0Ghz | Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S | RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance | GPU: Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290X | Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87X OC | PSU: Seasonic SS-660P2 | Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 1TB | WD Black 4TB x2 | CASE: NZXT H440  

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@AHaskin14

 

So it sounds like it's a unanimous the card is the issue and RMA is necessary.  And yes I do have my gtx560 still available.

thats just your computer sabatoging you for going from Nvidia to AMD.....

 

  1. GLaDOS: i5 6600 EVGA GTX 1070 FE EVGA Z170 Stinger Cooler Master GeminS524 V2 With LTT Noctua NFF12 Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8 GB 3200 MHz Corsair SF450 850 EVO 500 Gb CableMod Widebeam White LED 60cm 2x Asus VN248H-P, Dell 12" G502 Proteus Core Logitech G610 Orion Cherry Brown Logitech Z506 Sennheiser HD 518 MSX
  2. Lenovo Z40 i5-4200U GT 820M 6 GB RAM 840 EVO 120 GB
  3. Moto X4 G.Skill 32 GB Micro SD Spigen Case Project Fi

 

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@AHaskin14

 

Just my luck...

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CPU: Intel i7 4770K @ 4.0Ghz | Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S | RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance | GPU: Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290X | Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87X OC | PSU: Seasonic SS-660P2 | Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 1TB | WD Black 4TB x2 | CASE: NZXT H440  

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