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Hello, fellow LTT members. I'm stumped about a new video card (R9 290X) my brother got for X-mas. 

 

When I got around to putting it in his case and uninstalling all the drivers. 

It would run well for a while then just randomly crashing. 

So I put it in my PC, (more powerful PSU), to check if it was the card was bad.

It ran fine in my PC for a good week.

So after that I ordered him a new PSU (same one I have 750W)
We got that in today. 

We installed the PSU  and the card...and it still crashes.

We reinstalled windows since it was kind of a crappy install anyways.

Yet it still crashes. 

 

Any guess would great.

 

The card doesn't seem to be over heating as the temps are around 70C

 

The card can crash at random times, when watching something like youtube, Netflix or even playing a game. 

 

Tell him if you need any info.

 

Right now I'm installing an extra fan in the top to eliminate any part on the MOBO over heating, and resting the BIOS right now. 

 

Some more info. 

New card R9 290X

CPU some AMD 4 core AM3+ I think

PSU CX750M

OS: Windows 7 64-bit fresh install.

Old card was a 7850 and it ran fine. 

 

**EDIT**My only guess right now is that since the R9 290X is much longer than the 7850 is that it's over heating the NB as thats the only thing was hot when checking it out right after it crashed. 

(over heating it by cutting of the air flow from the front of the case)

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Faulty MoBo?

 

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Faulty MoBo?

 

And that build... Wholly Bottle Neck.

When I put the old video card in it works fine. 

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Is it at 70c idling or under load? And what are your motherboard temperatures reaching?

 
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Under load at 70c. Also the mobo temps didn't tell me that much said more or less the CPU temp, but I have no clue what part of the MOBO that is. But when I was looking for hot spots by had the north bridge was well above 120F while the CPU was much cooler. I dont have any molx to 3 pins so I cant put the fan in right now. 

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